Anatomy
Anatomy 2
Assessment
more anatomy
Rehab Interventions
100

Fronto-polar purpose

goal maintenance, metacognition, future intentions

100

Lesions in the VMPFC lead to (little/obvious) executive dysfunction

little

100

2 tests for maintaining goals, intentions, self-monitoring

zoo test, 6 elements

100

Area responsible for conscious introspection of judgement

ACC

100

Questionnaires used for executive functioning treatment

dysexecutive questionnaire

BRIEF-A

200

dorsolateral PFC

refreshing WM items

200

Impaired social theory of mind is a symptom of:

VMPFC damage

200

test for inhibition, disinhibition, shifting

stroop test, Wisconsin card sorting test

200

2 areas responsible for initiation of movement

MCC and presupplementary motor area

200

Rehabilitation interventions for executive dysfunction (2 main ones)

GAS - goal attainment score

SST - social skills training

300

ventrolateral PFC purpose

selection and retrieval

300

pseudo-psychopathy is a symptom of _____ damage

ACC and OFC

300

tests for spontaneous generation of goal-directed problem solving

fluency/tower tests

300

area responsible for influences by the emotional connotations

OFC

300

What syndrome of the executive system is characterised by:

-poor WM
-forgetfulness/unreliability

-mental inflexibility

-poor recall

-difficulty with context memory

disexecutive syndrome

400

dorsomedial PFC purpose

motivation, drive

400

Broddman's area is part of what larger brain structure

VMPFC

400

test for intention/initiating a decision

complex PS

400

LTM stores: location + type of info

rostral anterior temporal lobe: amodal semantic memory

perisillivan area: phonological

posterior and middle temporal lobe language areas: semantic auditory

right hemisphere generally: visuospatial

400

what syndrome is characterized by:

-motor, cognitive, or emotional modalities

-motor impersistence, failure to maintain behaviors

-in extreme cases, akinetic mutism

-often mistaken for depression

apathy syndrome

500

areas responsible for social and emotional control, analysis, and production of emotional states

ventromedial and lateral orbital area, OFC, and anterior cingulate

500

Three areas of cingulate and purposes

anterior - emotional and social processing

mid - energization, drive

posterior - homeostatic functions

500

3 tests for WM, selection, monitoring

DS-backwards, n-back, trails B

500

brain areas involved in consolidation system + memory

hippocampus and medial cortex- new learning

anterior thalamus - connects to PFC for tone

retrosplenial cortex- imagery + scenes

perirhinal cortex - recognition and familiarity judgements

basal forebrain - biochemical influences on memory structures

500

what syndrome is characterized by:

-lack of impulse control/social filter

-impaired insight

-actions driven by an autonomic stimulus-reward association

disinhibition syndrome