Exploring Sentence Processing in People with Aphasia in the Brazilian
Context Using Eye-Tracking
Abstract
Aphasia is characterized by language impairments and deficits in oral
expression and comprehension. Eye tracking is a promising technique to
investigate language processing in complex cases, like aphasia. A
paradigm supporting this idea demonstrates a temporal relationship
between language processing and gaze. In this work, we developed a new
resource to investigate auditory sentence processing by aphasic
individuals in the Brazilian context. The solution was based on the
application of a second version of a clinically validated method knownas
the Test for Reception of Grammar (TROG-2). A pilot was conducted by a
multidisciplinary team, where four individuals with aphasia, and four
individuals without aphasia, participated. The data analysis showed that
eye-tracking combined with the TROG-2 provides complementary information
of individual insights which would lead to more personalized and
assertive rehabilitation programs.