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In classical neurology, the syndromes of disturbances of the higher cortical functions accompanying local brain lesions were subdivided into three main independent groups: agnosia, apraxia, and aphasia. To these were added the more specialized disorders of alexia, agraphia, acalculia, amusia, etc.
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Luria, A.R. (1980). Some Functional Investigative Problems. In: Higher Cortical Functions in Man. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-8579-4_4
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