After Greg’s serious motorcycle accident, doctors detected damage to his cerebellum. Greg is most likely to have difficulty

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In this question, we’re asked to identify which ability Greg would most likely struggle with after damage to the cerebellum.
Option 1: 'understanding what others are saying.' This ability relies on language areas of the cortex, such as Wernicke’s area, rather than the cerebellum. So cerebellar damage would not primarily disrupt understanding speech.
Option 2: 'reading printed words.' Reading involves visual processing in the occipital lobe and language processing in the temporal/parietal regions, not chiefly the cerebellum. While coordination can affect the motor act of reading, the core deficit from cerebellar damage is not reading itself.
Option 3: 'playing his guitar.' Playing a guitar requires fine motor coordination, precise timing, and motor sequencing of multiple muscle groups. The cerebellum plays a central role in coordinating movement and maintaining balance and smooth voluntary actions, so damage here would most directly impair musical performance that depends on coordinated motor control.
Option 4: 'tasting the flavors of foods.' Taste processing involves the gustatory cortex and related pathways, not the cerebellum. Cerebellar lesions would not primarily alter taste perception.
Therefore, the seemingly most affected function given cerebellar damage is the motor coordination required for playing a guitar, whereas the other options involve cortical regions more than cerebellar control.

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