The Use of Contextual Information by Right Brain-Damaged Individuals in the Resolution of Ambiguous Pronouns |
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Authors: | Carol L Leonard Gloria S Waters David Caplan |
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Institution: | aSchool of Communication Sciences and Disorders, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada;bNeuropsychology Laboratory, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston |
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Abstract: | Two experiments were conducted with the primary purpose of investigating the ability of right brain-damaged (RBD) individuals to use contextual information—at the level of the single sentence, in terms of the integration of information between clauses, and at the level of a minimal discourse (i.e., two sentences)—in the resolution of ambiguous pronouns. The investigation was extended to a group of left brain-damaged (LBD) and non-brain-damaged (NBD) individuals. Contrary to the prevailing view that RBD patients have difficulty in the use of contextual information to process language, both experiments were consistent in demonstrating that the RBD group was influenced by contextual information in a manner similar to that demonstrated by both the LBD and NBD groups. |
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