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Test 2

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Corpus Callosum   show
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show deep groove that divides L & R hemispheres  
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show - language - logic  
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show - perception - spatial - intuition - holistic/synthesis - cognitive language  
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Frontal Lobe   show
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show - motor speech programming - non-fluent aphasia  
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show - post central gyrus (sensory strip) - R hemisphere associated with decision making, emotion, and feelings with emphasis on social & personal domain - Supramarginal gyrus (written language) & reading comprehension  
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show Herschl's gyrus (primary auditory cortex aka meaning of sound) Wernicke's area (auditory association & comprehension)  
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show - primary visual cortex and visual association areas - visual perception area and possible reading comprehension deficits  
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show - motivationally driven behaviours - emotional behaviours - memory - homeostatic responses - sexual behaviour - flight or fight  
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Subcortical Structures   show
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show - controls and stabilizes motor functioning - interprets sensory info to guide motor functions  
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Cerebellum   show
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Brainstem   show
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Midbrain   show
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show - relay station for sensory info  
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Hypothalamus   show
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show - evaluate the blood flow and integrity of the blood vessels  
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show - measures transmission through tissue - quick and inexpensive - view of gross brain structures - reflects density through tissue  
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show - detailed image of soft tissue, ligaments, organs - no radiation - best for ischemic strokes  
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Components of Blood Supply   show
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External Carotids   show
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Internal Carotids   show
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show - supplies the superior and anterior frontal lobes, corpus callosum, medial surfaces of the hemispheres, and portions of the subcortical areas  
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Middle Cerebral Artery (MCA)   show
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Basilar Artery   show
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Posterior Cerebral Arteries   show
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2 Essential Nutrients Transported in Blood   show
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show - protective feature allowing collateral circulation of blood in case one channel of blood flow becomes blocked  
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Blockage of Flow to the R & L Anterior Cerebral Arteries   show
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show - affect speech-language functions - reading and writing - contralateral deficits in motor control and strength of the upper body - spatial relations difficulties and vision issues  
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show - visual acuity and visual attention problems - reading problems - sensory integration deficit (visual recognition and interpretation)  
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show - the notion that each side of the brain houses specialized abilities in most people  
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show - the notion that specific structures within each hemisphere are associated with specific abilities  
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Neuroplasticity   show
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Spontaneous Recovery   show
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Chronological Age   show
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Biological Age   show
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show an index of how one's intelligence, memory, and learning abilities change over time  
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show an index of how one's personality changes over time  
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show an index of aging according to one's social roles and according to changes in one's environment over time  
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show - emphasize the complex interactions among biological, psychological, and sociological factors that influence how people age - sense of identity - accepted by WHO models of disability and health  
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Post-formal Operational Stage   show
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Motivational Theory of Life-Span Development   show
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Healthy/Aging Well   show
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show - increased life expectancy - decreased fertility - improved longevity - decreased infant mortality  
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Stereotypical Aspects of Dysfunction with Aging   show
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show - genetic predisposition - poor nutrition - glucose fluctuation - lack of exercise - low social engagement - illness - stress - environmental contamination  
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Cognitive-Communicative Challenges   show
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show supports ability to perform in ways that are typically not tested or demonstrated  
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Positive Aspects of Aging   show
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Procedural Memory   show
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show important aspects about one's life  
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show personal experiences  
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Source Memory   show
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Short-Term Memory   show
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show implicit/explicit belief that one will fail because they are old  
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show - overall general health and wellbeing - SES - higher education level  
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show adaptation of language because of a persons age - includes prosody, lexical choice, and pragmatic aspects  
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Word Finding (Age)   show
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show - challenges with understanding long & complex sentences increases with age (attributed to decline in working memory)  
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Reading and Writing (Age)   show
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Pragmatics (Age)   show
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show - great variability in "normal" - based on prior history  
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Primary Aging   show
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Secondary Aging   show
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3 Aspects of Discourse   show
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show - the ability to tie together elements of a story and maintain thematic content - declines with age - considers previous abilities, education, level, vocab, interest, degree of motivation  
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Resource Capacity Theories   show
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Working Memory Theories   show
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show as we get older, we have increasing difficulty judging and taking into account the context of cognitive or linguistic tasks and thus adjusting to context  
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Signal Degradation Theories   show
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show declines are due to reduced efficiency of neuronal transmission  
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show the notion that our cognitive processing at all levels slows as we age - especially relevant to the processing of auditory linguistic input, which is intricately time-bound  
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show based on the rationale that older people have greater challenges than younger people with inhibiting irrelevant information and focusing attention to a particular task in the face of multiple competing stimuli or task requirements  
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show - can detect metabolic changes associated with progression of neurodegenerative diseases - displays differences in regions of the brain activated during specific types of tasks  
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show helps determine the extent of vascular problems within the cerebral blood vessels - identifies aneurysms, arteriovenous malformation, and tumours within the vascular system  
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show study of electrical potential differences between two or more points of the skull  
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show entails monitoring of the location and duration of eye fixations as people look at real world-scenes, objects, or computer-projected still images and videos  
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show the measurement of pupillary diameter  
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show entails having a person engage in a sensorimotor task wile engaging in a cognitive or linguistic task  
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show structural components of the brain are clustered around this area in the language-dominant hemisphere  
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Achromatopsia/Dyschromatopsia   show
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show problems with being aware of information that is actually registered in the brain (not sensory deficits)  
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Visual Integration Deficits   show
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show problems adjusting the shape of the lens, problems with pupillary dilation, problems with achieving visual reflexes, and problems moving the eye within the socket  
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show both eyes jointly  
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Monocular   show
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Calcarine Fissure   show
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Cataracts   show
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Hypermetropia   show
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show far visual acuity  
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Scotoma   show
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show half of the visual field is affected  
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Homonymous Hemianopsia   show
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show may result in partial or complete blindness in one eye  
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Apperceptive Agnosia   show
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show failure to associate meaning to what is seen  
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show an impairment in the ability to recognize faces  
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show an impairment in naming an object presented visually, despite being able to describe the object  
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show problems with being able to process two-or three- dimensional relationships in space  
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show a challenge with recognizing or interpreting sounds  
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show the inside layer of the eyeball  
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show - photorecepter - important for low-light and peripheral vision  
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Cone   show
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Sclera   show
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show - cranial never II  
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show the x-shaped structure housing the optic nerve fibers at the base of the brain  
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show refers to the entire space from which we take in visual information as we look forward  
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