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A Scoping Review on Conversational Memory and Characteristics of Conversations in Alzheimer's Disease Open

Annick Tanguay, Sharice Clough, Ryan A. McCurdy, Victoria-Grace Padilla, Kaitlin Lord , et al. · 2025

Purpose: Typical late-onset Alzheimer's disease (AD) compromises episodic memory, the ability to encode new events and recollect past events. Much of the research on episodic memory in AD has relied on lab-based memory tasks (e.g., word li…

Reduced temporal organization of narrative recall in adults with moderate-severe traumatic brain injury Open

Sharice Clough, Melissa J. Evans, Melissa C. Duff, Sarah Brown‐Schmidt · 2025

Narrative discourse impairments are well documented in individuals with moderate-severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). Studies of narrative discourse (i.e., story generation, story retelling) in this population have frequently focused on im…

Multiparty Communication: A New Direction in Characterizing the Impact of Traumatic Brain Injury on Social Communication Open

Sophia Kekes-Szabo, Sharice Clough, Sarah Brown‐Schmidt, Melissa C. Duff · 2025

Purpose: The purpose of this viewpoint is to advocate for increased study of common ground and audience design processes in multiparty communication in traumatic brain injury (TBI). Method: Building on discussions at the 2024 International…

Reduced Temporal Organization of Narrative Recall in Adults with Moderate-Severe Traumatic Brain Injury Open

Sharice Clough, Melissa J. Evans, Melissa C. Duff, Sarah Brown‐Schmidt · 2025

Narrative discourse impairments are well documented in individuals with moderate-severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). Studies of narrative discourse (i.e., story generation or story retelling) in this population have frequently focused on …

Reduced Temporal Organization of Narrative Recall in Adults with Moderate-Severe Traumatic Brain Injury Open

Sharice Clough, Melissa J. Evans, Melissa C. Duff, Sarah Brown‐Schmidt · 2025

Narrative discourse impairments are well documented in individuals with moderate-severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). Studies of narrative discourse (i.e., story generation or story retelling) in this population have frequently focused on …

Naming Ability in the Chronic Phase of Moderate–Severe Traumatic Brain Injury Open

Ryan A. McCurdy, Natalie V. Covington, Melissa C. Duff · 2024

Introduction: Naming difficulties are commonly reported in the acute and subacute stages of recovery of traumatic brain injury (TBI) and across severity levels. Previous studies, however, have used samples of mixed chronicity (acute and ch…

An Ecological Momentary Assessment and Intervention Tool for Memory in Chronic Traumatic Brain Injury: Development and Usability of Memory Ecological Momentary Intervention Open

Emily Morrow, Lyndsay A. Nelson, Melissa C. Duff, Lindsay S. Mayberry · 2024

Background Memory and learning deficits are among the most impactful and longest-lasting symptoms experienced by people with chronic traumatic brain injury (TBI). Despite the persistence of post-TBI memory deficits and their implications f…

Reduced on-line speech gesture integration during multimodal language processing in adults with moderate-severe traumatic brain injury: Evidence from eye-tracking Open

Sharice Clough, Sarah Brown‐Schmidt, Sun‐Joo Cho, Melissa C. Duff · 2024

We demonstrated evidence of reduced speech-gesture integration in participants with TBI relative to non-injured peers. This study advances our understanding of the communicative abilities of adults with TBI and could lead to a more mechani…

SMART-TBI: Design and Evaluation of the Social Media Accessibility and Rehabilitation Toolkit for Users with Traumatic Brain Injury Open

Yaxin Hu, Hajin Lim, Lisa Kakonge, J. Mitchell, Hailey Johnson , et al. · 2024

A Scoping Review on Conversational Memory and Characteristics of Conversations in Alzheimer’s Disease Open

Annick Tanguay, Sharice Clough, Ryan A. McCurdy, Victoria-Grace Padilla, Kaitlin Lord , et al. · 2024

Typical late-onset Alzheimer’s disease (AD) compromises episodic memory, the ability to recollect past events. Much of the research on episodic memory in AD has relied on lab-based memory tasks (e.g., word lists, short stories). It is uncl…

Evidence of Peripheral Vestibular Impairment Among Adults With Chronic Moderate–Severe Traumatic Brain Injury Open

Jessica Feller, Melissa C. Duff, Sharice Clough, Gary P. Jacobson, Richard A. Roberts , et al. · 2024

Purpose: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a leading cause of death and disability among adults in the United States. There is evidence to suggest the peripheral vestibular system is vulnerable to damage in individuals with TBI. However, the…

SMART-TBI: Design and Evaluation of the Social Media Accessibility and Rehabilitation Toolkit for Users with Traumatic Brain Injury Open

Yaxin Hu, Hajin Lim, Lisa Kakonge, J. Mitchell, Hailey Johnson , et al. · 2024

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) can cause a range of cognitive and communication challenges that negatively affect social participation in both face-to-face interactions and computer-mediated communication. In particular, individuals with TBI…

Comparing Functional Trend and Learning among Groups in Intensive Binary Longitudinal Eye-Tracking Data using By-Variable Smooth Functions of GAMM Open

Sun‐Joo Cho, Sarah Brown‐Schmidt, Sharice Clough, Melissa C. Duff · 2024

This paper presents a model specification for group comparisons regarding a functional trend over time within a trial and learning across a series of trials in intensive binary longitudinal eye-tracking data. The functional trend and learn…

Comprehension of Miranda warnings in adults with chronic, moderate-severe traumatic brain injury Open

J. Mitchell, Malcolm Edwards, Kimberly Walsh, Sarah Brown‐Schmidt, Melissa C. Duff · 2024

Individuals with chronic moderate-severe TBI underperform their non-injured peers on the Miranda Rights Comprehension Instruments, a tool used in legal settings when there is doubt about an individual's understanding of their Miranda right…

