What disease is associated with abnormalities in the frontal brain?
Cerebrovascular disease may cause a stroke in the frontal lobe. Tumours such as meningiom as may present with a frontal lobe syndrome. Frontal lobe impairment is also a feature of Alzheimer’s disease, frontotemporal dementia and Pick’s disease
How does frontal lobe damage affect personality?
Following a frontal lobe injury, an individual’s abilities to make good choices and
recognize consequences are often impaired. ... Damage to the frontal lobe can cause
increased irritability, which may include a change in mood and an inability to regulate
behavior.
What are the symptoms of frontal lobe damage?
Some of the common effects of damage to the frontal lobe include, but are not
limited to:
* Sudden changes in behavior, including aggression;
* Impaired moral judgment;
* Memory loss;
* Reduced motor skills and spatial reasoning;
* Declining intelligence;
* Inability to understand/interpret social cues;
* Dementia;
What does the right frontal lobe control?
The frontal lobes are involved in motor function, problem solving, spontaneity, memory,
language, initiation, judgement, impulse control, and social and sexual behavior. ... The
left frontal lobe is involved in controlling language related movement, whereas the right
frontal lobe plays a role in non-verbal abilities.