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The Syndrome of Visual Alexia with Colour Agnosia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

E. Stengel
E. Stengel*
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Research, Crichton Royal, Dumfries
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Cases showing alexia which is not part of a general visual agnosia or of a speech disorder (letter or word blindness, cécité verbale pure) are uncommon and deserve careful study for a variety of reasons. The conception of word blindness as loss of visual memories due to a localized cerebral lesion (Hinshelwood, 1917) has been challenged by later investigators who aimed at a more general analysis of impairment of cerebral functions. The application of the principles of Gestalt psychology has introduced new aspects into the study of word blindness. Investigations into acquired word blindness, apart from their psychological and neuro-pathological interest, are of value for the understanding of congenital word blindness which has been found to be a condition of considerable practical importance. It was the investigation of cases of acquired word blindness which led Hinshelwood to the first full description of the congenital disability.

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Part I.—Original Articles
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Journal of Mental Science , Volume 94 , Issue 394 , January 1948 , pp. 46 - 58
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1948 

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