Speech and language therapy can be an effective tool in improving language in post-stroke
aphasia. Despite an increasing literature on the efficacy of language therapies, there is a …

Abstract See Thompson and Woollams (doi: 10.1093/brain/awx264) for a scientific
commentary on this article. Previous research with aphasic patients has shown that picture …

A major objective in post-stroke aphasia research is to gain a deeper understanding of
neuroplastic mechanisms that drive language recovery, with the ultimate goal of enhancing …

Background: Studies on anomia treatment in semantic dementia demonstrate that re-
learning is possible, but maintenance and generalisation of improvements are limited …

The same language symptom might arise at different functional loci in people with aphasia.
Therefore, it is plausible that different therapeutic interventions should be adopted to …

The treatment of aphasias—acquired language disorders—caused by stroke and other
neurological conditions has benefitted from insights from neuroscience and …

Translational neuroscience is a multidisciplinary field that aims to bridge the gap between
basic science and clinical practice. Regarding aphasia rehabilitation, there are still several …

Language recovery after stroke depends on (1) mechanisms underlying spontaneous
recovery, subsumable under the rubric of reactive neuroplasticity, and (2) normal learning …

Abstract Language impairment, or aphasia, is a disabling symptom that affects at least one
third of individuals after stroke. Some affected individuals will spontaneously recover partial …

Introduction Learning capacity may influence an individual's response to aphasia
rehabilitation. However, investigations into the relationship between novel word learning …