Abstract
This paper will report on visual search training for an aphasic patient with left brain damage, which resulted in an improvement in communication abilities. The subject's gaze was analyzed while she was looking at the screen, which was then examined to evaluate communication skills. Three months after the onset of aphasia, a lack of movement in the subject's gaze indicated a lack of understanding of the situation during communication settings, leading to a decrease in the understanding of nonverbal information. The gaze analysis revealed poor gaze movement, with the gaze point tending to stay in one location. The gaze search training resulted in an increase of gaze movement, and an improvement in the understanding and expression of non-verbal information through gaze analysis and communication settings. As a result of this visual task training, visual attention involved in the input process of non-verbal information improved, showing that there was an improvement in communication skills.
