@article{ae0e9c95d8ed470093513182b87b5eed,
title = "The case for single-patient studies",
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.",
author = "Michael McCloskey and Alfonso Caramazza",
note = "Funding Information: Rcqucsts for reprints should be addressed to Alfonso Caramazza, Cognitive Neuropsychology Laboratory. Cognitive Science Centre, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, U.S.A. The research reported here was supported by the N.I.H. research grants NS21047, NS22201, and NS23836 tome Johns Hopkins University. Variants of this paper were read at the 12th Annual Meeting of the Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Baltimore, June 5-8, 1986; at the Clinical Aphasiology Conference, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, June 8-12, 1986; and at the European meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society. Eindhoven. Netherlands, June 25-28, 1986.",
year = "1988",
month = sep,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1080/02643298808253271",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "5",
pages = "517--527",
journal = "Cognitive neuropsychology",
issn = "0264-3294",
publisher = "Psychology Press Ltd",
number = "5",
}