Preventing Frontal Lobe Damage and Its Consequences An important part of our body, the frontal lobe is known for controlling our body’s motor functions, problem solving, and social behavior. People affected by frontal lobe damage begin to have impulsive behaviors as well as personality changes. Located in the front of our foreheads, the frontal lobe is most susceptible to blunt force trauma caused by high speed accidents and falling directly on the forehead. Firearms can also cause frontal lobe damage in a severe kind of way. It is important to protect the frontal lobe from all types of damage because if the frontal lobe is damaged it can cause problems in the lifestyle of those who are affected and to those around them. In many cases, people suffering from frontal lobe damage tend to have changes in their personality and begin to show signs of risky and impulsive behaviors. The first ever study on frontal lobe damage was done on Phineas Gage in 1848 when he came out of the mine he was working in with a three foot rod going straight through his head and still able to retain …show more content…
Vehicle crashes are one of the leading causes of frontal lobe damage because the trauma caused by the vehicle moving fast and then suddenly coming to a sudden stop can cause the frontal lobe to collide with the skull and damage it. To prevent this from happening one must always wear their seat belt. Wearing a seat belt will prevent someone from hitting the front of their car when in a car crash and prevent them from hitting the front of their skull because of the whipping motion of their head. Also, making sure that children are safely in their booster seat all the time can save them from not only frontal lobe injury but also save them from suffering in the future because of it happening early in their life
Look only at Gage’s case study for this essay, the frontal lobe and its position in the brain will be the area of focus in this essay. According to Weiten in the tenth edition of Psychology: Themes and Variation, when describing the frontal lobe region, he expounds in great
Often the injury is caused by being hit with a blunt object, serious illness of a degenerative brain disease. The degree of severity depends on the extent of the damage. In some cases, it can be temporary. However, in such a case as Greg’s, it can be progressive. It normally affects the memory storage area of the brain, which are located in the frontal lobes. Apparently, the frontal lobes have a series of functions. They are involved in motor skills, language, memory, impulse control, sexual behavior and judgement. In this regard, damage to this area will cause problems with all of the above areas though to varying degrees. According to Levin (1987), TBI (traumatic brain injury) often causes harm to the frontal lobe. Memory impairment in TBI occurs in three main categories explicit, implicit and source-context memory. Explicit memory deals with recognition and recall. Patients with this form tend to perform poorly in visual and cure-recalled tests that their healthy counterparts. This form seemed the most prevalent in
The Frontal Lobe: Is the anterior part of cerebral hemisphere of the cerebrum of the brain, extending back to region called the central sulcus is a deep cleft on the upper surface of the brain. The frontal lobe is for intelligence which carries out high mental procedures such as thinking, judgment making, and forecasting. The human body uses their frontal lobe nearly every day. The frontal lobe
Think about it, an average teen in this world has just been diagnosed with a type of incurable dementia which will forever change his or her life. Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is one of the less common forms of dementia. It is when the nerve cells in the frontal lobe die and over time the brain tissue shrinks. Frontotemporal dementia is mostly found in people who are in their teens or twenties. It can affect young people in a very negative way. They start to get aggressive and as the disease gets worse they lose friends and have a difficult time in school and understanding things. Frontotemporal dementia is a rare disease that is on the rise and affects the people of the younger generation.
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a syndrome of emotional lability, Parkinsonism, ataxia, and cognitive impairment suffered by athletes who undergo repetitive concussive and subconcussive blows to the head (Cantu 2007). Owing to its initial discovery in boxers, CTE has been various known as "punch drunk," "dementia pugilistica," and "psychopathic deterioration of pugilist." This paper will take a step into the science behind this disease. Starting with the first descriptions in the medical literature and covering the progress made in understanding the clinical presentation, epidemiology, neuropathology, and genetics of the disease.
Dementia is a significant health issue in Australia (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2012) (AIHW 2012). Whilst Dementia primarily affects older members of the community, it can also affect young people and has a significant influence on overall health and quality of life (AIHW 2012). The type of Dementia is a determinant in the severity and development of symptoms in individuals (Department of Health 2013) (DoH, 2013). The gradual, progressive and irreversible nature of Dementia has a considerable social and physical impact not only on the individual, but also on family and friends.
