Number reading in pure alexia-A review

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2283-2298

  Starrfelt, Randi ^a   Behrmann, Marlene ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alexia without agraphia; Dissociation; Letter by letter reading; Number reading; Pure alexia; Visual recognition

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ALEXIA; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN HEMATOMA; DYSLEXIA; HUMAN; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; READING; REVIEW; STROKE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VISUAL MEMORY; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ALEXIA, PURE; COMPREHENSION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS; MENTAL PROCESSES; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; READING; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 79960178858     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2011.04.028     Document Type: Review

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