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Aphasia screening test performance in patients with lateralized brain damage
Author(s) -
Snow William G.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(198703)43:2<266::aid-jclp2270430217>3.0.co;2-0
Subject(s) - spelling , psychology , aphasia , audiology , test (biology) , reading (process) , right hemisphere , lateralization of brain function , significant difference , clinical psychology , boston naming test , developmental psychology , cognitive psychology , psychiatry , neuropsychology , medicine , cognition , linguistics , paleontology , philosophy , biology
Patients with lateralized stroke ( N = 36) or tumor ( N = 14) were compared in the frequency of errors on specific test items of the Aphsia Screening Test (Reitan, 1984). Right‐ and left‐hemisphere damaged patients showed a statistically significant difference on only 1 of the 33 items of this measure. When items were categorized according to task type ( e.g. , spelling, reading, calculation, etc .) only 1 of 9 comparisons was significant. Several possible explanations for the lack of differences are discussed and suggestions offered for potential modifications to this measure.