Language Disorders-Adults Flashcards
1
Q
Cancelation task
A
scan through targets to land on a specific one- trains attention part of EF
2
Q
Metacognition
A
reasoning about one’s own cognition
3
Q
alzheimer’s disease
A
- more common amongst caucasian people
- environmental factors may contribute to the disease
- having down syndrome is associated with increased risk for alzheimers disease
- woman are more likely to develop alzheimers
4
Q
dementia
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associated with
- neurofibrillary tangles
- reduced connections along the dendrites
- enlarged ventricles and sulci
5
Q
responsive naming
A
type of naming task that does not require the presentation of a physical stimulus
6
Q
Prognostic indicators
A
parts of the patients life used to predict how much they will recover after treatment
7
Q
Examples of prognostic indicators
A
age, previous ability, family support, co-morbid health issues, previous level of education
8
Q
Differential DX aphasia & neuro-cognitive dis
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- personality and behavior
- language skills
- reasoning, judgements, goal setting
- course of symptoms
- nature of onset of symptoms
9
Q
compensatory strategy for memory
A
visual aids- schedules, lists etc
