Brain Function Flashcards
visual attention
parietal lobe
integration of visual, somatic, and auditory information
temporal lobe functions
inability to attend to task
inability to sequence complex tasks (ex. getting dressed)
Impaired judgment, decrease ability to problem solve
frontal lobe associated dysfunctions
touch perception
Parietal lobe functions
diplopia
occipital lobe dysfunction
brain function
memory (for habits, and motor function)
Frontal lobe
inability to perceive object normally
neglect or inattention to part of body or space
denial deficits
parietal lobe dysfunction
judgment/problem solving
frontal lobe
executive functions
frontal lobe
When asked to draw the face of a clock, a 64-year-old woman crowds all the numbers onto the right-hand side of the clock with the numbers actually trailing off below the lower border of the clock. When asked to draw a face, she draws a profile of the right side of the face. The patient most likely has a lesion in what part of the brain?
The patient is having trouble with visual-spatial sensory tasks. She is neglecting the left side of space which indicates dysfunction of the right parietal lobe.
agnosia: inability to recognize familiar object, words, colors, or movement of an object
occipital lobe dysfunction
memory (storage, retrieval of words, experiences)
temporal lobe
visual fields cuts
occipital lobe associated dysfunctions
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Patients with Wernicke’s or receptive aphasia cannot understand what is said to them. Their speech may be fluent but devoid of meaning.
concentration/reasoning
frontal lobe
difficulty focusing visual attention or attention to more than one object
parietal lobe
integration of different sensory input
parietal lobe
vision, spatial organization
interpretation of visual information
visual reflexes
occipital lobe
temporal lobe associated dysfunctions
- difficulty recognizing faces
- difficulty attending to input
- short term memory loss
- disturbance of long-term memory
A patient has the sudden onset of inability to talk. He understands what is said to him but can only say “if only” and “oh no.” Where is the lesion?
A lesion in the dominant inferior frontal gyrus or Broca’s area would result in an expressive aphasia where comprehension is preserved but speech output is impaired. The resulting speech is nonfluent, telegraphic and often minimal.
A patient can repeat a five-digit span forward and backward and is able to list five months backwards. He is unable to remember a list of four objects given to him five minutes previously. This type of memory problem would be found in a disease affecting which one of the following?
The patient’s problem is with recent memory or making new memories which is a temporal lobe function.
