Intro to Cognition Flashcards
In terms of cognition, what does “normal” refer to?
It refers to the patient’s BASELINE function
NOT what’s typical for the rest of us
(related to ADLs, ability to adapt, flexibility of thinking, perspective and sensory integrity)
What are some physical factors that can influence congitive capacity?
genetics, injury, illness/infection, toxins, drugs, tumors, radiation, vascular, metabolic, aging
(think CHF article)
What are some of the emotional factors impacting cognition?
grief
depresison
anxiety
stress
psychoses
addiction
What questionnaire is used to assess depression?
PHQ9
What quesitonnarie is used to gague anxiety?
GAD-7
What questionnaire is used to assess alcohol addiction?
CAGE
have you ever felt you should Cut down on drinking
Have people Annoyined you by criticizing your drinking
Have you ever felt Guilty about your drinking
Have you ever had a Eye opener first thing in the morning to steady your nerves or get rid of a hangover
WIth the CAGE questionnaire, what socre is considered clinically significant?
2 or higher
(so answering yes to two or more)
What are the characteristics of psychoses?
- hallucinations
- dlusions
- disorganized thought
- disorganized or abnormal motor behavior
- negative symptoms
What are the dimensions of disorganized thought or speech?
tangentiality
derailment
neologisms
clanging
What are the three basic labels of attention?
sustained attention - ability to maintain attention over time
selective - ability to focus on one stimuli in spite of competing stimuli
divided - attending to two tasks within the same time period
What are the domains of executive functioning?
planning, decision making, working memory, feedback (error utilization), overriding habits or inhibition (think stroop task), cognitive flexibility (shifting sets)
What are the 5 general type sof memory we talked about?
immediate memory (working memory kind of)
recent memory (actually encoding new info)
semantic memory (for facts)
autobiographical memory (for perosnal events)
implicit memory (learning skills unconsciously)
What are the three ways you can test recent memroy?
free recall (what were the words?)
cued recall (what were the animal words?)
recognition memory (was boat on the list?)
What are the two general domains of language?
expressive language (naming, word finding, grammar, syntax)
receptive language (comprehension, following commands)
WHat are the two domains of perceptual motor abilities?
visual-perception (seeing things)
visual-contstructional (actually manipulating visual things)
