Frontal lobe deficits Flashcards
1
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List common symptoms of frontal lobe deficits
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Inability to initiate actions Distractibility and inattention Inability to shift mental set Attraction to surface feature Lack of abstraction Inability to set goals and plan Personality changes Lack of selfawareness Inability to selfmonitor and use of feedback Impairment in theory of mind
2
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How do you test initiation of mental activities?
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Words beginning of a letter
animals/minute
3
Q
How do you test distraction and inattention?
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serial 7s stroop test (coloured words)
4
Q
How do you test inability to shift set?
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Drawing loops
wisconson card set
Go-No-Go (1 vs. 2 fingers)
5
Q
How do you test pull to perceptual features?
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Clock drawing
Misinterpretation of visual stimuli
6
Q
define reduplicative paramnesia
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Delusion that a familiar person or place has been duplicated
7
Q
Define capgras syndrome
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delusion that a person has been replaced by an imposter
8
Q
What are some personality changes associated with frontal lobe deficit?
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Disinhibition apathy change in social conduct inappropriate jocularity poor hygiene rudeness poor insight
9
Q
What is the theory of mind?
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Awareness of the content of other people’s minds
Sensitive to orbitofrontal lesions
