A novel, implicit treatment for language comprehension processes in right hemisphere brain damage: Phase I data
CA Tompkins, MT Blake, J Wambaugh, K Meigh - Aphasiology, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Background: This manuscript reports the initial phase of testing for a novel,“Contextual
constraint” treatment, designed to stimulate inefficient language comprehension processes …
constraint” treatment, designed to stimulate inefficient language comprehension processes …
Generalisation of a novel implicit treatment for coarse coding deficit in right hemisphere brain damage: A single-participant experiment
CA Tompkins, VL Scharp, KM Meigh… - Aphasiology, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Background: This manuscript reports generalisation effects of Contextual Constraint
Treatment for an adult with right hemisphere brain damage (RHD). Contextual Constraint …
Treatment for an adult with right hemisphere brain damage (RHD). Contextual Constraint …
Implicit treatment of underlying comprehension processes improves narrative comprehension in right hemisphere brain damage
CA Tompkins, MT Blake, VL Scharp, KM Meigh… - 2013 - aphasiology.pitt.edu
Language comprehension deficits in adults with focal right hemisphere brain damage (RHD)
can cause considerable social handicap. To date, however, treatment for these deficits …
can cause considerable social handicap. To date, however, treatment for these deficits …
Contextual Constraint Treatment for coarse coding deficit in adults with right hemisphere brain damage: Generalisation to narrative discourse comprehension
ML Blake, CA Tompkins, VL Scharp… - Neuropsychological …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Coarse coding is the activation of broad semantic fields that can include multiple word
meanings and a variety of features, including those peripheral to a word's core meaning. It is …
meanings and a variety of features, including those peripheral to a word's core meaning. It is …
Coarse coding and discourse comprehension in adults with right hemisphere brain damage
CA Tompkins, VL Scharp, KM Meigh, W Fassbinder - Aphasiology, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Various investigators suggest that some discourse‐level comprehension
difficulties in adults with right hemisphere brain damage (RHD) have a lexical‐semantic …
difficulties in adults with right hemisphere brain damage (RHD) have a lexical‐semantic …
Theoretical considerations for understanding “understanding” by adults with right hemisphere brain damage
CA Tompkins - … on Neurophysiology and Neurogenic Speech and …, 2008 - ASHA
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 …
adults with focal damage to the right cerebral hemisphere (RHD). It begins with a discussion …
Characterising comprehension difficulties after right brain damage: Attentional demands of suppression function
CA Tompkins, ML Blake, A Baumgaertner… - Aphasiology, 2002 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Comprehension deficits that typify adults with right brain damage (RBD) have
been linked to considerations of processing capacity and processing demands, as well as to …
been linked to considerations of processing capacity and processing demands, as well as to …
Mechanisms of discourse comprehension impairment after right hemisphere brain damage
CA Tompkins, MT Lehman-Blake, A Baumgaertner… - 2001 - ASHA
This study examined the generality of a previous finding indicating that difficulty suppressing
or inhibiting context-inappropriate interpretations is an important predictor of narrative …
or inhibiting context-inappropriate interpretations is an important predictor of narrative …
Mechanisms of discourse comprehension impairment after right hemisphere brain damage: Suppression in lexical ambiguity resolution
CA Tompkins, A Baumgaertner, MT Lehman… - Journal of speech …, 2000 - ASHA
Normal comprehension skill is linked with the proficiency of a suppression mechanism,
which functions to dampen mental activation that becomes irrelevant or inappropriate to a …
which functions to dampen mental activation that becomes irrelevant or inappropriate to a …
Activation and maintenance of peripheral semantic features of unambiguous words after right hemisphere brain damage in adults
CA Tompkins, W Fassbinder, VL Scharp, KM Meigh - Aphasiology, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
Background: The right cerebral hemisphere (RH) sustains activation of subordinate,
secondary, less common, and/or distantly related meanings of words. Much of the pertinent …
secondary, less common, and/or distantly related meanings of words. Much of the pertinent …