Narrative comprehension in adults with right and left hemisphere brain-damage: Theme organization Article

Hough, MS. (1990). Narrative comprehension in adults with right and left hemisphere brain-damage: Theme organization . BRAIN AND LANGUAGE, 38(2), 253-277. 10.1016/0093-934X(90)90114-V

cited authors

  • Hough, MS

authors

abstract

  • The effects of delayed presentation of a central theme on the comprehension and interpretation of narratives were investigated in adults with right and left hemisphere brain-damage and normal individuals. The performance of subgroups of the subjects with right and left hemisphere brain-damage also was examined. Right hemisphere brain-damaged groups with anterior and posterior lesions were significantly less accurate and identified significantly fewer central themes when central theme presentation was delayed until the end of a narrative than when the theme was presented at the beginning. Subjects with anterior right hemisphere brain-damage produced significantly more embellishments and confabulations than subjects with posterior damage and non-brain-damaged controls, regardless of theme condition. The performance of non-brain-damaged subjects and subjects with fluent and nonfluent aphasia was unaffected by the organization of the central theme in the narratives. © 1990.

publication date

  • January 1, 1990

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start page

  • 253

end page

  • 277

volume

  • 38

issue

  • 2