Pure alexia and covert reading: Evidence from Stroop tasks

Cognitive Neuropsychology

Volumn 21, Issue 2-4, 2004, Pages 443-458

  McKeeff, Thomas J ^a,b   Behrmann, Marlene ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ALEXIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PHONETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; RESPONSE TIME; SEMANTICS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; WORD RECOGNITION;

EID: 1842576584     PISSN: 02643294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02643290342000429     Document Type: Article

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