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ERIC Number: EJ986630
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012-Dec
Pages: 6
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0093-934X
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Intact Discourse Cohesion and Coherence Following Bilateral Ventromedial Prefrontal Cortex
Kurczek, Jake; Duff, Melissa C.
Brain and Language, v123 n3 p222-227 Dec 2012
Discourse cohesion and coherence give communication its continuity providing the grammatical and lexical links that hold an utterance or text together and give it meaning. Researchers often link cohesion and coherence deficits to the frontal lobes by drawing attention to frontal lobe dysfunction in populations where discourse cohesion and coherence deficits are reported and through attribution of these deficits to underlying cognitive impairments putatively associated with the frontal lobes. We examined the distinct contribution of a region of the frontal lobes, the ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC), to discourse cohesion and coherence across a range of discourse tasks. We found that bilateral vmPFC damage does not impair cohesion and coherence in spoken discourse. This study provides insights into the contribution of the major anatomical subdivisions of the frontal lobes to language use and furthers our understanding of the neural and cognitive underpinnings of discourse cohesion and coherence. (Contains 2 tables and 1 figure.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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