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Frontal Lobe
- Initiation
- Problem-solving
- Judgment
- Inhibition of behavior
- Planning/anticipation
- Self-monitoring
- Motor planning
- Personality/emotions
- Awareness of abilities/limitations
- Organization
- Attention/concentration
- Mental flexibility
- Speaking (expressive language)
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Parietal Lobe
- Sense of touch
- Differentiation: size, shape, color
- Spatial perception
- Visual perception
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Temporal Lobe
- Memory
- Hearing
- Understanding language (receptive language)
- Organization and sequencing
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Occipital Lobe
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Cerebellum
- Balance
- Coordination
- Skilled motor activity
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General Patterns of Dysfunction by Location of Injury |
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Right Side of Brain
- Impairments in visual-spatial perception
- Left-neglect, or inattention to the left side of space or body
- Decreased awareness of deficits
- Altered creativity and music perception
- Loss of the gestalt, or “big picture”
- Visual memory deficits
- Decreased control over left-sided movements
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Left Side of Brain
- Difficulties in understanding language (receptive language)
- Difficulties in speaking or verbal output (expressive language)
- Catastrophic reactions (depression, anxiety)
- Verbal memory deficits
- Decreased control over right-sided movements
- Impaired logic
- Sequencing difficulties
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Diffuse Injury
- Reduced thinking speed
- Increased confusion
- Reduced attention and concentration
- Increased fatigue
- Impaired cognitive functions across all lobes
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