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University of Windsor

2015

Brain injury

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Prospective Memory Following Traumatic Brain Injury: A Meta-Analysis, Daniela Wong Gonzalez Oct 2015

Prospective Memory Following Traumatic Brain Injury: A Meta-Analysis, Daniela Wong Gonzalez

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Individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI) report frequent and significant prospective memory deficits (Shum et al., 2011). This study presents a review and meta-analyses on prospective memory and TBI; focusing on clarifying the true effect of prospective memory deficits, the influence of task demands on performance, and the relationship between prospective memory and other cognitive functions. The results revealed that the difference in prospective memory performance between TBI and control groups was large (d = 0.987, SE = 0.087), indicating that TBI patients have significantly lower prospective memory performance than matched controls. Subgroup analyses revealed that prospective memory was poorer …


Predictors Of Depression After Traumatic Brain Injury During Early And Late Recovery, Elmar Gardizi Oct 2015

Predictors Of Depression After Traumatic Brain Injury During Early And Late Recovery, Elmar Gardizi

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Cognitive, neurological, and psychosocial predictors of depression after TBI were investigated in an Early and a Late Recovery group. The Early Recovery group consisted of 80 participants who were 1.3 years removed from their TBI, while the Late Recovery Group consisted of 107 participants who were 10.1 years removed from their TBI. Participants were enrolled in the Southeastern Michigan Traumatic Brain Injury System (SEMTBIS). Depression was measured using the Brief Symptom Inventory Depression subscale. The cognitive domains that were assessed included attention, executive functioning, and memory. Injury severity was used as a measure of neurological damage while psychosocial variables of …