The effects of delayed presentation of a central theme on the comprehension and
interpretation of narratives were investigated in adults with right and left hemisphere brain …

Abstract Aphasic, right-hemisphere-damaged, and non-brain-damaged subjects heard short
narrative paragraphs. Each paragraph contained four main ideas and one or more details …

This paper reviews the literature concerning auditory comprehension of discourse by adults
with and without brain damage. It also reports the results of an investigation of …

Eleven patients with right hemisphere damage (RHD), 11 left hemisphere damaged (LHD)
nonaphasic subjects, and 11 neurologically intact controls were given three story description …

Traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) are often associated with communicative deficits. The
incoherent and impoverished language observed in non-aphasic individuals with severe TBI …

The purpose of the present study is to explore the role of an explicit expression of
macrostructure in facilitating performance on a Story Arrangement Task. Subjects were …

Participants with unilateral anterior or posterior lesions were compared to a healthy group
on a theory of mind-type task that involved explaining the words or actions of story …

A scrambled Story Test was given to four subgroups of aphasic patients and to one group
each of right-hemisphere-damaged patients and of normal controls. Subjects were asked to …

A story comprehension task was specifically developed for the clinical diagnosis of text
comprehension deficits. The performance of 49 healthy control participants on qualitatively …

Right hemisphere-damaged (RHD) and left hemisphere-damaged (LHD) aphasic patients
were tested on a nonverbal cartoon completion task that included a humorous (Joke) and a …