Syndromes

Question 1

significant vision loss followed by hallucinations, most commonly faces and cartoons

Answer 1

Charles Bonnet Syndrome

Question 2

patients intelligence and mental processes intact; suffers “impostor syndrome”; disconnect between recognition and emotional areas of the brain

Answer 2

Capgras Syndrome

Question 3

patients asserts that he or she is dead; all sensory areas are disconnected from amygdala

Answer 3

Cotard Syndrome

Question 4

three copies of chromosome 21

Answer 4

down syndrome

Question 5

amnesia, typical damage in the medial diencephalon; due to thymine deficiency

Answer 5

Korsakoff’s syndrome

Question 6

bilateral damage to parietal lobe; patients have tunnel vision & can only recognize one object at a time

Answer 6

balint’s syndrome