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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