Treatment of irregular word spelling in acquired dysgraphia: Selective benefit from visual mnemonics

Neuropsychological Rehabilitation

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-37

  Schmalzl, Laura ^a   Nickels, Lyndsey ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; DYSGRAPHIA; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PERFORMANCE; SEMANTICS; SPELLING; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRAINING; VISUAL STIMULATION; WORD RECOGNITION;

AGRAPHIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; READING; SPEECH THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERBAL LEARNING; WRITING;

EID: 33644840212     PISSN: 09602011     EISSN: 14640694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09602010443000218     Document Type: Article

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