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left brain damage lbd impair ability use familiar tools apraxia tool use well novel tools solve mechanical problems thus far emphasis placed quantitative analyses patients performance nevertheless question still answered strategies employed patients confronted tool use situations answer asked 16 lbd patients 43 healthy controls solve mechanical problems means several potential tools specify strategies recorded time spent performing four kinds action manipulation tool manipulation box manipulation toolbox manipulation well number relevant irrelevant tools grasped compared lbd patients performance controls encountered difficulties task controls controls results indicated lbd patients grasped higher number irrelevant tools controls controls concerning time allocation controls controls spent significantly time performing toolbox manipulation lbd patients results inconsistent possibility lbd patients could engage trialanderror strategies rather suggest tend perplexed findings seem indicate inability reason objects physical properties might prevent lbd patients following problemsolving strategy