Summary Diagnostics In Clinical Neuropsychology Lectures (+ Practice Questions)

anterograde amnesia occurs in nearly all conditions that hve an impact on... {Ans: the mesial temporal lobe, especially the hippocampus}reticular activation system RAS {Ans: - controls wakefulness, alertness, modulates attention through cortical arousal - includes part of thalamus and pons, and diencephalon}multiple sclerosis neuropsychological screening questionnaire {Ans: - filled by the patient and an informant - self-report correlates more with depression than cognitive performance - informant's answers correlate more with cognitive decline than depression}limbic system {Ans: hippocampus amygdala cingulate gurys}wada test {Ans: temporary pharmacological inactivation of one hemisphere to identify how important each hemisphere is for memory and language functioning}treatment outcome for substance abuse can be predicted by (two tests) {Ans: digit span backwards Beck depression inventory}disorders associated with damage to the right premotor area (6) {Ans: - aprosodia (impaired melodic contour in speech) - fragmented thinking - diminished grip strength - motor impersistence - loss of gesturing - lack of emotion in speech}aphasia and what it affects (3) {Ans: acquired disturbance of comprehension and formulation of verbal messages - syntax (grammar) - lexicon (meaning of words) - word morphology (phoneme combinations of words)}four characteristics of anamnesis {Ans: - semi-structured conversation