Abstract
Interest in reading alterations arose toward of the last century when Dejerine described two types of alexia: alexia with agraphia and alexia without agraphia. The first type was correlated with a lesion in the angular region and the second with a lesion of the occipital lobe in which the corpus callosum was involved. The relationship between the angular region and alterations in both reading and writing has been repeatedly confirmed in the literature (e.g., Benson, 1979; Geschwind, 1965; Hecaen, 1962). The topography of alexia without agraphia has, however, been debated by several authors (Damasio & Damasio, 1983; Greenblatt, 1983), and the presence of this reading disturbance has been accepted in cases of exclusive occipital lesions (Damasio & Damasio, 1983).
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Ardila, A., Rosselli, M., Pinzon, O. (1989). Alexia and Agraphia in Spanish Speakers. In: Ardila, A., Ostrosky-Solis, F. (eds) Brain Organization of Language and Cognitive Processes. Critical Issues in Neuropsychology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0799-0_8
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