Perceptual Disorder Assignment | Homework Helper

Part 1: Define and describe the disorder. What is it? What are the symptoms or behaviors of the disorder, what do these look like, giving specific examples? How are people impacted in their day to day lives by these symptoms/behaviors? (30 points)

Part 2: State the prevalence of the disorder. How common is it? Who gets it/how does it occur? Are some people more susceptible or more likely to be affected by it than others (i.e. elderly, young, etc.)? Is it developmental (congenital) or acquired or are there both types? (15 points)

Part 3: State the causes of the disorder. What is going on, especially in the brain? If it is due to damage, what specific area and what does this area do? Are there different causes in different people, if so state this and describe all the potential causes? If it is developmental what areas are thought to be affected and how are these areas different (i.e. different size, different activation, etc.)? What has research told us about what is going on or any differences? (40 points)

Part 4: State any treatments for the disorder. What is the most common treatment? Are there other less common treatments available? Is there any research on potential treatments? If there are not treatments are there any things that can be done to improve people’s lives or help them compensate for the problems associated with the disorder? Can you think of any research that could be done to further treatment for the disorder? (15 points)

You may choose from the following list of disorders. If there is a different disorder that you would like to do, please just get approval first.

· Blindsight

· Object Agnosia

· Prosopagnosia

· Akinetopsia

· Hemispatial (visual) Neglect

· Wernicke’s Aphasia

· Auditory Agnosia and Pure Word Deafness

· Amusia

· Phantom Pain

· Tactile Agnosia

· Anosmia (Olfactory Agnosia)

· Synesthesia – choose a specific type to focus on