Exam 3 Flashcards
What is the most important premotor area for controlling speech (and expressive signing) ?
Broca’s area
What kind of memory is memorizing information in this course and autobiographic memory?
Explicit memory
What kind of memory is fear conditioning?
Implicit and emotional memory
What kind of memory is working memory?
Short-term memory
Which structure/area is particularly critical for associating stimuli and forming long- term, episodic memories?
Hippocampus and medial temporal cortex
What type of amnesia refers to difficulty forming new memories after a lesion?
Anterograde amnesia
T/F Repetition and distribution over time strengthen all forms of long-term memory discussed in this course?
T
What is the NMDA-Glu receptor?
A “coincidence detector”
What happens when the NMDA-Glu receptor is activated?
It may result in increased activity of the AMPA-Glu receptors, increased efficiency of cellular memory, and LTP.
What do you need to do when observing a client’s flat affect (especially speaking with restricted range and intensity of emotional expression)?
Differentiate between a major depressive episode and expressive dysprosody caused by dysfunction of the right prefrontal cortex.
Why do we sometimes experience a “feeling” or “intuition”?
Pathways that process affective significance are distinct from those that process objective properties.
What might anosognosia interfere with?
Rehabilitation following a brain
T/F Anosognosia is synonymous with psychodynamic denial?
F
What might ADHD patients suffer from?
Dysfunction of the dorsal portion of the ACC, which causes deficits in selective attention. They may also have dysfunction of the prefrontal cortex and basal ganglia (including loops that connect these structures), which may impair executive functioning and maintaining attention.
T/F ADHD has been associated with genetic factor(s) or maturational delay?
T
