Crossed Aphasia. I: A Case-Study with Purely Deep Lesion

In this paper, we describe the case of a right-handed man, MR, who after right thalamic haemorrhage presented subtranscortical aphasia. Of the disturbances generally associated with standard left hemisphere functions, the patient presented acalculia but not apraxia. Among the functions attributed to...

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Main Authors: M. Laiacona, C. Stangalino, L. Lorenzi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 1996-01-01
Series:Behavioural Neurology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/BEN-1996-93-407
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description In this paper, we describe the case of a right-handed man, MR, who after right thalamic haemorrhage presented subtranscortical aphasia. Of the disturbances generally associated with standard left hemisphere functions, the patient presented acalculia but not apraxia. Among the functions attributed to the standard right hemisphere, MR showed impairment in affective language and presented unilateral neglect and a strong position preference.
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spelling doaj-art-36c739a476f14b5385e7d1a1ca42e7502025-02-03T06:46:11ZengWileyBehavioural Neurology0953-41801875-85841996-01-0193-415516210.3233/BEN-1996-93-407Crossed Aphasia. I: A Case-Study with Purely Deep LesionM. Laiacona0C. Stangalino1L. Lorenzi2Neuropsychology Unit, Neurology Department, Salvatore Maugeri Clinica del Lavoro Foundation, Medical Centre of Rehabilitation, Veruno (NO), ItalyNeuropsychology Unit, Neurology Department, Salvatore Maugeri Clinica del Lavoro Foundation, Medical Centre of Rehabilitation, Veruno (NO), ItalyNeuropsychology Unit, Neurology Department, Salvatore Maugeri Clinica del Lavoro Foundation, Medical Centre of Rehabilitation, Veruno (NO), ItalyIn this paper, we describe the case of a right-handed man, MR, who after right thalamic haemorrhage presented subtranscortical aphasia. Of the disturbances generally associated with standard left hemisphere functions, the patient presented acalculia but not apraxia. Among the functions attributed to the standard right hemisphere, MR showed impairment in affective language and presented unilateral neglect and a strong position preference.http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/BEN-1996-93-407
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Crossed Aphasia. I: A Case-Study with Purely Deep Lesion
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title Crossed Aphasia. I: A Case-Study with Purely Deep Lesion
title_full Crossed Aphasia. I: A Case-Study with Purely Deep Lesion
title_fullStr Crossed Aphasia. I: A Case-Study with Purely Deep Lesion
title_full_unstemmed Crossed Aphasia. I: A Case-Study with Purely Deep Lesion
title_short Crossed Aphasia. I: A Case-Study with Purely Deep Lesion
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