Aim of the present study is to provide a multifocal assessment of pragmatic abilities in
patients with right hemisphere damage (RHD). Pragmatics refers to the ability to use …

The aim of the present study is to compare the pragmatic ability of right-and left-hemisphere-
damaged patients excluding the possible interference of linguistic deficits. To this aim, we …

Background Right hemisphere communication disorders are neither consistently labelled
nor adequately defined. Labels associated with right hemisphere brain damage (RHD) are …

Background: It is estimated that approximately 50% of individuals who incur right‐
hemisphere damage (RHD) have subsequent communication disorders. Lexical‐semantic …

Pragmatic deficits are a key component of the communication disorders related to right
hemisphere brain damage. The deficits are heterogeneous and include expression and …

Background: The nature and causes of pragmatic impairments following right hemisphere
damage (RHD) continue to pose a challenge to researchers and clinicians. It is widely …

Despite considerable interest in the linguistic dimensions of right-hemisphere (RH)
pragmatic language disorders, the cognitive bases for these are rarely examined. This study …

This study examined the effects of right brain-damage (RBD) on oral discourse production
using a multi-layered discourse processing model. Narrative and procedural discourse …

Right hemisphere brain damage (RHD) rarely causes aphasias marked by clear and
widespread failures of comprehension or extreme difficulty producing fluent speech …

The occurrence of a right-hemisphere lesion can interfere with pragmatic abilities and
particularly with the processing of non-literal speech acts in which the listener has to identify …