The frontal lobe is the largest lobe in the brain and is situated at the front of the skull. “The frontal lobes are involved in motor function, problem solving, spontaneity, memory, language, initiation, judgement, impulse control, and social and sexual behavior” (CNS, 2015). The frontal lobe is important for many different things, and if damage occurs it could cause a significant impact on any one of these or multiple areas. With a traumatic brain injury the communication intent, transmission, and reception could all be affected or just one of these. The individual could have troubles getting a few words out or may be non-verbal completely and would have to rely on gestures, facial expressions, or just a nod or shake of the head for yes or no.
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If there is damage to this area it can cause a complete change in someone’s personality. For example, if someone is a very happy and friendly person, they could now be angry and agitated around people. How they express their emotions could be completely different than before the accident. Along with expressing emotions, they might not be able to interpret emotions of others due to damage resulting in different social behaviours. How they interpret how someone is acting could be different than what they are actually meaning. This is not the case with everyone who has a traumatic brain injury, but there is a potential it could happen.
Motor function can be affected with certain fine motor skills in the hands. It can also affect the motor function of speech, also known as Broca’s Aphasia. This is when there is a problem with the transmission of information. They understand what the information is and know what they want to say, but have a difficult time actually getting the information across
If there is damage to this area it can cause a complete change in someone’s personality. For example, if someone is a very happy and friendly person, they could now be angry and agitated around people. How they express their emotions could be completely different than before the accident. Along with expressing emotions, they might not be able to interpret emotions of others due to damage resulting in different social behaviours. How they interpret how someone is acting could be different than what they are actually meaning. This is not the case with everyone who has a traumatic brain injury, but there is a potential it could happen.
Motor function can be affected with certain fine motor skills in the hands. It can also affect the motor function of speech, also known as Broca’s Aphasia. This is when there is a problem with the transmission of information. They understand what the information is and know what they want to say, but have a difficult time actually getting the information across