Prior to beginning work on this discussion forum, read Chapter 6 and Chapter 7 of your course text.
Select a disorder of the sensory system from the list below to discuss in your initial post. Before your initial post, review your peers’ chosen disorders to make sure you choose a different disorder to discuss. If you would like to focus on a disorder that is not on the list, please get prior approval from your instructor.
Select a disorder of the sensory system from this list:
- Acalculia/Dyscalculia
- Brown-Sequard Syndrome
- Akinetopsia
- Capgras Syndrome
- Alexia Without Agraphia
- Central Achromatopsia
- Anton’s Syndrome
- Cerebral Palsy
- Apperceptive Agnosia
- Childhood Dyslexia
- Apraxia
- Conductive Aphasia
- Arnold-Chiari Malformation
- Cortical Deafness
- Associative Agnosia
- Frontal Lobe Syndrome
- Athetosis
- Gerstmann’s Syndrome
- Balint’s Syndrome
- Hemiballism
- Blindsight
- Hemispatial Neglect
- Huntington’s Chorea
- Receptive Amusia
- Hydrocephalus
- Simultanagnosia
- Kluver-Bucy Syndrome
- Spina Bifida
- Object Anomia
- Tactile Agnosia
- Phantom Limb Pain
- Temporal Lobe Personality
- Prosopagnosia
- Thalamic Pain Syndrome
- Pure Word Deafness
- Tourette’s Syndrome
Conduct research and locate two peer-reviewed articles in addition to the course text to support your statements.
- The Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources (Links to an external site.) table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source for a particular assignment.
In your post,
- Explain the symptoms of the disorder.
- Describe how the diagnosis is made (e.g., findings on brain imaging, laboratory testing, etc.).
- Discuss the neurobiological basis for the disorder (e.g., CNS structures involved and neurotransmitters).
- Describe the functional deficits associated with the disorder including how these may impact the patient’s ability to carry out activities of daily living (e.g., occupational, social, recreational).