Background and Purpose— Recent research suggests that increased left hemisphere cortical
activity, primarily of the left frontal cortex, is associated with improved naming performance …

In most cases, aphasia is caused by strokes involving the left hemisphere, with more extensive
damage typically being associated with more severe aphasia. The classical model of …

Aphasia, impairment of language after stroke or other neurological insult, is a common and
often devastating condition that affects nearly every social activity and interaction. Behavioral …

A recent study by our group revealed a strong relationship between functional brain changes
in the left hemisphere and anomia treatment outcome in chronic stroke patients (N=26) with …

Patients with left hemisphere damage and concomitant aphasia usually have difficulty
repeating others' speech. Although impaired speech repetition, the primary symptom of …

Importance Aphasia is a debilitating language disorder for which behavioral speech therapy
is the most efficient treatment, but therapy outcomes are variable and full recovery is not …

Background and Purpose— Previous evidence suggests that anodal transcranial direct
current stimulation (A-tDCS) applied to the left hemisphere can improve aphasic participants' …

… Author links open overlay panel Chris Rorden a , Julius Fridriksson a , Hans-Otto Karnath b …

Background and Purpose— Several recent studies have revealed modulation of the left
frontal lobe speech areas not only during speech production but also for speech perception. …

Spatial normalization reshapes an individual's brain to match the shape and size of a
template image. This is a crucial step required for group-level statistical analyses. The most …