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Shim, HyungSub; Hurley, Robert S.; Rogalski, Emily; Mesulam, M.-Marsel – Neuropsychologia, 2012
This study evaluates spelling errors in the three subtypes of primary progressive aphasia (PPA): agrammatic (PPA-G), logopenic (PPA-L), and semantic (PPA-S). Forty-one PPA patients and 36 age-matched healthy controls were administered a test of spelling. The total number of errors and types of errors in spelling to dictation of regular words,…
Descriptors: Phoneme Grapheme Correspondence, Verbal Communication, Spelling, Phonetics
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Hickok, Gregory; Pickell, Herbert; Klima, Edward; Bellugi, Ursula – Neuropsychologia, 2009
We examine the hemispheric organization for the production of two classes of ASL signs, lexical signs and classifier signs. Previous work has found strong left hemisphere dominance for the production of lexical signs, but several authors have speculated that classifier signs may involve the right hemisphere to a greater degree because they can…
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Spatial Ability, American Sign Language, Neurological Organization
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Gooding, Diane C.; Basso, Michele A. – Brain and Cognition, 2008
This review focuses on saccade research with adult psychiatric patients. It begins with an introduction of the various types of saccades and the tasks used to evoke them. The functional significance of the different types of eye movements is briefly discussed. Research findings regarding the saccadic performance of different adult psychiatric…
Descriptors: Eye Movements, Patients, Mental Disorders, Psychiatry