Background
This was the level of education Philipa had before her injury
An English major
How many subdivisions does the frontal lobe have?
What are four?
Adding irrelevant flags and a smiley face when copying the Rey Complex Figure is an example of this frontal lobe symptom
Embellishment
This was Phillipa's primary rehabilitation
Physical therapy
To which hemisphere of the brain were the electrical currents sent to in the study sent?
Left (Left Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex)
This is the syndrome Philipa suffered from
"Frontal-lobe syndrome"
Name three things that the frontal lobe helps us do.
What is working memory, motivation, attention control, problem-solving, motor execution and planning, and needed for sexual behavior (name any of the three)
Psychologists originally trying to measure this form of neglect before giving up because Phillipa kept peaking over the curtain
Tactile Neglect
Phillipa showed this type of behavior which led to her being placed in a psychiatric institution
Aggressive behavior (yelling/shouting)
The patients in the study all had disorders of ______?
Consciousness
This was the frontal lobe that sustained the most damage and had to be surgically removed
The left frontal lobe
This selects movements for the primary motor cortex to do.
What is the premotor cortex?
The repetition of a particular response (such as a word, phrase, or gesture) regardless of the absence or cessation of a stimulus
Perseveration
Rehabilitation focusing on this deficit was very successful even though Phillipa showed no motivation during therapy.
Right sided limb weakness
What was the therapy called that was applied to the patients in the study?
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS)