Left-hemispheric and right-hemispheric strokes have different characteristic symptoms; for instance, left-hemispheric stroke can cause aphasia, whereas right-hemispheric stroke is associated with ...

A stroke can be devastating, especially when it affects the ability to speak. For many stroke survivors, speech improves over ...

The arcuate fasciculus (AF), one of the brain’s axon highways, is present in both hemispheres, but it’s the left AF that is typically important for language. The study, of six four-year-olds who had ...

A new study shows how the brain reorganises itself in the first few months after a stroke to improve the ability to speak again. The findings will help researchers understand how functional networks ...