Lorch, Marjorie and Barrière, I. (2003) The history of written language disorders: reexamining Pitres’ case (1884) of pure agraphia. Brain and Language 85 (2), pp. 271-279. ISSN 0093-934X.
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Abstract
The first clinical description of pure agraphia was reported by the French neurologist Pitres in 1884. Pitres used the case study evidence to argue for modality-specific memory representations and the localization of writing. This article reviews Pitres’s contribution to the study of acquired writing disorders, the components of writing models and the cerebral localization which subserve writing, in light of the views entertained by his contemporaries and current authors. Although numerous cases have been reported throughout this century, the view that writing can be impaired while other language functions and motor activities remain intact is still challenged.
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| Item Type: | Article |
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| Keyword(s) / Subject(s): | Agraphia, Writing, History of medicine, Localization, Pure disorders |
| School: | Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of Creative Arts, Culture and Communication |
| Depositing User: | Administrator |
| Date Deposited: | 13 Mar 2006 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Aug 2023 12:29 |
| URI: | https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/337 |
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