Cognitive neuropsychological approaches in aphasia therapy

Neuropsychological Assessment of Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA)

: http://si p://pubs.as The goal of this article is to outline the utility of both language and non-language testing in making a diagnosis of logopenic, nonfluent/agrammatic, and semantic variant primary progressive aphasias PPA as well as delineate important behavioral and speech features that can be detected via clinical observation. We review speech/language presentations, non-language cogni...

An Information Processing or Cognitive Neuropsychological Approach to Understanding Aphasia: Diagram Making

Cognitive deficits associated with optic aphasia: Neuropsychological contribution to a differential diagnosis

Optic aphasia is characterized by a deficit in naming objects presented visually, as a result of left occipito-temporal lesion. It differs from other neuropsychological disorders due to the nature of the deficits and impairment of cognitive function. A 52 year-old patient, admitted after an episode of sub-acute infarction in the territory of the left posterior cerebral artery involving the temp...

Dopaminergic therapy in aphasia

BACKGROUND The dopaminergic system is involved in a wide range of cognitive functions including motor control, reward, memory, attention, problem-solving and learning. This has stimulated interest in investigating the potential of dopaminergic drugs as cognitive enhancers in aphasic patients. AIM To discuss the evidence for the use of dopaminergic agents in patients with aphasia. Levodopa (L-...

Cognitive stimulation therapy (CST): neuropsychological mechanisms of change.

BACKGROUND Cognitive stimulation therapy (CST) is an evidence-based psychosocial intervention for people with dementia consisting of 14 group sessions aiming to stimulate various areas of cognition. This study examined the effects of CST on specific cognitive domains and explored the neuropsychological processes underpinning any effects. METHODS A total of 34 participants with mild to moderat...