Development of the evaluation test for communication disorder in non-aphasicd brain damaged patients.

本研究的目的是开发一种新的测试来评估日本非失语性脑损伤患者的沟通障碍。众所周知，脑损伤后沟通情境中的间接表达加工能力变差，使其难以回到原来的工作场所。我们开发了四场景测验(FST)，重点考察了间接请求和间接拒绝对含意的加工能力。发布的FST是用于个人计算机的软件。通过对正常受试者数据的比较，我们可以诊断出隐含词的加工能力。针对FST的编制，我们进行了几项基础实验研究。包括0.1视觉刺激扫描加工的阅读习惯检验，0.2视觉刺激扫描加工的效应检验，0.3图文意象的神经心理加工机制，0.4日语书写系统中情绪内容加工机制的检验，0.5言语刺激中韵律信息加工的检验。这些基础实验的结果发表在国际学术期刊上，并在国内的几次研究会议上以及国际神经心理学会议上发表。

The purpose of this study was to develop a new test to evaluate the communication disorder of Japanese non-aphasic brain damaged patients. It is well known that the processing ability of indirect expression in the situation of communication becomes poor after brain damage and this disorder make them difficult to return the previous working places. We developed the four-scene test (FST) which focus on the evaluation of the processing ability of Implicatures, especially indirect request and indirect refusal. The FST, which is published, is the software for the personal computer. Based upon the comparison of normal control subjects' data, the processing ability of implicatures can be diagnosed.In relation to prepare the FST, we conducted several basic experimental studies. These consist of ○!1 the examination of the reading habit on the visual stimulus scanning processing, ○!2 the examination of the effects ; of attention on the parafoveal information processing, ○!3 the neuropsychological processing mechanisms in the imagery which generated by the picture and word, ○!4 the examination of the processing mechanisms of emotional contents in Japanese writing system, ○!5 the examination of prosody information processing in verbal stimuli. The results of these basic experiments were published in the international academic journals and were presented at the several domestic research conferences as well as in the international neuropsychological conferences.