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Clinical Neuro
Functions of the Cortex & Neuropsy. Ass.
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Biology
Graduate
01/03/2008

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Name 3 methods for examining brain-behavior relationships
Definition
1. Neuroanatomical approach
2. Test-based/factor analytic
3. Conceptual approach
Term
Describe Neuroanatomical approach
Definition
Experiment manipulation and experiments of nature like studying a stroke patient
Term
What are the 6 A's in neuropsychology
Definition
1. Agnoisa (Knowledge)
2. Apraxia (integrative movement)
3. Aphasia (language)
4. Amentia (memory)
5. Affect (mood states)
6. Arousal (awareness)
Term
What's the function of the occipital lobes
Definition
Mediation of visual experience
Term
Name the 4 defects that are associated w/ the occipital lobes
Definition
1. Homonymous hemianopisa
2. Heteronymous hemianopsia (loss in temporal fields)
3. Scotomata (holes in the visual fields)
4. Complete cortical blindness
Term
Visual agnoisa is a defect of
Definition
Recognizing visual objects
Term
what are the Visual agonisa defects?
Definition
1. Apperceptive visual agonisa
2. Associative visual agonisa
3. Agnostic alexia
4. Prosopagnosia
Term
What's appreceptive visual agonisa?
Definition
They can't tell you what an object is, but if you give them a line up they can pick it out
Term
If a man can recognizes faces, but cannot recognize that a face belongs to his wife, he has
Definition
Associative visual agonisa
Term
Prosopangosia is
Definition
Loss of faces
Term
What's the function of the Right Occipital lobe?
Definition
Localize self in space from visual cues
Term
Give 2 defects that are assoicated w/ the right occipital lobe
Definition
Prosopagnosia & Unilateral neglect
Term
The left occipital lobe combines visual input into _______
Definition
patterns
Term
A defect of combining visual input into patterns is
Definition
Visual agonisa (unable to recognize objects)
Term
The defects associated w/ the left occiptial lobes are
Definition
Visual agonisa
Agnostic dyslexia (cannot recognize letters)
Term
What cortex is in the Parietal lobe and what does it do?
Definition
Association cortex integrates information from other senses
Term
If you cannot recognize an object in a sensory modality like by touching it you have but if you can recognize objects but only touch you have
Definition
1. Agnoisa
2. Asterogenosis
Term
Agnoisa and Asterognosis are both defect in the _____ lobes
Definition
Parietal
Term
you can get unilateral neglect from a defect in which 2 lobes?
Definition
Right Occipital and Right Parietal
Term
The function of the Right Parietal lobe is
Definition
Constructing or assembling objects from component parts
Term
Name the 3 body-spatial awareness deficits that occur in the Right parietal lobe
Definition
1. Anosognosia "lack of awareness"
2. Anosodiaphonia "know something is wrong but are blocking it out"
3. Asomatosogmia
Term
the Left parietal lobe processes ______ stimuli & manipulates ______ symbols
Definition
symbolic and numerical
Term
What are 3 deficits of processing symbolic stimuli in the left parietal lobe
Definition
1. Reading (Dyslexia/alexia)
2. Naming (dysnomia/anomia)
3. Speaking (Wernicke aphasia)
Term
what are 3 deficits of manipulating numberical symbols in the left parietal lobe
Definition
1. Recognizing numerical values
2. Inability to perform arithemetic
3. Acalculia from numberical alexia (cannot add 7 + 3 because the answer doesn't make sense)
Term
Name 6 functions of the temporal lobe and there associated defects
Definition
1. Recognition of olfactory stimuli; Olfactory agnoisa
2. Auditory perception; Auditory agnoisa
3. Formation of new memories; Anterograde amenisa "Memento"
4. Attention
5. Orientation in time & space such as deja vu
6. Emotional stability
Term
Give the 3 functions of the right temporal lobe
Definition
1. Recognition of rhythmic patterns
2. visuo-spatial abstract reasoning
3. Visual-spatial recognition
Term
Give the 4 functions of the Left temporal lobe
Definition
1. Analysis & integration of speech
2. Decoding of sounds & language
3. Memory for verbal stimlui
4. Comprehension of visual verbal symbolic material
Term
Give the deficits of the Left temporal lobe
Definition
1. Sounds: auditory agnosia
2. Lanugage: aphasia
3. Verbal stimuli: Dysnomia (naming)
4. Comprehension of visual-verbal symbolic material
-Reading (alexia)
-Writing (agraphia)
Term
Name the 5 functions of the prefrontal region
Definition
1. Cognitive & behavioral flexibility
2. Regulation of rate of behavior & spontaneity
3. Regulation of attention
4. Self-awareness & responsiveness to social feedback
5. Ability to think abstractly
Term
Name 2 deficits of Regulation of rate of behavior & spontaneity
Definition
Pathological inertia: apathy, mutism, unresponsiveness
Loss of control: impulsivity, overactivity & disinhibition
Term
The right frontal lobe have 5 functions what are they?
Definition
1. Interpretation of proverbs
2. Visual-spatial deficits secondary to motor components
3. Singing
4. Control of left-side motor movements
5. Nonverbral visual memory
Term
Name the functions of the left frontal lobe and their deficits
Definition
1. Expressive speech (broca)
2. Control of speech musculature (dysarthria)
3. Converting verbal instructions into task (ideomotor apraxia)
4. verbral memory
5. Consciousness, emotionality & attention
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