Purpose: Hemispheric specialization for the comprehension and expression of linguistic and
emotional prosody is typically attributed to the right hemisphere. This study used techniques …

Objective: To identify which aspects of prosody are negatively affected subsequent to right
hemisphere brain damage (RHD) and to evaluate the methodological quality of the …

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 …

Although affective prosody appears to be a dominant function of the right hemisphere, its
degre of lateralization has not yet been established since various publications have reported …

Purpose: This article introduces two types of prosody in human communication; describes
right hemisphere contributions to prosody; describes prosodic deficits associated with right …

Communication requires interdependent functioning of large portions of the brain, and
damage to any of these systems can disrupt effective and appropriate communication …

Background Acquired brain injury (ABI), especially to the right hemisphere, can result in
difficulty using or understanding prosodic contours in speech. Prosody is used to convey …

Numerous investigations substantiate a critical role for the right hemisphere for decoding the
emotional significance of speech prosody. Until recently, most neuropsychological studies …

Aprosodia, the inability to either produce or comprehend the affective components of speech
or gesture, is a common occurrence after brain injury. The prosodic components of speech …

Communication requires interdependent functioning of large portions of the brain, and
damage to any of these systems can disrupt effective and appropriate communication …