Neuropsychology

Question 1

Define Neuropyschology

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neuropsychology the subfield of psychology whose goal is to explore and understand the relationships among brain processes, human behaviour and psychological functioning.

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Clinical Neuropsychologists

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clinical neuropsychologists neuropsychologists who use tests and other methods to try to understand neuropsychological problems and intact functions in individual patients

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Visual Agnosia

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Visual agnosia, can occur when parts of the temporal lobes on both sides of the brain are not working properly

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Localisation of Function

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localisation of function the idea that specific psychological functions can be affected by damage to specific brain areas

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Frans Gall - Phrenology

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he thought he could assess a person’s psychological make-up by measuring the bumps on the skull.

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cerebrovascular accident (CVA; a stroke)

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a loss of blood supply to some part of the brain, resulting in disruption of some aspect of behaviour or mental processes

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Modules

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modules regions of the brain that perform their own unique kind of analysis of the information they receive

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Disconnection Syndrome

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Such syndromes occur when various modules in a network, though themselves intact, are prevented from interacting

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neuropsychological assessment

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testing a patient’s intelligence, memory, reading, motor coordination and other cognitive and sensory functions in an effort to locate problems in the brain responsible for neuropsychological symptoms