Comprehension of Legal Language by Adults With and Without Traumatic Brain Injury.
Journal
The Journal of head trauma rehabilitation
ISSN: 1550-509X
Titre abrégé: J Head Trauma Rehabil
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 8702552
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Historique:
pubmed:
1
9
2018
medline:
20
8
2020
entrez:
1
9
2018
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
To characterize comprehension of written legal language in adults with and without traumatic brain injury (TBI). Nineteen adults with moderate-to-severe TBI (11 females) and 21 adults without TBI (13 females), aged 24 to 64 years. 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. 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. Adults with TBI underperformed their uninjured peers in both accuracy and speed on a task of legal-language comprehension, and these differences were attributable in part to differences in working memory and reading fluency. Results highlight the potential costs of TBI-related communication problems in criminal proceedings and the need to formally evaluate language comprehension in individuals with TBI who are in the criminal justice system.
Identifiants
pubmed: 30169438
doi: 10.1097/HTR.0000000000000434
pmc: PMC6395580
mid: NIHMS975992
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
E55-E63Subventions
Organisme : NICHD NIH HHS
ID : R01 HD071089
Pays : United States
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