Background: In 1990, Hough conducted a study investigating the role of theme organization
on discourse comprehension in adults with right hemisphere brain damage (RHD). She …

This study is part of a larger investigation that examined the effects of delayed narrative
theme organization on the comprehension of individuals with right-and left-hemisphere …

The effects of delayed presentation of a central theme on the comprehension and
interpretation of narratives were investigated in adults with right and left hemisphere brain …

This study examined the generality of a previous finding indicating that difficulty suppressing
or inhibiting context-inappropriate interpretations is an important predictor of narrative …

This article reviews and evaluates leading accounts of narrative comprehension deficits in
adults with focal damage to the right cerebral hemisphere (RHD). It begins with a discussion …

Purpose This study examined the functioning of a central comprehension mechanism,
suppression, in adults with right-hemisphere damage (RHD) while they processed …

• Global coherence trended toward significant difference between RHD participants and
healthy controls. MCA showed no significant difference.• Global coherence and number of …

Background: Various investigators suggest that some discourse‐level comprehension
difficulties in adults with right hemisphere brain damage (RHD) have a lexical‐semantic …

A group with right hemisphere dysfunction was compared to neurologically intact controls
regarding the referential cohesion and logical coherence of narrative production. A …

An experiment was carried out to assess the effects of slow and fast speech rate on
comprehension of narrative discourse by aphasic, right-hemisphere-damaged, and non …