Publications of Benjamin Stahl

Stahl, B., Sittig, L., Milek, A., Gehrmann, F.-H., Lussana, M., Rizzonelli, M., … Kim, J. H. (2025). Childhood trauma may explain gains in relationship satisfaction after integrative couple therapy. Journal of Loss and Trauma. doi:10.1080/15325024.2025.2481408

Stahl, B., Becker, K., Kocyigit, K., Denzler, P., & Röder, P. (2024). Link between post-stroke psychopathology and scope-of-action awareness. Therapeutic Advances in Neurological Disorders, 17. doi:10.1177/17562864241282633

Stahl, B., Szymanski, M., Milek, A., Volkert, J., Gehrmann, F.-H., Lussana, M., … Kim, J. H. (2024). Exploring the long-term impact of working alliance in couple therapy: A waiting-list controlled 1-year follow-up study. Journal of Psychotherapy Integration. doi:10.1037/int0000341

Unger, N., Stahl, B., Darkow, R., Scholz, V., Weinmar, I., Schmidt, J., … Flöel, A. (2024). Transkranielle Gleichstromstimulation zur Verbesserung der Trainingseffektivität bei chronischer Aphasie nach Schlaganfall – Wie gelingt die Studienrekrutierung Betroffener? Der Nervenarzt, 95, 368–375.

Stahl, B. (2023). Beyond language deficits: Working alliance and resources as predictors of recovery from aphasia. Stroke, 54, 2208–2212.

RELEASE Collaboration, & Stahl, B. (2022). Precision rehabilitation for aphasia by patient age, sex, aphasia severity, and time since stroke? A prespecified, systematic review-based, individual participant data, network, subgroup meta-analysis. International Journal of Stroke, 17, 1067–1077.

Stahl, B., Millrose, S., Denzler, P., Lucchese, G., Jacobi, F., & Flöel, A. (2022). Intensive social interaction for treatment of poststroke depression in subacute aphasia: The CONNECT trial. Stroke, 53, 3530–3537.

Popescu, T., Stahl, B., Wiernik, B. M., Haiduk, F., Zemanek, M., Helm, H., … Fitch, W. T. (2022). Melodic Intonation Therapy for aphasia: A multi-level meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials and individual participant data. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1516, 76–84.

Stufano, A., Lucchese, G., Stahl, B., Grattagliano, I., Dassisti, L., Lovreglio, P., … Iavicoli, I. (2022). Impact of COVID-19 emergency on the psychological well-being of susceptible individuals. Scientific Reports, 12. doi:10.1038/s41598-022-15357-6

RELEASE Collaboration, & Stahl, B. (2022). Dosage, intensity and frequency of language therapy for aphasia: An individual participant data network meta-analysis. Stroke, 53, 956–967.

Doppelbauer, L., Mohr, B., Dreyer, F. R., Stahl, B., Büscher, V., & Pulvermüller, F. (2021). Long-term stability of short-term intensive language-action therapy in chronic aphasia: A 1-2 year follow-up study. Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair, 35, 861–870.

RELEASE Collaboration, & Stahl, B. (2021). Predictors of post-stroke aphasia recovery: A systematic review-informed individual participant data meta-analysis. Stroke, 52, 1778–1787.

Dreyer, F. R., Doppelbauer, L., Büscher, V., Arndt, V., Stahl, B., Lucchese, G., … Pulvermüller, F. (2021). Increased recruitment of domain general neural networks in language processing following Intensive Language-Action Therapy: fMRI evidence from people with chronic aphasia. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 30, 455–465.

Stahl, B., Gawron, B., Regenbrecht, F., Flöel, A., & Kotz, S. A. (2020). Formulaic language resources may help overcome difficulties in speech-motor planning after stroke. PLOS One, 15. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0233608

Lucchese, G., Flöel, A., & Stahl, B. (2020). A peptide link between HCMV infection, neuronal migration, and psychosis. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 11. doi:10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00349

RELEASE Collaboration, & Stahl, B. (2020). Communicating simply, but not too simply: Reporting of participants and speech and language interventions for aphasia after stroke. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 22, 302–312.

RELEASE Collaboration, & Stahl, B. (2020). RELEASE: A protocol for a systematic review-based, individual participant data, meta- and network meta-analysis of complex speech-language therapy interventions for stroke-related aphasia. Aphasiology, 34, 137–157.

Stahl, B., Darkow, R., von Podewils, V., Meinzer, M., Grittner, U., Reinhold, T., … Flöel, A. (2019). Transcranial direct current stimulation to enhance training effectiveness in chronic post-stroke aphasia: A randomized controlled trial protocol. Frontiers in Neurology, 10. doi:10.3389/fneur.2019.01089

Lucchese, G., Flöel, A., & Stahl, B. (2019). Cross-reactivity as a mechanism linking infections to stroke. Frontiers in Neurology, 10. doi:10.3389/fneur.2019.00469

Stahl, B., Mohr, B., Büscher, V., Dreyer, F. R., Lucchese, G., & Pulvermüller, F. (2018). Efficacy of intensive aphasia therapy in patients with chronic stroke: A randomised controlled trial. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, 89, 586–592.