ReviewSeminars in speech and language2017
Short-Term and Working Memory Treatments for Improving Sentence Comprehension in Aphasia: A Review and a Replication Study.
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- Mapping the neural patterns of verbal repetition: an activation likelihood estimation meta-analysis.Brain structure & function · 2026Pooled it
- Developing Cognitive Control Training for Aphasia: Insights From Treatment Theory and Enablement Theory.Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation · 2026Review
- Modulating Phonological Short-Term Memory in Stroke Survivors With Aphasia Using Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation.Neurorehabilitation and neural repair · 2026Article
- Targeting Executive Function and Language Impairments with tACS Combined with Behavioral Intervention in Primary Progressive Aphasia: A Case-Series, Pilot Investigation.Brain sciences · 2025Article
- Structural Priming Treatment in Aphasia: The Role of Lexical and Abstract Syntactic Representations.American journal of speech-language pathology · 2025Article
- Executive Functions Training Improves Language Abilities in Aphasia Rehabilitation: A Systematic Review.Journal of personalized medicine · 2025Review
- Home-Based Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in Primary Progressive Aphasia: A Pilot Study.Brain sciences · 2024Article
- Targeted neurorehabilitation strategies in post-stroke aphasia.Restorative neurology and neuroscience · 2023Review
- What is Functional Communication? A Theoretical Framework for Real-World Communication Applied to Aphasia Rehabilitation.Neuropsychology review · 2022Review
- Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation and Working Memory Training to Address Language Impairments in Aphasia: A Case Study.Behavioural neurology · 2021Article
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- Developing, Implementing, and Improving Assessment and Treatment Fidelity in Clinical Aphasia Research.American journal of speech-language pathology · 2020Article
- Short-term memory span in aphasia: Insights from speech-timing measures.Journal of neurolinguistics · 2018Article
- Sentence Processing in Aphasia: An Examination of Material-Specific and General Cognitive Factors.Journal of neurolinguistics · 2018Article
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Abstract
Although the roles of verbal short-term and working memory on spoken sentence comprehension skills in persons with aphasia have been debated for many years, the development of treatments to mitigate verbal short-term and working memory deficits as a way of improving spoken sentence comprehension is a new avenue in treatment research. In this article, we review and critically appraise this emerging evidence base. We also present new data from five persons with aphasia of a replication of a previously reported treatment that had resulted in some improvement of spoken sentence comprehension in a person with aphasia. The replicated treatment did not result in improvements in sentence comprehension. We forward recommendations for future research in this, admittedly weak at present, but important clinical research avenue that would help improve our understanding of the mechanisms of improvement of short-term and working memory training in relation to sentence comprehension.
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