Neuroscience for Occupational Therapists Quiz

% of persons with schizophrenia experience neurocognitive deficits.

• 10-30

• 30-60

• 50-80

• 80-100

Which of the following presenting symptoms has greatest impact on long-term functional outcomes for persons with schizophrenia?

• Hallucinations

• Social Cognition problems

• Delusions

• Thought disorder

MATRICS identified 7 key neurocognitive domains affected among persons with schizophrenia. Which are the two missing domains?

• Speed of processing, spatial learning and memory

• Insight, auditory memory

• Verbal memory, judgement

• Speed of processing, verbal learning and memory

What does 'divided attention' mean?

• It refers to the state of engaging in more than one cognitive task simultaneously.

• It refers to the capacity to shift focus of attention between tasks with different cognitive requirements.

• It refers to the maintenance of a cognitive set in the face of competing stimuli.

• It refers to monitoring a set of stimuli for prolonged periods of time.

John suffers from schizophrenia and has working memory problems. Which neuroanatomical areas are likely to be affected?

• Amygdala and hippocampus.

• Superior temporal sulcus and frontal lobe

• Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and hippocampus.

• Anterior cingulate and superior temporal sulcus

Which of the following is NOT an executive functioning skill?

• Problem solving

• Procedural learning

• Deductive reasoning

• Planning

Occupational therapist Judy is using cued recall with patient Colin, to recall ingredients to make a cake. The ingredients include cake flour, eggs, walnut, banana. Which statement will she most likely say?

• Can you recall the four ingredients that I told you, to make the cake?

• One of the ingredients is a fruit and 1 ingredient is a type of flour. Can you recall what are they?

• Is the third ingredient peanut, walnut or cashew nut?

• The first two ingredients are cake flour and eggs. Can you remember the third and fourth ingredients?

Which of the following statement is wrong?

• People with schizophrenia often have episodic memory problems.

• People with schizophrenia often have semantic memory problems.

• People with schizophrenia often have explicit memory problems.

• People with schizophrenia often have implicit memory problems.

Gary has an emotion processing problem. He will have difficulty ___________________.

• recognising affect from facial expressions.

• processing social rules and conventions.

• inferring the causes of particular positive and negative events.

• understand the intentions and dispositions of others.

Which of the following describes short term memory?

• Remembering the contents of a lecture held yesterday.

• Remembering the name of a person who introduced herself 30 seconds ago.

• Remembering what I have eaten a few hours ago.

• Remembering how to ride a bicycle.