PSY 335 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Perseveration, Socioeconomic Status, Word Association
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What is neuropsychology: specialty within clinical psychology, focus: understanding how the brain influences or cognitive functions or behaviors, evaluations consist of three things. Who does a neuropsychologist see: medical (e. g. multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, cancer, head injury, movement disorders, dementia, developmental (e. g. intellectual disability adhd, psychological (e. g. depression, anxiety, somatization and conversion, referral questions for adults. Are the cognitive impairments this individual experience consistent with their brain injury? (cid:499) Can this person still make medical decisions: for pediatric. Quaglino and borelli (1867) but not comprehension: broca"s expressive or word finding difficulty. Quaglino and borelli identified that prosopagnosia occurred in a patient with. Early 1900s neuropsychology emerges damage to the temporal lobe, now known as the fusiform face area. 1907 luria founded the pscyhoneurological institution (russia) The evaluation consists of injury (chicago) imaging studies diagnosis, prognosis, and response to therapy. If it ruptures, the risk of death is 40% and the risk of disability is 80%
