RHBD Flashcards

1
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What is anosagnosia?

A

inablity to recognize one’s own illness

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2
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Damage to what part of the brain causes visual neglect?

A

parietal lobe in the right hemisphere

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What are ways to assess RHD?

A

conversational efficiency (via analysis of a language sample) and comprehension of figurative language

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4
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The _____ is responsible for big picture, gestalt, holistic, and non-linear thinking

A

right hemisphere

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The ______ is responsible for sequential, time-related, linear, serial processing, and analytical

A

left hemisphere

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6
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What non-linguistic functions is the RH responsible for?

A

attention and perception

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What extralinguistic communication function is the RH responsible for?

A

Prosody and pragmatics

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8
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Name nonlinguistic disorders associated wtih RHD

A

spatial deficits, anosagnosia, prosopagnosia, attention deficitis, visual neglect, constructional apraxia/impairment,

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9
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Regions of the RH responsible for attention are

A

inferior parietal lobule; anterior cingulate; frontal eye fields; dorsolateral prefrontal; thalmus - pulvinar; brainstem reticular formation

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10
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What is constructional apraxia?

A

unable to build or assemble objects

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The most characteristic linguistic problems in people with RBHD are

A

pragmatics in conversation and narratives and insensitivity to conversational blocks and advancers; issues with seeing the big picture

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A treatment used to help people with RBHD deal with the problem of narratives is

A

narrative discourse treatment

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13
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What are formal assessments used for people with RHBD?

A

Montreal Communication Brief Battery Test; Mini inventory of right brain injury; Right hemisphere language battery; prosody and affect

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14
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What are informal assessments you can use to assess RHD?

A

discourse comprehension test; conversational analysis; clausal structure (T-units and C-units); propositions

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What do correct informational units (i.e., CIUs) reveal about someone during an RHBD assessment?

A

Conversational efficiency

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