A comparative analysis of executive functions in Broca's aphasia and healthy adults.

IF 1.5 4区心理学 Q4 CLINICAL NEUROLOGY

Applied Neuropsychology-Adult Pub Date : 2025-06-10 DOI:10.1080/23279095.2025.2515127

Dana Irani, Mehdi Purmohammad, Shabnam Abbasian

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Abstract

Cognitive deficits can be present in people with aphasia and may affect their language abilities. Neuroimaging research suggests a correlation between the activation of brain regions responsible for executive functions and language recovery in aphasia. Considering the critical role of executive functions in language rehabilitation and the inconsistencies reported in previous findings, the present study aimed to characterize the executive function profiles of individuals with Broca's aphasia. Thirty individuals with Broca's aphasia and 30 healthy controls were examined using the Western Aphasia Battery (WAB) and the Delis-Kaplan Executive Function System (D-KEFS). D-KEFS subtests, including Trail Making, Design Fluency, Sorting, Tower, and Proverb, were used were used to assess problem-solving, creativity, inhibition, concept formation, cognitive shifting, spatial planning, rule learning, and cognitive set maintenance. Individuals with Broca's aphasia performed significantly lower than healthy controls on all tests, demonstrating greater difficulty in specific executive function domains. These results indicate a strong correlation between Broca's aphasia and executive functions.

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布洛卡失语症与健康成人执行功能的比较分析。

失语症患者可能存在认知缺陷，并可能影响他们的语言能力。神经影像学研究表明，失语症患者负责执行功能的大脑区域的激活与语言恢复之间存在相关性。考虑到执行功能在语言康复中的重要作用和先前研究结果的不一致，本研究旨在描述Broca失语症患者的执行功能特征。采用西方失语症量表（WAB）和Delis-Kaplan执行功能系统（D-KEFS）对30例Broca失语症患者和30例健康对照者进行了测试。D-KEFS子测试包括Trail Making、Design流畅性、Sorting、Tower和谚语，用于评估问题解决、创造力、抑制、概念形成、认知转移、空间规划、规则学习和认知集维护。布洛卡失语症患者在所有测试中的表现都明显低于健康对照组，在特定的执行功能领域表现出更大的困难。这些结果表明，布洛卡失语症与执行功能之间存在很强的相关性。

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Applied Neuropsychology-Adult CLINICAL NEUROLOGY-PSYCHOLOGY

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134

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