Aphasia and Dementia Quiz

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What type of impairment is associated with semantic dementia?

  • Motor speech impairment
  • Phonological impairment
  • Word-finding difficulties (correct)
  • Anomia

Where are the atrophic regions primarily located in the logopenic variant?

  • Bilateral anterior temporal lobes
  • Left temporoparietal area (correct)
  • Right temporoparietal area
  • Right anterior temporal lobes

What kind of errors are typically observed in individuals with logopenic variant?

  • Phonologic errors (correct)
  • Pragmatic errors
  • Syntactic errors
  • Semantic errors

Which brain areas are predominantly affected in semantic dementia?

<p>Bilateral anterior temporal lobes (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a characteristic feature of the logopenic variant in terms of speech rate?

<p>Slow speech rate (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which brain regions are typically affected in nonfluent/agrammatic variant of primary progressive aphasia (PPA)?

<p>Anterior perisylvian regions (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the nonfluent/agrammatic variant of PPA?

<p>Impaired semantic memory (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the process for diagnosing PPA?

<p>A three-step process involving clinical, imaging, and pathologic evaluation (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a characteristic of the nonfluent/agrammatic variant of PPA?

<p>Impaired semantic knowledge (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is a reason why the language disturbances in PPA do not fit syndromic patterns identified in stroke-induced aphasia?

<p>All of the above (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is a characteristic of the semantic variant of PPA, as mentioned in the text?

<p>Selective impairment of semantic memory (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary characteristic of dementia?

<p>Acquired, progressive impairment of intellectual function (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which type of brain damage is associated with dementia?

<p>Diffuse, widespread damage across multiple brain regions (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the defining characteristic of primary progressive aphasia (PPA)?

<p>Language impairment precedes memory and visuospatial deficits (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which underlying disease is most commonly associated with progressive aphasia?

<p>Fronto-temporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is often the first symptom experienced by people with progressive aphasia?

<p>Impaired object naming and word-finding difficulty (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How does progressive aphasia differ from stroke-induced aphasia?

<p>Progressive aphasia affects language skills gradually over time (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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