title: Phonological alexia with vowel-consonant dissociation in non-word reading.
abstract: We present a patient with alexia secondary to cerebral lesion whose errors in the reading of non-words affect vowels more than consonants. The interest of the case resides in: (1) the documentation of a vowel-consonant dissociation selectively affecting the reading of non-words; and (2) the localization of the alteration in a specific stage of the perilexical reading pathway, that is, the blending of phonetic chains. The case contributes to the discussion on the nature of representations and the processing of vowels and consonants.
authors.affiliation: Buenos Aires University, Neuropsychology Unit, Eva Perón Hospital, San Martín, 1651, Argentina. aferrere@psi.uba.ar
authors.forename: Aldo R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Ferreres
authors.forename: Cynthia V
authors.initials: CV
authors.lastname: López
authors.forename: Nancy N
authors.initials: NN
authors.lastname: China
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004411:Dyslexia, Acquired / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010700:Phonetics; D012660:Semantics; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014825:Vocabulary