Article: Cognitive treatments for aphasia: should we and can we help attention and working memory problems?

Article: New aphasia study findings have been reported from ...
Biotech Week;  December 24, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... signs of primary progressive aphasia (PPA). Many patients with ... revealed that he had a nonfluent aphasia with intact repetition and ... naming, and episodic and working memory. All assessments except episodic ... University of Florida (see also Aphasia). The researchers concluded ...

Article: Researchers from University of Navarra publish new studies and ...
Pain & Central Nervous System Week;  September 14, 2009 ;     700+ words ..."Progressive nonfluent aphasia (PNFA) is an early stage ... in Spain report (see also Aphasia). "To identify early neurodegeneration ... recruitment of attentional and working memory networks in the carriers indicative ... USA. Keywords: Spain, Aphasia, Atrophy, Central Nervous ...

Article: Aphasia
Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology;      700+ words ... ... different types of aphasia. Each has different ... great majority of aphasias are caused by damage ... Certain types of aphasia — called disconnection aphasias — are caused ... brain. Conduction aphasia results from damage ...

Article: Aphasia: New Health Risk For Blacks
Sun Reporter, The;  June 12, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Sun Reporter, The 06-12-2003 Aphasia -- which often hits persons who have ... doctors say. Few people know about aphasia, a condition that causes a language barrier ... fact that more people in the U.S. have aphasia than multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy ...

Article: Aphasia Center Offers Lifeline To East Bay Stroke ...
Oakland Post;  June 18, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... have strokes, many of them end up with aphasia. Imagine if suddenly you were unable ... you. That's what it's like to have aphasia. Never heard of it? Well, you're not alone. Most people don't know what aphasia is. There are more people in the United ...

Article: Aphasia disorder affects ability to use words.(Life - ...
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  June 7, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... both. Chances are you are suffering from aphasia, a communication disorder that affects ... spoken or written words. June is National Aphasia Awareness Month, and medical experts ... people in the United States suffer from aphasia. It's more common than Parkinson ...

Article: Aphasia center focuses first on understanding
The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  June 1, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... Bergen County, NJ) 06-01-2009 Aphasia center focuses first on understanding ... metropolitan area suffer from the brain disorder aphasia, but most people don't know what it ... fund-raiser on Sunday held by the Adler Aphasia Center in Maywood to kick off national ...