Comprehension of Legal Language by Adults With and Without Traumatic Brain Injury.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To characterize comprehension of written legal language in adults with and without traumatic brain injury (TBI).

Participants

Nineteen adults with moderate-to-severe TBI (11 females) and 21 adults without TBI (13 females), aged 24 to 64 years.

Methods

Participants completed a multiple-choice assessment of legal-language comprehension, with written stimuli either presented in their original legal form or manipulated to simplify syntax or use more frequently occurring words.

Results

Across stimulus types, TBI group participants were significantly less accurate and slower than comparison peers, with no effect of linguistic manipulation. Working memory and reading fluency test scores correlated with task accuracy and speed in both groups.

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SUBMITTER: Wszalek JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6395580 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May/Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature