Exam 18: Neuropsychology

Broca's findings in localization of function caused a surge of interest in brain research because ____.

Chaney suddenly starts speaking in monotone,with no clear tone of voice,like a robot.He speaks all his words accurately,though,and understands the meaning of words that others speaks to him.Chaney has an ____.

A patient who suffers from apraxia will have difficulty with ____.

When you first meet Jeremy,you think he talks like a toddler.His sentences are short and typically consist of a noun and a verb.Later you find out that Jeremy had a stroke,which left him with ____.

If Orville was diagnosed with anterograde amnesia,you know this condition could be caused by all of the following except ____.

Vicki has been diagnosed with anosognosia.Knowing what you have learned from the textbook,Vicki ____.

Sam had a cerebrovascular accident,causing him to become paralyzed in the left arm and leg.His doctor asked him,"So,what seems to be wrong with you?" Sam answered,"Nothing,Doc.I'm perfectly normal." From this information,you can conclude that Sam has ____.

Anette puts makeup on the right side but not the left side of her face.The most likely explanation is that she has ____.

For the past two days,Gertruda has been hallucinating.She alternates between being overattentive to every little sight and sound in the room and being a bit sleepy and less alert.She cannot maintain a coherent conversation because she seems to forget everything very quickly,and she uses nonsensical words.Gertruda has ____.

A neuropsychologist is about to administer the Halstead-Reitan Battery and the Luria-Nebraska Neuropsychology Battery.These are examples of ____.

Sam wants to learn more about disconnection syndromes.While at the bookstore,he sees several interesting titles but isn't sure which book to buy.Based on your knowledge from class,which title would you recommend?

During halftime of a University of Illinois football game,the marching band members stand next to each other to form the shape of a large letter "I." Bob looks on and says,"All I see is a bunch of individual people standing together." In other words,he cannot see how they collectively form a single large letter.Most likely,Bob has ____.

Beverly has been diagnosed with Korsakoff's psychosis.This has likely been caused by ____,which depletes the medial dorsal thalamus of ____.

After sustaining a head injury,Miss Geist went to the blackboard in class and started to use her finger as though it were a piece of chalk.When Elton gave her a piece of chalk,she did not know what to do with it.Miss Geist seems to have ____ apraxia.

Meghan receives damage to her brain's right hemisphere and has developed aprosodia.From this,you can expect Meghan to have difficulties ____.

Lola educates her community about the dangers of cerebrovascular accidents (CVA).She believes her work is especially important because ____.

Laural is a neuropsychologist who works at a university.She conducts assessments on patients who have brain damage.Her work will allow scientists to better understand performance deficits that occur in relation to specific brain damage.Laural is most likely a(n)____ neuropsychologist.

Amnestic disorders all share the common feature of ____.

Gavin has recently sustained a traumatic brain injury.This kind of injury occurs when an impact to the head causes the brain to ____.

In her position at the hospital,Bea administers neuropsychological assessments to the patients she meets.These assessments ____.