Model-driven aphasia therapy


02/2003- 01/2006             Model-driven aphasia therapy for lexical disorders

PhD thesis at the RWTH Aachen University (supervised by Walter Huber), supported by the German National Merit Foundation, with visits at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and MPI Nijmegen.

Publications/cooperators:
  • Abel, S. (2007). Modellgeleitete Aphasietherapie bei lexikalischen Störungen. Konnektionistische Diagnostik in der Benenntherapie. Dissertation, RWTH Aachen: Shaker Verlag. ISBN: 978-3-8322-6560-1 . https://www.shaker.de/de/content/catalogue/index.asp?lang=de&ID=8&ISBN=978-3-8322-6560-1
  • Abel, S., Huber, W., & Dell, G. S. (2004). Connectionist diagnosis of lexical processing in aphasia: comparing a single- versus a dual-route model of repetition. Brain and Language, 91, 152f. Academy of Aphasia, Chicago. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bandl.2004.06.079
  • Abel, S., Grande, M., Huber, W., Willmes, K., & Dell, G.S. (2005). Using a connectionist model in aphasia therapy for naming disorders. Brain and Language, 95, 102-104. Academy of Aphasia, Amsterdam. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bandl.2005.07.056
  • Abel, S., Willmes, K., & Huber, W. (2007). Diagnostik und Therapie in einem konnektionistischen Modell. Aphasie und verwandte Gebiete, 2, 13-27. (Request HERE)
  • Abel, S., Willmes, K., & Huber, W. (2007). Model-oriented naming therapy. Testing predictions of a connectionist model. Aphasiology, 21, 411-447. https://doi.org/10.1080/0268703070119268
  • Abel, S., Huber, W., & Dell, G. S. (2009). Connectionist diagnosis of lexical disorders in aphasia. Aphasiology, 23 (11), 1353-1378. http://doi.org/ 10.1080/02687030903022203