ArticleThe Journal of head trauma rehabilitation
Comprehension of Legal Language by Adults With and Without Traumatic Brain Injury.
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- Equity considerations in clinical practice guidelines for traumatic brain injury and the criminal justice system: A systematic review.PLoS medicine · 2024Pooled it
- Differences in Narrative Discourse Ability in Traumatic Brain Injury and a Neurotypical Comparison Group: Influence of Age, Education, and Sex.Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Language is a critical mediator of autistic experiences within the criminal justice system.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2023Article
- Contribution of Working Memory and Inferencing to Narrative Discourse Comprehension and Production in Traumatic Brain Injury.Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR · 2023Article
- Rehabilitation among individuals with traumatic brain injury who intersect with the criminal justice system: A scoping review.Frontiers in neurology · 2022Article
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- Comprehension of Miranda warnings in adults with chronic, moderate-severe traumatic brain injury.Journal of communication disordersObservational
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Abstract
objectiveTo characterize comprehension of written legal language in adults with and without traumatic brain injury (TBI).
participantsNineteen adults with moderate-to-severe TBI (11 females) and 21 adults without TBI (13 females), aged 24 to 64 years.
methodsParticipants completed a multiple-choice assessment of legal-language comprehension, with written stimuli either presented in their original legal form or manipulated to simplify syntax or use more frequently occurring words.
resultsAcross stimulus types, TBI group participants were significantly less accurate and slower than comparison peers, with no effect of linguistic manipulation. Working memory and reading fluency test scores correlated with task accuracy and speed in both groups.
conclusionsAdults with TBI underperformed their uninjured peers in both accuracy and speed on a task of legal-language comprehension, and these differences were attributable in part to differences in working memory and reading fluency. Results highlight the potential costs of TBI-related communication problems in criminal proceedings and the need to formally evaluate language comprehension in individuals with TBI who are in the criminal justice system.
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