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2014

Cognitive control

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Error Awareness And Apathy In Moderate-To-Severe Traumatic Brain Injury, Dustin Michael Logan Jun 2014

Error Awareness And Apathy In Moderate-To-Severe Traumatic Brain Injury, Dustin Michael Logan

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Moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury (M/S TBI) is a growing public health concern with significant impact on the cognitive functioning of survivors. Cognitive control and deficits in awareness have been linked to poor recovery and rehabilitation outcomes. One way to research cognitive control is through awareness of errors using electroencephalogram and event-related potentials (ERPs). Both the error-related negativity and the post-error positivity components of the ERP are linked to error awareness and cognitive control processes. Attentional capacity and levels of apathy influence error awareness in those with M/S TBI. There are strong links between awareness, attention, and apathy. However, limited research …