Brain Injury

Question 1

Frontal lobe damages

Answer 1

1. Reduced attention/concentration
2. Personality changes
3. Concrete thinking and inflexibility
4. poor initiation and reduced motivation
5. Difficulty withj expressive language
6. Reduced awareness to changes and limitations
7. Impaired judgement

Question 2

Temporal lobe damages

Answer 2

1. reduced memory
2. difficulty with receptive language
3. increased aggressive behavior
4. reduced hearing
5. difficulty recognizing faces and visually locating objects

Question 3

Brain Stem damages

Answer 3

1. difficulty regulating temperature, heart rate, respiration
2. impaired sleep/wake cycle
3. reduced arousal and consciousness
4. nausea and dizziness
5. difficulty swallowing
6. reduced balance and movement

Question 4

Cerebellum damages

Answer 4

1. reduced balance and coordination
2. reduced smooth motor movement
3. dizziness
4. reduced gross and fine motor control
5. nausea and dizziness
6. difficulty swallowing
7. reduced balance and movement
8. reduced postural control
9. slurred speech

Question 5

Occipital lobe damages

Answer 5

1. Visual impairments
2. Poor processing of visual information
3. Reduced visual perception
4. hallucinations and visual distortions

Question 6

Parietal lobe

Answer 6

1. visual-spatial changes
2. right/left confusion
3. reduced eye/hand coordination
4. reduced sensory processing
5. lack of awareness of body parts