?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Discourse+studies+in+neurologically+impaired+populations%3A+A+quest+for+action&rft.creator=Stemmer%2C+Brigitte&rft.subject=Pragmatics&rft.subject=Neurolinguistics&rft.subject=Neurolinguistics&rft.subject=Neuropsychology&rft.subject=Psycholinguistics&rft.description=Organism+and+environment+are+in+a+state+of+constant+interaction%2C+and+discourse+is+vie-wed+as+one+form+of+manifestation+of+this+interaction.+Through+the+study+of+discourse+in-sights+can+be+gained+into+those+components+that+bring+about+mental+events.+Verbal+structure%2C+communication+of+beliefs+and+action%2Finteraction+are+highly+interactive+dimensi-ons+of+discourse.+Taking+this+perspective+as+a+framework%2C+the+findings+of+discourse+stu-dies+with+particular+emphasis+on+right-hemisphere+brain+damaged+individuals+are+discussed.+Neurolinguistic+studies+of+discourse+can+be+divided+into+four+categories%3A+(1)+studies+that+focus+primarily+at+providing+a+detailed+description+of+the+structural+and+inter-actional+abilities+of+brain-damaged+individuals%2C+(2)+studies+that+are+mainly+concerned+with+investigating+the+processing+aspects+of+discourse%2C+(3)+studies+that+investigate+the+influ-ence+of+cognitive+systems+such+as+attention+or+memory+on+discourse+processing%2C+and+(4)+studies+that+try+to+relate+discourse+processing+mechanisms+to+underlying+biological+sub-strates+or+neurophysiological+mechanisms.+A+quest+is+made+for+future+research+to+base+discourse+studies+on+well-defined+processing+theories%2C+to+include+different+processing+components+and+levels%2C+and+to+systematically+investigate+the+impact+of+facets+of+cogniti-ve+systems+on+such+processing.+Established+methodological+approaches+should+be+complemented+by+electrophysiological+procedures+(such+as+the+event+related+potentials+technique)%2C+or+functional+imaging+techniques+(such+as+fMRI)+to+tackle+relationships+bet-ween+discourse+processing+mechanisms%2C+cognitive+systems+and+underlying+biological+mechanisms.+Consideration+of+the+influence+of+biochemical+processes+(such+as+asym-metries+of+neurotransmitters%2C+endocrine+functions+or+influence+of+pharmacological+agents)+on+component+processes+may+add+to+our+insights.&rft.date=1999-07&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F145%2F2%2Fstem_dis1.399.PDF&rft.identifier=++Stemmer%2C+Brigitte++(1999)+Discourse+studies+in+neurologically+impaired+populations%3A+A+quest+for+action.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F145%2F