This study aims at understanding irony comprehension ability of Chinese speaking patients with TBI through a series of self-made stories. Each story contains two characters having a conversation, and one of them would give a figurative (which is, ironic) or literal statement at the end of the story. The participants are asked to figure out its meaning.
The investigator plans to recruit TBI patients and control group whose gender and age accord with them, 15 people in each group. They would be asked to read the materials mentioned above displaying by a computer. It may take 30 minutes per time, and every participants only do once.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
120
All the participants would be asked to watch a series of self-made stories which are figurative or literal. They have to figure out what is the real meaning of the character's statement. The whole procedure will be done with a computer.
National Taiwan University Hospital
Taipei, Taiwan
RECRUITINGTBI group gets lower scores
We assume that TBI group can't comprehend ironic statement as well as their control group. Therefore, they may get lower score than their normal- health control group.
Time frame: 2 months
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