Anomic aphasia is a language disorder that involves difficulty finding or recalling the word a person wants to use. A person’s language comprehension, grammar, and fluency tend to remain intact.

Nichol Castro’s research focuses on word retrieval in aging adults, and in adults with language impairments. Word-finding difficulties, or anomia, is a common occurrence in aging, a pervasive symptom ...

Misunderstandings and lack of information about aphasia can cause people to draw conclusions about cognitive ability, such as in the situation with Joe Biden, who has a history of stuttering.

Greig de Zubicaray receives funding from the Australian Research Council and National Health and Medical Research Foundation. We’ve all experienced that moment mid-sentence when we just can’t find the ...

Sometimes in research, a smaller finding can open the door to big possibilities. Neuroscientists at the University of South Carolina (USC) and the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) have ...

After memory, language problems are the most common complaint that individuals and their families tell us about in our clinic. Here is a recent example: “With my wife, the problem started with words.

Action-movie star Bruce Willis is stepping away from acting after being diagnosed with the brain disorder called aphasia, his family said Wednesday. The condition affects about 2 million Americans, ...

People who've had strokes or traumatic brain injuries often live with aphasia: difficulty using language, both written and spoken. But music mostly originates in the undamaged hemisphere of the brain.