Language and Cortical Anatomy
Name the two modalities of Language Comprehension.
Auditory and Reading (Visual)
Voluntary attention involves the ___________region of brain
frontal
What is Diaschisis?
a temporary loss of function in areas remote from a lesioned area
What is bottom-up and top-down training?
•"bottom-up" (training basic skills to build up to more complex processing)
•"top-down" (training complex skills to strengthen underlying basic skills).
In the auditory comprehension pathway, the auditory signals go from the cochlear nucleus to_________
Midbrain (Inferior Colliculus)
Which two cortexes encodes the relative importance of stimuli
Frontal and Parietal
What is functional reorganization?
Recruitment of quite different or remote neural circuits
What is the restorative treatment?
Restoring the lost function.
Based on the principle of brain plasticity
Where is the lateral geniculate body located?
Thalamus
The most active region for memory is
Hippocampus
What is interhemispheric competition
undamaged hemisphere inhibits preserved or recovering functions in the damaged one
Give one example of compensatory treatment.
AAC and many more
The Where pathway is called as______
The What pathway is called as _____
Magnocellular
Pavocellular
Hippocampus is critical for the formation of new memories
True
How do we reconnect the damaged circuit?
Using Structured sensory input
Give one example of restorative treatment
Esophageal speech, MIT and many more