Alexia Diagnosis, Treatment and Theory /

• Main Authors: Leff, Alexander (Author), Starrfelt, Randi (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Neurology.; Rehabilitation medicine.; Neuropsychology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Rehabilitation Medicine.

This book is a comprehensive review of the main acquired disorders of reading: hemianopic, pure and central alexia. The authors review the diagnostic criteria for each of the different types of disorder, and the efficacy of the therapeutic studies that have attempted to remediate them. The different...

Table of Contents:

• How do we read?
• Hemianopic alexia
• Pure alexia
• Central alexia
• Alexia theory and therapies: a heuristic.