Week 6 Flashcards
(28 cards)
Which six factors are named for more psychosis in cities?
What does this graph indicate?
the risk of getting a psychosis is related to the amount of thc and the frequency of use.
What is the neurodevelopmental hypothesis of psychosis?
psychosis is not caused by canabis but by the developmental problems it may cause.
what is the rule of thumb between prevalence en heritability?
What effect does the age of father have on the risk of psychosis?
the older, the more risk.
What is the novo mutation hypothesis?
increasing age–>more mutation of genes–>more chance of mutations (errors)
What is the selection into late fatherhood hypothesis?
older fathers are “the ones left” maybe for a good reason? maybe something geneticly wrong with them?
What is the social defeat hypothesis on psychosis?
Define the social causation hypothesis
Define the social selection/drift hypothesis
What is Dysmorphopsia?
Dysmorphopsia, in a broad sense, is a condition in which a person is unable to correctly perceive objects.
What is Macropsia and what is Micropsia?
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macropsia: seeing your surounding bigger than it is
micropsia seeing your surounding smaller than it is
What is plagiopsia
geen rechtelijnen kunnen zien. Alles is schuin. Dit kan vanzelf weggaan in een aantal jaar.
a lot of visual distortion is believed to be caused by malfunctioning of…..
coritical collums in the visual cortex–>detection of lines
What is hyperchromatopsia?
colours are seen as exceptionally vivid and brilliant
What is achromatopsia?
seeing no vivid colours
What is hemiachromatopsia?
half visual field achromatopsia and half hyperchromatopsia
Which centre in the visual cortex is believed to be responsible for colour?
V4
What is selective sparing of colour vision
not being able to see: movement, shapes etc. Only coulers (can happen after carbon monoxide poisoning)
What is the trailing phenomenon?
disturbance of visual motion perception of unknown origin: the subject perceives a series of discrete stationary images trailing in the wake of otherwise normally moving objects.
What is akinetopsia?
not being able to see movement
Which centre in the visual cortex is believed to be responsible for motion?
V5
What is the Riddoch’s phenomenon?
Only being able to see movement: no collor, shape, etc.
What is prosopometamorphopsia?
Seeing a person’s eye’s bigger than it really is. sometimes also of them selves in the mirror, but not always
