Lobe Functions
What is the function of the frontal lobe?
What mental illness is characterized by persistent low mood, loss of interest or pleasure in activities, and other symptoms that interfere with daily functioning?
Depression
What can happen if the frontal lobe is damaged?
Significant personality changes, difficulty with planning and decision-making, impaired judgment, poor impulse control, problems with social behavior, and sometimes even motor function issues
The basic functional unit of the nervous system.
Neurons
Which Winnie the Pooh Character has OCD?
Winnie the Pooh
What is the function of the temporal lobe?
What mental illness is a common emotion characterized by feelings of worry, fear, unease, and apprehension, but becomes a disorder when it's persistent, excessive, and interferes with daily life?
Anxiety
What can happen if the temporal lobe is damaged?
Difficulties with memory, language comprehension, auditory processing, facial recognition, and can even cause personality changes, most notably impacting the ability to understand spoken words (receptive aphasia) and recall new information due to impaired long-term memory function.
Nerves
Which Winnie the Pooh Character has Anxiety?
Piglet
What is the function of the occipital lobe?
What mental illness is a chronic mental illness characterized by significant disruptions in thought processes, perceptions, emotions, and behaviors?
Schizophrenia
What can happen if the occipital lobe is damaged?
Primarily affects vision, leading to symptoms like blindness, visual field cuts, difficulty recognizing colors, visual hallucinations, trouble locating objects, and problems with reading and writing due to its role in processing visual information
Brain
Which Winnie the Pooh Character has Dysthymia?
Eeyore
What is the function of the parietal lobe?
What mental illness features a pattern of unwanted thoughts and fears known as obsessions. These obsessions lead you to do repetitive behaviors, also called compulsions. These obsessions and compulsions get in the way of daily activities and cause a lot of distress?
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
What can happen if the parietal lobe is damaged?
Difficulties with spatial awareness, coordination, sensory perception, and performing everyday tasks
Spinal Cord
Which Winnie the Pooh Character has ADHD?
Tigger
What is the function of the spinal cord?
Send motor commands from the brain to the body, send sensory information from the body to the brain, and coordinate reflexes.
What metal illness is a chronic condition including attention difficulty, hyperactivity, and impulsiveness.
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
What can happen if the spinal cord is damaged?
Can cause temporary or permanent changes in feeling, movement, strength, and body functions below the point where the injury happens
Ganglia
Which Winnie the Pooh Character has schizophrenia?
Christopher Robin