The Relationship Between Confrontation Naming and Story Gist Production in Aphasia.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between picture naming performance and the ability to communicate the gist, or essential elements, of a story. We also sought to determine if this relationship varied according to Western Aphasia Battery-Revised (WAB-R; Kertesz, 2007) aphasia subtype.

Method

Demographic information, test scores, and transcripts of 258 individuals with aphasia completing 3 narrative tasks were retrieved from the AphasiaBank database. Narratives were subjected to a main concept analysis to determine gist production. A correlation analysis was used to investigate the relationship between naming scores and main concept production for the whole group of persons with aphasia and for WAB-R subtypes separately.

Results

We found

SUBMITTER: Richardson JD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6111489 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature