Neuropsychology Glossary

A neurological condition characterized by lack of will, motivation, or drive to initiate or complete actions.

Acquired inability to perform mathematical calculations following brain injury.

Failure to recognize objects, people, sounds, shapes, or smells despite intact sensory function.

A language disorder characterized by simplified grammar, omission of function words, and telegraphic speech patterns.

A state of profound apathy where patients appear awake but lack spontaneous movement or speech initiation.

Difficulty identifying, describing, and expressing emotions, often associated with right hemisphere dysfunction.

Condition where tactile stimuli applied to one side of the body are perceived on the opposite side.

Complete loss of the sense of smell, often indicating neurological dysfunction.

Lack of awareness or denial of neurological deficits following brain injury.

The inability to form new memories following brain injury or neurological damage.

Language disorder typically resulting from left hemisphere brain damage affecting comprehension, expression, or both.

The inability to perform learned motor movements despite intact motor function and comprehension.

Impairment in the production or comprehension of emotional prosody in speech following brain injury.

Inability to recognize objects by touch alone despite intact primary sensory functions.

A visuospatial disorder featuring simultanagnosia, optic ataxia, and ocular apraxia following bilateral parietal damage.

A widely used confrontation naming test that assesses word retrieval abilities using line drawings of objects.

Abnormally slow thinking or processing speed, often observed in neurological conditions affecting subcortical structures...

Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function, a standardized questionnaire measuring everyday executive function beha...

Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function-Adult, a standardized questionnaire assessing executive functioning in d...

Brief Visuospatial Memory Test-Revised, assessing visual-spatial learning and memory through geometric figure recall.

A comprehensive assessment tool for evaluating verbal learning and memory processes.

A delusional belief that familiar people have been replaced by identical-looking impostors or duplicates.

A neuropsychological test that assesses concept formation and abstract reasoning through rule-learning tasks with visual...

Speech pattern where individuals use excessive, roundabout descriptions when unable to retrieve specific words, common i...