A comparison of letter and digit processing in letter-by-letter reading

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 164-173

  Ingles, Janet L ^a   Eskes, Gail A ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acquired dyslexia; Case reports; Cerebrovascular accident; Pure alexia; Reading; Visual perception

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANOMIA; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSGRAPHIA; DYSLEXIA; HUMAN; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL TASK; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; STROKE; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISION;

EID: 37449012327     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: 14697661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617708080119     Document Type: Article

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