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what is high functioning autism? |
autism with measured intelligence in the normal range |
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meaning of aspergers' syndrome? |
having the features of autism but in the absence of language delay |
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what is a placebo? |
an inert substance that has no active ingredient |
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is ADHD caused by a bad diet? |
no, McCann found that children aged 3-9 yrs consumed a drink containing preservatives n artificial colours. children became hyperactive, more evident in placebo- similar drink w/o preservatives n artificial colours |
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what is frontal syndrome? |
a condition caused by damage to the brain, associated with disinhibition and lack of sensitivity |
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what are executive functions? |
a process or set of processes located in the frontal lobes of the brain involved in controlling one's own behaviour and one's own mental processes |
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what are the core features of ADHD? |
inattention, hyperactivity and impulsiveness |
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in autism, they have weak central coherence what does this mean? |
-preference for local details over global whole/ context -not automatically process contextual meaning or use prior knowledge - a bias towards piecemeal or local(over global) processing |
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what are characteristics of ADHD? |
inattention, impulsiveness, hyperactivity genetic frontal lobe affects it, executive functions disorder is at motivational level rather than cognitive level |
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what is the medication for ADHD? |
methylfenidate, ritalin, amphetamine n cocaine |
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what is tourette syndrome? |
tic(vocal or physical),more than habit executive function problems(impulsive & distractible) genetic, starts around 7/10 yr comorbid ADHD/ obsessive compulsive disorder diagnosed based on behaviour |
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what is obsessive compulsive disorder? |
a clinical disorder associated with compulsive ritualistic behaviour and obsessive cleanliness such as incessant hand-washing and aversion to touching things that have been touched by another person |
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what is DSM? |
diagnostic and statistical manual of the american psychiatric association. this manual lists features of various psychological disorders |
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what is gaze following? |
the ability to follow another person's gaze and to locate n fixate on the object being looked at by another person. Children normally become highly effective in doing this from 18 months |
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what is fragile X? |
abnormality in X chromosome(no compensation in other X) -prominent ears,long face, poor muscle tone -ef difficulties(frontal lobe) |
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what is williams syndrome? |
genetic disorder due to truncation in chromosome 7, 1/10,000 heart aberrations sociable visuospatial difficulties |
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what is the cerebellum? |
a structure located at the rear of the brain that has a role in generating fine movements |
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what is brain plasticity? |
the capacity for the unaffected parts of the brain to assume the activities of the affected parts of the brain |
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what is cerebral palsy? |
-damage to motor cortex in frontal lobes n connection to cerebellum -poor movement control -not progressive -vision problems 1/3 epileptic seizures not genetic, hypoxia |
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what is echolia? |
meaninglessly repeating words or phrases u just heard |
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what is hyperlexia? |
an unusually large vocabulary , relative to developmental level, esp on a particular topic |
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meaning of alexia? |
dyslexia that is acquired, perhaps during adulthood, following neurological damage caused by accident or illness |
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what is joint attention? |
the process of intentionally sharing the exp of observing an object or event thru the use of pointing gestures or following gaze |
