Neuro D Brain & Behavior

Question 1

Hemispheres

Detail v Gestalt

Answer 1

Dominant, non

Question 2

Stepwise vs parallel

Answer 2

Dominant, non

Question 3

Primary emotions v social emotions

Answer 3

Non, dominant

Question 4

Creative v logical

Answer 4

Non dominant, dominant

Question 5

Language
Prosody
Spatial
Verbal
Fine motor

Answer 5

L
R
R
L
L

Question 6

Close eyes & tie shoes

Answer 6

Corpus Callosum

Question 7

3 common L dysfunctions

Answer 7

Catastrophic reactions,
Auditory hallucinations,
Catatonia

Question 8

4 R pathologies

Answer 8

Abnormal mood
Experiential hallucinations
Aprosodia
People recognition problems

Question 9

Praxic disturbance

Answer 9

Inability to perform a task despite normal strength

Frontal lobe

Question 10

Broca aphasia

Answer 10

Frontal lobe

Question 11

Impaired working memory

Answer 11

(30 seconds)

Frontal lobe

Question 12

Primitive reflexes (suckle, snout)

Answer 12

Frontal lobe

Question 13

New learning & memory

Answer 13

Temporal lobe

Question 14

Fight/flight

Answer 14

Temporal lobe

Question 15

Auditory processing

Answer 15

Temporal lobe

Question 16

Visual perception

Answer 16

Temporal lobe

Question 17

Emotional tone

Answer 17

Temporal lobe

Question 18

Anterograde amnesia

Answer 18

Temporal lobe

Question 19

Episodic memory

Answer 19

Temporal lobe

Question 20

Semantic knowledge retrieval

Answer 20

Temporal lobe

Question 21

3-D awareness

Answer 21

Parietal lobe

Question 22

Sensory integration

Answer 22

Parietal lobe

Question 23

Spatial manipulation

Answer 23

Parietal lobe

Question 24

Anosognosia

Answer 24

Denial of illness

Parietal lobe

Question 25

Tactile agnosia

Answer 25

Parietal lobe

Question 26

Gerstmann's syndrome

Answer 26

finger agnosia, dysgraphia, acalculia, right-left disorientation Parietal lobe

Question 27

Capgras syndrome

Answer 27

Delusion that friend is an imposter | Parietal lobe

Question 28

Fregoli syndrome

Answer 28

Different people are one single person | Parietal lobe

Question 29

Balint's syndrome

Answer 29

Simultagnosia - visual disorientation, can't attend more than one stimulus Optic ataxia - can't follow movement Optic apraxia - can't move eyes voluntarily Occipital Lobe

Question 30

Defective motion perception

Answer 30

Occipital lobe

Question 31

Achromatopsia

Answer 31

CNS color blindness | Occipital lobe

Question 32

Visual agnosia

Answer 32

Occipital lobe

Question 33

Pure alexia

Answer 33

Inability to read despite normal vision | Occipital lobe

Question 34

Lateralized lesion pathologies

Answer 34

Neo Mammalian Brain only

Question 35

Anterior v Posterior

Answer 35

Action v Perception

Question 36

Caudate pathology

Answer 36

Depression

Question 37

Dysexecutive syndrome

Answer 37

Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex loop (DLPFC -> DL Caudate -> GP -> VA/MD Thalamus) -Difficulty planning, executing, terminating tasks -Cannot perform multiple task at once -Stimulus bound behaviors -Poor neuropsychological testing

Question 38

Disinhibition syndrome

Answer 38

Lateral Orbital Cortex loop (LOC -> VM Caudate -> GP -> VA/MD Thalamus) -Socially inappropriate, tactless behavior -Irritable, Impulsive, Silly Euphoria -Normal neuropsychological testing

Question 39

Amotivational syndrome

Answer 39

Akinetic mutism - profoundly apathetic, rarely move, eat/drink only when fed -Speak in monosyllables

Question 40

Hypolimbic syndromes/structures - Depression - Apathy - Amnesia - Kluver-Bucy

Answer 40

- Medial orbitofrontal circuit - Anterior cingulate circuit - Archicortical structures - Amygdala/Temporal pole

Question 41

Hyperlimbic syndromes/structures - Mania - OCD - Limbic epilepsy - Rage

Answer 41

- Medial Right Diencephalon - Orbito-frontal circuit - Paleo-cortical structures - Hypothalamus/amygdala

Question 42

Dysfunctional Cortico-Limbic syndromes - Psychosis - Loss of social decorum - Anxiety/panic - Utilization behavior

Answer 42

- DLFC & Limbic system - Lateral orbito-frontal circuit - Medial orbito-frontal cortex - Lateral orbitofrontal cortex

Question 43

Constructional Apraxia

Answer 43

Inability to copy | Parietal lobe