Evidence from aphasia suggests a bidirectional relationship between inner speech and executive function.

ABSTRACT: Research over the past several decades has revealed that non-linguistic cognitive impairments can appear alongside language deficits in individuals with aphasia. One vulnerable cognitive domain is executive function, an umbrella term for the higher-level cognitive processes that allow us to direct our behavior towards a goal. Studies in healthy adults reveal that executive function abilities are supported by inner speech, the ability to use language silently in one's head. Therefore, inner speech may mediate the connection between language and executive function deficits in individuals with aphasia. Here, we investigated whether inner speech ability may link language and cognitive impairments in 59 adults with chronic, post-stroke aphasia. We used two approaches to measure inner speech: on

SUBMITTER: Fama ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11527588 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature