Metaphor comprehension was investigated in 50 right-hemisphere damaged (RHD) patients
and 38 control subjects in two experimental conditions: a visuo-verbal and a verbal test. In …

Appreciation of metaphoric and nonmetaphoric alternative word meanings was assessed in
19 aphasic, left (LHD) and 15 non-aphasic, right (RHD) hemisphere brain-damaged stroke …

LEFT hemisphere dominance for language (in right-handers) is the most wellestablished
instance of division of labour between the cerebral hemispheres (cf. Geschwind, 1970; …

Aims: This investigation sought to determine whether a structured intervention focused on
improving use of semantic associations could improve patients' ability to provide oral …

This intervention program addresses an important need in the clinical literature: tools for
remediation of communication deficits associated with right hemisphere brain damage …

The comprehension of non-literal language was investigated in 20 probable Alzheimer's
disease (pAD) patients by comparing their performance to that of 20 matched control …

The relative contributions of the left and right hemispheres to the processing of metaphoric
language remains unresolved. Neuropsychological studies of brain-injured patients have …

Lately, many studies have suggested that communication impairments in brain-damaged
individuals might be explained—at least in part—in terms of cognitive resource allocation …

Our main objective was to analyse the different contributions of relational verbal reasoning
(analogical and class inclusion) and executive functioning to metaphor comprehension …

This research studied one aspect of pragmatic language processing, the ability to
understand metaphorical language, to determine whether patients with Parkinson disease …