1. FRONTAL LOBE – Under forehead Concussion 

Brain Function of Frontal Lobe:

• Tracking and sense of self
• Involved in arousal and initiations
• Consciousness of environment
• Reaction to self and environment
• Executive functioning and judgments
• Emotional response and stability
• Language usage
• Personality
• Word associations and meaning
• Memory for habits motor activity

Concussion to Frontal Lobe / Forehead:

• Difficulty planning OR completing complex task in order(Sequencing) e.g., making your bed
• Loss of Spontaneity
• Unconsciously repeating same actions / phrases (Perseveration)
• Emotional Mood swings
• Expressive language usage disorder OR word finding difficulty (Broca’s Aphasia)
• Difficulty problem solving
• Loss of simple movement of various body parts (Paralysis)
• Difficulty staying focused OR concentrating

2. OCCIPITAL LOBE: back of head

Functions of Occipital Lobe:

• Visual Perception

Concussion to Occipital Lobe:

• Defects to visual field
• Difficulty recognizing colors (Color Agnosia)
• Hallucinations
• Inaccurately seeing objects
• Inability to recognize words
• Difficulty recognizing drawn objects
• Difficulty perceiving movement (Movement Agnosia)
• Loss of academic skills – e.g., reading, writing

3. PARIETAL LOBES: Back & top of the head

Functions of Parietal Lobe:

• Visual perception
• Touch perception
• Object manipulation
• Integration of sensory information (for 1-concept understanding)
• Goal-directed voluntary movements

Concussion to Parietal Lobes:

• Trouble naming objects – Anomia
• Difficulties writing words – Agraphia
• Inability to focus visual attention
• Problems with reading – Alexia
• Poor eye-hand coordination
• Confusing right from left
• Hard time calculating numbers –  Dyscalculia
• Difficulty drawing
• Poor visual perception
• Unaware of surroundings or body-parts causing diff self-care – Apraxia

4. TEMPORAL LOBE: On side of head above ears

Functions of Temporal Lobe, include:

• Intelligence
• Hearing perception
• Long-term memory
• Visual perception
• Object categorizing – Categorization

Concussion to Temporal Lobe:

• Difficulty remembering names and faces – Prosopagnosia
• Problems understanding spoken words – Wernicke’s Aphasia
• Trouble with identification of, and verbalization about objects
• Decreased concentration
• Short-term memory loss
• Interference with long-term memory
• Aggressive behavior
• Change in sexual interest
• Persistent talking (damage to right lobe)
• Difficulty locating objects in environment
• Inability to categorize objects
• Seizure disorders, auras and strange reveries

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