Verbal pragmatics following unilateral stroke: Emotional content and valence.

Borod, Joan C.; Rorie, Kashemi D.; Pick, Lawrence H.; Bloom, Ronald L.; Andelman, Fani; Campbell, Anne A.; Obler, Loraine K.; Tweedy, James R.; Welkowitz, Joan; Sliwinski, Martin J.

doi:10.1037/0894-4105.14.1.112

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“…Therefore, the extent to which emotion is expressed verbally by the RBD participants may be suppressed in response to negative, but not to positive, personal experience discourse topics-this provides some support for the valence hypothesis. Contrary to this finding, positive narratives produced by individuals with RBD were rated as less pragmatically appropriate (Borod et al, 2000) and reviews have demonstrated that evidence for the valence hypothesis has been restricted (Borod, 1993;Borod et al, 2002). Neuroimaging studies have also found limited support for this hypothesis and have concluded that the regions in the brain involved in emotional processing are more complex and specific than previously thought (Wager et al, 2003).…”

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“…Emotionally charged stimuli elicited oral narratives from these individuals that were judged as less relevant and less concise (Bloom, Borod, Obler, & Gerstman, 1993) contained more embellishments, personalisations, and clarity disruptors (Gardner, Brownell, Wapner, & Michelow, 1983;Wechsler, 1973). It has also been observed that emotional content suppressed the pragmatic performance (e.g., conciseness, quantity, relevancy) of the RBD group, and that emotionally positive discourse topics elicited poorer performance (Bloom et al, 1993;Borod et al, 2000). Individuals with RBD made little use of affective information to integrate information across sentence boundaries (Brownell, Blum, & Winner, 1994).…”

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Right brain damage and the verbal expression of emotion: A preliminary investigation

Sherratt

2007

Aphasiology

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Background: Emotional expression or evaluation is intrinsically involved in all communication. In discourse, it has the function of expressing the speaker's opinions, building rapport with the listener, and providing a discourse framework. Emotion may be expressed verbally (lexically), nonverbally (e.g., gesture), or extralinguistically (e.g., prosody). Although it has been established that individuals with right brain damage (RBD) are impaired in the comprehension and production of emotion, research to date has focused on nonverbal and extralinguistic channels. The verbal expression of emotion in this population has been investigated in some studies but most of these have used global rating scales. Therefore, data at the verbal or lexical level of emotional expression following RBD are scarce. Aims: To explore the quantity and type of verbal emotional expression produced by individuals with RBD in their personal experience narratives. Methods & Procedures: Two personal experience narratives (using a negative and a positive emotional discourse topic) were elicited from a group of 7 males with RBD and a matched group of 10 non-brain-damaged (NBD) males. The discourse samples were transcribed and analysed in terms of the frequency and type of appraisal resources, i.e., the semantic choices made to express emotions, judgements, and valuations, and the way these can be graded (Martin, 2000;Martin & Rose, 2003).Outcomes & Results: The RBD group used fewer total appraisal resources in the verbal expression of emotion, particularly on the negative topic. Overall, they graded their emotional expression less and evaluated phenomena more than the NBD group. The major differences between the two groups were observed in the proportion of resources used in the negative topic: the RBD group evaluated phenomena more frequently than they expressed their own feelings, whereas the reverse was observed for the NBD group. On the positive topic, both groups used similar proportions of appraisal resources. Conclusions: This preliminary investigation has revealed that individuals with RBD may be impaired in the quantity and choice of verbal emotional expression produced in personal experience narratives on a negative, but not a positive, topic. The novel application of the appraisal framework to the discourse of this population has indicated that this method has considerable merit in highlighting differences in lexical emotional expression. It can also provide further insight into the assessment and treatment of the interpersonal and social integration deficits observed in individuals with acquired neurogenic disorders.

