Neurobiology of Language Recovery in Aphasia: Natural History and Treatment-Induced Recovery

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of treatment for specific language deficits in people with aphasia. In addition to language and cognitive measures, changes in brain function will also be gathered before and after the treatment is administered in order to track any changes resulting from receiving treatment.

Inclusion Criteria: * Aphasia following a stroke * Stoke was at least 1 year ago * Medically stable * Right-handed * Normal or 'corrected to normal' vision and hearing * English as primary language * At least a high school education Exclusion Criteria: * History of neurological disease, head trauma, psychiatric disorders, alcoholism, or developmental speech, language, or learning disabilities