Introduction to Neuoroanatomy and Psychobiology Basic Functions of CNS anatomy IN RELATIONSHIP TO MENTAL HEALTH/MENTAL ILLNESS.

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|CNS ANATOMY |FUNCTIONS |DYSFUNCTIONS |
|Frontal Lobe |High order thinking, abstract reasoning, |LABILE affect, behavioral dyscontrol, |
| |concentration, motivation |slowed mental processing |
|Parietal Lobe |Sensory attending |Perceptual deficits: asteriognosis and |
| | |geographic |
|Occipital Lobe |Visual function |Misperceptions are associated with damage |
| | |to the area - i.e.: not involved with |
| | |psychotic types of hallucinations |
|Temporal Lobe (Major component of the |Emotion Expression via limbic system |May lose tonal lilt in speech (become |
|limbic system located here) |Language, sound, smell and environment |monotone) |
| |interpretation |Role in olfactory, auditory and visual |
| |Judgment |hallucinations associated with psychosis |
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