Rehabilitation of pure alexia: A review

Neuropsychological Rehabilitation

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 755-779

  Starrfelt, Randi ^a   Lafsdóttir, Rannveig Rós Ó ^a,b   Arendt, Ida Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Skólaskrifstofa Sueurlands ^*  (Iceland)

Author keywords

Letter by letter reading; Word recognition; Pure alexia; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ALEXIA WITHOUT AGRAPHIA; ARTICLE; HUMAN;

ALEXIA, PURE; HUMANS;

EID: 84884907338     PISSN: 09602011     EISSN: 14640694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09602011.2013.809661     Document Type: Article

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