Editing Writer's block (section)

===Brain trauma===
Other research identifies neurological malfunctions as a cause. Malcolm T. Cunningham showed how these malfunctions can be linked to trauma both mental and physical.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Cunningham|first=Malcolm T.|date=2007-04-17|title=Writer's block: failures of the neurological network and comparisons with business networks|journal=Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing|volume=22|issue=3|pages=154–160|doi=10.1108/08858620710741850|issn=0885-8624}}</ref>

Physical damage can produce writer's block. If a person experiences tissue damage in the brain, i.e. a stroke, it is likely to lead to other complications apart from the [[lesion]] itself. This damage causes an extreme form of writer's block known as agraphia.<ref name="Castillo 1043–1044"/> With agraphia, the inability to write is due to issues with the cerebral cortex; this disables the brain's process of translating thoughts into writing. Brain injuries are an example of a physical illness that can cause a writer to be blocked. Other brain-related disorders and neurological disorders such as epilepsy have been known to cause the problem of writer's block and hypergraphia, the strong urge to write.<ref name=":2" />