Soon after Phineas Gage removes the tamping rod from his own head, a space-time anomaly finds him outside a clinical neuropsychologist's office in the present day. Although the neuropsychologist suspects frontal lobe deficits based on the hole in Phineas's forehead, she decides to administer the ______ to confirm her suspicion.

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The Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST) is a neuropsychological test that assesses executive function and is commonly used to detect frontal lobe deficits. As Phineas's injury directly impacted his frontal lobes, the WCST would be a logical choice to confirm or refute the neuropsychologist's suspicion. The other options, CPT, TAT, and MMPI, are not as directly related to frontal lobe deficits.

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