- may know the appropriate response to a situation but display inappropriate responses

to those same situations in "real life.

- emotions that are felt may not be expressed in the face or voice
- Along the same lines, though, the person may also exhibit excessive, unwarranted
displays of emotion.
(giving up on life)- Depression is common in stroke patients; it affects a great
number of those who have experienced one. Also common along with depression
is a loss of or decrease in motivation. Someone might not want to carry out
normal daily activities and would not feel "up to it".
Those who are close to the person who has experienced the damage may notice that
the person no longer behaves like him or herself. This personality change is
characteristic of damage to the frontal lobe and was exemplified in the case of Phineas
Gage.
- The frontal lobe is the same part of the brain that is responsible for executive functions
such as
- planning for the future
- judgment
- decision-making skills
- attention span
- inhibition.
These functions can decrease drastically in someone whose frontal lobe is damaged.
Consequences that are seen less frequently are also varied. Confabulation may be the
most frequently indicated "less common" effect. In the case of confabulation, someone
gives false information while maintaining the belief that it is the truth; he or she cannot
remember the accurate information.
- In a small number of patients, uncharacteristic cheerfulness can be noted. This
effect is seen mostly in patients with lesions to the right frontal portion of the
brain.
Another infrequent effect is that of reduplicative paramnesia, in which patients believe
that the location in which they currently reside is a replica of one located somewhere
else. Similarly, those who experience Capgras syndrome after frontal lobe damage
believe that an identical "replacement" has taken the identity of a close friend, relative,
or other person and is posing as that person. This last effect is seen mostly in

schizophrenic patients who also have a neurological disorder in the frontal lobe.[6][9]