sac 5 injury

Question 1

Brocas aphasia

Answer 1

damage to the brocas area. causes people to struggle with speech production; forming words and sentences

Question 2

wernickes aphasia

Answer 2

makes it difficult to understand what people are saying and hard to form sentences that make sense.

Question 3

neurological disorders

Answer 3

disease characterized by any damage or malfunctioning to the nervous system – it essentially impairs our nervous system’s ability to function effectively.
this negative change to neural functioning occurs as a result of the degeneration of neurons throughout the lifespan

Question 4

spatial neglect

Answer 4

neurological disorder whereby individuals are unable to notice anything either on their left or right side.

Question 5

possible symptoms from a frontal lobe injury

Answer 5

change in personality
disregard for societal expectations (inappropriate behaviour)
issues with movement

Question 6

brain injury

Answer 6

refers to any brain damage that impairs or interferes with the normal function of the brain

Question 7

brain injury can either be

Answer 7

sudden onset: happens at once, through stroke or a blow to the head
insidious onset: happens gradually; alcohol abuse or tumour