Disorders/ Syndromes
This behavioral disorder usually first diagnosed in childhood and characterized by inattention, impulsivity, and, in some cases, hyperactivity.
ADHD
Name 6 basic emotions
anger, disgust, fear, happiness, sadness, and surprise
Broca's area is located in ___________
Frontal lobe
_________________ is a particular class of visuomotor neurons that discharge both when the animal/human does a particular action and when it observes another individual doing a similar action.
Mirror neurons
Adults' brains are NOT able to create new neurons
True or False?
False
A deficit in language comprehension or production, commonly due to a left hemisphere stroke or insult
Aphasia
This part of Limbic System is responsible for fight or flight response
Amygdala
This part of the brain is one of the main areas of the cerebral cortex responsible for speech comprehension
Wernicke's area
______________ refers to cases in which people remember events differently from the way they happened or, in the most dramatic case, remember events that never happened at all
False memory
Primary visual cortex is located in the Parietal Lobe
True or False?
False
The primary visual cortex is located in the most posterior portion of the brain's occipital lobe
If fusiform gyrus is damage what neurological disorder might be developed?
Prosopagnosia
________________ is a region of cortex buried beneath the temporal lobes; involved in body perception and contains the primary gustatory cortex; responds to disgust.
Insula
After the stroke Jenny is unable to speak fluently; her speech has poor grammar, she also experiences difficulty forming complete sentences, but she has no problem to understand a speech of others. Jenny was diagnosed with_____________
Broca's aphasia
Type of amnesia leads to difficulty learning new information
anterograde amnesia
The most common cause of aphasia is brain damage resulting from a stroke.
True or False?
True
After having a stroke, Anton Räderscheidt experienced a deficit in attention to and awareness of one side of the field of vision. What neuropsychological condition did he have?
Hemispatial neglect
This theory of emotion suggests that emotions occur as a result of physiological reactions to events
James-Lange Theory of emotion
The impairment of motor planning and programming of speech articulation due to left hemisphere brain damage
Apraxia
Savant syndrome is more common among individuals diagnosed with _________________
ASD
The thalamus is a part of the limbic system and it is responsible for releasing hormones such as oxytocin and corticotropin
True or False
False
The Thalamus is dorsal part of the diencephalon and it has several functions such as relaying of sensory signals, including motor signals, to the cerebral cortex, and the regulation of consciousness, sleep, and alertness.
This is a rare impairment characterized by inappropriate sexual behaviors and mouthing of objects, diminished ability to visually recognize objects, loss of normal fear and anger responses, memory loss, dietary change. It is associated with damage to the anterior temporal lobes of the brain. Cases have been reported in association with herpes encephalitis and head trauma
Kluver-Bucy Syndrome
This theory of emotion states that stimulating events trigger feelings and physical reactions that occur at the same time.
The Cannon-Bard theory of emotion
The ----------------- is the bundle of axons that connects Wernicke’s and Broca’s areas
arcuate fasciculus
________________ is a condition in which someone with significant mental disabilities demonstrates certain abilities far in excess of average.
Savant syndrome is a condition in which someone with significant mental disabilities demonstrates certain abilities far in excess of average.
Anomia is a type of aphasia
True or False?
True