Chapter 11: Neurocognitive Disorders Flashcards
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Remote Memory
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ability to remember things that happened years ago
2
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Recent Memory
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ability to remember things that happened minutes, hours or days ago
3
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Prosopagnosia
A
inability to recognize faces
4
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Procedural Memory
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stores information on how to do certain motor tasks or procedures like writing, walking, etc
5
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Personal Episodic Memory
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time-related information about one’s self; such as did one eat yesterday
6
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Paratonia
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a primitive reflex in which there is involuntary resistance in an extremity in response to a sudden passive movement
7
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Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scan
A
a scan that shows how your tissues and organs are functioning
