PSYC36H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Clinical Neuropsychology, Neuropsychological Assessment, Occupational Therapist
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How old he is, dominant hand, education, etc basically him before the injury. He was involved in a workplace accident, this is what happened. Variables to include: loc, pta, gcs score. If he has a poor score on a specific test its possible that there is injury to a given structure in the brain. No need to get wrapped up with the subcortical info. Lecture 10: the effects of education on cognitive functioning are potent and pervasive, they show up on almost every kind of cognitive test used for neuropsychological assessment, the evaluation of neuropsychological data must take into account the. Personality disorders: how would you predict the following patients to do on a neuropsychological evaluation. Might be trying to get their scores just so perfect that they take longer on the tests, thus affecting performances on timed tests. Depends on medication though, because if that is there normal and they are on medication then .
