Frontal lobe function

Question 1

10 frontal lobe deficits

Answer 1

1. impaired init. of activity
2. distractability and inattention
3. impaired ability to shift mental set (perseverence)
4. pull to perceptual features
5. impaired abstraction
6. impaired planning and goal setting
7. impaired self awareness
8. personality changes
9. impaired theory of mind

Question 2

test for init. of activity

Answer 2

words beginning with a letter/minute or animals/minute

Question 3

2 tests for distractability and inattention

Answer 3

1. serial substraction

2. stroop

Question 4

2 tests for impaired ability to shift mental set

Answer 4

1. drawing multiple loops (they’ll keep going)
2. wisconsin card sorting
3. go-no-go

Question 5

2 test for pull to perceptual features

Answer 5

1. clock drawing (give a time to draw)

2. misperception of visual stim

Question 6

what is reduplicative paramnesia

Answer 6

delusion that a familiar person or place has been duplicated

Question 7

what is capgras syndrome

Answer 7

delusion that a person has been replaced by imposters

Question 8

7 potential personality changes

Answer 8

1. disinhibition
2. apathy
3. change in social conduct
4. inappropriate jocularity
5. poor hygiene
6. rudeness
7. poor insight