Effect of print size on reading time in a patient with verbal alexia

Woods, Bryan T.; Pöppel, Ernst

doi:10.1016/0028-3932(74)90024-4

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“…Thus, the visual symbol is not retained for a sufticient period of time for a symbol-object association to be established (Wood, 1960). Alexia will cause reading disabilities, but other parameters of language will not be affected by this disorder (Woods and Poppel, 1974).…”

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“…If the score is poorer for silent reading, it is probable the individual has alexia. Woods and Poppel (1974), through tests with a patient with alexia and aphasia, found intensification of the visual stimulus will help overcome the alexic disturbance and increase reading performance. The standard size of book print is from 1/16 to 1/8 inch.…”

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“…Taylor (1958) and Eisenson (197la, 1973) recommend that print size be increased to at least twice the normal size, e.g., 1/4 inch. Increased print size will not only facilitate reading performance but will also reduce the length of time needed to respond to the material (Woods and Poppel, 1974).…”

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The Use of Telegraphic Reading Material by Aphasic Patients

Tovey

2000

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The purpose of this study was to determine if aphasic patients have significantly more correct answers for telegraphically written material when compared to normally written material. 2 Twenty subjects from the greater Portland metropolitan area were selected to be included in this study. The ages or the subjects ranged from forty-two through sixty-five years with a mean of fifty-four years.The test material consisted of two paragraphs controlled for fourth grade grammar and vocabulary and two paragraphs controlled for sixth grade grammar and vocabulary.A normally written and a telegraphically written paragraph were used for each of the four paragraphs for a total of eight test paragraphs.The results or this study revealed no statistically significant difference for the magnitude of correct answers for the telegraphically written material; however, a significant number of subjects gave more correct answers for the telegraphic material at both the fourth and sixth grade levels.These results demonstrate that it is easier for some ai>hasic patients to comprehend telegraphically written material than normally written material. Therefore, telegraphically written material may be of value for patients with aphasia who are relearning to read. This type of material may also be used for recreational reading when requested by aphasic patients. THE USE . OF TELEGRAPHIC READING

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Association and dissociation of visual functions in a case of bilateral occipital lobe infarction

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Brinkmann

Cramon

et al. 1978

Arch. Psychiat. Nervenkr.

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A severe restriction of the visual field was observed in a patient suffering a bilateral occipital lobe infarction. Soon after the lesion, the visual field had an angle of approx. 4 degrees. Some recovery was observed within the following months. Within the restricted visual field, several visual functions were tested. Increment threshold, for instance, was found to be one log unit higher than would normally be expected. Color vision was completely lost soon after the lesion, but some recovery was later observed. Although binocular interaction was demonstrated by the interocular transfer of after-effects, the patient never experienced steropsis. He also seemed unable to recognize faces. Dsepite the small visual field, optokinetic nystagmus could be elicited. A notable slowing down of visual analyses was observed in experiments on visual reaction time, on the inversion of the Necker cube, and on binocular rivalry. The complete loss of certain functions like steropsis or face recognition in contrast to a quantitative reduction of other functions like visual acuity or color perception can be discussed in the light of two conceptual models of perceptual processing. One model suggests the representation of different visual functions within one neuronal network, each function represented by a different number of neurons or a different algorithm within the network. The second model suggests a spatial segregation of different visual functions in different cortical areas that receive input from one common structure, presumably the striate cortex.

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Naming, reading, and the dyslexias: A longitudinal overview

Wolf

1984

Annals of Dyslexia

123

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In research in the cognitive and neurosciences, a co-occurrence between naming and reading disorders has been found in children and aphasic adults. Evidence from a completed cross-sectional study will be briefly summarized and an ongoing longitudinal study will be presented to suggest that factors disrupting specific stages of the naming process can impede the development of children's reading in particular, perhaps predictable, ways. Based on the components of a neurolinguistic model of naming, a battery of naming and reading tests was administered to a longitudinal sample of 115 children before, during, and after reading acquisition. Preliminary trends indicate that poor readers are significantly different (p<.001) from average readers on all naming tests except those emphasizingreceptive vocabulary perception. Tests emphasizing retrieval rate are best able to predict patterns of naming performance and errors characterize specific subgroups of the dyslexias.

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Effect of print size on reading time in a patient with verbal alexia

Cited by 10 publications

References 23 publications

The Use of Telegraphic Reading Material by Aphasic Patients

The Use of Telegraphic Reading Material by Aphasic Patients

Association and dissociation of visual functions in a case of bilateral occipital lobe infarction

Naming, reading, and the dyslexias: A longitudinal overview

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