An Examination of Strategy Implementation During Abstract Nonlinguistic Category Learning in Aphasia.
An Examination of Strategy Implementation During Abstract Nonlinguistic Category Learning in Aphasia.
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10.1044/2015_jslhr-l-14-0257
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2015-08-01
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Kiran S
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Vallila-Rohter S;Kiran S
To study strategy use during nonlinguisitic category learning in aphasia. Twelve non-aphasic controls and 53 patients with aphasia (PWA) completed a computerized feedback-based category learning task comprising of training and testing phases. Accuracy rates of categorization in testing phases were calculated. To evaluate strategy use, strategy analyses were conducted over training and testing phases. Participant data was compared with model data that simulated complex multi-cue (OMC), single feature (SF) and random pattern (RP) strategies. Learning success and strategy use were evaluated within the context of standardized cognitive-linguistic assessments. Categorization accuracy was higher among control participants than among individuals with aphasia. The majority of control participants implemented suboptimal or optimal multi-cue and single feature strategies by testing phases of the experiment. In contrast, a large subgroup of individuals with aphasia implemented random patterns, or no strategy, during both training and testing phases of the experiment. Person-to-person variability arises not only in category learning ability, but in the strategies implemented to complete category learning tasks. PWA less frequently developed effective strategies during category learning tasks than controls. Certain PWA may have impairments of strategy development or feedback processing not captured by language and currently probed cognitive abilities.