How to engage the right brain hemisphere in aphasics without even singing: Evidence for two paths of speech recovery

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue FEB, 2013, Pages

  Stahl, Benjamin ^a   Henseler, Ilona ^a   Turner, Robert ^a   Geyer, Stefan ^a   Kotz, Sonja A ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Formulaic language; Left perilesional brain regions; Left hemispheric stroke; Melodic intonation therapy; Non fluent aphasia; Rhythmic speech; Right corticostriatal brain areas; Singing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APHASIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PHONATION; PITCH; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SINGING; SPEECH; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST; SPEECH THERAPY; STROKE PATIENT;

EID: 84933672066     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00035     Document Type: Article

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