Cipolotti, L;
Van Harskamp, N;
(2005)
Dyscalculia.
Advances in Clinical Neuroscience and Rehabilitation
, 5
(4)
pp. 14-16.
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Abstract
The term dyscalculia refers to an acquired disorder of number processing and calculation skills following brain damage. Henschen was the first to identify this syndrome in 1919.1 However, for a long time dyscalculia was treated as one of the subcomponents of the Gerstmann syndrome or as an impairment due to more generalised cognitive deficits such as visuospatial and language disorders. It is now well established that impairments in number processing and calculation are independent from deficits in general intelligence, language, reading, writing, semantic memory and short-term memory.2 Acquired deficits in number processing and calculation are rather frequent after brain lesions and may result from both acute and neurodegenerative conditions. The incidence of dyscalculia in patients with either left hemisphere lesions or at the early stage of Alzheimer’s disease is high.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Dyscalculia |
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| Language: | English |
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| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10055904 |
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