Exam 10: Neuropsychological Assessment and Screening

The brain weighs roughly pounds.

The brain contains a complicated system of fluid-filled caverns called

The brain contains more than________ neurons.

Which of the following is a scale on the Luria-Nebraska Neuropsychological Battery?

The is both a strength and weakness of the Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test.

Goal formulation and planning take place especially in the______ lobes.

The Porteus Maze Test was originally devised as a

Feeding and sexual behavior are governed by the

A________ and______ approaches to neuropsychological assessment.

_______is a collection of nuclei in the forebrain, which is considered a part of the motor system, consisting of the caudate, putamen, and globaus pallidus.

_______was the patient who had the front section of his temporal lobes removed and who consequently lost all ability to remember anything new for more than a few minutes.

The Wide Range Assessment of Memory-2 consists of three index scores:

The Tinkertoy Test is a measure of

Swallowing is under the control of the

Baseline neuropsychological testing is primarily useful because:

The grooves in the brain are called

A cerebrovascular accident CVA) in which an artery in the brain becomes obstructed is called

Touch is processed in the_____ lobe.

The characteristic wide-based gait found in many chronic alcoholics is a consequence of degeneration in the

For normal subjects, errors on the Finger Localization Test