Dysfunction of Higher Brain Functions: Speaking, Remembering, and Judging
Slurred speech, getting lost, or personality changes are not just simple aging.
These are crucial signals indicating damage to specific networks in the brain.
The cerebrum handles higher-level functions that define us as human, including language, memory, spatial cognition, and emotion regulation.
When specific brain networks are damaged by stroke or neurodegenerative diseases, various cognitive and behavioral disorders appear, such as aphasia, amnesia, hemispatial neglect, and frontal lobe syndromes.
Accurate symptom analysis to identify the damaged area and rehabilitation to maximize remaining brain functions are necessary.
