Patients with right hemisphere (RHD) or left hemisphere brain damage (LHD) were tested
on Theory of Mind (ToM) tasks presented with visual aids that illustrated the relevant …

Why do people with right hemisphere damage (RHD) have difficulty with pragmatics and
communication? One hypothesis has been that pragmatic impairment in RHD is the result of …

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 …

Despite considerable interest in the linguistic dimensions of right-hemisphere (RH)
pragmatic language disorders, the cognitive bases for these are rarely examined. This study …

It has been maintained that 3-year-olds' difficulties in correctly predicting the undesired
outcome of false beliefs reflects difficulties in interpreting the implications of conversations …

Background: Some patients after right-hemisphere damage (RHD) show difficulty in Theory
of Mind (TOM), namely, in the ability to attribute and reason about mental states of others …

The ability to interpret conversational utterances was assessed in a group of 12 male
patients with unilateral right hemisphere brain damage (RHD) and 12 non-brain-damaged …

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 …

The neuropsychological and functional characterisation of mental state attribution (“theory of
mind”(ToM)) has been the focus of several recent studies. The literature contains opposing …

Background: Difficulties in social cognition and interaction can characterise adults with
unilateral right hemisphere brain damage (RHD). Some pertinent evidence involves their …