2023
Contribution of Working Memory and Inferencing to Narrative Discourse Comprehension and Production in Traumatic Brain Injury.
Lê K, Coelho C, Feinn R. Contribution of Working Memory and Inferencing to Narrative Discourse Comprehension and Production in Traumatic Brain Injury. Journal Of Speech Language And Hearing Research 2023, 66: 2346-2361. PMID: 37257416, PMCID: PMC10468118, DOI: 10.1044/2023_jslhr-22-00632.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDiscourse Comprehension TestStructure Building FrameworkContribution of working memoryTraumatic brain injuryDiscourse comprehensionWM measuresDiscourse abilitiesNarrative discourse abilitiesBrain injuryWM updatingPredictive inferencingCognitive substratesWorking memoryStory comprehensionStory retellingDiscourse outcomesCognitive processesStory completionComprehensive processNarrative performanceDiscourse modelDCT performanceWMComprehensionComprehension test
2014
Does Brain Volume Loss Predict Cognitive and Narrative Discourse Performance Following Traumatic Brain Injury?
Lê K, Coelho C, Mozeiko J, Krueger F, Grafman J. Does Brain Volume Loss Predict Cognitive and Narrative Discourse Performance Following Traumatic Brain Injury? American Journal Of Speech-Language Pathology 2014, 23: s271-s284. PMID: 24686463, DOI: 10.1044/2014_ajslp-13-0095.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNarrative discourse measuresDiscourse measuresCognitive measuresBrain volume lossDiscourse outcomesSmall-to-moderate correlationsDiscourse production taskNarrative discourse abilitiesMeasures of brain damageGeneral cognitive statusHemispheric volume lossTraumatic brain injuryWorking memoryDiscourse abilitiesExecutive functionDiscourse performanceImmediate memoryVolume lossBrain regionsProduction taskLesion metricsCognitive statusBrain damageBrain injuryAtrophy measures
2012
Discourse production following injury to the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex
Coelho C, Lê K, Mozeiko J, Krueger F, Grafman J. Discourse production following injury to the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex. Neuropsychologia 2012, 50: 3564-3572. PMID: 22982512, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2012.09.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDorsolateral prefrontal cortexPrefrontal cortexDorsolateral prefrontal cortex lesionsMeasures of working memoryComparison groupYears post-onsetDLPFC groupNon-injured comparison groupLanguage of individualsDiscourse analysis procedurePFC lesionsLanguage impairmentDiscourse impairmentDiscourse abilitiesDiscourse performanceDiscourse productionNarrative coherenceRight (RComplex languageCortexImpairmentDiscourse analysisDiscourseIndividualsAphasia
2003
Narrative and conversational discourse of adults with closed head injuries and non-brain-injured adults: A discriminant analysis
Coelho C, Youse K, Le K, Feinn R. Narrative and conversational discourse of adults with closed head injuries and non-brain-injured adults: A discriminant analysis. Aphasiology 2003, 17: 499-510. DOI: 10.1080/02687030344000111.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNon-brain-injured participantsNon-brain-injuredNon-brain-injured adultsNon-brain-injured groupClosed head injury groupClosed head injuryDiscriminant function analysisNarrative measuresDiscourse measuresConversational discourseDiscourse samplesParticipant groupsCHI participantsMeasures of grammatical complexityGroup membershipNarrative discourse measuresCognitive-communication impairmentsDiscourse abilitiesDiscourse performanceCohesive adequacyCommunication impairmentsGrammatical complexityInteractive nature of conversationDiscourse elicitationStory grammar