Dong Ni and Avishai were mountain climbing when a sudden avalanche caused them both to fall and hit their heads. After the accident, Dong Ni has trouble with memory encoding and Avishai has trouble with retrieval of memories. Dong Ni most likely sustained damage to his ____________ lobe and Avishai most likely sustained damage to his ____________ lobe.
A) parietal; frontal
B) frontal; parietal
C) parietal; parietal
D) frontal; frontal

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The frontal lobe is involved in both memory encoding and retrieval processes. Dong Ni's difficulty with memory encoding suggests frontal lobe damage, and Avishai's retrieval issues also point to frontal lobe involvement.

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