Anarthria impairs subvocal counting.
We studied subvocal counting in two pure anarthric patients. Analysis showed that they performed definitively worse than normal subjects free to articulate subvocally and their scores were in the lower bounds of the performances of subjects suppressing articulation. These results suggest that subvocal counting is impaired after anarthria.
Cubelli
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SRRF, Ospedale Maggiore, Bologna, Italy.
Nichelli
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P
Pentore
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R
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001184:Articulation Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology*; D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology*; D001931:Brain Mapping; D004193:Discrimination Learning / Q000502:physiology; D004401:Dysarthria / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008433:Mathematics; D008570:Memory, Short-Term / Q000502:physiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D010699:Phonation / Q000502:physiology; D011149:Pons / Q000503:physiopathology; D012691:Serial Learning / Q000502:physiology