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6. What is a dysgraphia?
- Disorders of spelling and/or writing
- Impaired identification of LETTERS in words
- Intact letter identification, impaired ACCESS of the sounds or meanings
7. At what point is there activation in both hemipsheres? (Barca, Connelision, Simpson (2011)
- 200-400ms
- 400ms
- 0-200ms
- 100-300ms
8. What is an irregular exception spelling?
- Pronounciation is not as expected. could, pint, love, sword
- Pronounced as you would expect from their spellings. Hint, gore, boat, root
9. What can writing be defined as?
- The use of visual systems to represent aspects of spoken lang.
- The use of perceptual systems to represent aspects of reading
- The use of perceptual systems to represent aspects of spoken lang.
- The use of visual systems to represent aspects of written lang.
10. What is visuo-spatial neglect characterised by?
- Inattention to the right side of space following right hemi damage.
- Inattention to the left side of space following bilateral hemi damage.
- Inattention to the left side of space following right hemi damage.
- Inattention to the left side of space following left hemi damage.
11. What are patients with pure alexia fast at?
- Matching on abstract graphic identity and Reading speed, also INCREASES with the number of letters in a word
- Matching on abstract graphic identity
- Discriminating between physical differences
- Reading speed, also INCREASES with the number of letters in a word
12. Which of these is NOT characteristic of English language?
- Same phoneme spelt in different ways (fox, pheasent)
- Single phonemes spelt with double letters (sh, ck, oo, ee)
- Complex rules (bath/bathe)
- Many logographs (e.g &, %, @)
- Single letters spelling two phonemes (x --> ks)
13. Which of these is NOT a peripheral dyslexia?
- Neglect dyslexia
- Attentional dyslexia
- Surface dyslexia
- Pure alexia (letter-by-letter)
14. What is the right visual field advantage?
- Words in the RVF are identified quickly and more accurately
- Words in the LVF are identified quickly and more accurately
- Words in the RVF identified slower but more accurately
- Words in the LVF identified slower but more accurately
15. What is the RVF advantage NOT due to?
- Only habitual reading
- None of the above
- Habitual reading OR scanning directions
- Only scanning direction
16. What does damage to the vwfa or disconnecting the vwfa from visual input cause?
- Phonological dyslexia
- Pure alexia (letter by letter)
- Surface dyslexia
- Pure dysgraphia
17. What is a central dyslexia?
- Disorders of spelling and/or writing
- Intact letter identification, impaired ACCESS of the sounds or meanings
- Impaired identification of LETTERS in words
18. Which of these is NOT a central dyslexia?
- Phonological dyslexa
- Deep Dyslexia
- Pure alexia (letter-by-letter)
- Surface dyslexia
19. What is a visual word form?
- The different forms of a word converging upon the same abstract representation
- The same forms of a word converging upon the different abstract representation
- The different forms of a word converging upon different abstract representations
- The same forms of a word converging upon the same abstract representation
20. Do disorders of semantic and syntactic processing have SIMILAR effects on spoken and written language processing?
- Yes, suggests shared processes
- No, suggests shared processes