The processing of negative sentences in fluent aphasics: semantic and pragmatic aspects. |
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Authors: | O Juncos-Rabadàn |
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Institution: | Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain. |
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Abstract: | This paper examines the processing of negative sentences with respect to their truth value in fluent aphasic subjects. Three groups of 25 subjects each (men and women) were studied: the first group consisted of fluent aphasics, the second consisted of right temporal lobe-damaged subjects, and the third of normal subjects. An experiment of sentence verification was carried out. A quantitative study of reaction time (RT) and a qualitative study of the types of answers were carried out. The results show that the fluent aphasics were impaired in their logical-semantic processing of negative sentences and showed a predilection for the affirmative in answering strategies. The right temporal lobe-damaged subjects showed differences only in respect to the normal subjects in the RT, but not in answering strategies. The results suggest that in Wernicke's Aphasics there is a tendency to substitute a type of contextual-pragmatic processing for the logical-semantic processing. |
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