We’ve long observed situations where, for example a doctor manages to save the life of a stroke patient. But afterward, the person may end up living as someone entirely different. People who suffer a stroke can become completely different individuals — their behavior also changes. Often, it’s the family who ends up complaining, saying things like, “This isn’t the same father we used to know.”
But for a neurologist or neurosurgeon, that doesn’t matter much. What matters is that the person is still alive. Studying behavior falls under behavioral neuroscience. Neurosurgeons are closely connected to that field, but it’s not their main role. A neurosurgeon's job, when someone has a stroke, involves three main things:
- Life-saving measures – first and foremost, to keep the patient alive.
- Limitation of disability – to minimize long-term impairment.
- Rehabilitation – to help the patient return to their previous way of life.
Those are the responsibilities of a neurosurgeon. Of course, psychiatrists have different roles entirely. For me, as a neurosurgeon, I’m not trained to study why someone gets angry. I’ve never studied that—it’s not part of neurosurgery. Likewise, understanding how someone can drive a car and somehow end up at home without consciously remembering every step — that's also outside my field.
And neurosurgeons don’t study why badminton players or soccer players need to train eight hours a day on the field. Those kinds of questions are answered by neuroscience.
Kita itu sejak dulu sering melihat misalnya, dokter itu bisa mempertahankan kehidupanya orang stroke. Terus kemudian dia hidup sebagai orang lain. Orang kalau stroke itu, bisa jadi orang yang berbeda. Perilakunya juga beda, gitu. Jadi seringkali keluarganya yang mengeluh, "bapak saya, kok bukan bapak yang kemarin, gitu."
Tapi bagi dokter saraf, atau dokter bedah saraf
gak papa, yang penting kan hidup.
Mempelajari perilaku itu termasuk di dalam behaviour neuroscience. Dokter bedah saraf, berhimpitan dengan itu semua, tetapi tugasnya dokter bedah saraf bukan itu. Tugasnya dokter bedah saraf, kalau ada stroke, bagaimana satu kemungkinanya yang pertama adalah
- life saving setelah live saving,
- limitation of disability, melimitasi kecacatan
- dan yang ketiga merehabilitasi untuk kembali ke kehidupanya yang semula
itu semua tugasnya dokter. Nah tentu ada, dokter jiwa, beda lagi...
Nah saya sebagai dokter bedah saraf, tidak terbiasa mempelajari, kenapa orang itu kok marah. Tidak pernh mempelajari itu, itu bukan bidangnya dokter bedah saraf. Terus bagaimana orang itu kok bisa nyetir mobil, tahu2 kok sampai di rumah. Dokter bedah saraf juga tidak belajar, kenapa pemain bulu tangkis, atau pemain bola itu harus delapan jam sehari, di lapangan bola, atau di lapangan bulu tangkis. Nah itu semua bisa terjawab oleh neuroscience..
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