When writing 0 (zero) is easier than writing O (o): A neuropsychological case study of agraphia

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2167-2177

  Delazer, M ^a   Lochy, A ^a,b   Jenner, C ^a   Domahs, F ^a   Benke, Th ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Digitizer; Digits; Dysgraphia; Kinematic analysis; Numerals

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGRAPHIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; DISSOCIATION; FOLLOW UP; HANDWRITING; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE; WRITING;

AGED; AGRAPHIA; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; APRAXIAS; ATTENTION; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; COGNITION; FORM PERCEPTION; HANDWRITING; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARIETAL LOBE;

EID: 0036384289     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3932(02)00044-1     Document Type: Article

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