Cerebrum lobe impairments Flashcards
frontal
contralateral weakness, perseveration, inattention, personality changes, antisocial behavior, impaired concentration, apthy, Broca’s Aphasia, delayed or poor inhibition, emotional lability
parietal
dominant hemisphere: agraphia, alexia, agnosia
Non-dominant hemisphere: dressing apraxia, constructional apraxia, anosognosia
Contra sensory deficits
impaired language comprehension
impaired taste
Temporal
learning deficits, Wernicke’s aphasia, antisocial/aggressive behaviors, difficult with facial recognition and memory, inability to categorize objects
occipital
homonymous hemianopsia, impaired extraocular muscle movement and visual deficits, impaired color recognition, reading and writing impairment, cortical blindness with bilat lobe involvement