Although language function is overwhelmingly left lateralized, significant recovery from
aphasia is possible even after the left language territory is extensively damaged Some of …

Background: Comprehension deficits that typify adults with right brain damage (RBD) have
been linked to considerations of processing capacity and processing demands, as well as to …

The occurrence of a right-hemisphere lesion can interfere with pragmatic abilities and
particularly with the processing of non-literal speech acts in which the listener has to identify …

A lesion in the right cerebral hemisphere (RH) interferes with verbal communication, and
specifically with the semantic processing of words. However, the reported impairments of the …

Deficits in pragmatic language ability are common to a number of clinical populations, for
example, right-hemisphere damage (RHD), Autism and traumatic brain injury (TBI). In these …

Nine individuals with complex language deficits following left-hemisphere cortical lesions
and a matched control group (n= 9) performed speeded lexical decisions on the third word …

Right-hemisphere brain damaged (RHD) patients and a normal control group were tested
for their ability to infer first-and second-order mental states and to understand the …

Thirty-six right-brain-damaged (RBD) right-handers and 20 controls (C) were submitted to a
narrative production task using the pictorial representation of a trivial story. Each subject's …

Parallel lines of investigation have developed into non-aphasic language disorders
following frontal lobe (FL) injury and right (non-dominant) hemisphere (RH) lesions. In this …

Background: This manuscript reports the initial phase of testing for a novel,“Contextual
constraint” treatment, designed to stimulate inefficient language comprehension processes …