Exam 18: Neuropsychology

Klatdlit has memory loss,and it is causing her to lose the ability to function well at home alone.Most likely,she has ____.

Iker has memory loss due to vascular dementia.This type of dementia is caused by ____.

"Fire good," says Frank,when attempting to say "The fire is good." He called a table a "shamble." Most likely,Frank has ____.

If Dr.Thomas is concerned whether her patient has anosognosia or may be unconsciously denying their symptoms,she could perform a Wada test.By temporarily "turning off" ____,she can ask the patient to report any experience of ____.

Samantha speaks in a monotone voice.Even if she is very upset,she is unable to clearly demonstrate her anger.Therefore,she has to explicitly tell people when she feels angry.Samantha seems to have ____.

Next semester,you are enrolling in a Neuropsychology class.This class will involve the study of the relationship between ____.

Franz Gall made several assertions about brain areas and their functioning.However,Gall did not assume that ____.

Hannah is collecting pamphlets on various neuropsychological disorders.If she finds the four following pamphlets,she can immediately rule out which one as not being a neuropsychological disorder?

When a thief runs away with Marvianna's purse,she wants to help the police catch him.Because she has prosopagnosia,what is she least likely to say?

Bailey suddenly developed a neurological problem after a blood vessel to the brain became blocked.Bailey has ____.

Isam is a neuropsychologist studying localization of function.His work on brain modules is based on the understanding that ____.

Alexander has been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease.This neurodegenerative disease gradually affects Alexander's functions by ____.

What is meant by the "what" versus "where" systems in visual perceptual processing? Name and explain an example of a neuropsychological syndrome caused by damage to the what system and a neuropsychological syndrome caused by damage to the where system.

Lesion analysis is an important process for neuropsychologists because ____.

Kevin learns that his ex-girlfriend,Brittany,has been diagnosed with delirium.Unfamiliar with this disorder,he visits a medical website and learns that delirium is caused by ____,and the effects tend to be ____.

Wilhelm had a neurodegenerative disorder that caused memory loss.After he dies,an autopsy is performed.This shows an excessive amount of amyloid plaques and tangles in his brain.The most likely diagnosis is that Wilhelm suffered from ____.

Most neuropsychologists earn their graduate degrees in ____ psychology with an emphasis in neuropsychology.

"I love my job.I get to perform exciting research on people who have brain damage.I hope that my work can help other professionals to properly assess,diagnose,and treat people who sustain such damage." These are most likely the words of a(n)____.

Bisiach's test on hemineglect did provide support for a true deficit in attending to certain visual stimuli.However,one limitation noted in the textbook is that ____.

Sangiovese has had a stroke.He now has the inability to write,even though he can still read with difficulty.You can predict that he has developed ____.