Figure 2. (A) Mean reading speed per a single word (the brackets show SEM). The previously presented (old) stories were read quicker than the first time presented (new) stories by both groups and reached significance by patients at P < 0.1 and by controls at P < 0.014 (analysis of variance [ANOVA]. (B) Mean reading speed for function words (prepositions, conjunctions, articles) and content words (nouns, verbs, adjectives). Function words were read faster than content words by both groups (ANOVA; P < 0.0001); the brackets show SEM. The increased reading time of content words was more pronounced by the patients indicating their difficulties in processing the words that carry the bulk of language information.