Week 6: Reading and Writing in Aphasia Flashcards
1
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alexia
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reading impairment
2
Q
agraphia
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writing impairment
3
Q
pure alexia
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marked impairment of reading or spelling with preserved verbal language comprehension and production
4
Q
Déjerine studied two patient profiles:
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Alexia with agraphia
Alexia without agraphia
5
Q
Cognitive processes and neural substrates of the written language are studied using:
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lesion deficit correlations
structural and functional brain imaging in acute and chronic patients
6
Q
Reading and spelling involve coordination of distributed cortical networks involved in ____________________ and ___________________.
A
central linguistic processing and peripheral input/output functions
7
Q
ina both alexia and agaphia, there is variation in subtypes depending on
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location of neural injury
profile of symptoms
