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The unusual preservation of calculation skills in a patient with severe global aphasia is described. The implications for the relationship between numerical and language abilities are discussed.
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Rossor, M.N., Warrington, E.K. & Cipolotti, L. The isolation of calculation skills. J Neurol 242, 78–81 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00887820
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