PSYC 3330 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Information Processing Language, Mild Cognitive Impairment, Engineering Drawing
21 Mar 2017
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Often used after injuries or illnesses that affect the brain (ex. brain injury, strokes, brain tumours, multiple sclerosis, mild cognitive impairment and dementias, prolonged alcohol/drug use, etc. ) Purposes: to measure cognitive functioning or impairment of the brain and its specific components or structures, and to make determinations about prognoses or recovery, plan rehabilitation interventions, assess suitability for return to school/work/driving, etc. Domains: pre-morbid functioning, orientation, sensory/motor functioning, attention, concentration, speed of information processing, language, visuospatial/visuoconstructional abilities, learning and memory, executive functions, personality and emotional functioning, and effort/motivation (intellectual functioning is included as part of all of these domains) Pre-morbid functioning: it is important to figure out the level at which the patient was functioning cognitively before their injury/illness (this helps figure out whether/to what extent they have declined/improved) Orientation: person name (making sure they know who they are), place country, province, city, building (ex. hospital), floor), time (year, month, season, date, day, time of day), situation.
