Mechanisms of discourse comprehension impairment after right hemisphere brain damage: suppression in lexical ambiguity resolution.

Normal comprehension skill is linked with the proficiency of a suppression mechanism, which functions to dampen mental activation that becomes irrelevant or inappropriate to a final interpretation. This study investigated suppression and discourse comprehension in adults with right brain damage (RBD...

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Published in:	Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing Research Vol. 43; no. 1; pp. 62 - 79
Main Authors:	Tompkins, Connie A., Baumgaertner, Annette, Lehman, Margaret T.
Format:	Article
Published:	American Speech-Language-Hearing Association February 2000
Subjects:	Brain damage Brain function localization Comprehension English language Response inhibition
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