?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=ABaCo%3A+Assessment+Battery+for+Communication&rft.creator=Sacco%2C+Ph.D+Katiuscia&rft.creator=Angeleri%2C+Ph.D.+Romina&rft.creator=Colle%2C+Ph.D.+Livia&rft.creator=Gabbatore%2C+Ph.D.+Ilaria&rft.creator=Bara%2C+Prof.+Bruno+G.&rft.creator=Bosco%2C+Prof.+Francesca+M.&rft.subject=Applied+Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Psycholinguistics&rft.description=%0D%0AHuman+communication+is%0D%0Aone+of+the+most+complex+social%0D%0Aactivity%3A+it+is+a+process+of+meaning%0D%0Aconstruction+which+cooperatively%0D%0Ainvolves+all+participants+taking%0D%0Apart+in+the+interaction.+Various%0D%0Aclinical+conditions+may+lead+to%0D%0Aimpairments+of+communicative%0D%0Aabilities%3A+developmental+disorders%0D%0A(e.g.%2C+autism%2C+specific+language%0D%0Aimpairment%2C+Down+syndrome)%2C%0D%0Abrain+pathologies+(e.g.%2C+closed%0D%0Ahead+injury%2C+right+hemisphere%0D%0Adamage%2C+aphasia)%2C+psychiatric+disorders%0D%0A(schizophrenia)%2C+disorders%0D%0Aof+old+age+(e.g.+dementia).+The%0D%0Aassessment+of+a+patient%E2%80%99s+abilities%0D%0Aand+disabilities+is+the+crucial+starting%0D%0Apoint+for+planning+an+efficient%0D%0Arehabilitation+path%2C+where%0D%0Aresidual+capacities+are+strengthen%0D%0Aand%2C+whenever+possible%2C+impaired%0D%0Acomponents+are+restored.+However%2C%0D%0Awhile+the+phonological%2C%0D%0Asyntactic+and+semantic+components%0D%0Aof+language+can+be+assessed%0D%0Aby+numerous+tests%2C+instruments%0D%0Afor+the+evaluation+of+pragmatic%0D%0Aaspects+of+communication+are%0D%0Ascarce+(see+Sacco+et+al.%2C+2008+for+a%0D%0Amore+detailed+analysis+of+the+existing%0D%0Ainstruments+for+the+assessment%0D%0Aof+communication).%0D%0AThe+Assessment+Battery+for%0D%0ACommunication+(ABaCo)+has%0D%0Abeen+created+to+be+a+theoretically%0D%0Agrounded%2C+wide-range+clinical%0D%0Ainstrument.+Its+theoretical+bases%0D%0Astem+from+Cognitive+Pragmatics%0D%0Atheory+(Airenti%2C+Bara+%26+Colombetti%2C%0D%0A1993%3B+Bara%2C+2010)%2C+a+theory+of%0D%0Athe+cognitive+processes+underlying%0D%0Ahuman+communicative+exchanges%2C%0D%0Aframed+within+the+inferential%0D%0Amodel+of+communication+(Grice%2C%0D%0A1975)+and+the+speech+acts+perspective%0D%0A(Austin%2C+1962%3B+Searle%2C+1969).%0D%0AThe+theory+has+been+shown+to%0D%0Abe+able+to+make+predictions+on%0D%0Atypically+developing+children+(Bucciarelli%2C%0D%0AColle+%26+Bara%2C+2003%3B+Bosco%2C%0D%0ABucciarelli+%26+Bara%2C+2004%3B+2006%3B%0D%0ABosco+%26+Buciarelli%2C+2008%3B+Bosco%2C%0D%0AVallana+%26+Bucciarelli%2C+2012)%2C+atypically%0D%0Adeveloping+children+(Bara%2C%0D%0ABosco+%26+Bucciarelli%2C+1999%3B+Bara%2C%0D%0ABucciarelli+%26+Colle%2C+2001%3B+De%0D%0AMarco%2C+Colle+%26+Bucciarelli%2C+2007)%2C%0D%0Apatients+with+traumatic+brain+injury%0D%0A(Bara%2C+Tirassa+%26+Zettin%2C+1997%3B%0D%0ABara%2C+Cutica+%26+Tirassa%2C+2001%3B+Angeleri%0D%0Aet+al.%2C+2008)%2C+patients+with+right%0D%0Aand+left+focal+brain+lesions+(Cutica%2C%0D%0ABucciarelli+%26+Bara%2C+2006)%2C+patients%0D%0Awith+Alzheimer%E2%80%99s+disease+(Bara%2C%0D%0ABucciarelli+%26+Geminiani%2C+2000)%0D%0Aand+patients+with+schizophrenia%0D%0A(Bosco%2C+Bono+%26+Bara%2C+2012).+In%0D%0Athis+view%2C+communication+is+the%0D%0Aability+to+comprehend+and+produce%0D%0Alinguistic+and+extralinguistic%0D%0Acommunication+acts%2C+accompanied%0D%0Aby+suitable+paralinguistic+features%2C%0D%0Aappropriate+with+respect+to+discourse%0D%0Aand+social+norms%2C+and+fluently%0D%0Aintegrated+within+the+conversation.%0D%0AThe+ABaCo+assesses+each+of%0D%0Athese+components%2C+encompassing%0D%0Athe+major+aspects+involved+in+communication.%0D%0AIn+this+paper%2C+we+will%0D%0Abriefly+describe+the+features+of+the%0D%0Abattery%2C+and+summarize+its+psychometric%0D%0Aproperties%2C+providing+some%0D%0Asuggestions+for+clinical+application.&rft.date=2013&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F9724%2F1%2FAfasi_BpA%2520268g.pdf&rft.identifier=++Sacco%2C+Ph.D+Katiuscia+and+Angeleri%2C+Ph.D.+Romina+and+Colle%2C+Ph.D.+Livia+and+Gabbatore%2C+Ph.D.+Ilaria+and+Bara%2C+Prof.+Bruno+G.+and+Bosco%2C+Prof.+Francesca+M.++(2013)+ABaCo%3A+Assessment+Battery+for+Communication.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F9724%2F