Nearly 20% of stroke victims are under 55, compared with fewer than 13% in the early 1990s, according to a 2012 study. Read the article and watch the video on The Wall Street Journal‘s website.

Rapp Lab featured in the Spring 2013 issue of Arts & Sciences Magazine. View the article on the A&S Magazine website.

A common long-term consequence of stroke is aphasia: difficulty using and comprehending language. New research, however, suggests that the brain is flexible enough to regain lost language abilities even years after a stroke—and that, instead of slowly building up language abilities, starting with the hardest tasks may provide the most benefit.

Cynthia Thompson, a world-renowned researcher on stroke and brain damage, discussed her groundbreaking research on aphasia and the neurolinguistic systems it affects at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). An estimated 1 million Americans suffer from aphasia, affecting their ability to understand and/or produce spoken and/or written language....