Criminal Mischief: Episode #09: The Mysterious Human Brain The heart is easy to grasp-it's merely plumbing. The brain? That's a whole different animal. Understanding a bit about how it works can help you craft your fictional crime stories.
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The Mysterious Human Brain Notes:Head Trauma (Direct, Infectious, Anoxic, Vascular)
Physical Abnormalities
Behavioral Changes
Language/Communication
Brain Lobes:
Frontal: Controls personality, emotions, intellect, judgement, problem solving, attention, organizing, social skills
Broca's Area: Speech, writing, particularly expressing
Parietal: Controls motor and sensory functions, and helps with vision and hearing
Temporal: Language, memory, emotions, perceptions
Wernicke's Area: Impacts speech formation and understanding
Occipital: Vision
Aphasia: Receptive and expressive
Memory:
Short Term: Prefrontal Cortex
Long Term: Hippocampus in Temporal Lobe
Amnesia: Global Partial, Retrograde, Anterograde
LINKS:
Brain Anatomy: https://mayfieldclinic.com/pe-anatbrain.htm
Head Injury and Communication: https://www.headway.org.uk/about-brain-injury/individuals/effects-of-brain-injury/communication-problems/
Hannah Jenkins Case:
Newser: http://www.newser.com/story/266094/she-woke-up-from-bike-crash-and-couldnt-speak-english.html
BBC Story: https://www.bbc.com/news/disability-45804613
Mac Fedge Case:
NBC News Story: https://www.nbcnews.com/healthmain/different-person-personality-change-often-brain-injurys-hidden-toll-8C11152322
Subdural Info:
Subdural Hematoma Mayo Clinic: https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/intracranial-hematoma/symptoms-causes/syc-20356145
Personality and Behavior Changes: https://www.omicsonline.org/open-access/personality-and-behavior-changes-subsequent-to-traumatic-braininjury-a-review-of-the-literature-1522-4821-1000196.php?aid=52259
CareGiver Post: https://www.caregiver.org/coping-behavior-problems-after-head-injury
