PSYC31H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Brainstem, Putamen, Retrograde Amnesia

• School: UTSC
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC31H3
• Professor: Konstantine Zakzanis

Document Summary

Any given behavior is the product of a myriad of complex neuropsychological and biochemical interactions involving the whole brain [and environment]: poor ecological validity in controlled settings. There is no one to one relationship between a specific neuroanatomical structure. Lesions: localized abnormal tissue: lesions can appear through: It may occur after a stroke or in association with damage to the parietal lobe. A lack of understanding of the rules for calculation or arithmetic (acalculia or dyscalculia). An inability to distinguish right from left. An inability to identify fingers (finger agnosia): administering many tests is important to come to more reliable conclusions. Keep getting the sort wrong for the same reason. Do not have mental flexibility to come up with an alternative answer. Symptoms accompanying schizophrenia: predominant hallucinations/delusions (can occur with tbi though ) Stratified norms (e. g. , two sds from the norm) Wernicke"s aphasia, actively psychotic: three main subdivisions: Cranial nerve nuclei for mouth and throat structures.