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Effects of diffuse axonal injury on speed of information processing following severe traumatic brain injury
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Felmingham, KL and Baguley, IJ and Green, AM, Effects of diffuse axonal injury on speed of information processing following severe traumatic brain injury, Neuropsychology, 18, (3) pp. 564-571. ISSN 0894-4105 (2004) [Refereed Article]
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DOI: doi:10.1037/0894-4105.18.3.564
Abstract
To test the hypothesis that slowed information processing in traumatic brain injury is related to diffuse
axonal injury (DAI), the authors compared 10 patients with predominant DAI (diffuse group) and
minimal DAI (mixed injury group) on the Symbol Digit Modalities Test, simple and choice reaction time,
Trail Making Tests A and B, and the Stroop Neuropsychological Screening Test. The diffuse group was
slower than the mixed injury and control groups on basic speed of processing tasks. This difference was
not apparent on complex speeded tasks once basic speed of processing was controlled for. The diffuse
group’s slower speed of processing was not accounted for by differences in injury severity, age, or time
postinjury. The diffuse group showed greater recovery over time.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
|---|---|
| Research Division: | Psychology |
| Research Group: | Biological psychology |
| Research Field: | Behavioural neuroscience |
| Objective Division: | Health |
| Objective Group: | Clinical health |
| Objective Field: | Clinical health not elsewhere classified |
| UTAS Author: | Felmingham, KL (Professor Kim Felmingham) |
| ID Code: | 72330 |
| Year Published: | 2004 |
| Web of Science® Times Cited: | 123 |
| Deposited By: | Psychology |
| Deposited On: | 2011-08-25 |
| Last Modified: | 2011-08-25 |
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