OBJECTIVE: Concomitant visual and @entity73 following traumatic @entity1545 (TBIs) may be problematic when the visual modality serves as a primary source for receiving information. Further difficulties comprehending visual information may occur when interpretation requires processing inferential rather than explicit content. The purpose of this study was to compare the accuracy with which @entity1 with and without severe @entity131 interpreted information in contextually rich drawings. @entity1 : Fifteen adults with and 15 adults without severe @entity131 . DESIGN: Repeated-measures between-groups design. MAIN MEASURES: @entity1 were asked to match images to sentences that either conveyed explicit (ie, main action or background) or inferential (ie, physical or mental inference) information. The researchers compared accuracy between @entity1 groups and among stimulus conditions. RESULTS: @entity1 with @entity131 demonstrated significantly poorer accuracy than @entity1 without @entity131 extracting information from images. In addition, @entity1 with @entity131 demonstrated significantly higher response accuracy when interpreting explicit rather than inferential information; however, no significant difference emerged between sentences referencing main action versus background information or sentences providing physical versus mental inference information for this @entity1 group. CONCLUSIONS: Difficulties gaining information from visual environmental cues may arise for @entity1 with @entity131 given their difficulties interpreting inferential content presented through the visual modality.

Use of Visual Cues by Adults With XXXX Injuries to Interpret Explicit and Inferential Information.

@entity1545 :: ('MESH:D020214', 'Disease') :: ['brain injuries'] @entity73 :: ('MESH:D003072', 'Disease') :: ['cognitive impairments'] @entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['participants', 'participant', 'Participants', 'PARTICIPANTS', 'people'] @entity131 :: ('MESH:D001930', 'Disease') :: ['TBI']
@entity131 :: (MESH:D001930,Disease) :: ['Traumatic Brain']
