Achieving conversational success in aphasia by focusing on non-linguistic cognitive skills: A potentially promising new approach
| Autor: | Gail Ramsberger |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
| Předmět: |
Linguistics and Language
media_common.quotation_subject Cognition LPN and LVN Executive functions behavioral disciplines and activities Language and Linguistics nervous system diseases Variety (cybernetics) Developmental psychology Neurology Otorhinolaryngology Functional Communication Aphasia Developmental and Educational Psychology medicine Neurology (clinical) Cognitive skill medicine.symptom Psychology Function (engineering) Cognitive psychology media_common |
| Zdroj: | Aphasiology. 19:1066-1073 |
| ISSN: | 1464-5041 0268-7038 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/02687030544000254 |
| Popis: | Background : Recent reports from a variety of labs have demonstrated that some patients with aphasia have concomitant non-linguistic cognitive compromises, especially in the area of attention/executive functions. Recent findings also suggest that attention/executive functions may play an important role in the conversational success of persons with aphasia. Aims : This paper provides a review of recent work being carried out in a number of centres having to do with treatment of attention/executive function problems in persons with aphasia. Main Contribution : Although results of the studies reviewed herein must be interpreted with caution, there is growing support for the notion that attention/executive function skills in persons with aphasia are remediable, and that there is an important relationship between attention/executive function and functional communication in people with aphasia. The results suggest that treatment of attention/executive function in aphasia—even in people many years post-onset—may... |
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