Neuropsych MT#2: Perception and Agnosia

44 cards   |   Total Attempts: 188
  

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What divides the occipital lobe from the temporal and parietal lobe?
(describe occipital lobe anatomy)
Answer 1
Lingual gyrus houses
V2 and VP
Fusiform gyrus houses
V4
Calcarine sulcus
Answer 4
-contains much of V1
-separates upper and lower visual fields
Name the connections of the visual cortex
Answer 5
What is the difference between the dorsal and ventral streams of the visual pathways
Answer 6
Occipital lobe is part of what unit in Luria's model?
Unit 2
Describe a theory of occipital lobe function
Answer 8
Damage to V4 -->
Loss of colour cognition (cannot see, imagine or recall colour)
Damage to V5-->
Erases ability to percieve objects in motion, can only see objects at rest
Damage to V3-->?
Would have to include larger lesion of V4 to form deficity
Damage to lesions in V1 -->
Cortical blindness
Protanopia
-visual acuitiy is normal
-"red" cones may be filled with "green" opsin-confusion between red and green
What are three deficits in trichromatic coding?
-Protoanopia-Deuteranopia-Tritanopia
Name a general source of genetic defects in colour?
Opsins and retinal (lipid) defects lead to alrterations in the trichromatic coding