Preserved access to abstract letter identities despite abolished letter naming in a case of pure alexia

Journal of Neurolinguistics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 99-108

  Mycroft, R ^a   Hanley, J R ^b   Kay, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alexia; Letter processing; Letter by letter reading

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALEXIA; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE TEST; MENTAL FUNCTION; NOMENCLATURE; READING; REVIEW; STROKE; VISUAL MEMORY;

EID: 0036524229     PISSN: 09116044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0911-6044(01)00003-3     Document Type: Article

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