Cognitive-Perceptual Flashcards
Acalculia
Inability to perform calculations
Agraphia
inability to write
Alexia
inability to read
Anomia
loss of ability to name objects or retrieve names of people
Anosognosia
unawareness of a motor deficit. May be related to lack of insight
Broca’s (expressive) aphasia
loss of expressive language indicated by loss of speech production
Wernicke’s (receptive) aphasia
a deficit in auditory comprehension that affects semantic speech performance
Global aphasia
severe loss of ability to comprehend and express
Ideational apraxia
a breakdown in the knowledge of what is to be done or how to perform; lack of knowledge regarding object use
Motor apraxia/ ideomotor apraxia
loss of access to kinesthetic memory so purposeful movements cannot be achieved because of ineffective motor planning, although sensation, movement, and coordination are intact
Astereognosis (AKA tactile agnosia)
inability to recognize objects forms, shapes and sizes by touch alone
Body Scheme Disorders
loss of awareness of body parts, as well as the relationship of the body parts to each other and objects
Right-Left Indiscrimination
inability to discriminate between the right and left sides of the body or to apply the concepts of right and left to the environment
Asomatognosia
diminished awareness of body structure and a failure to recognize body parts as one’s own
Unilateral body neglect
failure to respond to or report unilateral stimulus presented to the body side contralateral to the lesion
Figure/ground dysfunction
inability to distinguish foreground from background (ex: difficulty locating white bar of soap on a white sink or difficulty finding a key in a cluttered drawer)
Impaired organization/sequencing
inability to organize thoughts with activity steps properly sequences (ex: dons shoes and socks before pants)
the continuation or repetition of a motor act (premotor perseveration) or task (prefrontal perseveration) (ex: continues to pull up sock even though it is already covering foot)
Perseveration
Spatial relations impairment
difficulty relating objects to each other or to the self secondary to a loss of spatial concepts (up/down, front/back, under/over)
Topographical disorientation
difficulty finding one’s way in space secondary to memory dysfunction or an inability to intercept sensory stimuli (after completing errant person tends to wonder and not find their way back home)
Unilateral spatial neglect
inattention to, or neglect of stimuli presented in the extra-personal space contralateral to the lesion. May occur independently of visual deficits
Visual Agnosia
Can not recognize object
