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Douglas, Jacinta M. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2010
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 skills to the experience of pragmatic difficulties after TBI. Method: Participants were grouped into 43 TBI dyads (TBI adults and close relatives) and 43 control…
Descriptors: Head Injuries, Verbal Learning, Brain, Language Processing
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Plante, Elena; Ramage, Amy E.; Magloire, Joel – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2006
How verbal information is processed and recalled appears to be influenced by the structure of the information presented (e.g., unrelated sentences vs. narratives) and the processes the listener uses to encode the information (e.g., verbatim encoding vs. gist extraction). Twenty adults, half with a history of learning disabilities (HLD) and half…
Descriptors: Sentences, Learning Disabilities, Control Groups, Personal Narratives