Neuro Final Terms

Question 1

Semantic Paraphasia

Answer 1

Semantically related word is substituted (fork for spoon)

Question 2

Phonemic paraphasia

Answer 2

Sound errors; sound transpositions in words (shooshbruss for toothbrush)

Question 3

Neologism

Answer 3

Made up words

Question 4

Jargon

Answer 4

A string of neologisms into a phrase/sentence

Question 5

anomia

Answer 5

word-finding difficulty

Question 6

agrammatic utterances

Answer 6

aka telegraphic speech

Question 7

pragmatic utterances

Answer 7

grammatical errors e.g.: wrong tense markers. Misuse of pronouns among a range of syntactical constructions.

Question 8

Tengential speech

Answer 8

the speaker wanders and shows a lack of focus, never returning to the initial topic of the conversation. Often associated with right hemisphere dysfunction and wernicke’s aphasia.

Question 9

disorganized speech

Answer 9

moving from one subject to another that is totes unrelated

Question 10

resource allocation

Answer 10

a m odel of cognitive processing in which mental operations depend on allocation of processing resources from a limited-capacity pool. Performance deteriorates if the demands for processing resources exceed the capacity of the pool.

Question 11

ALOC

Answer 11

altered level of consciousness

Question 12

disinhibition

Answer 12

temporary loss of inhibition

Question 13

anosognosia

Answer 13

denial of illness (common in RHD)

Question 14

prosopagnosia

Answer 14

inability to recognize faces