Semantic Feature Verification: Adults with Stroke-Aphasia and Neurologically-Healthy Adults

Analysis of abstract and concrete word processing in persons with aphasia and age-matched neurologically healthy adults using fMRI.

The concreteness effect occurs in both normal and language-disordered populations. Research suggests that abstract and concrete concepts elicit differing neural activation patterns in healthy young adults, but this is undocumented in persons with aphasia (PWA). Three PWA and three age-matched controls were scanned using fMRI while processing abstract and concrete words. Consistent with current ...

Correction: Kidney dysfunction and cerebral microbleeds in neurologically healthy adults

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Kidney dysfunction and cerebral microbleeds in neurologically healthy adults

INTRODUCTION Cerebral microbleed (CMB) is a potent risk factor for overt cerebrovascular disease. Although some studies indicated the possible role of renal dysfunction as a risk factor of CMB, the findings could not be generalized. This study aimed to investigate the association between renal dysfunction and cerebral microbleed (CMB) in neurologically healthy adults. MATERIALS AND METHODS A ...

Using fMRI to investigate speech production in healthy adults and patients with post-stroke aphasia

Running head: ACCENT IDENTIFICATION BY ADULTS WITH APHASIA Accent identification by adults with aphasia

The UK is a diverse society where individuals regularly interact with speakers with different accents. Whilst there is a growing body of research on the impact of speaker accent on comprehension in people with aphasia, there is none which explores their ability to identify accents. This study investigated the ability of this group to identify the geographical origins of a speaker. Age-matched p...