"Visual aphasia" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... of the areas of the brain in the speech zone in which the requisite memories of words seen or heard have their seat—as when a ball player is struck over the sight centre in the back of the head—special forms of sensory aphasia show themselves. The ball player will, in this case, have Visual Aphasia, being unable to speak in proportion as he is accustomed in his speaking to depend upon the images of written or printed words. He is quite unable to read or write from a copy which he sees; but he may be able, nevertheless, ...
— The Story of the Mind • James Mark Baldwin |
