Types of visual-spatial processing Flashcards
1
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Two types of visual spatial processing
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Discrimination and spatial location or cognitive map
2
Q
What part of the brain mediates discrimination?
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Temporal lobe system (ventral)
3
Q
What part of the brain mediates spatial location or cognitive map?
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Posterior parietal lobe (dorsal)
4
Q
tasks and neuropsych tests, these systems work
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together in concert to mediate visual-spatial processing
5
Q
What mediates visual-perceptual processing?
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R parietal…possible frontal lobe involvement
6
Q
When assessing visual-spatial perception, responses should require little or no
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motor response to avoid confounding with constructional ability
