Parietal Lobe Flashcards
Main Function?
dorsal stream so spatial vision
also sensory convergence
effects of damage mainly cause…
impairments in processing spatial information
impairments in the parietal lobe also include…
integrating sensory info
control of movement
abstract concepts
direction attention
SPATIAL INFO
left parietal lobe…- function
- writing/math
right parietal lobe… function -
spatial
what does left parietal damage cause?
agraphia
acalculia
alexia
dyslexia
what does right parietal damage cause?
difficulty in drawing and recognizing unfamiliar view of objects
ALSO contralateral neglect
Agraphia is?
difficulting in writing/ organizing info on the page (wonky writing)
Acalculia is?
difficulty in math - spatially organizing it (multiplication carry over)
Alexia is?
difficulty in reading
what is contralateral neglect?
it is object based - doesn’t matter where body axis is always neglects left side of the object.
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integrating sensory info
control of movement
abstract concepts
direction attention
spatial
(impairments in parietal lobe -)
