Neuropsychological Assessment

Question 1

Corpus Callosum

Answer 1

Meeting ground of 2 hemispheres (cerebrum)

Question 2

Organicity

Answer 2

Loss of abstraction ability, deficits in reasoning, inflexibility in problem solving tasks

• hard sign -indicator of definite neurological deficit
• soft sign -indicator of merely suggestive neurological deficit

Question 3

Tower of Hanoi

Answer 3

Measure executive functions

Question 4

Bender-Visual Motor Gestalt test

Answer 4

Measure perceptual maturation and neurological impairment

Question 5

Also called as “working memory”

Answer 5

Short-term memory

Question 6

Types of long term memory

Answer 6

Procedural -with little effort and concentration (riding a bike)
Declarative -memory of factual material
-Semantic: memory for facts
-Episodic: memory for facts in a particular context or situation

Question 7

2 types of neuropsychological test batteries

Answer 7

Fixed
*Halstead-Reitan-most widely used; organic brain damage
*Luria-Nebraska- assess cognitive processes and functions
Flexible -handpicked for some purpose relevant to the unique aspects of the patient and presenting problem