Neurobehavioral Illnesses/Syndromes
The term used to describe brain degeneration linked to repeated head injuries
What is chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE)?
The first WAIS-IV Similarities question asked of patients after they pass the practice item
How are a horse and a tiger alike?
The center of a neuron, containing genetic information
What is the nucleus?
The name for someone with neurodevelopmental disorder (particularly autism) who excels at a particular ability
What is a savant?
The only actual requirement needed in order to legally call oneself a clinical neuropsychologist
What is clinical psychology licensure?
Two out of three of the "triad" of abnormalities typically seen in autism
What are abnormalities in social development, communication, and repetitive behavior?
One of the three animals on the MoCA Original form
The neurotransmitter most affected in Parkinson's disease
What is dopamine?
The age at which ADHD symptoms have to be present BEFORE, according to the DSM-V
What is 12?
Guidelines for the credentials/training needed for board-certification in neuropsychology, named after an American city
What are the Houston Criteria / Houston Guidelines?
An organically caused state of acute disturbance in consciousness, attention, and awareness often caused by intoxication or direct effect of medical illness
What is delirium?
The name of the gorilla who became famous in 1978 after learning sign language
Koko
The part of the neuron most present in white matter
What is an axon?
The three domains of adaptive functioning that must be impaired for an intellectual disability diagnosis
What are conceptual, social, and pragmatic?
The neuropsychology association that holds its annual conference in the US in November and publishes the Archives
What is the National Academy of Neuropsychology (NAN)?
Three of the four core clinical features of Dementia with Lewy Bodies
What are fluctuations in consciousness, visual hallucinations, REM sleep behavior disorder, and Parkinsonism?
The four animals in the CVLT-II/III Standard Form, List A
What are giraffe, zebra, cow, and squirrel?
The input parts of the neuron that receive information
What are dendrites?
The gender prevalence ratio for Autism Spectrum Disorder diagnosis
What is 4 (boys) to 1 (girls)?
What are written exam, practice samples, and oral exam, that includes ethics, fact finding, and defense of practice samples.
The type of aphasia characterized by intact fluency and comprehension but disproportionately impaired repetition, often caused by parietal lobe damage
What is conduction aphasia?
The brain part named after the Greek word for "seahorse"
An important neurotransmitter in your brain made by the amino acid tryptophan
What is seratonin?
A motor disorder characterized by marked impairment in development of motor coordination
What is developmental coordination disorder?
The current president of the NAN, INS, AACN, or American Academy of Pediatric Neuropsychology, or the editor-in-chief of their journal
Who are Beth Arredondo (NAN), Anthony Stringer (AACN), Ida Sue Baron (INS), Stephen Rao (JINS), Grace Mucci(AAPN), Yana Suchy (TCN), Robert Leark (AAPN), Cecil Reynolds (JPN)