title: [A semantic-pragmatic learning disabled child who showed a discrepancy between the abilities of verbal and non-verbal comprehension].
abstract: A learning disabled (LD) child with disorder of verbal semantic comprehension was reported. This case showed normal ability of non-verbal semantic comprehension. He was not able to understand the meaning of what he read aloud and/or repeated, which he did well. The focus of his brain dysfunction in the left temporal lobe was revealed by SPECT in spite of MRI findings of no particular lesions. Neuropsychological and cognitive-psychological findings were similar to those reported of adult sensory aphasias with localized lesions.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Chiba.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Uno
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kaga
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Inagaki
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mimura
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kato
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007859:Learning Disabilities / Q000523:psychology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D011581:Psychological Tests; D012660:Semantics; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000098:blood supply; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon; D014706:Verbal Learning