RHBD Flashcards
What is anosagnosia?
inablity to recognize one’s own illness
Damage to what part of the brain causes visual neglect?
parietal lobe in the right hemisphere
What are ways to assess RHD?
conversational efficiency (via analysis of a language sample) and comprehension of figurative language
The _____ is responsible for big picture, gestalt, holistic, and non-linear thinking
right hemisphere
The ______ is responsible for sequential, time-related, linear, serial processing, and analytical
left hemisphere
What non-linguistic functions is the RH responsible for?
attention and perception
What extralinguistic communication function is the RH responsible for?
Prosody and pragmatics
Name nonlinguistic disorders associated wtih RHD
spatial deficits, anosagnosia, prosopagnosia, attention deficitis, visual neglect, constructional apraxia/impairment,
Regions of the RH responsible for attention are
inferior parietal lobule; anterior cingulate; frontal eye fields; dorsolateral prefrontal; thalmus - pulvinar; brainstem reticular formation
What is constructional apraxia?
unable to build or assemble objects
The most characteristic linguistic problems in people with RBHD are
pragmatics in conversation and narratives and insensitivity to conversational blocks and advancers; issues with seeing the big picture
A treatment used to help people with RBHD deal with the problem of narratives is
narrative discourse treatment
What are formal assessments used for people with RHBD?
Montreal Communication Brief Battery Test; Mini inventory of right brain injury; Right hemisphere language battery; prosody and affect
What are informal assessments you can use to assess RHD?
discourse comprehension test; conversational analysis; clausal structure (T-units and C-units); propositions
What do correct informational units (i.e., CIUs) reveal about someone during an RHBD assessment?
Conversational efficiency