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Right brain damage and the verbal expression of emotion: A preliminary investigation

Sherratt

2007

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“…Given the selective emotional anomia found in these subjects, it appears unlikely that their impairment resulted from a general defect in recognizing the emotion, or a general defect in naming ability (although it should be noted that processing emotional speech content indeed appears to rely more on the right than the left hemisphere (Borod et al, , 2000. Instead, it is plausible that these patients suffered from a disconnection between, on the one hand, information in right posterior cortices about the emotion shown in the face, and, on the other hand, the left hemisphere networks required for lexical retrieval of the name of the emotion.…”

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Emotional arousal in agenesis of the corpus callosum

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International Journal of Psychophysiology

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While the processing of verbal and psychophysiological indices of emotional arousal have been investigated extensively in relation to the left and right cerebral hemispheres, it remains poorly understood how both hemispheres normally function together to generate emotional responses to stimuli. Drawing on a unique sample of nine high-functioning subjects with complete agenesis of the corpus callosum (AgCC), we investigated this issue using standardized emotional visual stimuli. Compared to healthy controls, subjects with AgCC showed a larger variance in their cognitive ratings of valence and arousal, and an insensitivity to the emotion category of the stimuli, especially for negatively-valenced stimuli, and especially for their arousal. Despite their impaired cognitive ratings of arousal, some subjects with AgCC showed large skin-conductance responses, and in general skin-conductance responses discriminated emotion categories and correlated with stimulus arousal ratings. We suggest that largely intact right hemisphere mechanisms can support psychophysiological emotional responses, but that the lack of interhemispheric communication between the hemispheres, perhaps together with dysfunction of the anterior cingulate cortex, interferes with normal verbal ratings of arousal, a mechanism in line with some models of alexithymia.

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“…The right hemisphere seems to be largely responsible for the processing and comprehension of negative emotions (Atchley, Ilardi, & Enloe, 2003;Borod et al, 2000). Individuals with damaged left hemispheres seem to experience depression as a result of awareness of impairment while patients with right-hemisphere damage tend to be less aware of their deficits and experience depression as a result of impaired social interactions (Lezak et al, 2004).…”

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The neuropsychological basis of childhood psychopathology

Davis

2006

Psychology in the Schools

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A clear link exists between neurological dysfunction and psychopathology in children, as evidenced by research on the sequelae of developmental childhood brain impairment, the neuropsychological investigation of children with psychiatric disorders, and neuroimaging research. Understanding the neuropsychological basis of a disorder helps teachers, parents, and children better understand the etiology of the disorder and guide classroom interventions. Additionally, identifying morphological markers of childhood mental disorders may lead to earlier and more successful interventions. This article reviews the neuropsychological relationships between brain impairment and childhood mental disorders as well as investigates the biological basis for some common childhood disorders seen in the schools. Emphasis is placed upon the underlying neurological and neuropsychological deficits that constitute disorders, and implications for practitioners are discussed. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.More sensitive and less expensive methods of analyzing the structure of the brain and corresponding neurobehavioral functions such as positron emission tomography (PET) scans, single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) scans, and functional magnetic resonance imaging (f MRI) are leading to an increased understanding of the etiology and expression of childhood psychopathology. Combined with the improving sophistication and psychometric qualities of neuropsychological test instruments, it should be easier for school psychologists to assess, diagnose, and treat a wider range of mental disorders that are seen in the schools. Increasing a school psychologist's knowledge about the biological basis of common childhood psychopathology should facilitate communication with neurologists, neurosurgeons, and other medical personnel who entrust the care of their patients in the schools to school psychologists. Another advantage of sharing knowledge between the fields of medicine and psychology is that for many disorders which are traditionally seen to be in the physician's domain, cognitive signs and symptoms are the first indication of a problem. For example, there is currently no effective genetic, or DNA, test for autism. A diagnosis is currently dependent upon noting a wide array of cognitive, behavioral, and social-emotional differences. However, recent neuroimaging studies are linking autism to morphological brain markers that may enable psychologists to intervene at earlier and hence more successful levels. This article will review some neuropsychological and neurological bases of some of the more common mental disorders seen in the schools. Due to the breadth of material to be covered, this article is not intended to be a complete description of the symptoms, etiology, neurological basis, and treatment options of each disorder. Furthermore, most modern neuropsychological processing theories venture beyond the simple "localization of impairment approach" to embrace the interconnectedness of different brain areas (e.g., Luria, 1973). Thus,...

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Verbal pragmatics following unilateral stroke: Emotional content and valence.

Cited by 47 publications

References 57 publications

Right brain damage and the verbal expression of emotion: A preliminary investigation

Right brain damage and the verbal expression of emotion: A preliminary investigation

Emotional arousal in agenesis of the corpus callosum

The neuropsychological basis of childhood psychopathology

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