SENSORY PROCESSING; SPATIAL AWARENESS; BODY AWARENESS; INTEGRATION OF

SENSES; ATTENTION & PERCEPTION; MATHEMATICAL & SPATIAL COGNITION; LANGUAGE

PROCESSING; MOTOR PLANNING; MEMORY RETRIEVAL

Connections: Birth Deficits:

Afferent (Incoming) Efferent (Outgoing) 1. Parietal Lobe Hypoplasia
1. Primary Sensory 1. Motor Cortex 2. Parietal Encephalocele
Cortex 2. Frontal Lobe 3. Parietal Lobe Dysplasia
2. Association 3. Temporal Lobe 4. Congenital Brain Malformations
5. Congenital Hydrocephalus
Cortices 4. Other Cortical &
3. Posterior Subcortical
Parietal Cortex Structures
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Case Study
Patient: 45-year-old male, Mr. A.
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Background: F
Car accident resulting in traumatic
brain injury. O
Left parietal lobe damage.
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Clinical Presentation:
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Somatosensory Deficits:
Impaired tactile perception on the right side of
the body.
Difficulty recognizing temperature and pain
sensations. Cognitive and Emotional Effects:
Spatial Awareness Impairment: Hemispatial Neglect:
Frequent collisions with objects on his right Neglecting objects and stimuli on the left
side. side of the visual field.
Difficulty with reaching and estimating Anosognosia:
distances. Lack of insight into the extent of deficits.

Agraphia: Treatment and Rehabilitation:

Illegible handwriting and difficulty organizing Intensive rehabilitation program focusing
thoughts in writing. on sensory perception, spatial awareness,
Constructional Apraxia: and functional independence.
Inability to assemble or disassemble objects, Strategies to compensate for deficits and
puzzles, or furniture. improve awareness of the left visual field.