Aphasia is a disorder where partial or complete loss of the ability to read, speak and gestures may be impaired. It stems from damage to the area of the brain that controls language....
Brain Damage The term brain injury or brain damage refers to damage to the brain caused by illness or accident. The consequences of injuries are similar, regardless of their cause. They are complex, varied...
Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP) Progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) is a rare brain disorder that causes problems with movement, walking and balance, and eye movement. Originally called Steele-Richardson-Olszewski disease, after the three physicians who described...
Cingulate gyrus or cingulate cortex The function is cingulate gyrus is involved in processing emotions and behavior regulation. It also helps to regulate autonomic motor function. When we are worried or anxious, it is our cingulate...
Angular gyrus Angular gyrus (brain) related to language (i.e. reading, writing and interpretation of what is written), number processing and spatial cognition, memory retrieval, attention, and theory of mind. An Angular gyrus or cerebral...
Brain Gyrus and Sulcus Gyri and sulci are the folds and indentations of the brain that give it its wrinkled appearance. Gyri (singular: brain gyrus) are the folds or bumps in the brain and...
Gerstmann syndrome also known as angular gyrus syndrome Gerstmann syndrome also known as angular gyrus syndrome is a neurological syndrome, associating digital agnosia, right-left indistinction or confusion, acalculia, dysgraphia and sometimes constructive apraxia. Gerstmann...
Right Brain and Left Brain Difference between right and left brain. The left brain deals with short term memory, problem formulation & theoretical planning, contains logical memories. The right brain deals with creativity. Right...