Publications

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Cognitive/Linguistic Processes in Aphasia

1. Christensen, S. C., Wright, H. H., & Ratiu, I. (2018). Working memory and aphasia: Peeling the onion. Journal of Neurolinguistics, 48, 117-132. http://DOI.ORG/10.1016/j.jneuroling.2018.02.001

2. Kintz, S., & Wright, H. H. (2017). Discourse measurement in aphasia research. Aphasiology. DOI: 10.1080/02687038.2017.1398807

3. Henderson, A., Kim, H., Kintz, S., Frisco, N., & Wright, H. H. (2017). Working memory in aphasia: Considering discourse processing and treatment implications. Seminars in Speech and Language, 38, 40-51.

4. Henderson, A., & Wright, H. H. (2016). Lexical ambiguity resolution using discourse contexts in persons with and without aphasia. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 25, S839-S853. DOI: 10.1044/2016_AJSLP-15-0137

5. Kintz, S. Wright, H. H., & Fergadiotis, G. (2016). Semantic knowledge use in discourse produced by adults with anomic aphasia. Aphasiology, 30, 1012-1025. DOI: 10.1080/02687038.2015.1081140

6. Fergadiotis, G., & Wright, H. H. (2016). Modeling confrontation naming and discourse performance in aphasia. Aphasiology, 30, 364-380. DOI: 10.1080/02687038.2015.1067288

7. Christensen, S. C., & Wright, H. H. (2014). Quantifying the effort of individuals with aphasia invest in working memory tasks through heart rate variability. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 23, S361-S371.

8. Fergadiotis, G., Wright, H. H., & West, T. M. (2013). Measuring lexical diversity in narrative discourse from people with aphasia. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 22, S397-S408.

9. Wright, H. H., & Capilouto, G. J. (2012). Considering a multi-level approach to understanding maintenance of global coherence in adults with aphasia. Aphasiology, 26, 656-672.

10. Wright, H. H., & Fergadiotis, G. (2012). Conceptualising and measuring working memory and its relationship to aphasia. Aphasiology, 26, 258-278.

11. Wright, H. H. (2011). Discourse in aphasia: An introduction to current research and future directions. Aphasiology, 25, 1283-1285.

12. Fergadiotis, G., & Wright, H. H. (2011). Lexical diversity for adults with and without aphasia across discourse elicitation tasks. Aphasiology, 25, 1414-1430.

13. MacWhinney, B., Fromm, D., Holland, A. Forbes, M., & Wright, H.  (2010). Automated analyses of the Cinderella story.  Aphasiology, 24, 856-868.

14. Christensen, S. C., & Wright, H. H. (2010). Verbal and non-verbal working memory and aphasia: What three n-back tasks reveal. Aphasiology, 24, 752-762.

15. Cranfill, T. B., & Wright, H. H. (2010). Importance of Health-related Quality of Life for Persons with Aphasia, Their Significant Others, and SLPs:  Who Do We Ask? Aphasiology, 24, 957-968.

16. Capilouto, G. J., Wright, H. H. (2009). Scripting information components to improve narrative discourse performance. Journal of Medical Speech-Language Pathology, 17 (2), 99-110.

17. Rider, J. D., Wright, H. H., Marshall, R. C., & Page, J. L. (2008). Using semantic features analysis to improve contextual discourse in adults with aphasia. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 17, 161-172.

18. Marshall, R. C., & Wright, H. H. (2007). A clinical friendly aphasia test. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 16, 295-315.

19. Wright, H. H., Downey, R., Gravier, M., Love, T., & Shapiro, L. (2007). Processing distinct linguistic information types in working memory in aphasia. Aphasiology, 21(6), 802 – 813.

20. Wright, H.H., Marshall, R., Wilson, K., & Page, J. (2007). Using a written cueing hiearchy to improve verbal naming in aphasia. Aphasiology,22(5), 522-536.

21. Capilouto, G., Wright, H.H., & Wagovich, S. (2006). Reliability of main event measurement in the discourse of individuals with aphasia.Aphasiology, 20(2/3/4), 205-216.

22. Wright, H. H., & Shisler, R. (2005). Working memory in aphasia: Theory, measures, and clinical implications. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 14, 107-118.

23. Wright, H. H., & Newhoff, M. (2004). Inference revision processing in adults with and without aphasia. Brain and Language, 89(3), 450-463.

24. Wright, H.H., Silverman, S., & Newhoff, M. (2003). Measures of lexical diversity in aphasia. Aphasiology, 17(5), 443-452.
Discourse Process Across the Adult Lifespan

1. Kintz, S., & Wright, H. H. (2017). Semantic knowledge use in discourse: Influence of age. Discourse Processes, 54, 670-681. DOI: 10.1080/0163853X.2016.1150652

2. Ellis, C., Henderson, A., Wright, H. H., & Rogalski, Y. (2016). Global coherence during discourse production in adults: A review of the literature. International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 51,359-367.  DOI: 10.1111/1460-6984.12213

3. Capilouto, G. J., Wright, H. H., & Maddy, K. M. (2016). Microlinguistic processes that contribute to the ability to relay main events: Influence of age. Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition, 23, 445-463. DOI: 10.1080/13825585.2015.1118006

4. Fergadiotis, G., Wright, H. H., & Green, S. (2015). Psychometric evaluation of lexical diversity indices: Assessing length effects. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 58, 840-852.

5. Wright, H. H., Koutsoftas, A., Capilouto, G. J., & Fergadiotis, G. (2014). Global coherence in younger and older adults: Influence of cognitive processes and discourse type. Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition, 2, 174-196.

6. Wright, H. H., Capilouto, G. J., & Koutsoftas, A. (2013). Evaluating measures of global coherence ability in stories in adults. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 48, 249-256.

7. Willis, C. L., Capilouto, G. J., & Wright, H. H. (2012). Attention and off-topic speech in the recounts of middle-aged and elderly adults: A pilot investigation. Contemporary Issues in Communication Science and Disorders, 39, 105-113.

8. Fergadiotis, G., Wright, H. H., & Capilouto, G. J. (2011). Productive Vocabulary across Discourse Types. Aphasiology, 25, 1261-1278.

9. Wright, H. H., Capilouto, G. J., Srinivasan, C., & Fergadiotis, G. (2011). Story processing ability in cognitively healthy younger and older adults.Journal of Speech, Language, Hearing Research, 54, 900-917.

10. Wright, H.H. & Capilouto, G. (2009). Manipulating task instructions to change narrative discourse performance. Aphasiology, 23(10), 1295-1308.

11. Capilouto, G. J., Wright, H. H., & Wagovich, S. A. (2005). CIU and Main Event Analyses of the Structured Discourse of Older and Younger Adults.Journal of Communication Disorders, 38, 431-444.

12. Wright, H.H., Capilouto, G., Wagovich, S., Cranfill, T., & Davis, J. (2005). Development and reliability of a quantitative measure of adults’ narratives. Aphasiology, 19(3/4/5), 263-273.

13. Wright, H. H., & Newhoff, M. (2002). Age-related differences in inference revision processing. Brain and Language, 80, 226-239.8.