DYSFUNCTION-HIGHER MENTAL FUNCTION
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SUMMARY
1. Higher cognitive functions such as fund of knowledge, abstract thinking & problem solving are localized in the posterior areas of the brain.
2. Social awareness & judgement can be localized to the frontal lobes.
Reference(s)
Strub, R. and Black, F., 2000. The mental status examination in neurology. Philadelphia: F.A. Davis Co.
R.M.H McMinn (1998). Last’s anatomy: regional and applied. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone. Get it on Amazon.
Drake, Richard L., et al. Gray's Anatomy for Students. Elsevier, 2023. Get it on Amazon.
