Rehabilitation of a case of pure alexia: Exploiting residual abilities

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 636-647

  Maher, Lynn M ^a   Clayton, M Catherine ^a   Barrett, Anna M ^b   Schober Peterson, Debra ^a   Gonzalez Rothi, Leslie J ^b,c  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alexia rehabilitation; Letter by letter reading; Pure alexia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALEXIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FINGER; HUMAN; LETTER; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SEMANTICS; VELOCITY; WORD RECOGNITION;

EID: 0032411077     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617798466128     Document Type: Article

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