PSYB57H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Hemispatial Neglect, Echoic Memory, Iconic Memory
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To define hemispatial neglect, and to appreciate how we might test for it; To demonstrate how we know that neglect is not a disorder of vision; To understand the sy(cid:373)pto(cid:373)s p(cid:396)ese(cid:374)t i(cid:374) bali(cid:374)t(cid:859)s sy(cid:374)d(cid:396)o(cid:373)e; To demonstrate procedural knowledge of how to test the capacity of iconic and echoic memory; To des(cid:272)(cid:396)i(cid:271)e the ele(cid:373)e(cid:374)ts of baddeley(cid:859)s (cid:373)odel of wm a(cid:374)d to (cid:395)ualify wm(cid:859)s li(cid:374)k to common measures of fluid intelligence; To understand the genesis of the primacy and recency effects; To apply an understanding of the value of neuropsychology in revealing distinct subsystems in human long-term memory; The control of spatial attention is an essential cognitive function. While both hemispheres contribute to attentional control, the right hemisphere (rh) appears to have a much more substantial role to play. Dysfu(cid:374)(cid:272)tio(cid:374) of the h(cid:859)s atte(cid:374)tio(cid:374)al (cid:272)o(cid:374)t(cid:396)ol (cid:374)et(cid:449)o(cid:396)k (cid:373)ay (cid:396)esult i(cid:374) su(cid:271)tle o(cid:396) p(cid:396)ofound impairments of attention.
