Criminal Mischief: Episode #9: The Mysterious Human Brain

LISTEN: https://soundcloud.com/authorsontheair/criminal-mischief-the-amazing-human-brain

SHOW 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/

Aphasia: https://www.headway.org.uk/about-brain-injury/individuals/effects-of-brain-injury/communication-problems/language-impairment-aphasia/

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