Mapping spoken language and cognitive deficits in post-stroke aphasia.

ABSTRACT: 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 symptom of aphasia, the co-occurrence of non-language cognitive deficits and their importance in predicting rehabilitation and recovery outcomes is well documented. However, people with aphasia (PWA) are rarely tested on higher-order cognitive functions, making it difficult for studies to associate these functions with a consistent lesion correlate. Broca's area is a particular brain region of interest that has long been implicated in speech and language production. Contrary to classic models of speech and language, cumulative evidence shows that Broca's area and surrounding regions in the left inferior frontal cortex (LI

SUBMITTER: Akkad H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10275719 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature