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 …

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 …

Abstract Language is traditionally considered to be a dominant function of the left
hemisphere because of its role in modulating the propositional or literal aspects of language …

Unlike the aphasic syndromes, the organization of affective prosody in brain has remained
controversial because affective-prosodic deficits may occur after left or right brain damage …

Following the seminal discoveries of Broca¹8 and Wernicke 106 that focal left hemisphere
lesions may cause profound deficits of language, neurological studies of human …

Based on the seminal publications of Paul Broca and Carl Wernicke who established that
aphasic syndromes (disorders of the verbal–linguistic aspects of communication) were …

Expressive aprosodia is an impaired ability to change one's voice to express common
emotions such as joy, anger, and sadness. Individuals with aprosodia speak in a flat …

Past research has shown that lesions in the left cerebral hemisphere often result in aphasia,
while lesions in the right hemisphere frequently impair the production of emotional prosody …

Purpose 'Affective prosody'defines the supra-segmental features of speech that, when
manipulated, can change the type and intensity of emotion conveyed by the speaker …

Affective prosody and facial expression are essential components of human communication.
Aprosodic syndromes are associated with focal right cerebral lesions that impair the affective …