Expressive recall and recognition as complementary measures to assess novel word learning ability in aphasia

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ID21425474
AuthorsLara Navarrete-Orejudo (Universitat de Barcelona), Xim Cerda-Company, Guillem Olivé (0000-0002-8244-6369, Universitat Autonòma de Barcelona), Nadine Martin (0000-0002-4806-2388, Institut d'Investigació Biomédica de Bellvitge), Matti Laine (0000-0003-4529-4965, Åbo Akademi University), Antoni Rodrı́guez-Fornells (0000-0002-3249-6931, Åbo Akademi University), Antoni Rodríguez-Fornells, Claudia Peñaloza (0000-0003-1200-5936, Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume243
Pages105303
Publication date2023-08-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBrain and Language (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0093-934X • E-ISSN: 1090-2155
PublisherElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/j.bandl.2023.105303
PMID37453400
OpenAlexW4384163602
LanguageEN
References cited59

Novel word learning ability has been associated with language treatment outcomes in people with aphasia (PWA), and its assessment could inform prognosis and rehabilitation. We used a brief experimental task to examine novel word learning in PWA, determine the value of phonological cueing in assessing learning outcomes, and identify factors that modulate learning ability. Twelve PWA and nineteen healthy controls completed the task, and recall and recognition tests of learning ability. Most PWA showed comparable learning outcomes to those of the healthy controls. Learning assessed via expressive recall was more clearly evidenced with phonological cues. Better single word processing abilities and phonological short-term memory and higher integrity of the left inferior frontal gyrus were related to better learning performance. Brief learning tasks like this one are clinically feasible and hold promise as screening tools of verbal learning in PWA once validated and evaluated for their capacity to predict treatment outcomes

Aphasia · Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Linguistics · Recall · Task (project management) · Verbal learning · Vocabulary · Word learning · Language Development and Disorders · Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism · Neuroscience · Psychology · Reading and Literacy Development

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