Open AccessOn the subject of alexia
Author(s) -
I. S. Aluf
Publication year - 1923
Publication title -
kazanskij medicinskij žurnal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2587-9359
pISSN - 0368-4814
DOI - 10.17816/kazmj80104
Subject(s) - dyslexia , psychology , recall , center (category theory) , word (group theory) , subject (documents) , kinesthetic learning , aphasia , cognitive psychology , linguistics , reading (process) , computer science , developmental psychology , philosophy , chemistry , library science , crystallography
Working on the question of aphasia, we have come to the conclusion that 1) there is no data proving the existence, along with the general auditory center, of a special center for recollection of auditory word pictures, along with the general visual center, of a special center for recollection of visual word pictures, along with the general kinesthetic center in the broad sense of the word-special centers of an obscure physiological nature-motor and non-motor at the same time-for motor images of memories of oral and written speech (Broca and Exper'a centers); 2) that all speech disorders are well interpreted without assumption of such centers. Cases of alexia from this point of view seem to be especially valuable because of their close connection with such ob'ective symptom of a certain localization as hemianopsia.