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The purpose of this study was to compare the abilities of 9 high-level, closed head-injured (CHI) adult subjects (M age = 31 years, age range = 20–56 years) utilizing the narrative tasks of storytelling and story generation. Analysis of the language used under the two conditions was found to be similar to that described in a study by Liles, Coelho, Duffy, and Zalagens (1989), which characterized discourse problems observed in four closed head-injured subjects. Findings appeared to indicate that the performances of the subjects on the two narration tasks demonstrated significant differences in length, complexity, and focus of narrations. The described procedure appeared to be a useful method of characterizing the kinds of language deficits displayed by this population of subjects.
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Wolfolk, W.B., Fucci, D., Dutka, F.E. et al. Differences in narrative productions of closed head-injured adults. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 30, 226–228 (1992). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03330451
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03330451