Social cognition is widely regarded as an essential skill with which to understand the social world. Despite this, the role that social cognition plays in outcome, and whether deficits are …
Methods: An expert panel met to select appropriate recommendations for assessment and treatment of cognitive-communication disorders based on available literature. To promote …
J Cretchley, C Gallois, H Chenery… - Qualitative Health …, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
We examined conversations between people with schizophrenia (PwS) and family or professional carers with whom they interacted frequently. We allocated PwS to one of two …
E Armstrong, A Ferguson - Aphasiology, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Background: In the 1970s Audrey Holland first emphasised the importance of “functional communication” rather than “linguistic accuracy” for individuals with aphasia, noting that they …
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) can seriously disrupt the social and communication skills that are basic requirements for everyday life. It is the loss of these interpersonal skills that can be …
Purpose This study was designed to explore the behavioral nature of pragmatic impairment following severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) and to evaluate the contribution of executive …
P Meulenbroek, LS Turkstra - Disability and rehabilitation, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose: Communication deficits may play a critical role in maintaining employment after traumatic brain injury (TBI), but links between specific communication deficits and …
Objective: To determine effectiveness of communication training for partners of people with severe traumatic brain injury. Design: Three arm non-randomized controlled trial com-paring …
The major aim of this study was to describe the conversational abilities of a group of severely injured TBI speakers, at a minimum of 2 years post injury. The association between …