MATH 190 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Receptive Aphasia, Neuropsychology, Neurology
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Luria: neuropsychology in the local diagnosis of brain damage: speed pathology: start for study of function of separate parts in the brain (e. g. broca, wernicke) Narrow localization approach: local diagnostics of brain damage local brain damage became part of neurology (e. g. kleist) local damage responsible for mental activity. Anti-localization approach: more integrative and dynamic view (e. g. hughlings jackson, monakow) disturbances of higher cortical functions regression of functional organization on a lower level sharp boundary between symptoms: elementary neurological symptoms (disturbance of sensation, movement, etc. ) Wernicke"s area lost ability to preserve certain sequence of sounds (serial organization) damage in pre-motor zones lost ability to translate phonemes to graphemes (visuospatial analysis) damage to parietal-occipital sections. Disturbance of writing evoked when damage is located in various parts of the brain. Symptoms have multiple significance, however it may be used for local diagnosis of brain lesions. Neuropsychological analysis = establish essential qualities of symptoms and to find factors which underlie it.
