Categorisation of Major Brain Functions

As a framework, the major brain functions typically divided into modalities and domains. The major modalities are motor function and the senses of vision, hearing, touch, and rarely, smell. The major domains are the cognitive abilities and include abstract reasoning and intellectual function, memory, language, spatial abilities and motor skills. We will also discuss how assessments are conducted by behavioural neurologists. Behavioural neurologists typically do specialised evaluations based on their initial examination and review of the history, but they use a somewhat different conceptual framework and methodological approach from clinical neuropsychologists, providing an interesting and important contrast.