Behavioral Neuro Exam 3

Front 1

Individuals with Asperger's Syndrome are likely to display

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inattention and impulsivity

Front 2

A dominant characteristic of stroke is

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general slowing

Front 3

What is the most common form of infiltrative tumor?

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glioma

Front 4

An individual with Gilles de la Tourette's syndrome is likely to be treated with a

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dopamine antagonist

Front 5

Which of the following tumors is most likely to result in stereognosis and apraxia?

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a parietal lobe tumor

Front 6

The Tower of London-Drexel provides a measure of

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executive planning

Front 7

The basal forebrain structures implicated in memory include all of the following except

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the nucleus accumbens

Front 8

Whihc of the following tumors has the worst prognosis?

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glioblastoma multiforme

Front 9

A child develops the ability to inhibit a response that is primed for release between ___ months

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8 to 12

Front 10

Apathy and euporia are most common in

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right hemisphere stroke

Front 11

Which of the following has been implicated in the etiology of ADHD

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all of these

Front 12

___ memory is to direct recall or recognition as ___ memory is to priming and skill demonstration

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Explicit; implicit

Front 13

Waterhouse and coworkers posit four neurofunctional mechanisms that create the core symptoms of autism. These four are:

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associality, extended selective attention,affective impairment, and canalesthesia

Front 14

Secondary emotions requre ____ processing and are orchestrated by ___ regions.

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higher-level; prefrontal

Front 15

The route of information through the Papez circuit is

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cingulate gyrus, parahippocampal gyrus, hippocampus, fornix, mammillary bodies, anterior nucleus of the thalamus, and back to the cingulate gyrus.

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Disorders showing prominent attentional dysfunction include all of the following except:

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apraxia

Front 17

Which of the following is themost severe form of stroke?

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hemorrhagic

Front 18

the ratio of dyslexia cases in boys versus girls is

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3:2

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Interference with the reabsorption of cerebrospinal fluid may result in

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communicating hydrocephalus

Front 20

A non-verbal learning disability (NVLD) is hcaracterized by

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impaired tactile-perceptual abilites

Front 21

The most commonly diagnosed childhood disorder is

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attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)

Front 22

Which of the following neuroanatomical structures is implicated in phonologic processing?

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planum temporale

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The following may result from a transient ischemic attack except

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total paralysis

Front 24

Surface dyslexia refers to

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impaired who word reading but unimapired ability to sound out words

Front 25

Which of the following might result in giantism?

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acidophiclic adenoma

Front 26

Which of the following refers to a blood clot which has traveled from one part of the body to another?

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embolism

Front 27

Short term memory relies on ____ encoding while long term memory involves ___ encoding

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phonolgical; semantic

Front 28

Which neurotransmitter has been implicated as pathogenic of autism?

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serotonin

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Posed factial expressions are to ____ as spontaneous expressions are to ___.

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motor cortex; limbic cortex

Front 30

A TIA impacting posterior circulatio nis likely to result in

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double vision

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The cells that are highly sensitive to movement and low contrast are contained within the

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magnocellular visual system

Front 32

A learnign disability that involves impairment in written expression is called

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dysgraphia

Front 33

The three major constellations of brain structures implicated in declarative memory consolidation include all of the following except

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the basal ganglia

Front 34

Which of the following is most likely to be impacted by stroke?

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short term memory

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Which of the following subcortical structures of attention plays a role in the anticipatory responsidng?

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reticular activating system