Frontal Lobe Functions:
- Coordinating voluntary movements
- Impulse control (decision making)
- Assessing similarities and differences between two objects
- Forming and retaining long-term memories
- Understanding language, linguistic memories, and speaking
- Emotional regulation and expression
- Personality development
- Attention regulation
Injuries to the frontal lobe may cause:
- Inability to engage in decision-making or poor decision-making skills
- Difficulties with planning, executive functioning, and attention
- Loss of memory
- Sudden or dramatic changes in personality
- Changes in emotions
- Difficulty understanding social cues
- Difficulty with empathy or relating to other’s emotions
- Changes in motor skills and spatial reasoning abilities