The Neural and Behavioral Correlates of Anomia Recovery following Personalized Observation, Execution, and Mental Imagery Therapy: A Proof of Concept
Joint Authors
Durand, Edith
Berroir, Pierre
Ansaldo, Ana Inés
Source
Issue
Vol. 2018, Issue 2018 (31 Dec. 2018), pp.1-12, 12 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2018-08-01
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
12
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The impact of sensorimotor strategies on aphasia recovery has rarely been explored.
This paper reports on the efficacy of personalized observation, execution, and mental imagery (POEM) therapy, a new approach designed to integrate sensorimotor and language-based strategies to treat verb anomia, a frequent aphasia sign.
Two participants with verb anomia were followed up in a pre-/posttherapy fMRI study.
POEM was administered in a massed stimulation schedule, with personalized stimuli, resulting in significant improvement in both participants, with both trained and untrained items.
Given that the latter finding is rarely reported in the literature, the evidence suggests that POEM favors the implementation of a word retrieval strategy that can be integrated and generalized.
Changes in fMRI patterns following POEM reflect a reduction in the number of recruited areas supporting naming and the recruitment of brain areas that belong to the language and mirror neuron systems.
The data provide evidence on the efficacy of POEM for verb anomia, while pointing to the added value of combined language and sensorimotor strategies for recovery from verb anomia, contributing to the consolidation of a word retrieval strategy that can be better generalized to untrained words.
Future studies with a larger sample of participants are required to further explore this avenue.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Durand, Edith& Berroir, Pierre& Ansaldo, Ana Inés. 2018. The Neural and Behavioral Correlates of Anomia Recovery following Personalized Observation, Execution, and Mental Imagery Therapy: A Proof of Concept. Neural Plasticity،Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-12.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1210218
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Durand, Edith…[et al.]. The Neural and Behavioral Correlates of Anomia Recovery following Personalized Observation, Execution, and Mental Imagery Therapy: A Proof of Concept. Neural Plasticity No. 2018 (2018), pp.1-12.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1210218
American Medical Association (AMA)
Durand, Edith& Berroir, Pierre& Ansaldo, Ana Inés. The Neural and Behavioral Correlates of Anomia Recovery following Personalized Observation, Execution, and Mental Imagery Therapy: A Proof of Concept. Neural Plasticity. 2018. Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-12.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1210218
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1210218