Researchers have sought to understand how language is processed in the brain, how brain
damage affects language abilities, and what can be expected during the recovery period …

Background Aphasia is an acquired language impairment following brain damage that
affects some or all language modalities: expression and understanding of speech, reading …

When people talk, they gesture. Gesture is a fundamental component of language that
contributes meaningful and unique information to a spoken message and reflects the …

Background: Brain research has documented that the cortical mechanisms for language and
action are tightly interwoven and, concurrently, new approaches to language therapy in …

Purpose This systematic review summarizes evidence for intensity of treatment and
constraint-induced language therapy (CILT) on measures of language impairment and …

Objective We conducted a randomized, double‐blind, placebo‐controlled, parallel‐group
study of both memantine and constraint‐induced aphasia therapy (CIAT) on chronic …

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

Purpose Recent evidence supports the benefit of intensive aphasia intervention programs
for people with chronic aphasia, yet it is unclear if all participants can expect positive …

Animal analogue studies show that damaged adult brains reorganize to accommodate
compromised functions. In the human arena, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) …

Functional recovery in response to a brain lesion, such as a stroke, can even occur years
after the incident and may be accelerated by effective rehabilitation strategies. In eleven …