aphasia is prevalent in people following stroke, which can have a significant impact on the quality of life of the patients with stroke. one of the new methods for treatment of patients with aphasia is constraint‑induced aphasia therapy (ciat). the aim of this study was to investigate the efficacy of ciat on naming deficits in individuals with chronic aphasia. this study had a prospective, sing...

Most current models of word naming are restricted to processing monosyllabic words and pseudowords. This limitation stems from difficulties in representing the orthographic and phonological codes for words varying substantially in length. Sibley, Kello, Plaut, & Elman (2008) described an extension of the simple recurrent network architecture, called the sequence encoder, that learned orthograph...

The enhancement of cognitive function in healthy subjects by medication, training or intervention yields increasing political, social and ethical attention. In this paper facilitatory effects of single-pulse TMS and repetitive TMS on a simple picture naming task are presented. A significant shortening of picture naming latencies was observed after single-pulse TMS over Wernicke's area. The accu...

BACKGROUND The chosen method of speech assessment, including type of speech material, may affect speech judgement in children with cleft palate. AIM To assess the effect of different speech materials on speech judgement in 5-year-old children born with or without cleft palate, as well as the reliability of materials by means of intra- and inter-transcriber agreement of consonant transcription...

One challenge in dominant temporal lobe epilepsy surgery is to remove sufficient epileptogenic tissue without compromising post-operative language functioning. Pre-resection electrical stimulation mapping enables identification of language areas that can be spared from resection, and also provides a unique opportunity to investigate brain-language relationships. Visual object naming is the gold...

ABSrRACf TILDE is a multi-year research project exploring distributed computing in an environment where the primary computing engine consists of a cluster of UNIX·liket systems loosely coupled with high-speed local area networks. The goal of 'IU.DE is to extend UNIX to provide a transparent integration of local and remote facilities, allowing the user access to remote files and services without...

The Islamic conception of Jahiliyyah brings together the three most debated Muslim militant organizations our times, namely Al-Qaeda, State, and Taliban in terms their justification for violence. It is discussed here that despite significant differences political agendas, social cultural motives as well religious denominational affiliations, are hegemonic resort to notion while opposing non-Sha...