Publications by authors named "Aldo Ferreres"

The different types of acquired dyslexia described by cognitive neuropsychology have been observed in single-case and case series studies in different languages. However, no multipatient study of Spanish-speaking individuals has been reported that uses the same criteria and tasks to identify each participant's acquired dyslexia pattern. In this study, we analyzed participants' performance in three tasks (oral reading of words and nonwords, visual lexical decision with pseudohomophones, and written homophone comprehension) among 16 Spanish-speaking patients with aphasia.

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Objective: Existing single-case studies have reported deficit in recognizing basic emotions through facial expression and unaffected performance with body expressions, but not the opposite pattern. The aim of this paper is to present a case study with impaired emotion recognition through body expressions and intact performance with facial expressions.

Methods: In this single-case study we assessed a 30-year-old patient with autism spectrum disorder, without intellectual disability, and a healthy control group (n = 30) with four tasks of basic and complex emotion recognition through face and body movements, and two non-emotional control tasks.

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Objective: To describe the history, current situation, and future challenges of Argentinian neuropsychology.

Method: A brief historical description highlighting the most representative authors and publications is made. In addition, a survey was administered to a sample of 135 neuropsychologists practicing neuropsychology in Argentina.

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Article Synopsis
  • The paper presents a case study of surface alexia in a Spanish-speaking patient (MM), highlighting the characteristics and performance of the condition in reading words and sentences.
  • Patient MM demonstrates a reading pattern of slow and syllabic reading, indicating reliance on the non-lexical route while struggling with lexical tasks including errors with pseudohomophones.
  • The study emphasizes the importance of suitable assessment tests and suggests specific tasks for identifying surface alexia within a writing system known for its regularity.
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We present a patient with alexia secondary to cerebral lesion whose errors in the reading of non-words affect vowels more than consonants. The interest of the case resides in: (1) the documentation of a vowel-consonant dissociation selectively affecting the reading of non-words; and (2) the localization of the alteration in a specific stage of the perilexical reading pathway, that is, the blending of phonetic chains. The case contributes to the discussion on the nature of representations and the processing of vowels and consonants.

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