Stroke and Utilization Behavior

Stroke symptoms can be very strange, and challenging, and they say a lot about the complexity of our brains. One of the most interesting symptoms of stroke is called Utilization behavior, by which a person who has suffered a stroke that affects both of his frontal lobes constantly has an unstoppable urge to explore and use objects that are placed in his immediate environment.

They pick things up and explore them with major curiosity. It could be something as simple as a pen, or a salt shaker. A person with this symptom may open the salt shaker and watch the salt spill out with certain degree of surprise. The symptoms are reminiscent of the exploratory behavior one sees in babies and children as they are growing up.

Recommended reading:
Six Ways to Avoid Stroke
What is a Stroke
Frontal Lobe Strokes
What is a Mini-Stroke