Impairment of Reading in Pure Alexia Results from Damage to the ________

question 83

Multiple Choice

Impairment of reading in pure alexia results from damage to the ________ and the ________.

• A) posterior corpus callosum; right frontal cortex
• B) right visual cortex; anterior fornix
• C) left visual cortex; posterior corpus callosum
• D) right visual cortex; anterior corpus callosum
• E) amygdala; hippocampus

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Definitions:

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