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42 Cards in this Set
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IAP (used in Wada Test)
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Intracarotid amobarbitol procedure. Some use Brevitol
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Iatrogenic Effect
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unintended and unfavorable response to treatment resulting from treatment. Think cancer and bad drug interactions. Iatrogenesis literally means "brought forth by a healer"
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ICA
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internal carotid artery
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Iconic Memory or Echoic Storage
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sensory memory for visual material -large capacity - short duration
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Ictal
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sudden event - usually refers to seizures (interictal is the time between siezures)
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Ideational Apraxia
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the one where you cannot effectively plan out a series of gestures to complete a motor task - often comorbid with ideomotor
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Ideomotor Apraxia
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the one where you have trouble performing motor tasks upon request - classic body part for tool errors
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Ideograph
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orthography - figure represents object as in Chinese - no phonology required
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Idioglossia
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unintelligible speech
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Idiopathic
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disease of unknown cause
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Imaginal Code
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memory code derived from processing an image
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IME
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independent medical examination
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Impairment
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WHO definition - loss or abnormality of structure or function that leads to a disability
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Imperception
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impairments in visual spatial perception - as in neglect
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Implicit Memory
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Nondeclarative type of memory - typically occurs without conscious mediation
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Incidence
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number of new cases occurring within a specific time period
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Incidental Learning
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learning that occurs without volitional effort
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Inconsistent words
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words whose pronunciation follows grapheme to phoneme conversion rules but have visual "neighbors" that dont follow the rules (hint, pint)
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Independent Variable
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variable that is experimentally manipulated to determine effect on dep var
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Infarction Cerebral
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area of necrosis/tissue death as as result of vascular insufficiency
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Inflection
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change in pitch or tone of voice or suffix added to morpheme to change grammatical status
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Initiation Deficit
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failure to act or need for cueing despite ability to perform behavior. mesial frontal cortex
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Inner Speech
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experience of hearing one's own words without speaking
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Innervation Apraxia or Limb Kinetic Apraxia
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hand clumsiness that exceeds weakness or tone impairment. more of a pyramidal system disorder than a true apraxia
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Insula
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cerebral cortex concealed from surface and lying at the bottom of the Sylvian/lateral fissure
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Intelligence
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ability to understand complex ideas, adapt to environment, learn from experience, reason, problem solve
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IQ
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summary score reflecting performance on measure of intelligence
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ICU psychosis
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confusion following surgery - considered result of surgical environment not surgery - clears rapidly
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Intention Tremor
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dysmetria that intensifies when a voluntary movement is attempted- sign of cerebellar dysfunction
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Interferon
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naturally occuring protein that suppresses immune system. Interferon therapy used in MS
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The interhemispheric fissure is also known as the
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longitudinal fissure
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Internal Consistency
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estimate of the reliability of a measure based on correlation of items within a test. Coefficient Alpha
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ICD
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international classification of diseases published by WHO
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Intracranial Pressure (ICP)
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pressure within cranial vault results from increased CSF, blood or brain volume - tumors, edema.
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Inversion Error
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reading error due to letter inversion (but for put)
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Involuntary Movement
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movements associated with disorders of the extrapyramidal system (chorea, athetosis, dystonia, tics, tremor) usually not present during sleep
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Ipsilateral
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occurring on the same side
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Ischemia
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lack of adequate blood flow
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Ischemic Penumbra
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portion of ischemic region surrounding the dead tissue - may recover if re-perfusion occurs quickly
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Ishihara Test of Color Blindness
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pseudoisochromatic test plates used to assess color vision
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Isocortex is also known as the
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Neocortex
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Isoelectric
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record obtained from a pair of equipotential electrodes - often associated with assessment of brain death
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