Bara B G, Cutica I, Tirassa M
Centro di Scienza Cognitiva, Università di Torino, via Lagrange, Turin, 3-10123, Italy.
Brain Lang. 2001 Apr;77(1):72-94. doi: 10.1006/brln.2000.2430.
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, like pointing or clapping. The protocol was administered to 30 closed-head-injured individuals. The results showed that performance decreased from simple standard acts to complex standard acts, deceits, and ironies. The subjects' performance was worse with the scenes reproducing failing, rather than successful, 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.
这项研究关注头部创伤后沟通能力的衰退。为了调查对通过非语言方式（如指或拍手）实现的几种沟通行为的理解，设计了一个由16个录像场景组成的方案。该方案应用于30名闭合性颅脑损伤患者。结果表明，从简单的标准行为到复杂的标准行为、欺骗行为和反讽行为，表现逐渐下降。在再现失败而非成功的沟通行为的场景中，受试者的表现更差。将这些结果与我们之前通过语言方案获得的结果进行了比较。概述了一种关于有意沟通背后认知过程的理论，并用于解释这些结果。
