Page B2 — Terrace Standard, Wednesday, October 9, 1991 Rehabilitation Centre, :* By VERNA AMELL, Ph.D. “I find it helps to unders- tand how the brain works if you think of it as a company, The company runs at peak efficiency when all the parts are working, a Up at the front of the com- Pany (frontal temporal lodes) are the vice presidents and _ there are several. of. them; ~ They make the plans for the company and decide who’s - going to’ do what and when, “As things. get underway, : the vice-presidents get feed- :"back on how well things are - going, judge the information ‘and then make further deci- “gions: change that, keep this, s+ show appreciation or. an- - Moyalice,, : planning, organization, .- and appreciation. In the middie {parietal -association cortex) are the - Managers each running their own department. On the left side of the brain are the speech depart- ment (tongue,lip and throat muscles), language depart- ment (find the right wards and know what they mean) and the motor department . controlling the right arm and _leg. On the right side of the ’ brain there’s another motor department (left arm and leg), a spatial reasoning department (from knowing where you are when driving a car to getting your arm into a sleeve), a music department and a few incidentals, Basically, the right side is ' the picture side and the left the talking side. So, up front you have’. decision-making, judgement. _How brain works _ ‘October is Head Injury Awareness Month, The article |. ‘: below is the second in a@ series intended to increase public .- +, .wareness of just what is meant by the term. Pe “Ft is reprinted with the permission of the G.F. Strong Now, the managers knaw what the. plan is from the vice-presidents and they make sure it gets carried out, In order to do this, they com- municate frequently with one another. sending messages back and forth. ; At the bottom of the cor- porate ladder (limbic region, amygdala and basal ganglia) are the workers. They don’t know what.the plan is but. they know their job and they do the same one day in and day out. They handle things like appetite control, the néed for water, staying alert or going to sleep and basic ‘emotions — turn on the tears, make the face red or . increase the pulse rate. Basically, in a brain in- | _jury, someone gets fired. Depending on the injury, that could be a worker, Manager or even a_vice- president. You can also have so- meone ‘away on a “leave of absence’’ such as when there's a temporary swelling or loss ofblood supply for a short time. The effect of the injury is to reduce the efficiency of the company, Messages get sent, but aren’t picked up, The vice-presidents get an- noyed, the managers get fatigued and the emotional workers get overwrought, Confusion reigns. The whole purpose of rehabilitation is to find out who got fired and who is still on the job so messages can be re-routed and the company can become more efficient again, Did you ra Be | Horzontac fee | with every vertical blind order 30% OFF ABBEY & VERTICAL BLINDS Ask for details about } | aur other specials Make a Fashion Statement With Your Windows! 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