Failure to demonstrate selective deficit in the native language following surgery to the left perisylvian area.
Gomez-Tortosa, Martin, Gaviria, Charbel, and Ausman (1995) reported a case of a Spanish-English bilingual with a left perisylvian arteriovenous malformation that was surgically resected. They claimed that, following the surgery, the patient showed a selective deficit in her native Spanish. Statistical analysis of the data in the report provides no support for this claim.
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Department of Psychology, Pace University, Pleasantville, NY 10570-2799, USA.
D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006801:Humans; D007806:Language Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*