In <7md2cq$q6l at freenet-news.carleton.ca> be206 at FreeNet.Carleton.CA
(Marek Ghosh) writes:
>>>I have read examples of odd behaviour ranging from subtle to outright
>unacceptable, caused by different neurological causes.
>>Mild strokes, small brain tumours and head injury might cause
abberations of
>behaviour.
>>If this is true, are there books which specifically cite a number
>of examples of this type of behavioral change and the precise causes?
>>Would anyone comment on the validity of cause and effect between
>neurological damage and behavioural changes.
>>>Thank you
(1) Yes, this is true.
(2) I am always at a loss to cite any book that summarizes given areas
of neurology/neuroscience/neurobehaioral phenomena, etc. In general, I
do not read books, but read journal articles. If you have access to
Medline, trying searching out a few.
(3) You might try using Boolean AND to search for conjunction of some
specific type of aberration AND "brain injuries", etc. Alternatively,
you might look at articles on specific brain regions : "prefrontal
cortex" or "frontal lobe syndrome" should turn up some provocative
examples. "Temporal lobe epilepsy" or "partial continuous epilepsy"
might also.
(4) Maybe a limiting term such as "case history" might (in conjunction
with anatomical terms, neurological disorders, etc.) also yield
interesting examples.
(5) Not sure I understand your last request. Do you actually have any
dooubt that neurological damage can cause behavioral change? Of
course, some SPECIFIC cause/effect relationships are controversial, and
you could search for articles specifically on them: e.g. the
relationship between temporal lobe epilepsy (psychomotor epilepsy,
partial continuous epilepsy, limbic system lesions, etc.) and
agression (a favorite defense of some lawyers defending clients on
trial for murder).
F. Frank LeFever, Ph.D.
New York Neuropsychology Group
