LEC1

Question 1

PET scans focus on what type of brain activity

Answer 1

Metabolic

Question 2

Old fashion X often had metal in them meaning that an MRI could be dangerous

Answer 2

Tattoos

People who worked at welding may also have shards of metal

Question 3

In X signals coming from an EEG may be very different from one part of the brain to another and out of sync

Answer 3

Epilepsy

Question 4

What does CSF stand for

Answer 4

Cerebrospinal fluid

Question 5

A Lumbar puncture or spinal tap is done X the spinal cord

Answer 5

Below

Question 6

What protien is used to diagnose Alzheimer’s

Answer 6

Tau-Protein

Can be used to predict in abscenc of symptoms

Question 7

Why is damage to frontal lobes associated with personality change?

Answer 7

Changes in emotional or behavioural control

Question 8

Across all disorders a neuroclinical psychologist is likely to encounter deficits in X, x AND x are almost always present

Answer 8

Attention, concentration, and information processing

Question 9

What is the oppisite to a battery aproach to testing?

Answer 9

Hypothesis driven testing

Question 10

Emotional problems associated with a neurological impairment can be primary or secondary. What does this mean?

Answer 10

Primary (directly as a result of abnormality)
Secondary( consequences , functional impairment)

Most offten secondary.

Question 11

Always important to x on and pay attention to functions and abilities that remain

Answer 11

capatilise and make use of clients remaining abilities that could also be used to compensate for defficits