Cognitive deficits can be present in people with aphasia and may affect their language abilities. Neuroimaging research suggests a correlation between the activation of brain regions responsible for executive functions and language recovery in aphasia. Considering the critical role of executive functions in language rehabilitation and the inconsistencies reported in previous findings, the present study aimed to characterize the executive function profiles of individuals with Broca's aphasia. Thirty individuals with Broca's aphasia and 30 healthy controls were examined using the Western Aphasia Battery (WAB) and the Delis-Kaplan Executive Function System (D-KEFS). D-KEFS subtests, including Trail Making, Design Fluency, Sorting, Tower, and Proverb, were used were used to assess problem-solving, creativity, inhibition, concept formation, cognitive shifting, spatial planning, rule learning, and cognitive set maintenance. Individuals with Broca's aphasia performed significantly lower than healthy controls on all tests, demonstrating greater difficulty in specific executive function domains. These results indicate a strong correlation between Broca's aphasia and executive functions.

Keywords: Broca’s aphasia; D-KEFS; aphasia; executive functions; language abilities.

认知缺陷可以在患有失语症的人群中出现，并可能影响他们的语言能力。神经影像学研究发现，负责执行功能的大脑区域的激活与失语症的语言恢复之间存在相关性。鉴于执行功能在语言康复中的关键作用以及之前研究结果的一致性问题，本研究旨在描述布罗卡区失语症患者（Broca's aphasia）的执行功能特征。使用西方失语症评估量表（WAB）和Delis-Kaplan执行功能系统（D-KEFS），对30名患有布罗卡区失语症的人以及30名健康对照组进行了测试。D-KEFS子测验，包括追踪、设计流畅性、分类、塔楼、谚语等，用于评估问题解决能力、创造力、抑制力、概念形成、认知转换、空间规划、规则学习和认知集维持等方面的能力。患有布罗卡区失语症的人在所有测试中的表现均显著低于健康对照组，在特定的执行功能领域表现出更大的困难。这些结果表明，布罗卡区失语症与执行功能之间存在很强的相关性。

关键词： 布罗卡区失语症；D-KEFS；失语症；执行功能；语言能力。