To play 'B' but not to say 'B': Selective loss of letter names

Neurocase

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 118-128

  Bevan, A ^b   Robinson, G ^a   Butterworth, B ^b   Cipolotti, L ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aphasia; Letter names; Music; Reading

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANOMIA; APHASIA; ARTERY CLAMP; ARTICLE; BRAIN VASOSPASM; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; COGNITION; CRANIOTOMY; DYSPHASIA; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY ANEURYSM; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSIC; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; READING; SEMANTICS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

ADULT; APHASIA; COGNITION; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MUSIC; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0042871620     PISSN: 13554794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/neur.9.2.118.15074     Document Type: Article

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