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Developing confidence that you can deal with your new limitations will help speed you on your way to the best possible recovery for your individual circumstances. Brain-injury; Severity and the Recovery Process Rehabilitation instittution of Chicago

Johnson Glen PHD Traumatic brain-injury Survival Guide

Cerebellum the portion of the brain (located at the back) which helps coordinate  movement,  balance and muscle coordination , Damage may result in ataxia which is a problem of muscle coordination can interfere with a person ability to walk, talk, eat and to perform other self care task

Frontal lobe front part of the brain involve  in planning, organizing, problem solving, selective attention , personality, and a verity of higher cognitive function include behavior and emotion.

The Anterior  (front) portion of the frontal lobe if called the prefrontal contex it is very important for the higher cognitive  function and the determination of the personality.

The posterior (back) of the frontal lobe consist of the premotor and motor area  nerve cells that produce movement  are located in the premotor area. The premotor serve to modify movement


The frontal lobe is divided from the parietal lobe by the control culcus

  Occidental lobe Regions in the back of the brain which processes visual information not only is the Occidental  lobe mainly responsible for vision reception it also contains accusation areas that help in the visual recognizing shapes and colors. Damage to this lobe could cause visual defects

Parietal lobe right damage to this area can cause visual spinal deficits (e.g.the patient may have difficulties finding there way around new or even familiar places

Parietal lobe left Damage to this area may disrupt a patient ability to understand spoken and/or writen language

The Parietal lobe contains the primary sensory cortex which controls sensation (touch pressure) behind the primary sensory cortex is a large association area that controls find  sensation (judgement of texture weight and size and shape

Temporal lobe there are two Temporal lobes  one on each side of the brain located at about at about the level of the ears. these lobes allow a person to tell ones smell from another and ones sound from another. They also help in serving up new information and believe to be responsible for short term memory.

Right lobe mainly involve in visual memory (i.e.memory for pictures and faces

Left Lobe mainly involved in verbal memory (i.e. memory for words and names
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