Assessment of linguistic and verbal short-term memory components of language abilities in aphasia.

ABSTRACT: Some current models of aphasia emphasize a role of short-term memory in the processing of language and propose that the language impairment in aphasia involves impairment to cognitive processes that activate and maintain representations of words over the time-period needed to support single word and multiple word tasks, including verbal span tasks. This paper reports normative data from 39 people with aphasia and 16 age-matched neurotypical controls on a test battery for aphasia that assesses effects of increased short-term/working memory load on word and sentence processing as well as effects of linguistic variations on verbal short-term memory abilities Two concepts are discussed that capture the unique potential of this test battery for research and clinical practice: specificity of dia

SUBMITTER: Martin N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6135249 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature