Neural mechanisms underlying learning following semantic mediation treatment in a case of phonologic alexia

Brain Imaging and Behavior

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 147-162

  Kurland, Jacquie ^a,b   Cortes, Carlos R ^a,c   Wilke, Marko ^d   Sperling, Anne J ^a   Lott, Susan N ^a   Tagamets, Malle A ^a,c   VanMeter, John ^a   Friedman, Rhonda B ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognitive rehabilitation; fMRI; Functional reorganization; Lateralization index; Overlearning; Phonologic alexia

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ALEXIA; APHASIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CASE REPORT; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; LEARNING; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PARIETAL LOBE; PHONOLOGIC ALEXIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SEMANTIC MEMORY; SPEECH; SPELLING; STROKE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 77949656461     PISSN: 19317557     EISSN: 19317565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11682-008-9027-2     Document Type: Article

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