Question | Answer |
what can a lesion in white matter result in? | a disconnection syndrome; specific areas can no longer communicate. severe damage usually caused by subcortical strokes. |
left hemisphere is knpown for which kind of processing? | sequential. |
right hemishpere is known for which kind of processing? | global. |
what are the four resposniblities of the left hemisphere? | 1. verbal wm
2. math
3. verbal logic and analysis
4. some aspects of language (langauge and grammer, not semantics or all of pragmatics) |
what are the three non-verbal functions of the rightr hemisphere? | 1. thought organizations (staying on topic)
2. mental flexibility (following someone's topic change)
3.motivation |
what are the three communication functions of the right hemisphere? | 1. intonation
2. emotional comprehension and expression (such as facial expression and intonation)
3. many nonverbal cues. |
aprosodia | inability to comprehend (receptive) and/or produce (expressive) prosody in language. |
prosopagnosia | inability to recognize faces |
what are the five nonverbal/visualspatial impairements of right hemisphere stroke? | 1. impairement in comprehendinging and using gestures appropriately.
2. prosopagnosia
3.figure-ground problems
4.recall of visual forms
5.mental roatation (can find a to b but not the way back). |
confabulation | cant tell whats real what isnt, make up stories to make up for things that they cant rememebr and they dont even realize that their doing it.
right hemi stroke. |
anosognosia | lack of awareness of their own defeciets.
part of right hemi stroke. |