Week 5 Nicolas Dummay Acquired dyslexia

Question 1

What is meant by ‘verbal blindness?’

Answer 1

After a stroke, when a patient can process letters one by one, but talking and writing is unaffected

Question 2

When someone is dealing with letters and words, which brain region is responsible for this?

Answer 2

Occipito temporal region

Question 3

What are the two main types of acquired dyslexia, and the subtypes within them?

Answer 3

1) Peripheral: occurs earlier in visual processing-this occurs if letters are not perceived in parallel
2) Central: impairment occurring AFTER the visual word form stage