OMG OMG! A person in the 40's in Australia wants to know, "Why is it that if the brain is injured that person with the injury has such a blank or foggy brain?"
Here's an answer:
that depends on the injury Read More
Brain injuries can cause a range of different effects depending on the severity of the injury and the area which the injury most directly affects. For example, an injury to the hippocampus will very likely effect a person's short term memory, leaving them potentially in a "blank" or "foggy" state as described. This was first noticed in the very famous patient HM.
However, other injuries may cause different behavioral symptoms. Phineas Gage was an american railroad worker who received a serious injury to the frontal lobe of his brain. Rather than becoming blank or foggy, he became a wild, cursing person completely different from his previous self, with memory more or less intact.
However, other injuries may cause different behavioral symptoms. Phineas Gage was an american railroad worker who received a serious injury to the frontal lobe of his brain. Rather than becoming blank or foggy, he became a wild, cursing person completely different from his previous self, with memory more or less intact.
Answered by Curtis Easton
Wow, the brain is so cool!
Hey, what's the one thing you wish you knew about the brain?