Chapter 12 Part 4 Flashcards
Trouble sounding out new words or non-words
Phonological alexia
Where is the location of damage for phonological alexia?
Parietotemporal
Difficulty reading
Alexia
Difficulty reading irregular print-to-sound words
Surface alexia
Where is the location of damage for surface alexia?
Occipitotemporal
Recognize words as other words
Semantic/ deep alexia
Where is the location of damage for semantic/deep alexia?
Occipitotemporal and perisylvian language area
Reading is accurate, but no meaning is attached
Nonsemantic reading
Where is the location of damage for nonsemantic reading?
Wernicke’s and maybe fusiform gyrus
Central alexia typically ___ (do/do not) have aphasia
Do
Peripheral alexia typically ___ (do/do not) have aphasia
Do not
What is an example of a phonological alexia?
Nonword “phope” is read as “phone”
What is an example of a deep alexia?
Castle is read as knight
What is an example of a surface alexia?
Difficulty spelling opossum, colonel, yacht
Can write, but cannot read their own writing; disconnection between visual information teen in and word recognition
Pure alexia
Do not identify initial portions of words or sentences
Neglect alexia
Usually prefrontal cortex damage, can read single words but struggle to string words together, become distracted and unable to read
Attentional alexia
Agraphia ___ (does/does not) co-occur with other disorders (aphasia, alexia)
Does
Acquired disorder of writing
Agraphia
Writing system is damaged
Central agraphia
