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Peer reviewedPatterson, Karalyn E. – British Journal of Psychology, 1981
This paper describes four syndromes of acquired dyslexia in adults: deep (phonemic) dyslexia, surface (semantic) dyslexia, phonological dyslexia, and letter-by-letter reading (word-form dyslexia). Each description inquires whether reading performance is (1) sensitive to dimensions of words; (2) affected by experimental manipulations; and (3)…
Descriptors: Adults, Adventitious Impairments, Dyslexia, Neurolinguistics
Peer reviewedWarrington, Elizabeth K. – British Journal of Psychology, 1981
An experimental investigation of a single patient with an acquired dyslexia in which there was a significant impairment in his ability to read concrete words compared with abstract words is reported. The Brown and Ure word-lists used in the study are appended. (Author/SJL)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Adventitious Impairments, Case Studies, Dyslexia
