Assessing executive functions in post-stroke aphasia-utility of verbally based tests.

ABSTRACT: It is increasingly acknowledged that, often, patients with post-stroke aphasia not only have language impairments but also deficits in other cognitive domains (e.g. executive functions) that influence recovery and response to therapy. Many assessments of executive functions are verbally based and therefore usually not administered in this patient group. However, the performance of patients with aphasia in such tests might provide valuable insights both from a theoretical and clinical perspective. We aimed to elucidate (i) if verbal executive tests measure anything beyond the language impairment in patients with chronic post-stroke aphasia, (ii) how performance in such tests relates to performance in language tests and nonverbal cognitive functions, and (iii) the neural correlates associate

SUBMITTER: Schumacher R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9118101 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature