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Cognitive Processes Flashcards

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Lateral geniculate

  • input
  • output
A
  • retina

- primary visual cortex

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Medial geniculate

  • input
  • output
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  • cochlea

- primary auditory cortex

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Lateral posterior nucleus

  • input
  • output
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  • association cortex, anterior geniculate, retina

- parietal and visual cortex, anterior cingulate, striatum

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Apraxia

A

inability to complete a task

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Agnoia

A

deficits is recognition (not sensation)

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Prosopagnosia

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inability to recognize faces

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Visual agnosia

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inability to recognize an object by sight

unimodal visual association cortex

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Astereognosia

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inability to recognize an object by touch alone

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Which area of the brain matures first?

A

sensorimotor

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Which hemisphere of the brain is usually language-dominant?

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left

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What is the function of the parietal association cortex on the dominant side?

A

skilled movements

right-left handed dominance

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What is the function of the parietal association cortex on the non-dominant side?

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attention

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What deficit occurs when there is damage to the dominant parietal association cortex?

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motor apraxia

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What deficit occurs when there is damage to the non-dominant parietal association cortex?

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spacial neglect

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What is the function of the superior temporal association cortex?

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language

social attention

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What is the function of the inferior temporal association cortex?

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recognition

17
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Deficits in recognition

A

agnosia

18
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What is associative agnosia?

A

can identify but not name objects

19
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What is the area of the brain damaged with an associative agnosia?

A

posterior parietal cortex

20
Q

What is the order in which areas of the brain mature?

A
  1. sensorimotor areas
  2. unimodal association areas
  3. prefrontal cortex
21
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Which area of the brain is first to degenerate in Alzheimer’s dementia?

A

prefrontal cortex

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