Cognition & Cognitive-Communication Disorders

A set of vocabulary flashcards covering key concepts from the lecture on cognition and cognitive-communication disorders.

Pragmatics

The use of language in social contexts.

Social Cognition

The recognition of emotional/affective cues and the ability to understand others' mental states.

Theory of Mind

The ability to attribute mental states to oneself and others.

Empathy Network

A network of brain regions involved in understanding and processing the emotions of others.

Right Hemisphere Disorders

Cognitive and communication deficits often resulting from a stroke or acquired brain injury associated with the right side of the brain.

Apragmatism

The inability to use contextually appropriate words or nonverbal skills to convey meaning.

Aprosodia

Limited ability to use or understand prosody, affecting emotional expression in speech.

Affective Deficits

Difficulties in understanding and expressing emotions through facial expressions or prosody.

Executive Functions

Cognitive processes that include activation/planning, organizing, prioritizing, focus, and emotional regulation.

Memory Stages

Phases of memory, including encoding, consolidation, storage, and retrieval.

Amnesia

A deficit in memory caused by brain injury, typically categorized into retrograde, anterograde, and posttraumatic amnesia.

Sustained Attention

The ability to maintain focus on a task or stimulus over a period of time.

Dorsal Attention Network (DAN)

Brain network involved in directing sustained attention to contralateral space.

Ventral Attention Network (VAN)

Brain network that attends to stimuli with distinctive or relevant features.

Neglect

A failure to acknowledge stimuli from one side of space, which can be visual, auditory, motor, or related to reading and writing.