The case for single-patient studies
- 1 September 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Informa UK Limited in Cognitive Neuropsychology
- Vol. 5 (5), 517-527
- https://doi.org/10.1080/02643298808253271
Abstract
It is argued that only single-patient studies allow valid inferences about normal cognitive processes from the analysis of acquired cognitive disorders. The arguments in favour of this position support the further claim that clinical classifications such as agrammatism and deep dyslexia are theoretically useless.Keywords
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