Pragmatic and executive functions in traumatic brain injury and right brain damage: An exploratory comparative study
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Pragmatic and executive functions in traumatic brain injury and right brain damage: An exploratory comparative study
Objective To describe the frequency of pragmatic and executive deficits in right brain damaged (RBD) and in traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients, and to verify possible dissociations between pragmatic and executive functions in these two groups. Methods The sample comprised 7 cases of TBI and 7 cases of RBD. All participants were assessed by means of tasks from the Montreal Communication Eva...
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عنوان ژورنال: Dementia & Neuropsychologia
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1980-5764
DOI: 10.1590/s1980-57642011dn05040013