1.106 Cognitive function

Question 1

What is cognitive thinking?

Answer 1

• Navigate
• Speak, Write
• Plan
• Think
• Decide
Remember

Question 2

What is a mini mental state exam?

Answer 2

• Appearance and general behaviour (vs. normal behaviour)
• Talk and content of thought
Cognitive function

Question 3

What would an infraction of the ACA result in?

Answer 3

Feeds medial surface of frontal and parietal lobe

Weakness of opposite leg and shoulder

Question 4

What would an infarction of the PCA result in?

Answer 4

Feeds occipital lobe, temporal lobe, thalamus and hippocampus
Achromotapsia, Akinetopsia, Memory

Question 5

What would an infarction of MCA result in?

Answer 5

Feeds frontal lobe, lateral surface of temporal and parental lobe, internal capsule and putamen
Weakness in hand, arm and face,
Aphasia - language impaired
Neglect

Question 6

What is blindsight?

Answer 6

A person can judge orientation, colour of lines of objects he can’t see - without activation of primary visual cortex

Question 7

What is visual object agnosia?

Answer 7

Inability to recognise objects by vision, with preserved ability to recognise them by other senses

Question 8

What is prosopagnosia?

Answer 8

Prosopagnosia: inability to recognise faces (lower temporal lobe damage)