Exam 1 Flashcards
Language is most focused on which side of the brain
Left
Spatial skills are focused mostly on which side of the brain
Right
Wernickes area
For language
3 avenues of testing
History taking
Interviewing
Neuropsychological testing
Receiver Operating Characterstic Curve displays a better test when
The area under the curve is high
Occipital lobe function
Vision
Parietal lobe functions
Body awareness, spatial navigation, attention
Frontal lobe function
Motor function, speech, attention, appetitive behaviors, social interactions, emotion, executive function, impulse control
Temporal lobe function
Auditory cortex, higher level visual processing, language comprehension
Area for producing words
Broca’s area
Area for understanding words
Wernickes area
What makes a test measurement reliable
If it gives the same accurate measurement every time, has consistency.
*cluster on the bullseyes thing
What makes a test valid
If it asses what you actually intended it to asses. It is a measurement of truthfulness of measurement. *hitting the bullseye
Kinesins are for
Anterograde transport
Dyneins are for
Retrograde transport
Oligodenrocytes
Make CSN myelin
Astrocytes
Pump nutrients to neurons
Microglia
Macrophages
