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1
Q

where is new verbal memory processed?

A

medial temporal lobe left

2
Q

where is new visual memory processed?

A

medial temporal lobe right

3
Q

where is semantic memory processed?

A

lateral temporal

4
Q

where is face / object recognition processed?

A

posterior temporal

5
Q

where does emotional processing occur?

A

amygdala

6
Q

disruption of the papez circuit results in what condition?

A

amnesic syndromes (severe memory disturbance)

7
Q

hypoxia, HSV, alzheimer disease, PCA strokes, and surgery can damage what part of the papez circuit?

A

medial temporal lobes

8
Q

korsakoff syndrome, thalamic strokes, and surgery can damage what part of the papez circuit?

A

diencephalon

9
Q

ACA aneurysm bleed or clipping can damage what part of the papez circuit?

A

basal forebrain

10
Q

what locations are important for encoding and retrieval of memory?

A

hippocampus / MTL

11
Q

what location is important for metamemory (executive control over memory apparatus)?

A

dorsolateral prefrontal cortex

12
Q

definition: confabulations

A

inability to distinguish a true memory from a false memory or from a memory inappropriate for the context

13
Q

how can you test semantic memory at the bedside?

A
  • ask about a well known concept that has unique features

- ideally independent of verbal abilities

14
Q

the parietal lobe is responsible for what 3 major functions?

A
  • cortical sensation
  • praxis (dominant lobe)
  • spatial orientation (non-dominant lobe)
15
Q

which brain lobe (lesion) is responsible for

  • praxis
  • alexia
  • agraphia
  • acalculia
  • left-right confusion
  • finger agnosia
A

dominant parietal lobe

16
Q

akinetic mutism, withdrawal, lack of initiative, poverty of speech

A

MDPC (frontal lobe)

17
Q

impaired abstraction and logical thinking, poor planning, poor judgment, impaired working memory and attention, poor memory organization

A

DLPC (frontal lobe)

18
Q

impulsive and antisocial behavior (disinhibition, hypersexuality, compulsions, breaking of social conventions), high risk behavior, stimulus boundness, unstable mood

A

OFC (frontal lobe)

19
Q

the subcortical structures are the _______ and the ________

A

white matter and basal ganglia

20
Q

which area decoding phoneme into meaning?

A

wernicke’s area

21
Q

a conduction aphasia is a result of a lesion to the _________

A

arcuate fasciculus

22
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definition: apraxia

A
  • loss of ability to perform a learned, familiar, purposeful motor act despite having the desire and the physical ability to perform the movements
  • can perform an action but the pattern for what you are supposed to do does not work
23
Q

where is praxis located in the brain?

A

dominant parietal lobe

24
Q

what is prosopagnosia?

A

face blindness