The control center of the human body is none other than the mighty brain. Due to its incredible importance in basic human functioning, both voluntary and involuntary, any injury or trauma to this organ will have a great influence on the body and it's capabilities (Burrus, 2013). Exploring how the brain deals with various injuries and damage proves that the functionality of the brain is fitting to make the brain the power house of the body. But before exploring this with the help of case studies, it is important to first make sense of the the anatomy and functioning of the nervous system as a whole in order to understand how it is affected during injury, the functioning of the body that is lost, the intervention implemented for treatment or rehabilitation and the changes experienced.
Neuroscience and social work how do they relate? For many people, when they hear the term social worker, they automatically think of child welfare and food stamps, yet no one thinks of a social worker being a psychiatrist or a counselor even though these are considered social work as well. This is how neuroscience and social work might be related. Social work is a practice-based occupation that promotes social adjustment, growth, and social structure. The main beliefs of social work are social integrity, civil liberties, combined responsibility and respect for diversities. There are many types of social workers, such as family services worker, psychiatrist, and many types of counselors.
Damage to the frontal lobe cortex of the brain can cause difficulty in everyday activities. The frontal lobes role in people’s behavior includes executive processes, language, emotional expression and movement. Ryan Godfrey has difficulties in some areas of executive processes due to the damage tumors caused in his brain. Ryan and others with frontal lobe damage can benefit from knowing these deficits by taking steps to reduce their impact. The brain tends to compensate for damaged parts and a faith in God brings power to overcome deficits. Thus, behavioral difficulties for frontal lobe damaged patients are only a guideline not a box, for nothing is impossible for God to accomplish.
Bryan Willey Alzheimer’s disease Alzheimer’s is a progressive, degenerative disease of the brain and individuals with the disease suffer from many symptoms such as memory loss, agitation, impaired judgment, and difficulty communicating with others. The different lobes affected include the parietal lobe which deals with language, temporal lobe which deals with memory and frontal lobe which deals with behavior and judgment. The specific type of memory loss that an Alzheimer’s patient deals with is declarative memory. Declarative memory is remembrance of facts such as people’s names, what their faces look like and important dates from our past (Marieb and Hoehn 2013). The formation of these memories can only happen when the temporal lobe or more specifically the hippocampus are able to receive acetylcholine inputs.
Alzheimer’s disease is the leading neurodegenerative disease in elderly adults. It affects more than 30 million people in the world (1). There are a few major markers behind Alzheimer’s disease. These include amyloid β plaque, oxidative stress, and inflammation. A potential target for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease are the processes involved in the synthesis, transport, and function of retinoids.
STEEMAN, E., DE CASTERLÉ, B. D., GODDERIS, J. & GRYPDONCK, M. 2006. Living with early-stage dementia: a review of qualitative studies. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 54, 722-738.
This paper is on dementia, a late-life disorder, as it pertains to the geriatric population. “It is estimated that 24.3 million people around the world have dementia and that, with an estimated 4.6 million new cases every year, we can expect about 43 million people and their families to have to handle the challenge of dementia by 2020.” (McNamera, 2011) I will cover three relevant points concerning this disorder that cause changes in the brain.
For most people the left frontal lobe controls language and the right non-verbal abilities (UNL, 2005).On the left frontal lobe is an area called Broca’s area which allows thoughts to be transformed into words. In addition, there are many connections from the frontal lobe to other parts of the brain that control vision, respiration, blood pressure and gastrointestinal activity (NBTF, 2005). Damage to the frontal lobe results a range of behaviors referred to collectively as ‘frontal lobe syndrome.’ There are numerous ways of damaging the frontal cortex including lesions, tumors, and strokes. Lesions damage the frontal cortex when a blow to the head or a sudden change of motion causes the boney structure underneath the frontal lobes to tear the axons (as is the case with prefrontal lobotomy or leucotomy).
Most of the body’s functions such as, thinking, emotions, memories and so forth are controlled by the brain. It serves as a central nervous system in the human body. The mind is the intellect/consciousness that originates in the human brain and manifests itself in emotions, thoughts, perceptions and so forth. This means that the brain is the key interpreter of the mind’s content. Jackson and Nagel seem to resist identifying what we call “mental events” with brain events, for different reasons, while J.J.C. Smart takes the opposing view.