PSYC 406 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Paraphasia, White Matter, Wada Test
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For the quiz: we should be familiar with the different definitions from different experts, based on the slides, not on the textbook. Any study that focuses on the study between the brain and various aspects of human behavior. Brain and behaviors such as impulsivity or aggression control. Diagnosis (cid:498)organicity(cid:499): means to define whether specific cognitive deficits are due to brain dysfunction or something else. Deals with the brain faculties of decision making. Sometimes you must contact the agent that gave you the referral to further understand it. Looking at background (prior assessments, psychiatric history, medical history, psychosocial history, school report card, etc. ) Selection of tools to answer the referral question. Self-report or peer-report difficult for them to do. It is important to get the opinion of the patient what do they think is. Sometimes it is difficult to do this (cid:523)e. g. , patients with alzheimer(cid:495)s disease in this case you ask close family or friends)
