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Cortex Lesions 01
Topic: AnatomyCreated on Sunday, January 27 2008 by jdmiles
Last modified on Sunday, January 27 2008.
An evil mad scientist removes portions of your right cerebral cortex, specifically, your posterior superior temporal sulcus and dorsolateral Frontal Cortex.
You will now have which of the following deficits?
A) Aphasia B) Loss of prosody C) Left hemineglect D) Loss of mojo E) Prosopagnosia
This question was created on January 27, 2008 by jdmiles.
This question was last modified on January 27, 2008.
ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS
A) aphasia
This answer is incorrect.
A lesion in the areas described would not result in aphasia. ( See References)
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B) loss of prosody
This answer is correct.
Functional imaging studies have helped to identify regions involved in prosody. These areas include the posterior superior temporal sulcus and dorsolateral Frontal Cortex. ( See References)
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C) left hemineglect
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A lesion in the areas described would not result in hemineglect ( See References)
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D) loss of mojo
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A lesion in the areas described would not result in loss of mojo ( See References)
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E) prosopagnosia
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A lesion in the areas described would not result in prosopagnosia ( See References)
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References:
1. Wildgruber, D., Riecker, A., Hertrich, I., Erb, M., Grodd, W., Ethofer, T., and Ackermann, H. (2005). "Identification of emotional intonation evaluated by fMRI." Neuroimage, 24(4) 1233-41. (PMID:15670701) | |
2. Strelnikov, K.N., Vorobyev, V.A., Chernigovskaya, T.V., and Medvedev, S.V. (2006). "Prosodic clues to syntactic processing--a PET and ERP study." Neuroimage, 29(4) 1127-34. (PMID:16188459) | |
3. Vallar, G. (2007). "Spatial neglect, Balint-Homes' and Gerstmann's syndrome, and other spatial disorders." CNS Spectr, 12(7) 527-36. (PMID:17603404) | |
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anatomy
Cortex Lesions 01
Question ID: 012708081
Question written by J. Douglas Miles, (C) 2006-2009, all rights reserved.
Created: 01/27/2008
Modified: 01/27/2008
Estimated Permutations: 15120
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