Background Right hemisphere communication disorders are neither consistently labelled
nor adequately defined. Labels associated with right hemisphere brain damage (RHD) are …

A group with right hemisphere dysfunction was compared to neurologically intact controls
regarding the referential cohesion and logical coherence of narrative production. A …

Purpose: Adults with right hemisphere damage demonstrate differences in connected
speech compared to controls, but systematic, quantitative methods to capture these …

From being an area primarily on the periphery of mainstream behavioural and cognitive
science, neuropsychology has developed in recent years into an area of central concern for …

This study examined the effects of right brain-damage (RBD) on oral discourse production
using a multi-layered discourse processing model. Narrative and procedural discourse …

Several researchers have investigated the comprehension of" indirect requests" by fight
hemisphere brain-damaged (RHD) individuals. Until the present, however, no sound …

Most studies of facial expressivity in patients with focal brain lesions have examined the
ability to produce emotional expression in laboratory settings using various experimental …

Purpose Discourse characteristics of adults with right hemisphere brain damage are similar
to those reported for healthy older adults, prompting the question of whether changes are …

This etymological definition can serve as a useful reminder of some facts that will concern
us. The first of these is that the meaning of a conversation does not follow simply from the …

Research on the conversation of subjects with right hemisphere damage has hitherto used
tasks too far removed from natural communication. Referential communication is proposed …