In article <7md2cq$q6l at freenet-news.carleton.ca>,
be206 at FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Marek Ghosh) wrote:
>> 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
>In some cases, there is a 100% cause and effect relationship between
neurological damage and behavioral changes. The non-profit BIA (Brain
Injury Association) based in Washington, D.C., has some information
regarding the relationship of head injuries (severe, moderate, mild)
and behavioral changes. The movie Awakenings with Robin Williams
(based on the book by Oliver W. Sacks, M.D.) shows how influenza
dramatically changed the behavior of some girls and boys, men and
women. What the movie also shows too is the discovery that a medicine
could temporarily improve the behavior (term behavior used in a very
large meaning/sense) of the victims many years later. Time-Life offers
a series of illustrated books about the brain which can be helpful in
understanding how even small insults/injuries to the brain can cause a
long list of different neurological and behavioral changes in many
cases being permanent in nature.
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