Although verbal deficits are major concerns for individuals following an acquired brain injury (ABI), behavior-analytic research on language training in neurorehabilitation settings is extremely limited. The purpose of the current study was to systematically replicate the work of Sundberg et al. (1990) in which the authors evaluated the acquisition and functional interdependence of verbal operants for adults following ABI. We used slightly modified procedures (e.g., inclusion of high preference activities, progressive prompt delay) and compared acquisition rates of tacts, mands, and intraverbals with three adult ABI survivors. We also assessed if directly training one verbal operant led to the emergence of untrained, topographically similar verbal operants. Contrary to Sundberg et al., we found mand training was successful for all participants and led to the greatest amount of transfer under tact conditions, and we offer potential explanations for our differing results.

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获得性脑损伤后言语操作的康复

尽管语言缺陷是获得性脑损伤 (ABI) 后个人的主要问题，但对神经康复环境中语言训练的行为分析研究极为有限。当前研究的目的是系统地复制 Sundberg 等人的工作。(1990) 其中作者评估了 ABI 后成人语言操作的习得和功能相互依赖。我们使用了稍微修改的程序（例如，包括高偏好活动、渐进式提示延迟），并与三名成年 ABI 幸存者比较了机智、命令和语言的获得率。我们还评估了直接训练一种语言操作是否会导致出现未经训练的、地形相似的语言操作。与 Sundberg 等人相反，