How is a conversion seizure different from an epileptic seizure?
A. Patients do not show any EEG abnormalities after a conversion seizure.
B. Patients show more confusion after a conversion seizure.
C. Patients have no loss of memory after an epileptic seizure.
D. Patients do not lose bowel or bladder control after an epileptic seizure.
Answer: A
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b. the first cup in which he saw a cookie being placed. c. a cup with three cookies. d. the darkest-colored cup.
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b. pronation of the knees and ankles. c. supination of the hip bones. d. the collapse of spinal vertebrae.
Dissociative disorders are
a. relatively common. b. characterized by people having disruptions in their sense of identity through partial loss of memory or conscious awareness. c. one of the first disorders researchers and clinicians have agreed upon as a mental disorder. d. a type of schizophrenia.
The idea that brain functions are spread uniformly over the brain is called
(a) equipotentiality (b) localization (c) hippocampal equalization (d) hippocampal homogeneity (e) cerebellar homogeneity