Cerebral localization of the center for reading and writing music

在阅读音乐的过程中，节奏和音高的阅读可能是有区别的，尽管目前还没有证据表明这一点。有局限于读音高的障碍的病例，但没有一例障碍局限于读节奏。我们报告一例音乐失读症和失写症合并韦尼克失语症。对受试者音乐阅读能力的深入评估表明，她的音乐失读症仅限于不熟悉的旋律。当一个旋律被分为节奏元素和音高元素时，音高的读取得到了保留，但节奏的读取受到了严重的干扰。这是第一例局限于节奏阅读的障碍，提示节奏阅读和音高阅读的独立性。

In the process of reading music, the reading of rhythm and pitch might be differentiated, although there is no evidence of this to date. There have been cases of disorders restricted to the reading of pitch, but none in which the disorder has been restricted to die reading of rhythm. We present a case of musical alexia and agraphia with Wernicke 's aphasia. An in-depth assessment of the subject's musical reading ability showed that her musical alexia was restricted to unfamiliar melodies. When a melody was divided into rhythm elements and pitch elements, pitch reading was preserved, but rhythm reading was severely disturbed. This is die first case reported of a disorder restricted to rhythm reading, and suggests the independence of rhythm reading and pitch reading.