Although language deficits are the primary area of weakness, people with poststroke
aphasia often experience challenges with nonlinguistic cognitive skills, including attention …

Introduction: Aphasia persists in about one third of the patients with left hemisphere stroke,
yet it is not known if it enhances the risk of dementia, beyond what results from any focal …

Purpose This study was designed to further elucidate the relationship between cognition
and aphasia, with a focus on attention. It was hypothesized that individuals with aphasia …

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and interactive eBook, online video segments, student practice activities and assessments, a …

Purpose The relationship between cognitive abilities and aphasia rehabilitation outcomes is
complex and remains poorly understood. This study investigated the influence of language …

Purpose In comparison to the large literature on moderate to severe aphasia, very little is
known about aphasia of the mildest severity and whether intervention may be warranted …

Background: Deficits of executive function (EF) have been proposed as all or part of the
underlying mechanisms of language impairment in at least some types of aphasia …

Background: The causal basis of the different patterns of language recovery following stroke
in bilingual speakers is not well understood. Our approach distinguishes the representation …

Purpose The purpose of this study was to improve our understanding of the language
characteristics of people with latent aphasia using measures that examined temporal (ie …

Aphasia is an acquired disorder caused by damage, most commonly due to stroke, to brain
regions involved in speech and language. While language impairment is the defining …