Traumaticbraininjuries(TBIs)areoftenassociatedwithcommunicativedeficits. Theincoherentand impoverishedlanguageobservedinnon-aphasicindividualswithsevereTBIhasbeenlinkedtoa problem intheglobalorganizationofinformationatthetextlevel.Thepresentstudyaimedtoanalyze the featuresofnarrativediscourseimpairmentinagroupofadultswithmoderateTBI(modTBI).10non- aphasic speakerswithmodTBIand20neurologicallyintactparticipantswererecruitedforthe experiment.Theircognitive,linguisticandnarrativeskillswerethoroughlyassessed.Thepersonswith modTBI exhibitednormalphonological,lexicalandgrammaticalskills.However,theirnarrativeswere characterizedbylowerlevelsofLexicalInformativenessandmoreerrorsofbothLocalandGlobal Coherence that,attimes,madetheirnarrativesvagueandambiguous.Significant correlationswere found betweenthesenarrativedifficulties andtheproductionofbothperseverativeandnon- perseverativeerrorsontheWCST.Thesedisturbancesconfirm previous findings whichsuggestadeficit at theinterfacebetweencognitiveandlinguisticprocessingratherthanaspecific linguisticdisturbance in thesepatients.
Cognitive correlates of narrative impairment in moderate traumatic brain injury
MARINI, Andrea;
2014-01-01
Abstract
Traumaticbraininjuries(TBIs)areoftenassociatedwithcommunicativedeficits. Theincoherentand impoverishedlanguageobservedinnon-aphasicindividualswithsevereTBIhasbeenlinkedtoa problem intheglobalorganizationofinformationatthetextlevel.Thepresentstudyaimedtoanalyze the featuresofnarrativediscourseimpairmentinagroupofadultswithmoderateTBI(modTBI).10non- aphasic speakerswithmodTBIand20neurologicallyintactparticipantswererecruitedforthe experiment.Theircognitive,linguisticandnarrativeskillswerethoroughlyassessed.Thepersonswith modTBI exhibitednormalphonological,lexicalandgrammaticalskills.However,theirnarrativeswere characterizedbylowerlevelsofLexicalInformativenessandmoreerrorsofbothLocalandGlobal Coherence that,attimes,madetheirnarrativesvagueandambiguous.Significant correlationswere found betweenthesenarrativedifficulties andtheproductionofbothperseverativeandnon- perseverativeerrorsontheWCST.Thesedisturbancesconfirm previous findings whichsuggestadeficit at theinterfacebetweencognitiveandlinguisticprocessingratherthanaspecific linguisticdisturbance in thesepatients.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
