Language and verbal memory after right hemispheric stroke: a clinical-CT scan study.
The performances on language and verbal memory tests of 26 right-hemisphere damaged subjects (RHD) have been compared with normal controls and 11 non-aphasic left-hemisphere damaged subjects. While phonological and syntactic performance was unimpaired, a small subgroup of RHD patients, with CT scan evidence of subcortical lesion, was mildly impaired in naming tasks. The performance of RHD patients on free recall was characterized by a reduced recency effect. The implications of these findings for theories about the participation of the right hemisphere in linguistic functions are discussed.
Clinica Neurologica, Universita di Brescia, Italy.
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000849:Anomia / Q000175:diagnosis; D001037:Aphasia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D001931:Brain Mapping; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000503:physiopathology; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory / Q000502:physiology*; D011939:Mental Recall / Q000502:physiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D010153:Paired-Associate Learning / Q000502:physiology; D012153:Retention, Psychology / Q000502:physiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014706:Verbal Learning / Q000502:physiology*