Lobar functions Flashcards
Alexia without agraphia, colour agnosia, visual object agnosia
Dominant occipital
(alexia without agraphia also includes splenium of corpus callosum)
Visuospatial agnosia, metamorphopsia (image distortion), complex visual hallucinations
Non-dominant occipital
Forced utilisation behaviour, issues with impulse control and socially acceptable behaviour
Orbitofrontal
Issues with problem solving & abstract reasoning
Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex
Issues with decision making, motivation, response inhibition
Anterior cingulate cortex
Profound amnesia
Bilateral medial temporal lobes
Carotid bruit could lead to what
Amaurosis Fugax
Right hemiplegia, motor speech disorder with agraphia, apraxia of left hand, loss of verbal associative fluency, perseveration
Left frontal (Broca)
Prosopagnosia
Bilateral occipito-temporal (fusiform)
Neglect, visuospatial, topographic memory loss, anosognosia, dressing/constructional apraxia
Right parietal
Ideomotor apraxia (difficulty copying skilled movements)
Parietal lobe