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I. Partie Auditive Quoi et quand? Christophe is asking vario…

I. Partie Auditive Quoi et quand? Christophe is asking various people about activities they have to do and when they are doing them. Listen to the conversations and then select the most logical answer to each question. (5 x 2 pts. each = 10 pts.) Remember: You should play it once through to get familiarized with it. The second time round you should select your response. You should then play it a third time to check your answers. Please do then move on. If you spend too much time here then you will run out of time and may not be able to complete your quiz.   

Given a Bayesian Network illustrated in the following figure…

Given a Bayesian Network illustrated in the following figure, what can be inferred? (Select all that apply.) A, B, C, D, and E are all random variables. ( The graph has the following configuration: there is a directed edge from Node A to Node B, from Node B to Node D, from Node B td Node E, and from Node C to Node E. )

Case study B A 62-year-old man came to the emergency room wi…

Case study B A 62-year-old man came to the emergency room with right facial weakness. He awoke in the morning with a “funny feeling” in his right eye and thought he might have conjunctivitis. He looked in the mirror and noticed his right face was drooping a little. He also thought his speech sounded slightly slurred, so he called his wife to confirm this. She told him to go to the emergency room and he complied. During examination he demonstrated intact corneal reflex (blink in response to touching the cornea) on both sides. His right eyebrow was slightly depressed, but his right lower face showed significant delay of movements with smile. Taste on both sides of the anterior tongue was intact in response to mustard or jam on a swab. Hearing was normal and he had a normal gag reflex with symmetrical palatal elevation. His speech sounded mildly slurred, but the patient reported that it sounded better than earlier in the day. Tongue protrusion deviated slightly to the right. Strength testing in the limbs revealed mild weakness in the right hand. All tendon reflexes (biceps, patellar, Achilles) were normal and there were no frontal release signs. 

Case study A, Question 1 Consider the following symptoms: …

Case study A, Question 1 Consider the following symptoms:  Difficulty writing by hand and with typing Blunted affect Bilateral bradykinesia For each of the symptoms above, state which of the six neuromotor components from class could cause it if damaged (nerves, direct motor pathway, indirect motor pathway, excitatory pathway, inhibitory pathway, cerebellum). Briefly justify your response, making reference to what that component does. Hint: some symptoms could result from damage to multiple components! Discuss ALL neuromotor components that could produce that symptom.  Note: some of these symptoms are a intentionally a bit vague! This is common, especially when patients describe their own symptoms.