Study Status: Recruiting
Recruit Status: Recruiting
Study Type: Interventional
Official Title: Theory-Driven Treatment of Language and Cognitive Processes in Aphasia
Brief Summary:
The aim of this research is to translate a theory of the cognitive relationship between verbal short--term memory (STM) and word processing impairments in aphasia to treatment approaches for language impairment in aphasia. It has been proposed that the co-occurrence of these impairments is due to a disruption of cognitive processes that support both abilities: maintenance of activated semantic and phonological representations of words, hereafter the 'activation--maintenance hypothesis'.
This hypothesis will be tested in the context of a treatment approach that aims to improve word processing and verbal STM abilities.