Memory for Conversation in Traumatic Brain Injury: A Feasibility Study and Preliminary Findings Open

Emily Morrow, Sarah Brown‐Schmidt, Melissa C. Duff · 2024

Purpose: Despite common clinical complaints about memory for conversation after traumatic brain injury (TBI), the nature and severity of this deficit are unknown. In this research note, we report feasibility and preliminary data from a new…

Attentional Orienting and Disfluency-Related Memory Boost Are Intact in Adults With Moderate–Severe Traumatic Brain Injury Open

Evgeniia Diachek, Sarah Brown‐Schmidt, Melissa C. Duff · 2024

Purpose: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is associated with a range of cognitive-communicative deficits that interfere with everyday communication and social interaction. Considerable effort has been directed at characterizing the nature and …

Sleep Disruption Persists and Relates to Memory Disability After Traumatic Brain Injury: A Cross-Sectional Study of Adults in the Chronic Phase of Injury Open

Emily Morrow, Melissa C. Duff · 2024

Objective: To examine sleep disruption in chronic traumatic brain injury (TBI) across 3 aims: (1) to examine differences in self-reported sleep disruption between adults with and without a chronic history of TBI; (2) to query reported chan…

Does Facebook Use Provide Social Benefits to Adults with Traumatic Brain Injury? Open

Catalina L. Toma, Juwon Hwang, Lisa Kakonge, Emily Morrow, Lyn S. Turkstra , et al. · 2024

Drawing on the social compensation hypothesis, this study investigates whether Facebook use facilitates social connectedness for individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI), a common and debilitating medical condition that often results …

Comprehension of Miranda Warnings In Adults with Chronic, Moderate-Severe Traumatic Brain Injury Open

J. W. Mitchell, Malcolm Edwards, Kimberly Walsh, Sarah Brown‐Schmidt, Melissa C. Duff · 2024

Keeping track of who knows what in multiparty conversation despite severe memory impairment Open

Si On Yoon, Melissa C. Duff, Sarah Brown‐Schmidt · 2023

Memory and Traumatic Brain Injury: Assessment and Management Practices of Speech-Language Pathologists Open

J. Mitchell, Natalie V. Covington, Emily Morrow, Michael de Riesthal, Melissa C. Duff · 2023

Purpose: Memory impairments are among the most commonly reported deficits and among the most frequent rehabilitation targets for individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI). Memory and learning are also critical for rehabilitation succes…

Memory for social media images following traumatic brain injury Open

Kaitlin Lord, Jordan Zimmerman, Melissa C. Duff, Sarah Brown‐Schmidt · 2023

These findings add to a growing literature on the potential benefits of social media use in individuals with TBI and point to the benefits of active engagement for memory in social media contexts in TBI.

Investigating Day-to-day Experiences with Conversational Agents by Users with Traumatic Brain Injury Open

Yaxin Hu, Hajin Lim, Hailey Johnson, Josephine M. O'Shaughnessy, Lisa Kakonge , et al. · 2023

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) can cause cognitive, communication, and\npsychological challenges that profoundly limit independence in everyday life.\nConversational Agents (CAs) can provide individuals with TBI with cognitive and\ncommunica…

Measurement of Sleep in Chronic Traumatic Brain Injury: Relationship Between Self-report and Actigraphy Open

Emily Morrow, Hannah Mattis-Roesch, Kimberly Walsh, Melissa C. Duff · 2023

Objective: To examine the relationship between self-report and actigraphy measurement of sleep in people with and without traumatic brain injury (TBI) by addressing 2 aims: (1) to assess the relationship between self-report and actigraphy …

How do Individuals With and Without Traumatic Brain Injury Interpret Emoji? Similarities and Differences in Perceived Valence, Arousal, and Emotion Representation Open

Sharice Clough, Annick Tanguay, Bilge Mutlu, Lyn S. Turkstra, Melissa C. Duff · 2023

Impaired facial affect recognition is common after traumatic brain injury (TBI) and linked to poor social outcomes. We explored whether perception of emotions depicted by emoji is also impaired after TBI. Fifty participants with TBI and 50…

Intact speech-gesture integration in narrative recall by adults with moderate-severe traumatic brain injury Open

Sharice Clough, Victoria-Grace Padilla, Sarah Brown‐Schmidt, Melissa C. Duff · 2023

Facial affect recognition in context in adults with and without TBI Open

Lyn S. Turkstra, Sam Hosseini-Moghaddam, Sophie Wohltjen, Sara V. Nurre, Bilge Mutlu , et al. · 2023

Introduction Several studies have reported impaired emotion recognition in adults with traumatic brain injury (TBI), but studies have two major design features that limit application of results to real-world contexts: (1) participants choo…

So, I Can Feel Normal: Participatory Design for Accessible Social Media Sites for Individuals with Traumatic Brain Injury Open

Hajin Lim, Lisa Kakonge, Yaxin Hu, Lyn S. Turkstra, Melissa C. Duff , et al. · 2023

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) can result in chronic sensorimotor, cognitive, psychosocial, and communication challenges that can limit social participation. Social media can be a useful outlet for social participation for individuals with T…

Emotion recognition of faces and emoji in individuals with moderate-severe traumatic brain injury Open

Sharice Clough, Emily Morrow, Bilge Mutlu, Lyn S. Turkstra, Melissa C. Duff · 2023

Because emotion representation is more ambiguous in emoji than human faces, studying emoji use and perception in TBI is an important consideration for understanding functional communication and social participation after brain injury.

The growing gap: A study of sleep, encoding, and consolidation of new words in chronic traumatic brain injury Open

Emily Morrow, Lindsay S. Mayberry, Melissa C. Duff · 2023

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