Therapy of Pragmatic Disorders in Brain-damaged Individuals

"The intervention focuses on understanding the thoughts of the characters. Twenty written stories will be used, which end with statements that can be interpreted literally, ironically, as a lie, a request or a faux-pas (maladroitness). At the end of each story, the participant should explain what the characters want to mean by their statement.~To help the participant in his understanding of the character's intention, he will be asked:~1\) To mention as many intentions as possible that can be associated with the target statement presented out of context (eg: it's hot here that can be interpreted literally, ironically, as a lie or a request) and to imagine contexts in connection with interpretation; 2. Analyze the relevant elements of the context (environment, the relationship between the characters, knowledge of the characters); 3. To judge the probability of the possible interpretations (pt 1) by justifying using the elements of the context analyzed previously (pt 2)."