Localisation - AD

What are the two types of brain injuries?

• Traumatic vs. non-traumatic

• Jalapeños vs. pizza

• Physical vs. chemical

• Acquired vs. congenital

If damage occurred to the frontal lobe

• You'll lose your ability to hear

• You won't be able to make proper rational decisions and executive functions

• Impair social behaviour and personality

• Experience changes in emotional control

A damage to the cerebellum

• Wouldn't make you able to order burgers

• Will lose your balance

• Lead to coordination and balance issues

• impact your emotions

Are you stuck with the brain you have?

• I don't know

• No

• Not necessarily, there are brain rehabilitation programs

• Neuroplasticity allows for change and growth

Localization of function is a theory that suggests:

• That every brain part is responsible for a certain function

• That when a person is hungry, he eats burgers

• That the frontal lobe is highly functioning

• I have no clue

The amygdala, which is located in our temporal lobe, is responsible for

• Fight and flight responses

• I have no clue

• Processing emotions, particularly fear responses

• Regulating emotional responses

What is the brain part that plays a role in addiction and motivation?

• Nucleus accumbens

• Amygdala

• Frontal lobe

• Hippopotamus

How Clive Wearing (the music conductor) is different from HM

• Clive loves his wife, but HM loves pasta!

• I don't know who these people are. I was sleeping in class.

• Clive wasn't able to remember his past and couldn't make new memories while HM was able to still remember his past

• They both had significant memory impairments but due to different brain regions affected

Cognitive symptoms that may occur as a result of TBI (traumatic brain injury) are

• Slurred speech, confusion, thinking problems

• Vomiting, nausea, ear discharge

• Emotional dysregulation

• I wish I knew!

The temporal lobe is associated with

• Auditory processing and memory, emotions

• Visual perception

• No clue

• Language comprehension and visual recognition