Main concepts for two picture description tasks: An addition to.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Proposition analysis of the discourse of persons with aphasia has a long history, yielding important advancements in our understanding of communication impairments in this population. Recently, discourse measures have been considered primary outcome measures, and multiple calls have been made for improved psychometric properties of discourse measures.

Aims

To advance the use of discourse analysis in persons with aphasia by providing Main Concept Analysis checklists and descriptive statistics for healthy control performance on the analysis for the Cat in the Tree and Refused Umbrella narrative tasks utilized in the AphasiaBank database protocol.

Methods & procedures

Ninety-two control transcripts, stratified into four age groups (20-39 years; 40-59; 60-79; 8

SUBMITTER: Richardson JD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7500506 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature