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 …

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

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

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 …

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

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 …

Among the sequelae of certain types of brain damage are impairments in the production and
perception of speech prosody. Prosody serves numerous functions in language, including …

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 …

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 …