Background Following a traumatic brain injury (TBI), people frequently have difficulty
understanding nonliteral language, including irony and indirect requests. Despite the …

It is now consensually accepted that the contribution of both hemispheres is required to
reach a functional level of communication. The unilateralized view of language function …

Objective Nonliteral language comprehension disorders in individuals with acquired brain
injuries (ABI) are frequently reported in the literature but rarely assessed in clinical settings …

We suggest a disentangling approach according to which the use of referring expressions
obeys two types of guidelines. Deviance in repeating referential expressions (R …

This article reviews and evaluates leading accounts of narrative comprehension deficits in
adults with focal damage to the right cerebral hemisphere (RHD). It begins with a discussion …

Background: This study focused on the linguistic consequences of damage to Theory of
Mind (TOM) in patients after Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). It was designed to extend a …

Schizophrenia is characterized by profound deficits in social competence and functioning,
independent from active psychotic symptoms at different stages of the disease. Social …

24 THE NATURE AND IMPLICATIONS OF RIGHT HEMISPHERE LANGUAGE DISORDERS
Page 1 491 Historically, the study of neurologically-based language disorders has focused on …

Background Previous studies explored information needs for carers of persons with aphasia;
however, there is minimal research on information needs for carers of people with right …

Os processamentos comunicativos discursivo, léxico-semântico, pragmático-inferencial e/ou
prosódico podem apresentar-se deficitários após um acidente vascular cerebral. Esses …