Relationships between frontal executive functions and language processing: Implications for aphasia rehabilitation

Models such as those proposed by Gullapalli and Gelfand (1995) serve to highlight the complexities of frontal executive functioning. Previous lesion studies have implied frontal-subcortical loops for both frontal executive functioning and language processing. Nicholas (2003) has also suggested that the assessment of frontal executive functioning will be useful in determining the appropriate of various types aphasic treatments for patients with language impairment. Of particular interest to the present paper, the nature of the relationship between frontal executive functioning and language processing will be explored with special attention paid to its implication for rehabilitation of patients with language impairments.link_to_subscribed_fulltex