Changes After Frontal Lobe Damage

Difficulty sequencing

Perseveration

Attention deficits

Personality changes

Difficulty with problem-solving

Loss of verbal expression

Loss of spontaneity

Inflexible thinking

Uncontrollable emotional, social and sexual behavioral changes

Poor initiation of voluntary movements

Changes After Occipital Lobe Damage

Vision defects (visual field cuts)

Difficulty visually locating objects

Difficulty identifying colors

Hallucinations and visual distortions

Word blindness

Inability to recognize object movement

Difficulty reading and writing

Poor processing of visual information

Changes After Temporal Lobe Damage

Difficulty understanding spoken words

Disturbance of selective attention

Difficulty identifying and categorizing objects

Difficulty recognizing faces and visually locating objects

Short-term memory loss

Change in sexuality

Persistent talking

Increased aggressive behavior

Changes After Parietal Lobe Damage

Difficulty with academic skills

Difficulty naming objects

Right/left confusion

Impaired processing of tactile senses (touch)

Inability to focus visual attention

Difficulty with eye-hand coordination

Lack of awareness of body parts

Impaired spatial orientation

Changes After Cerebellum Damage

lmpaired gross and fine motor coordination

Loss of the ability to walk

Poor postural control

Inability to make rapid movements

Impaired control of eye movements

Tremors and/or dizziness

Slurred speech

Changes After Brain Stem Damage

Impaired regulation of temperature, heart rate and respiration

Difficulty swallowing food and fluid

Difficulty with balance and movement

Nausea and dizziness (vertigo)

Impaired arousal and sleep regulation