Reading words, seeing style: The neuropsychology of word, font and handwriting perception

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 48, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 3868-3877

  Barton, Jason J S ^a   Sekunova, Alla ^a   Sheldon, Claire ^a   Johnston, Samantha ^a   Iaria, Giuseppe ^a,b   Scheel, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alexia; Prosopagnosia; Reading; Type face; Visual recognition; Word

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HANDWRITING; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PROSOPAGNOSIA; READING; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL MEMORY; VISUAL STIMULATION; WORD RECOGNITION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HANDWRITING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PROSOPAGNOSIA; READING;

EID: 78149414002     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2010.09.012     Document Type: Article

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