Assessing and mapping language, attention and executive multidimensional deficits in stroke aphasia.

ABSTRACT: There is growing awareness that aphasia following a stroke can include deficits in other cognitive functions and that these are predictive of certain aspects of language function, recovery and rehabilitation. However, data on attentional and executive (dys)functions in individuals with stroke aphasia are still scarce and the relationship to underlying lesions is rarely explored. Accordingly in this investigation, an extensive selection of standardized non-verbal neuropsychological tests was administered to 38 individuals with chronic post-stroke aphasia, in addition to detailed language testing and MRI. To establish the core components underlying the variable patients' performance, behavioural data were explored with rotated principal component analyses, first separately for the non-verbal

SUBMITTER: Schumacher R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6794940 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature