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Brain Damage Exam 30/01/20171A. Neurological differences between transient ischemic attacks and cerebrovascular ‘impairments’
(i.e stroke)?
1B.
2. Karr article mentions impairments in TBI. What cognitive domain is most effected in mild TBI? [3]
Memory – episodic memory more that semantic and procedural
2B.
3A. 3 critical age periods in TBI. Name each and explain what effect lesions have at each age. [4]
3B. Adults with TBI from childhood. Graph of left hemisphere and right hemisphere with IQ scores
for ‘verbal’ and ‘performance’. Fill in the graph by shading the bars as to where functioning for
verbal and performance IQ scores would be for left and right hemisphere.
Explain why you drew the graphs you did [6]
4. Stroke can affect hyperexcitability of neurones. Explain the repair mechanisms behind this. [10]
5. What are the two types of recovery mechanism [10]
6A. (Statement about Gall and Spurzhiem influences to modern neuropsychology) Why should we
support this statement? [6]
First ideas of localisation of brain function
First ideas on objective methods as measurements -> cranioscopy
6B. Name one other field (from the past 2 decades) that influenced neuropsychology and one major
advancement in this field. [4]
7A. What memory is affected in frontal lobe lesions? [3]
7B. Meta-analysis combines the statistical results of studies [7]
1. Explain the main ‘bias’ that can occur.
2. Explain how this bias influences the results.
8.
9. [Multiple Choice Questions] [10]
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