Year: 2008
Type: article
Abstract: The aim of the present study was to examine the relationship between cognitive functions such as attention, working memory, long-term memory, planning, i.e. executive functions, theory of mind, and pragmatic deficits resulting as a consequence of traumatic brain injury (TBI).Communicative disorders represent a typical outcome in TBI patients, even if their linguistic abilities remain virtually intact.We empirically investigated the role played by the possible cognitive deficits in patients' communicative performance.In addition to the factors mentioned in the current literature, such as planning and theory of mind, our results show the importance of considering the increasing complexity of the mental representations underlying different pragmatic phenomena in order to better understand the communicative outcomes after TBI.
Institution: University of Turin
Language: English
Subfield: Clinical Neurology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funder: Fondazione CRT
OpenAlex ID: W2585738199