Summary PSYC 3500 Assessment3 1.docx PSYC-3500 How damage of the brain affects other functions of the body Learning and Cognition Impediments to Learning and Memory - #3 Capella University Case Study #1 The brain is a complex organ that controls countl

PSYC 3500 Assessment3 PSYC-3500 How damage of the brain affects other functions of the body Learning and Cognition Impediments to Learning and Memory - #3 Capella University Case Study #1 The brain is a complex organ that controls countless functions of the body. In the case of 70 year-old Linda, a stroke was the cause of her severe brain damage. Her partner John taught her how to read again due to her loss of memory. During a stroke, blood cannot get to the area that controls a certain function of the body. According to (, 2020), Linda s stroke occurred in the left side of the brain which caused her to be partially parallyzed on the right side, has trouble with her speech and loss of memory. However, John helps her learn how to read again by showing flash cards in hopes of building her vocabulary to form sentences or phrases. This technique is called €œchunking which according to