摘要：Textual inferences are mental representations constructed by the reader, beginning with their own knowledge added to the explicit information which allows them to establish relations and associations to understand the implicit information in a message. One of the most-frequently used associations distinguishes logical (demanding logical reasoning and the process of deduction) and pragmatic inferences (demanding suggestion and calls on contextualization). Studies indicate co-activation of cerebral hemispheres to process the inferences into textual comprehension, with ample participation of all the cerebral lobes. The greater the demand for inferential reasoning, the greater the participation of the right hemisphere (RH). Individuals with brain lesions on the left (LH) and right hemispheres can present difficulties and, especially the latter, have difficulty in processing complex inferences.
