Dissociation of Hangul and Hanja ReadingAfter Left Parieto-occipital Infarction-Alexia with agraphia with Hangul, but preserved in Hanja-

J Korean Neurol Assoc > Volume 26(4); 2008 > Article

Journal of the Korean Neurological Association 2008;26(4): 361-364.

좌측 마루-뒤통수엽 뇌경색 후에 나타난한글과 한자의 해리 현상 -한자보다 한글에 선택적으로 나타난 실서증과 실독증-

임은광, 성영희 이영배 박현미 신동진 박기형

가천의과학대학교 길병원 신경과학교실

Dissociation of Hangul and Hanja ReadingAfter Left Parieto-occipital Infarction-Alexia with agraphia with Hangul, but preserved in Hanja-

Eun Kwang Yim

Department of Neurology, Gachon University of Medicine and Science, Gil Medical Center

Abstract

Korean vocabularies are composed of ideograms (Hanja) and phonograms (Hangle) just like Kanji (ideogram) and Kana (Phonogram) in Japanese. Double dissociation between the phonogram and ideogram has been reported in both languages. According to those studies, the ideograms are localized in more selective brain areas than the phonograms. We report on a case of alexia with agraphia for Hangle and intact reading for Hanja after a left parieto-occipital lobe infarction. KeyWords:Alexia, Hanja, Hangul