Disorders of Cerebral Cortex Flashcards
A lesion to the Primary Sensory Areas would cause what deficit?
discriminative sensory information
A lesion to the Secondary Sensory Areas would cause what deficit?
agnosia
A lesion to the Motor Planning Areas would cause what deficit?
apraxia
A lesion to the Primary Motor Cortex would cause what deficit?
fractionation of movement
A lesion to the Dorsolateral Prefrontal Association Cortex would cause what deficit?
executive function
A lesion to the Temporoparietal Association Areas would cause what deficit?
communication
A lesion to the Ventral and Medial Dorsal Prefrontal Association Cortex would cause what deficit?
personality and emotion
Ignoring one side or stimuli coming from one side of one’s own body can be defined as?
Visual Spatial Neglect
Visual Spatial Neglect can be caused by damage to what structure?
right parietal area
Loss of awareness of body parts can be defined as?
Somatognosia
Somatognosia can be caused by damage to what structure?
the dominant parietal lobe
Impaired ability to perceive multiple stimuli of same type simultaneously can be defined as?
Sensory extinction
Sensory extinction can be caused by what?
Contralateral lesion
Difficulty determining right and left sides of one’s own body can be defined as?
Right/left Discrimination Disorder
Right/left Discrimination Disorder can be caused by damage to what structure?
right parietal-occipital area
Severe denial, neglect or lack of awareness of condition can be defined as?
Anosognosia
Anosognosia can be caused by damage to what structure?
right anterior insula
The inability to recognize familiar objects with one sensory modality while retaining ability to recognize same object with other sensory modalities can be defined as?
Agnosia
The inability to visually recognized objects despite having intact vision can be defined as?
Visual Agnosia
Can perceive sound but cannot recognize it can be defined as?
Auditory Agnosia
Inability to identify objects by touch and manipulation despite intact discriminative somatosensation can be defined as?
Astereognosis
Inability to perform voluntary, learned movements in the absence of loss of sensation, strength, coordination, attention, or comprehension can be defined as?
Apraxia
Unable to comprehend relationship of parts to the whole can be defined as?
Constructional apraxia
Cannot perform the task at all, either on command or on own can be defined as?
Ideational apraxia