Intro to higher functions

Question 1

what would cause a L hemi-neglect

Answer 1

R parietal lesion

Question 2

clinical importance of knowing neglect

Answer 2

location of bed and side of approach

Question 3

what is spatial acalculia

Answer 3

shift the row over so the answer is wrong, even though math skills are intact

Question 4

what is motor neglect

Answer 4

reluctance to use limb contralateral to lesion despite and discernable weakness

Question 5

lesions for motor neglect

Answer 5

striatum, lat. thalamus, frontoparietal cortex

Question 6

what is alien limb caused by

Answer 6

CC lesions

Question 7

what is common cog. sign in depression

Answer 7

aprosodia - can’t detect melody and intonations

Question 8

what are typical hallucinations with dementia with lewy bodies

Answer 8

very detailed and vivid

Question 9

what is typical of semantic dementia

Answer 9

lose meaning of words and objects - can say what it is, but don’t know what it does

Question 10

what is typical cause of semantic dementia

Answer 10

frontolobar degeneration