Left hemisphere brain-damaged, right hemisphere brain-damaged and non-brain-damaged controls viewed four videotaped vignettes portraying four different emotions (e.g. neutral, inappropriate happiness, inappropriate anger and sadness). Each of the vignettes was followed by a questionnaire which tested the subjects recall of the emotional, and some non-emotional, content. Additionally all subjects had continuous galvanic skin response recordings taken from the hand ipsilateral to injury during the entire testing session. Left hemisphere brain-damaged subjects and right hemisphere brain-damaged subjects displayed impaired performance on the postvignette questionnaires. Control subjects performance was the highest. Left hemisphere brain-damaged subjects had the greatest increase in GSR from baseline levels for all scenes. The right hemisphere brain-damaged and control subjects remained stable at or around baseline levels.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the Affective Facial Recognition Test (AFRT) and Facial Recognition Test (FRT) with a group of right and left hemisphere CVA patients and controls. In addition, the differences in abilities of right and left hemisphere CVA patients and controls to perform on these two tests was explored. The four null hypotheses were: (a) There will be no significant differences between right and left hemisphere damaged patients and controls on the AFRT, (b) There will be no significant differences between right and left hemisphere damaged patients and controls on the FRT, (c) There will be no significant relationship between the AFRT and FRT with right hemisphere damaged patients, and (d) There will be no significant relationship between the AFRT and FRT with left hemisphere damaged patients. Hypotheses one and two were statistically analyzed by using a One-Way Analysis of Variance and three and four by a Pearson Product Moment Correlation.Experimental group subjects were 16 right and 16 left hemisphere CVA volunteer patients obtained from Community Hospital, Indianapolis, Indiana. The control group was composed of 16 non-neurologically impaired subjects from the Muncie, Indiana area. All subjects were equated with respects to age, education, and post-injury. The subjects were randomly administered the AFRT, FRT, and Comprehension subtest of the WAIS-R. The Comprehension subtest was used as a screening device to insure that the patients understood what was expected of them during the testing. The testing, data analysis, and interpretation was completed between May, 1982 and February, 1984.All four hypotheses were rejected. Right and left hemisphere CVA patients and controls significantly differed in performance on the AFRT and FRT (r<.01). In short, right and left hemisphere CVA's were significantly impaired on the AFRT and FRT when compared with the controls. However, both experimental groups exhibited equal impairment on the two tests. This suggests that neither affective facial recognition nor facial recognition is hemispherically lateralized. Also, a higher relationship (r=.79) was found between the AFRT and FRT with right hemisphere patients as opposed to left (r=.65). This appears to indicate that both tests are measuring similar neurological functions and that the inability to match unfamiliar faces and affective faces may not be two separate disorders.

There is no abstract available for this dissertation. / Department of Counseling Psychology and Guidance Services

The purpose of this study was to explore and compare specific areas of knowledge among counselor educators, educators in clinical psychology, and psychiatrists regarding selected aspects of brain damage. Areas explored included knowledge of soft signs, knowledge of pertinent standardized tests and other methods of assessing brain damage, and kinds of referral sources. The specific intention of collecting the data was to provide information which might be useful for the modification and development of curriculum and instructional design in counselor education training programs.The three populations consisted of 20 counselor educators, 20 educators in clinical psychology, and 13 psychiatrists who responded to a letter requesting their participation in a brief telephone interview. A questionnaire consisting of sex questions about brain damage was administered by telephone to the three populations to compare their knowledge regarding selected aspects of brain damage. The questionnaire data were reported by number and percentage for each item.The conclusions drawn from this study included:1. Educators in clinical psychology and psychiatrists suspected brain damage in their clients/patients more frequently than counselor educators. It would appear from this that either there is a higher frequency of suspected brain damage among client/patients seen by clinical psychologists and psychiatrists or that they are more alert to the possibility than counselor educators.2. Educators in clinical psychology appeared to be the most knowledgeable of the three groups with respect to soft signs of brain damage. Counselor educators mentioned the least number of soft signs.3. Educators in clinical psychology mentioned more standardized psychological tests used for diagnosing brain damage than the other two groups. Counselor educators were the least familiar with these tests.4. Psychiatrists were more familiar with the medical laboratory tests used for diagnosing brain damage than the other two groups. Counselor educators knew the least in this area.5. The majority of respondents in all three groups were either not aware of non-standardized techniques used for investigating possible brain damage, or they preferred not to use them.6. All of the psychiatrists and most of the counselor educators and educators in clinical psychology have referred clients/patients for further diagnosis when they suspected brain damage. The referral sources most frequently mentioned by all three groups were neurologists, neurosurgeons, psychologists, physicians, or hospitals or medical centers.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of North Texas, August, 2008. / Title from title page display. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.S. in psychology)--Washington State University. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.Med.Sc.)--University of Hong Kong, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 83-93). Also available in print.

Thesis (Ph.D)--Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2009. / Committee Chair: Michelle C. LaPlaca, Ph.D.; Committee Member: Andres J. Garcia, Ph.D.; Committee Member: Edward H. Pettus; Committee Member: Marc E. Levenston, Ph.D.; Committee Member: Suzanne G. Eskin, Ph.D. Part of the SMARTech Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Collection.

Thesis (B.A. (Hons.)) - University of Queensland, 2005. / Includes bibliography.