Intact reading in patients with profound early visual dysfunction

Cortex

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2294-2306

  Yong, Keir X X ^a   Warren, Jason D ^a   Warrington, Elizabeth K ^a   Crutch, Sebastian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease (AD); Letter by letter reading; Posterior cortical atrophy (PCA); Pure alexia; Word form dyslexia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; READING; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE (AD); LETTER-BY-LETTER READING; POSTERIOR CORTICAL ATROPHY (PCA); PURE ALEXIA; WORD FORM DYSLEXIA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATROPHY; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REACTION TIME; READING; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84884814783     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 19738102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2013.01.009     Document Type: Article

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