Crossed aprosodia in strongly dextral patients
E. D. Ross, B. Anderson and A. Morgan-Fisher
Department of Neurology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas.
Two strongly right-handed patients with aprosodia following left hemisphere
strokes are described. These patients appear to represent the aprosodia
analogue of crossed aphasia--crossed aprosodia--and provide further
evidence that the organization of the effective components of language is
functionally and anatomically similar to the organization of the
propositional components of language in the brain. In addition, both
patients evidenced "double-crossed" agraphia involving the left hand.
