PSYCH 1100H Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Attention, Bulimia Nervosa, Caudate Nucleus
5 Oct 2018
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Combined autism / asperger"s syndrome into a spectrum . Characterized by deficits in social relatedness and communication skills that are often accompanied by restrictive/repetitive interests or behaviors. Restricted/repetitive behaviors or interests (2 out of 4): High comorbidity rate with intellectual disability (~70%) Inattention: struggles to follow directions and complete work, poor organization, makes careless mistakes, easily distracted. Hyperactivity/impulsivity: driven by a motor , difficulty sitting still and remaining quiet, fidgets/squirms, frequently interrupts others, difficulty waiting turn. 11% of children age 4-17 diagnosed with adhd (visser et al. , 2014) But females more likely to have inattentive. Structural/functional: underactive frontal lobes; slower cortical thickening; slower development of caudate nucleus (bg) Too much dopamine activity in prefrontal cortex and basal ganglia. Prenatal exposure to tobacco, alcohol, other drugs. ~25% of those with eating disorder are males. 6 times higher among homosexual/bisexual men compared to heterosexual men. An eating disorder characterized by the maintenance of unusually low body weight and a.
