Author: dawncorbelli

We all wonder why our brain injured loved one or even ourselves having a brain injury end up with personality changes after a brain injury. Personality changes can originate from three sources following a brain injury: Specific physiological changes in the brain, which affect how it takes in, processes, and perceives information. Emotional reactions (a… Continue reading Personality Changes After Brain Injury

Have you ever wondered why neuropsychological testing is important? Did you know it is used on people for many reasons? Neuropsychological assessment is a performance-based method to assess cognitive (thinking/mental) consequences of brain damage, brain disease, and severe mental illness. Resource: Clinical Applications of neuropsychological assessment https://www.ncbi.nih.gov>pmc Neuropsychology joins the medical fields of: -Neurology- the… Continue reading Neuropsychological Testing

Sadly, Veronica asked me, “Do I have failure to launch?” Have you heard of the statement, “failure to launch?” Young adults with failure to launch, or failure to thrive may appear to be “stuck” or not maturing in an age-appropriate way. Failure to launch syndrome is an increasingly common problem among young people who are… Continue reading Failure to Launch Syndrome

Our brain injured loved one behaves differently than they used to. You have asked them over and over not to present that inappropriate behavior. Do you believe they don’t change their behavior because they can’t or are they stubborn and simply won’t? -A survivor is so blunt and unfiltered, many times angry, irritated, irrational, and… Continue reading Is it That Survivors Can’t OR Won’t?

The most important role of the hippocampus involves memory. The hippocampus memory functions can be divided into memory consolidation, memory transfer, and spatial memory. Memory Consolidation occurs when a new memory from a recent experience is “reformatted” into a long-term, more stable memory. Short-term memories are memories that are only available for a short amount… Continue reading The Hippocampus and Our Memory