PSYCH261 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Fusiform Gyrus, Pure Alexia, Sight-Reading
22 Nov 2018
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Psych 261 textbook chapter 14. 2 reading summary. Loss of the ability to read without loss of the ability to write; produced by brain damage. Whole-word reading: reading by recognizing a word as a whole; sight reading. Phonetic reading: reading by decoding the phonetic significance of letter strings; sound reading. Surface dyslexia: a reading disorder in which a person can read words phonetically but has difficulty reading irregularly spelled words by the whole-word method. Phonological dyslexia: a reading disorder in which a person can read familiar words but has difficulty reading unfamiliar words or pronounceable nonwords. Visual word-form area (vwfa: a region of the fusiform gyrus on the base of the temporal lobe that plays a critical role in whole-word recognition. Direct dyslexia: a language disorder caused by brain damage in which the person can read words aloud without understanding them.
