Evaluation for Cognitive-Perceptual Functions

Question 1

it is the mechanism by which brain interprets sensory information received from the environment

Answer 1

Perception

Question 2

impaired ability to verbally identify objects via visual input

1. Disorder
2. How to assess

Answer 2

Agnosia

- identify 5 common objects by sight

Question 3

1. Disorder
2. How to assess

inability to remember and recognize specific colors for common objects in the environment

Answer 3

• color agnosia

- present 2 common objects that are accurately colored and 2 objects not accurately colored

Question 4

1. Disorder
2. How to assess
   inability to name the color

Answer 4

• color anomia

- ask cx to name the color of objects

Question 5

1. Disorder
2. How to assess
   distortion of objects such as physical properties of size and weight

Answer 5

• metamorphopsia

- two objects with different weight and size

Question 6

1. Disorder
2. How to assess
   inability to recognize and identify familiar pases

Answer 6

• prosopagnosia

- identify names of people in family picture

Question 7

1. Disorder
2. How to assess
   inability to recognize and interpret visual array as a whole

Answer 7

• simultanagnosia

- describe the scene in detail and identify the context as a whole

Question 8

1. Disorder
2. How to assess
   inability to perceive foreground from background

Answer 8

• figure ground discrimination dysfxn

- identify white undershirt in top of white sheets

Question 9

1. Disorder
2. How to assess
   inability to recognize various forms, shapes and objects regardless position, location and size

Answer 9

• form constancy dysfunction

- identify common objects in different position

Question 10

spatial relation

-orientation of shape to the self

Answer 10

position in space

Question 11

inability to accurately use concepts of right and left

Answer 11

right-left discrimination dysfunction

Question 12

inability to perceive depth of object to object or identify which object is close/far

Answer 12

steropsis

Question 13

deficit in perceptual skills to identify common objects by touch

Answer 13

astereognosis

Question 14

inability to recognize forms written on the skin

Answer 14

agraphesthesia

Question 15

disorder where there is neglect on one side

Answer 15

autotopagnosia

Question 16

it is the ability to plan and perform purposeful movement

Answer 16

praxis

Question 17

deficit in the execution of learned movement that is not due to weakness, incoordination or inattention

Answer 17

apraxia

Question 18

inability to use real objects appropriately and more severe type of apraxia

Answer 18

ideational apraxia

Question 19

inability to carry out motor act on verbal command or imitation

Answer 19

ideomotor apraxia

Question 20

inability to organize or assemble parts into a whole or putting together a design

Answer 20

constructional disorder

Question 21

a degree to which cognitive demands of the test theoretically resemble the cognitive demands in the everyday environment
-related to measure everyday functioning via statistical analysis

Answer 21

ecologic validity

Question 22

it is the capacity to maintain attentional performance over time

Answer 22

sustained attention (vigilance)

Question 23

efficiency with which people can search and focus on specific information while ignoring distracters

Answer 23

selective attention

Question 24

ability to change attentive focus in a flexible manner

Answer 24

attentional switching or alternating attention

Question 25

capacity to attend to two competing stimuli simultaneously

Answer 25

divided attention

Question 26

Type of memory that pertains to knowledge of general world and facts, linguistic skill, and vocabulary

Answer 26

SEMANTIC MEMORY

Question 27

A screening tool used to assess safety in driving that assesses basic visual perceptual abilities

Answer 27

MOTOR-FREE VISUAL PERCEPTUAL TEST-REVISED

Question 28

An observational assessment used to measure the quality of an individual’s performance of instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) by rating 16 motor and 20 process skill items

Answer 28

ASSESSMENT OF MOTOR AND PROCESS SKILLS

Question 29

Umbrella term that refers to complex cognitive processing requiring the coordination of several sub processes to achieve a particular goal

Answer 29

EXECUTIVE FUNCTION