The basic idea behind this work is that communication is essentially a cooperative activity
between two or more people in which the meanings of each transaction are constructed by …

Pragmatic impairment is diffused in schizophrenia spectrum disorders, but the literature still
debates its neurocognitive underpinnings. This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed …

Objectives: The aim of this systematic review was to identify the presence and nature of
relationships between specific forms of aprosodia (ie, expressive and receptive emotional …

The Assessment of Pragmatic Abilities and Cognitive Substrates (APACS) test is a new tool
to evaluate pragmatic abilities in clinical populations with acquired communicative deficits …

Previous research has shown that communicative-pragmatic ability, as well as executive
functions (EF) and Theory of Mind (ToM), may be impaired in individuals with traumatic brain …

The aim of the study is to investigate the relationship among age, first-and second-order
Theory of Mind and the increasing ability of children to understand and produce different …

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the pragmatic abilities of patients with
schizophrenia in a variety of pragmatic phenomena expressed through different …

Patients with schizophrenia usually show an impairment in their communicative-pragmatic
performance; they also have difficulties in cognitive functioning and Theory of Mind (ToM). In …

Objective: To verify the efficacy of Cognitive Pragmatic Treatment (CPT), a new rehabilitation
training program for improving communicative-pragmatic abilities. Design: The CPT program …

Objective Cognitive functions have been largely investigated in multiple sclerosis. Less
attention has been paid to social communication abilities, despite their presumptive affect on …