Exam 4 Part 2 Flashcards
The inability to recognize faces in the absence of other visual agnosia
Prosopagnosia
What is facial expression used for?
Reinforce/alter the meaning of verbal utterances
Right hemisphere controls the _____ side of the face
Left
How would damage to the right hemisphere affect the production of facial expression?
Limits expressivity to the left side of the face, flat affect, reduced facial expression
Includes stress, timbre, pitch, tempo of speech; infuses words with emotion
Prosody
What are some prosody deficits if there is RHD?
Unable to identify emotions associated with utterances, will have literal interpretations to language
Ability to take previous knowledge and experience and apply it effectively to the interpretation of small details
Inference
What are some inference deficits if there is RHD?
Inability to read facial expressions may be due to inability to infer meaning of facial expression
The exchange of communicative information from speaker to listener
Discourse
What are some discourse deficits if there is RHD?
Difficulty with turn-taking, topic maintenance, lack of sensitivity to shared knowledge
Inability to visually perceive multiple details at one time, often due to lesion at parietal-occipital area
Simultagnosia
What are some characteristics of simultagnosia?
Individuals may perseverate on details of an object but cannot perceive object as a whole; could possibly make an accurate guess on the object based on distinctive features
Rare loss of color vision due to trauma or damage to the cortex
Cerebral achromatopsia
Inability to visually perceive multiple details at one time, often due to lesion at parietal-occipital area
Neglect
The individual is unable to perceive their own body parts as being part of
Somatophrenia
