Neuro D Brain & Behavior Flashcards

1
Q

Hemispheres

Detail v Gestalt

A

Dominant, non

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2
Q

Stepwise vs parallel

A

Dominant, non

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3
Q

Primary emotions v social emotions

A

Non, dominant

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4
Q

Creative v logical

A

Non dominant, dominant

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5
Q
Language
Prosody
Spatial
Verbal
Fine motor
A
L
R
R
L
L
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6
Q

Close eyes & tie shoes

A

Corpus Callosum

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7
Q

3 common L dysfunctions

A

Catastrophic reactions,
Auditory hallucinations,
Catatonia

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8
Q

4 R pathologies

A

Abnormal mood
Experiential hallucinations
Aprosodia
People recognition problems

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9
Q

Praxic disturbance

A

Inability to perform a task despite normal strength

Frontal lobe

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10
Q

Broca aphasia

A

Frontal lobe

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11
Q

Impaired working memory

A

(30 seconds)

Frontal lobe

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12
Q

Primitive reflexes (suckle, snout)

A

Frontal lobe

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13
Q

New learning & memory

A

Temporal lobe

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14
Q

Fight/flight

A

Temporal lobe

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15
Q

Auditory processing

A

Temporal lobe

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16
Q

Visual perception

A

Temporal lobe

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17
Q

Emotional tone

A

Temporal lobe

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18
Q

Anterograde amnesia

A

Temporal lobe

19
Q

Episodic memory

A

Temporal lobe

20
Q

Semantic knowledge retrieval

A

Temporal lobe

21
Q

3-D awareness

A

Parietal lobe

22
Q

Sensory integration

A

Parietal lobe

23
Q

Spatial manipulation

A

Parietal lobe

24
Q

Anosognosia

A

Denial of illness

Parietal lobe

25
Q

Tactile agnosia

A

Parietal lobe

26
Q

Gerstmann’s syndrome

A

finger agnosia, dysgraphia, acalculia, right-left disorientation
Parietal lobe

27
Q

Capgras syndrome

A

Delusion that friend is an imposter

Parietal lobe

28
Q

Fregoli syndrome

A

Different people are one single person

Parietal lobe

29
Q

Balint’s syndrome

A

Simultagnosia - visual disorientation, can’t attend more than one stimulus
Optic ataxia - can’t follow movement
Optic apraxia - can’t move eyes voluntarily
Occipital Lobe

30
Q

Defective motion perception

A

Occipital lobe

31
Q

Achromatopsia

A

CNS color blindness

Occipital lobe

32
Q

Visual agnosia

A

Occipital lobe

33
Q

Pure alexia

A

Inability to read despite normal vision

Occipital lobe

34
Q

Lateralized lesion pathologies

A

Neo Mammalian Brain only

35
Q

Anterior v Posterior

A

Action v Perception

36
Q

Caudate pathology

A

Depression

37
Q

Dysexecutive syndrome

A

Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex loop
(DLPFC -> DL Caudate -> GP -> VA/MD Thalamus)
-Difficulty planning, executing, terminating tasks
-Cannot perform multiple task at once
-Stimulus bound behaviors
-Poor neuropsychological testing

38
Q

Disinhibition syndrome

A

Lateral Orbital Cortex loop
(LOC -> VM Caudate -> GP -> VA/MD Thalamus)
-Socially inappropriate, tactless behavior
-Irritable, Impulsive, Silly Euphoria
-Normal neuropsychological testing

39
Q

Amotivational syndrome

A

Akinetic mutism - profoundly apathetic, rarely move, eat/drink only when fed
-Speak in monosyllables

40
Q

Hypolimbic syndromes/structures

  • Depression
  • Apathy
  • Amnesia
  • Kluver-Bucy
A
  • Medial orbitofrontal circuit
  • Anterior cingulate circuit
  • Archicortical structures
  • Amygdala/Temporal pole
41
Q

Hyperlimbic syndromes/structures

  • Mania
  • OCD
  • Limbic epilepsy
  • Rage
A
  • Medial Right Diencephalon
  • Orbito-frontal circuit
  • Paleo-cortical structures
  • Hypothalamus/amygdala
42
Q

Dysfunctional Cortico-Limbic syndromes

  • Psychosis
  • Loss of social decorum
  • Anxiety/panic
  • Utilization behavior
A
  • DLFC & Limbic system
  • Lateral orbito-frontal circuit
  • Medial orbito-frontal cortex
  • Lateral orbitofrontal cortex
43
Q

Constructional Apraxia

A

Inability to copy

Parietal lobe