What does it require?

Question 1

What does construction ability require?

Answer 1

Requires integration of visual-spatial, and motor ability. Significant spatial component

Question 2

Constructional deficits can occur

Answer 2

even when visual-spatial and motor abilities are intact

Question 3

Construction deficits can be due to

Answer 3

• specific deficit in integration of spatial and motor ability
• impairments in other cognitive areas such as attention or executive functions (look at qualitative aspects - look for pattern. Might not attend to the stimuli or be able to plan in order to construct it appropriately)

Question 4

Construction deficits occur after either

what areas in the brain are damaged?

Answer 4

R or L damage and are much more likely with parietal and posterior lesions

Question 5

Two primary types of construction tasks:

Answer 5

Drawing (Rey-O) and assembly (Block Design)

Question 6

R damage tend to take what sort of approach to a drawing task?

Answer 6

Piecemeal approach, fragmented lose the overall form or outline of the design

Question 7

L damage, re. drawing, tend to

Answer 7

tend to get the overall pattern of design, but details are distorted

Question 8

(What is a “factoid” about free drawing vs copied drawing?)

Free drawing tends to be more…

Answer 8

sensitive as patients can have intact copy impaired free drawing

Question 9

Lateralized damage can be evident in

Answer 9

omission of details from one side of drawing of positioning drawing on one side of page