1. Ila Ann Kameh Advanced General Psychology Week 7 Assignment 2 October 26, 2008
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Over the years technology has advanced that has changed the outlook on brain damage and its intensity and our abilities to directly link brain injury to social behavior. There are three functional systems within the brain that are involved when brain damage occurs, the first functional system is intellect which is the information-handling aspect of behavior. Secondly, we have the emotional functional system which involves the feelings and emotions of the brain. Thirdly, we have control which is how our behavior is controlled.
The picture on the left is what Phineas Gage looked like after the accident and in his hands is the iron rod that was thrust through under his cheek and exited through his skull. The picture on the right is a drawing of how it was assumed that the rod entered the skull and how the skull was cracked in many different places.
This slide allows the reader to see the different types of injuries that result in the brain being injured. There are two types of brain injury a penetrating brain injury where the brain is actually penetrated with an object such as a knife, stick, metal pipe. Then there is the closed head injury where the head is being hit hard enough that causes rapid movement of the head, that causes the nerve fibers and axons to stretch and possibly break within the brain. These types of injuries can cause two different types of brain damage, primary brain damage that takes place at the time of impact and secondary brain damage which occurs over a period of time after the trauma has occurred.
This slide informs the readers of the basic symptoms of brain injuries there are a multitude of other symptoms that are related to brain injuries that affect the persons language, cognitive, developmental, personality and social aspects of a persons life.
Another cause of death in the United States related to brain injuries is the shaken baby syndrome
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