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Aydin, Burcu; Barin, Muzaffer; Yagiz, Oktay – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2017
Brain damaged participants offer an opportunity to evaluate the cognitive and linguistic processes and make assumptions about how the brain works. Cognitive linguists have been investigating the underlying mechanisms of idiom comprehension to unravel the ongoing debate on hemispheric specialization in figurative language comprehension. The aim of…
Descriptors: Aphasia, Language Processing, Foreign Countries, Psycholinguistics
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Vigliecca, Nora Silvana; Báez, Sandra – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2015
A theoretical framework which considers the verbal functions of the brain under a multivariate and comprehensive cognitive model was statistically analyzed. A confirmatory factor analysis was performed to verify whether some recognized aphasia constructs can be hierarchically integrated as latent factors from a homogenously verbal test. The Brief…
Descriptors: Aphasia, Measures (Individuals), Neuropsychology, Language Processing
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de Carvalho Rodrigues, Jaqueline; Pioli dos Santos, Daniele; de Bitencourt Fél, Débora; de Salles, Jerusa Fumagalli – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2023
This study investigates the performance of adults with cerebrovascular lesion in the right hemisphere (RHL) or left hemisphere (LHL) in word reading (TLPP) and spelling (TEPP) tasks based on the dual-route models. A total of 85 adults were assessed, divided into three groups: 10 with RHL, 15 with LHL, and 60 neurologically healthy ones. The…
Descriptors: Adults, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Neurological Impairments, Reading Skills