Frontal Lobe Details - LIMP
Prefrontal Area - most frontal region
Responsible for highest intellectual functioning such as:
- Judgment
- Reasoning
- Conceptual Planning
- Abstract Thinking
Function:
- Executive functioning and personality
Damage effect:
- L: depression, apathy, speech, apathy
- R: impulsivity, confabulation, verbosity
- Medial: difficulty speaking, motor abnormalities
- Orbital: emotional unresponsiveness, dysinhibition
Psychopathology:
- Frontal lobe syndrome
- Schizophrenia
- Depression
- Anxiety
An easy way to remember the functions of the frontal lobe (LIMP):
- L: language
- I: intellect
- M: motor function
- P: personality
