Chapter 1.
Introduction
Can Brain Damage Cause a Personality Disorder?
Author: Ronald J. Comer
Princeton University
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1.1 Can Brain Damage Cause a Personality Disorder?
Clinical researchers do not fully understand the causes of personality differences or personality disorders. Biological factors may play a key role. This video explores personality, including its neural links, by focusing on the case of a man who has a degenerative brain disorder. The video describes the changes in his personality and creativity, and ties those changes to changes in his brain. It also explores various explanations for personality changes as a result of brain disorders.
1.2 Check Your Understanding
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1. According to the video, Dick’s personality changes are the result of degeneration of his ____________.
2. Dick’s personality changes included each of the following, except:
3. According to the video, the frontal lobes are tied to each of the following, except:
4. On the positive side, Dick’s degenerative brain disease seems to have produced _____________.
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