MRI report of lesion site | |
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Low Comprehenders | |
Watershed area between right MCA and PCA | |
Right basal ganglia; right parietal-occipital region | |
Right parietal | |
Posterior limb of right internal capsule and centrum semiovale area of right parietal lobe |
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Right basal ganglia; also right temporal lobe and right insular cortex; a small right temporo-parietal ischaemic infarct |
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Right occipital-parietal | |
Right frontal corona radiata extending into right putamen | |
Right fronto-parietal | |
Toward right vertex | |
Right MCA distribution | |
High Comprehenders | |
Right basal ganglia, medial temporal lobe, insular region, and parietal-occipital region |
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Right thalamus; involvement of temporal and occipital lobe | |
Right posterior insular cortex | |
Medial surface of right anterior lobe, and superior aspect and part of the posterior corpus callosum |
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Posterior aspect of right putamen and body of right caudate nucleus | |
Right MCA distribution | |
Right basal ganglia | |
Right basal ganglia involving the caudate nucleus, putamen and globus pallidus | |
Right frontal lobe and right basal ganglia | |
Right MCA distribution | |
Right thalamus and internal capsule | |
Right basal ganglia |
DCT = Discourse Comprehension Test (Brookshire & Nicholas, 1993).