Pragmatic impairment is diffused in schizophrenia spectrum disorders, but the literature still
debates its neurocognitive underpinnings. This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed …

If some inferences require cognitive effort, could that mean, that all of them do? The scalar
term" some" has long fascinated academics from various backgrounds, as it can be …

1. BACKGROUND High-level pragmatic competence, namely the ability to grasp the
interlocutor's intended meaning beyond the literal use of language and to produce context …

Research investigating pragmatic abilities in healthy aging suggests that both production
and comprehension might be compromised; however, it is not clear how pragmatic abilities …

Objective: In this article, we reexamine the hypothesis of language retrogenesis, that is, the
assumption that language change over healthy ageing mirrors, albeit inversely, language …

Research investigating pragmatic deficits in individuals with right hemisphere damage
focuses on identifying the potential mechanisms responsible for the nature of these …

Healthcare services require rapid assessment tools, as well as the possibility of using them
flexibly in different contexts, such as those experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic, that …

New-born infants communicate from the first minute they come to life. This non-linguistic and
non-verbal capacity to interact from the first day they come to life enables them to express …

This volume contributes to the growing body of research on developmental dyslexia,
focusing on the disorder's behavioural manifestations at different levels of the language …

Background There is a lack of evidence relating to cognitive‐communication difficulties
following traumatic brain injury (TBI) sustained in older adulthood. A prominent area in …