Cognitive neuropsychological analysis of differential reading and spelling disorder mechanisms in a patient with aphasia |
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Authors: | Kosei Hashimoto |
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Institution: | 1. Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan;2. Department of Rehabilitation, JCHO Kumamoto general hospital, Yatsushiro, Japan |
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Abstract: | ABSTRACTThe purpose of this study was to determine if differential reading and spelling mechanisms were involved in a Japanese patient with aphasia. In our case, the patient scored low on all of the administered reading tasks, suggesting that both the reading lexical and non-lexical routes were impaired. In contrast, his writing-to-dictation score for Kana nonwords was high, suggesting that the spelling non-lexical route was intact. However, the patient scored low on a writing-to-dictation task comprised of high-familiarity Kanji words. The spelling lexical route was thought to be impaired. Therefore, the mechanism(s) involved in reading and spelling may differ in this case. |
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Keywords: | Reading spelling aphasia Japanese cognitive neuropsychology |
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