PSYC35H3 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Middle Temporal Gyrus, Clinical Neuropsychology, Neuropsychological Assessment
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Cn is a subspecialty of clinical psych: shaped by world wars and technological advances, wwi: army recruiting procedures and shell shock, motor vehicle accidents. Neuropsych tries to evaluate what an ind is able to do and what they"re not able to do. What precipitates np assessment: diagnosis, patient care and planning, treatment planning and evaluation, research, forensic applications. Refers to how well data from a neuropsychological assessment predicts future beh or behavioural outcomes. E. g: adls, resuming gainful employment, motor vehicle licence. Hippocampus is affected early on one of the earliest clinical symptoms is problems with memory and these key. Typ. starting point is in the medial temporal lobes symptoms become more complex. Natural pattern that progresses through brain matches pattern of patients. Neurofibrillary tangles and beta-amyloid plaques breakdown in movement of material and exclusion of waste: the plaque is extracellular and should be there compared to someone without ad.
