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Differential effects of left and right cerebral vascular accidents on language competency

Bryan, Karen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0742-1193 and Hale, James B. (2001) Differential effects of left and right cerebral vascular accidents on language competency. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 7 (6). pp. 655-664.

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Abstract

While language facility was once considered to be the sole province of the "dominant" left hemisphere, clinical and experimental findings suggest the right hemisphere plays an equally important role in many language tasks. To elucidate differential hemispheric language processes, Right Hemisphere Language Battery and Western Aphasia Battery data from left (LHD) and right (RHD) hemisphere cerebral vascular accident (CVA) patients and controls were subjected to multivariate discriminant analysis. The highly significant group differences and overall 95% classification rate obtained confirms the utility of the dependent measures in differential diagnosis. Results suggest CVA patients experience disparate language deficits, with the LHD group experiencing concordant-convergent language deficits and the RHD group displaying discordant-divergent deficits that interfere with the receptive and expressive language skills necessary for successful social discourse.

Item Type: Article
Status: Published
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617701766015
School/Department: Vice Chancellor's Office
URI: https://ray.yorksj.ac.uk/id/eprint/9407

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