FRHD 2110 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Neuroimaging, Encopresis, Snellen Chart
20 Dec 2018
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A term used to describe a child who shows behavioural but not neurological signs of brain injury. Academic performance markedly lower than would be expected on the basis of a student"s intellectual ability. Way of determining whether a student has a learning disability. Neuroimaging technique where radio waves are used to produce cross-sectional images of the brain. Adaptation of the mri used to detect changes in the brain while it is in an active state. (unlike pet scan it does not use radioactive materials) Computerized method for measuring blood flow in the brain. A method of determining the degree to which a given condition is inherited. Looks at prevalence of condition in the relatives of person who has condition. A method of determining the degree to which a condition is inherited; a comparison of the prevalence of a condition in identical twins vs fraternal twins. Agents such as chemicals that can disrupt the normal development of a fetus.
