Idiom comprehension in 15 aphasic patients was assessed with three tasks: a sentence-to-picture matching task, a sentence-to-word matching task and an oral definition task. The results of all three tasks showed that the idiom comprehension in aphasic patients was impaired compared to that of the control group, and was significantly affected by the type of task and type of idiom. Whilst performance on the oral definition and sentence-to-picture matching tasks was similarly impaired, the patients performed significantly better on the sentence-to-word matching task. The results confirm the relevance of task and idiom type in drawing conclusions about figurative language interpretation in brain-damaged patients. (C) 2006 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Papagno, C., Caporali, A. (2007). Testing idiom comprehension in aphasic patients: The effects of task and idiom type. BRAIN AND LANGUAGE, 100(2), 208-220 [10.1016/j.bandl.2006.01.002].
Testing idiom comprehension in aphasic patients: The effects of task and idiom type
PAPAGNO, COSTANZA;
2007
Abstract
Idiom comprehension in 15 aphasic patients was assessed with three tasks: a sentence-to-picture matching task, a sentence-to-word matching task and an oral definition task. The results of all three tasks showed that the idiom comprehension in aphasic patients was impaired compared to that of the control group, and was significantly affected by the type of task and type of idiom. Whilst performance on the oral definition and sentence-to-picture matching tasks was similarly impaired, the patients performed significantly better on the sentence-to-word matching task. The results confirm the relevance of task and idiom type in drawing conclusions about figurative language interpretation in brain-damaged patients. (C) 2006 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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