Neuropsychology of Orbitofrontal Dysfunction

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*This quiz has three multiple-choice questions and one short answer question.

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Name 3 ways in which the functions of the lateral OFC differ from those of the medial OFC.

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Aneurysm of which blood vessel is most likely to give rise to OFC dysfunction?

Posterior communicating artery

Anterior communicating artery

Posterior cerebral artery

Anterior choroidal artery

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If you are evaluating a patient with suspected OFC damage, which of the following measures would be least effective in identifying dysfunction in OFC structures?

Smell Identification Test

Iowa Gambling Test

California Verbal Learning Test

Facial Emotion Recognition Test

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Which condition/syndrome would be least likely to give rise to dysfunction of OFC structures?

Paranoid schizophrenia

Primary progressive aphasia (logopenic variant)

Traumatic brain injury

Obsessive-compulsive disorder

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Neuropsychology of Orbitofrontal Dysfunction

Vidya Kamath, Ph.D., ABPP-CN

Assistant Professor at Johns Hopkins Medicine