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ReviewBrain sciences2025

Navigating the Complexity of Bilingual Aphasia: Current Insights and Future Directions.

Marissa Russell-Meill, Manuel J Marte, Erin Carpenter, Swathi Kiran

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Review in Brain sciences, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. Article
  3. Broca's biases in modern aphasiology.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Marissa Russell-MeillCenter for Brain Recovery, Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, Boston University, 111 Cummington Mall, Boston, MA 02215, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9610-6832
Manuel J MarteCenter for Brain Recovery, Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, Boston University, 111 Cummington Mall, Boston, MA 02215, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1837-601X
Erin CarpenterCenter for Brain Recovery, Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, Boston University, 111 Cummington Mall, Boston, MA 02215, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7958-6803
Swathi KiranCenter for Brain Recovery, Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, Boston University, 111 Cummington Mall, Boston, MA 02215, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1586-8913

Funding

Research Supplement: Naturalistic Neuroimaging for Presurgical Language MappingR01DC020965 · NIDCD · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI Einat Liebenthal, Yanmei Tie · 2023 to 2026
$2.7M
Computational modeling of language impairment and control in bilingual individuals with post-stroke aphasia and neurodegenerative disordersR01DC020653 · NIDCD · BOSTON UNIVERSITY (CHARLES RIVER CAMPUS) · PI Swathi Kiran, RISTO MIIKKULAINEN · 2023 to 2026
$2.6M
Graduate Training at the Interface of Neuroscience, Optical Engineering and Data ScienceT32NS136080 · NINDS · BOSTON UNIVERSITY (CHARLES RIVER CAMPUS) · PI David A Boas, Jerry L Chen · 2024 to 2026
$661k
Bilingualism as a cognitive reserve factor: the behavioral and neural underpinnings of cognitive control in bilingual patients with aphasiaF31DC021385 · NIDCD · BOSTON UNIVERSITY (CHARLES RIVER CAMPUS) · PI CARPENTER, ERIN · 2023 to 2025
$77k
NIDCD NIH HHS F31 DC021385NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC020653NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC020965NINDS NIH HHS T32 NS136080
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bilingual aphasia is shaped by a dynamic interplay of neural, cognitive, linguistic, and experiential factors that influence both impairment and recovery. This review synthesizes current evidence on bilingual language organization, assessment, and treatment, emphasizing how individual language histories and cognitive systems contribute to variability in outcomes. We highlight the challenges of estimating pre-stroke proficiency, evaluating impairment across languages, and interpreting recovery patterns. Finally, we explore emerging technological directions while emphasizing that advances in machine learning, automated assessment, and neurotechnology must be developed with explicit attention to cultural responsiveness and equity to ensure benefits reach diverse multilingual populations.

Indexed as

aphasia recoverybilingual aphasiacross-language generalizationmachine learningneuroimagingneuromodulationstroke rehabilitationtreatment outcomes

Identifiers

PMID41008350
PMCPMC12467905

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