Reading faces: Investigating the use of a novel face-based orthography in acquired alexia

Brain and Language

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 7-13

  Moore, Michelle W ^a,b   Brendel, Paul C ^b,c   Fiez, Julie A ^b,c,d,e  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c Learning Research and Development Center   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquired alexia; Dyslexia; Orthography; Phonology; Reading; VWFA; Word identification

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALEXIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LEFT HEMISPHERE; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; ORTHOGRAPHY; PHONEME; READING; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SPEECH AND LANGUAGE; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL WORD FROM AREA; WORD RECOGNITION; ADULT; ALEXIA WITHOUT AGRAPHIA; BRAIN; FACE; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TEMPORAL LOBE; WRITING;

ADULT; ALEXIA, PURE; CEREBRUM; DYSLEXIA, ACQUIRED; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; READING; TEMPORAL LOBE; WRITING;

EID: 84896821207     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: 10902155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2013.11.005     Document Type: Article

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