The Impact of Aphasia on Working Memory in Bilingual Adults

Abstract

Sixteen participants between the ages of 26 and 91 were included in this study (mean age for women was 61.3; men was 52.8). Eight participants were non-aphasic bilingual adults, the remaining 8 participants were bilingual aphasic adults. Results suggest that the impact of bilingualism on WM for aphasic adults may be similar to what has been observed for monolingual aphasic individuals.