?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Neuropragmatics%3A+Extralinguistic+communication+after+closed+head+injury&rft.creator=Bara%2C+Bruno+G.&rft.creator=Cutica%2C+Ilaria&rft.creator=Tirassa%2C+Maurizio&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Pragmatics&rft.subject=Neurolinguistics&rft.subject=Neuropsychology&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Language&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.subject=Psycholinguistics&rft.description=This+work+is+concerned+with+the+decay+of+communicative+abilities+after+head+trauma.+A+protocol+composed+of+16+videotaped+scenes+was+devised+in+order+to+investigate+the+comprehension+of+several+types+of+communicative+actions+realized+with+extralinguistic+means%2C+like+pointing+or+clapping.+The+protocol+was+administered+to+30+closed+head+injured+individuals.+The+results+showed+a+decreasing+performance+from+simple+standard+acts%2C+to+complex+standard+acts%2C+deceits%2C+and+ironies.+The+subjects'+performance+was+worse+with+the+scenes+reproducing+failing%2C+rather+than+successful%2C+communicative+actions.+The+results+are+compared+with+those+we+previously+obtained+with+a+linguistic+protocol.+A+theory+of+the+cognitive+processes+underlying+intentional+communication+is+outlined+and+used+to+explain+the+results.&rft.date=2001&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6813%2F1%2F2001-NeuroCom-BL.pdf&rft.identifier=++Bara%2C+Bruno+G.+and+Cutica%2C+Ilaria+and+Tirassa%2C+Maurizio++(2001)+Neuropragmatics%3A+Extralinguistic+communication+after+closed+head+injury.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6813%2F