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The consequences of a brain injury vary,
depending on how the brain is injured and the severity
of the injury. In addition, one or more areas of the brain
can be injured, effecting a unique combination of functions
and abilities.
Frontal Lobe: judgment, problem solving,
personality, emotions, expressive language, inhibition
of behavior
Motor Cortex: physical movement
Sensory Cortex: sensation
Parietal Lobe: tactile perception (touch),
awareness of spatial relations, differentiation of sizes,
shapes, and colors, and academic skills
Occipital Lobe: visual perception, visual
input, reading (the perception and recognition of printed
words)
Cerebellum: coordination of voluntary
movement, balance, and equilibrium
Brain stem (Medulla Oblongata, Pons and Spinal
Cord): breathing, swallowing, sweating, blood
pressure, digestion, temperature, alertness/sleep.
Temporal Lobe: memory, receptive language,
hearing, language comprehension, musical awareness and
sequencing skills.
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