Clinical Neuropsychology Week 1 - Summary Already Passed

Go/no-go reaction time tasks {Ans: inhibition; press the button at stimulus A, but do not press at other stimuli}Dissociation {Ans: a selective loss in cognitive functioning}Association {Ans: the features are linked to previous knowledge about the object}Criterion validity {Ans: the extent to which test scores can be used to predict scores on a target variable.}Aggravating {Ans: exaggerate}Conduction aphasia {Ans: Patient is able to speak and understand, but would be unable to repeat spoken words}Simple reaction time tasks {Ans: detection; press the button at the appearance of a stimulus}Double dissociation {Ans: patient I may have impairments in task I but not on task II, while the reverse pattern is present in patient II}Anosognosia {Ans: a lack of awareness and understanding of a disease, or not even being aware of the disease}Subtraction method {Ans: the differences in reaction times between the different asks conditions that provides information about cognitive functions}Per protocol analysis {Ans: All patients who did not complete the study are omitted from the analysis}Associative agnosia {Ans: Patients are able to copy the object ,but do not recognize what they have drawn}Content validity {Ans: the extent to which