ERIC Number: EJ732078
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Publication Date: 2006-Mar
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Pure Misallocation of ''0'' in Number Transcoding: A New Symptom of Right Cerebral Dysfunction
Furumoto, Hideharu
Brain and Cognition, v60 n2 p128-138 Mar 2006
To account for the mechanism of number transcoding, many authors have proposed various models, for example, semantic-abstract model, lexical-semantic model, triple-code model, and so on. However, almost all of them are based on the symptoms of patients with left cerebral damage. Previously, I reported two Japanese patients with right posterior cerebral infarction showing pure misallocation of ''0'' (omission: ''40265'' [right arrow] ''4265,'' addition: ''107'' [right arrow] ''1007,'' transposition: ''4072'' [right arrow] ''4702'') both in writing and oral reading of Arabic numerals. To examine whether the pure misallocation of ''0'' is commonly observed in patients with right cerebral damage, I investigated writing and oral reading of Arabic numerals in 18 patients with right cerebral damage and 16 healthy controls. All patients with right cerebral damage showed pure misallocation of ''0'' both in writing and reading. The pure misallocation of ''0'' due to right cerebral damage cannot be explained by current models. It may be more useful to explain the phenomenon by regarding an Arabic numeral as graph on a two-dimensional plane composed of two axes (place-holding values and digits).
Descriptors: Numbers, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Neurological Impairments, Patients, Oral Reading, Writing Ability
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