11. Dysexecutive Syndrome

Question 1

What is the occipital lobe responsible for? (ccc dysexecutive)

Answer 1

Visual input

Question 2

What does the back part of the frontal lobe hold and what is it responsible for? (ccc dysexecutive)

Answer 2

The motor cortex - controls simple actions

Question 3

What is the pre-frontal lobe responsible for? (ccc dysexecutive)

Answer 3

Executive functions

Question 4

Who can be used as a case study the pre-frontal cortext and where was the damage in his brain? (ccc dysexecutive)

Answer 4

Phineas Gage

Ventromedial prefrontal cortex

Question 5

What is utilisation syndrome? (ccc dysexecutive)

Answer 5

Those who grasp common objects and perform the function associated most commonly with it, even if they are not meant to

Question 6

What tests can be used? (ccc dysexecutive)

Answer 6

• Wisconsin card sorting test
• Stroop test
• Tower of Hanoi
• Hayling sentence competition test

Question 7

What was Norman and Shallice’s theory of executive function? (ccc dysexecutive)

Answer 7

• Actions are either automatic (contention scheduling) or under attentional control (supervisory attentional system)

Question 8

What symptoms does Norman and Shallice’s theory explain? (ccc dysexecutive)

Answer 8

Preservation and distractability

Question 9

Patients with frontal lobe damage are poor at…? (ccc dysexecutive)

Answer 9

• Deciding strategies
• Following a plan
• Multi tasking
• Remembering to do something

Question 10

What test was devised by Shallice and Burgess? (ccc dysexecutive)

Answer 10

Multiple errands test