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Effects of brain damage, especially that to the frontal lobes on thinking and remembering.
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Effects of brain damage, especially that to the frontal lobes on thinking and remembering The frontal lobes are considered out emotional control centre and home to out personality. There is no other part of the brain where lesions can cause such a wide variety of symptoms (Kolb & Wishaw 1990). The frontal lobes are involved in motor function, problem solving, spontaneity, memory, language, initiation, judgement, impulse control and social and sexual behaviour. They are extremely injury prone as due to their location at the front of he cranium and their large size shown by MRI studies (Levin et al 1987). In this essay I will be discussing impairments caused by the frontal lobes, discussing the executive function of the frontal lobes and putting forward an explanation as to why the defects occur in relation to thinking and remembering. The case of Phineas Gage, a railroad foreman who had a horrific accident...
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