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Right hemisphere Motor functions on left side of body Perceives - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Right hemisphere Motor functions on left side of body Perceives - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Week 6 Lab: Hemispheric Functions - Contralateral processing Back to Index Right hemisphere Motor functions on left side of body Perceives left side of space Left hemisphere Motor functions on right side of body Perceives right side of space
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Week 6 Lab: Hemispheric Functions - Determining hemispheric Functions Back to Index
WADA test
Inject anesthetic (sodium amytol) into the right or left internal carotid artery Puts one hemisphere to sleep so we can see what functions are there
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Week 6 Lab: Hemispheric Functions - Pain in the Brain Back to Index
Left Hemisphere Damage Right Hemisphere Damage Catastrophic 62% 10% Indifferent 11% 38% Emotional reactions to unilateral brain damage Catastrophic: dysphoric reaction - despair, hopelessness or anger Indifferent: euphoric reaction - minimization of symptoms, placidity or elation.
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Week 6 Lab: Hemispheric Functions - Language Centers and Handedness Back to Index
Left Hemisphere Right Hemisphere Most language, including grammar Face recognition Understanding verbal material Attention Verbal Memory Non-Verbal Memory Understanding Space Hemispheric dominance as revealed by neurological patients
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Week 6 Lab: Hemispheric Functions - Brain Words Back to Index
WADA test
Inject anesthetic (sodium amytol) into the right or left internal carotid artery
Left Hemisphere Dominant Right Hemisphere Dominant Bilateral Right Handed 95% 5% 0% Left Handed 70% 15% 15% Language representation as revealed by sodium (from Ramussen and Milner 1977)
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Week 6 Lab: Hemispheric Functions - Gender Back to Index
Men Women Corpus callosum Relatively smaller Relatively larger Aphasia after left hemisphere damage 3 times more likely than women 3 times less likely than men Schizophrenia Ventricles get larger Ventricles stay the same Amygdala Right amygdala active with rest of brain Left amygdala active with rest of brain Brain Size Relatively Larger Relatively Smaller Hemispheric Differences Between Men and Women
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Week 6 Lab: Effects of Brain Damage - Hemispatial neglect Back to Index
Definition: A failure to report, respond or orient to stimuli presented contralateral to the side of a brain lesion in the absence of elementary motor or sensory deficits. Incidence of neglect
86% right hemisphere damage 7% left hemisphere damage 7% bilateral damage
Link: Hemispatial Neglect: 0 to 3:18 of video
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Week 6 Lab: Effects of Brain Damage - Awareness impariments Back to Index
Anosognosia - lack of awareness or denial of any problem Link: Anosognosia: 5:45 to 9:00 Anosodiaphoria - awareness of deficit but without appropriate concern.
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Week 6 Lab: Effects of Brain Damage - Alien hand syndrome Back to Index
Inability to control one hand Hand can perform complex motor behaviors (like buttoning a shirt) Link: Alien Hand Syndrome Patient
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Week 6 Lab: Effects of Brain Damage - Phantom limbs - Definition and Causes Back to Index
Experience sensation of limb that is missing Telescoping
Decrease in length of perceived limb until it reaches body More common in upper limb amputees than lower limb amputees
Up to 80% feel phantom pain Patients
Amputees Spinal chord injuries Congenital limb absence
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Week 6 Lab: Effects of Brain Damage - Phantom limbs - Treatment for Cramping Back to Index
Phantom limbs are 'stuck' and cramped with pain
No visual feedback that limb is moving
Treatment: Mirror therapy
Existing arm in one slot Mirror image is superimposed where phantom arm would be Move real arm until matches position of phantom limb Close their eyes and make symmetric movements then open eyes 6/10 subjects perceived phantom limb as moving 4/5 subjects with involuntary clenching spasms found relief Temperature did not transfer (control for confabulation)
Link: Mirror Therapy
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