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| ArticleTitle | Alexia and agraphia of kana and kanji: Why patients with alexia can read kana words but not kana single letters? -on the occasion of the 15th Neuropsychological Association of Japan Best Paper award- |
| Language | J |
| AuthorList | Yuka Oishi1)2), Hikaru Nagasawa3), Kyoko Suzuki1)4) |
| Affiliation |
1)Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Yamagata University Graduate School of Medicine 2)Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, Niigata University of Health and Welfare 3)Department of Neurology, Yamagata Prefectural Central Hospital 4)Department of Behavioral Neurology and Cognitive Neuroscience, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine |
| Publication | Japanese Journal of Neuropsychology: 36 (1), 3-9, 2020 |
| Received | |
| Accepted | |
| Abstract | We first reviewed previous research about alexia and agraphia of kana and kanji and highlighted the reading and writing disorders related to Japanese letter properties. Next, we referred the awarded article, which reported a case of a retired accountant who developed alexia specific to single kana (syllabogram) letters after a cerebral infarction in the left medial occipitotemporal region. Finally, we established a neuropsychological role in rehabilitation for alexia and agraphia. |
| Keywords | alexia, kana single letter, letter alexia, whole word reading, occipital lobe damage |
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