Cognition, Consciousness, Attention, Communication Flashcards
Cognition
-ability to turn external timulation to internal motivation
-identify stimui and respond
Association Corticies Inputs
-projections from primary and secondary sensory and motor, thalamus, BS
Association Corticies Outputs
-hippocampus, BG, cerebellum, thalamus
Temporoparietal Association Cortex
-cognitive intelligence
Dorsolateral Prefrontal Areas
-self awareness
-executive function
-goal setting
-plans
Medial Dorsal Prefrontal Areas
-perceives other’s emotion making assumptions
-medial and superior
Ventral Pefrontal Cortex
-connects mood and affects
-medial and inferior
Frontal Lobe Syndromes: Executive Dysfuntion and Loss of Willpower
-Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex < Caudate < GP < Thalamus
-Difficulty planning, initiating, maintaing behavior
Frontal Lobe Syndromes: Disinhibition, irritability, and Impulsiveness
Orbital Cortex < Caudate < Substantia Nigra < Thalamus
-Social judgement, inappropriate behaviors
Frontal Lobe Syndromes: Apathy
Ventral Prefrontal Cortex < Ventra Striatum < Ventral Pallidum < Thalamus
-Apathetic and lack insight
Frontal Lobe Syndromes: Paranoia, Delusions
Medial Dorsal prefrontal Cortex < Ventral Striatum < Ventral Pallidum < Thalamus
-Undrstanding others emotions and beliefs and intentions
Hemispheric Localization & Lateralization
-reduce connection times
-R hand dominance and left
-lateralization occurs at 3-4
Dominant Hemisphere
-usually Left
-motor planning
-math: sequence, analytic calc
-Music: sequential, analytic skill
-Sense of direction: following directions
Nondominant Hemiphere
-usually R
-visual spatial analysis and attention
-Math: estimate quantities
-Music: untrained musicians, complex performance
-Sense of direction: navigating using spatial orientation/awareness
Disconnection Syndromes
-leisons to white matter disrupting connections between cortical areas
Ex: conduction aphasia, corpus callosotomy (split brain procedure for epilepsy)