Research Article

Right Hemisphere Remapping of Naming Functions Depends on Lesion Size and Location in Poststroke Aphasia

Table 1

Demographic information for the aphasia group and control group. Standard deviations are shown in parentheses. There were no differences between the groups on age, sex, education, or handedness.

Aphasia groupControl group

Age (years)59.8 (10.1)58.7 (13.2)
Sex (male/female)26/1320/17
Education (years)16.4 (2.8)16.9 (2.6)
Handedness (right/left/ambidextrous/unknown)33/4/0/433/3/1/0
Time since stroke (months)52.9 (51.4)
WAB naming/word finding7.1 (2.5)
WAB auditory-verbal comprehension8.3 (1.5)
WAB repetition7.0 (2.5)
WAB spontaneous speech15.1 (4.9)