Selective alexia and agraphia sparing numbers-a case study

Brain and Language

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 52-63

  Starrfelt, Randi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Agraphia; Alexia; Exner's area; Letter reading; Number reading; Number writing; Reading and writing; Third alexia; Visuo motor interaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRAPHIA; ALEXIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CASE STUDY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PERFORMANCE; READING; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION; WORD RECOGNITION; WRITING;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; BRAIN CONCUSSION; DYSLEXIA, ACQUIRED; HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34249319780     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: 10902155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2006.09.005     Document Type: Article

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