PSYC31H3 Study Guide - Computer Data Storage, Implicit Memory, Prospective Memory
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Neurological exams have been historically been the usual clinical approach to brain dysfunction which includes extensive study of behavior (brains chief product) Neurologist examine strength, efficiency , reactivity and appropriateness of responses to commands, questions, discrete stimulation of particular neural subsystems and challenges to specific muscle groups and motor patterns. Neurologist also examine body structures in search for evidence of brain dysfunction. Ex swellin of retina or atrophied muscles due to insufficient stimulation. Ct(computerized tomography) and mri reconstruct different densities and constituents of internal structures into clinically useful shadow pictures of intracranial anatomy. Neuropsychological assessment is another useful method of examining the brain; by studying its behavioral products. Relies on same techniques, assumptions and theories as does psychological assessment because subject matter of n-a is behavior. Like psych assessment, n-a involves intensive study of behavior via interviews, standardized scaled test and questionnaires, that provide relatively precice and sensitive indices of behavior.
