Table 5.

Average number of questions for each question type by group.

Question type		All (N = 50), M (SD)	RHD (n = 29), M (SD)	NHC (n = 21), M (SD)	t (df)	p value
Total		15.5 (2.54)	15.97 (2.57)	14.86 (2.41)	−1.54 (48)	.13
Alternative		1.2 (1.62)	1.55 (1.78)	0.71 (1.23)	−1.85 (48)	.07
	Alternative	0.54 (1.05)	0.69 (1.11)	0.33 (0.97)	−1.18 (48)	.24
	Incomplete	0.68 (1.42)	0.86 (1.68)	0.43 (0.93)	−1.16 (45)	.25
Content***		4.26 (4.62)	5.9 (4.59)	2 (3.66)	−3.22 (48)	.002
	Who	0.3 (1.21)	0.48 (1.57)	0.05 (0.22)	−1.47 (29)	.152
	What***	2.2 (2.47)	3.31 (2.54)	0.67 (1.28)	−4.83 (44)	.00002
	Where	0.3 (0.91)	0.34 (0.77)	0.24 (1.09)	0.41 (48)	.69
	When	0.02 (0.14)	0.03 (0.19)	0 (0)	−1.0 (28)	.33
	Why	0.68 (1.62)	0.97 (1.78)	0.29 (1.31)	−1.48 (48)	.15
	How	0.7 (1.34)	0.76 (1.21)	0.62 (1.53)	−0.36 (48)	.72
Polar***		10.08 (4.16)	8.52 (4.2)	12.24 (3.06)	3.45 (48)	.001
	Positive***	10 (4.2)	8.45 (4.27)	12.14 (3.05)	3.57 (48)	.0008
	Negative	0.08 (0.34)	0.07 (0.37)	0.1 (0.3)	0.28 (47)	.78

Note. RHD = right-hemisphere brain damage; NHC = neurologically healthy control.

^*** p < .005.