Category specificity in reading and writing: the case of number words
Category specificity in reading and writing: the case of number words
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DOI：
10.1038/90484
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发表时间：
2001-08-01
影响因子：
25
通讯作者：
Kopelman, M
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作者：
Butterworth, B;Cappelletti, M;Kopelman, M
在标准模型中，单词含义有助于大声阅读单词并将其写入听写1、2、3。我们知道，知识的类别和相关的词义可以有选择地保留或削弱，但还不可能证明类别特异性效应适用于阅读和写作。在这里，我们报告的情况下，神经退行性疾病的病人与选择性备用的数字能力，其脑损伤使他能够阅读和书写只有数字的话。
In standard models, word meanings contribute to reading words aloud and writing them to dictation 1, 2, 3. It is known that categories of knowledge and the associated word meanings can be spared or impaired selectively 4, but it has not been possible to demonstrate that category-specific effects apply to reading and writing. Here we report the case of a neurodegenerative patient with selectively spared numerical abilities whose brain damage left him able to read and write only number words.