Publications by authors named "Aldo R Ferreres"
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.
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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