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Processing speed and its association with working memory and episodic memory 3-6 months after pediatric mild traumatic brain injury.
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Brain Injury . 2024, Vol. 38 Issue 11, p928-937. 10p. - Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Following mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), children show reduced processing speed (PS). Evidence suggests that slowed PS after TBI is associated with working memory deficits. Our aim was to investigate several forms of PS and to examine its impact on working and episodic memory performance in children after mTBI. We included data of 64 children after mTBI and 57 healthy control children aged 8–16 years. PS (Color Naming, Coding, Symbol Search, Alertness) was compared between groups 1 week (T1) and 3–6 months (T2) after the injury; working and episodic memory outcome was compared between groups at T2. Alertness at T1 and Color Naming at T1 and T2 were significantly reduced following mTBI compared to controls, although most group differences in PS disappeared when patients with previous impairments and mTBI were excluded. PS was predictive for episodic and working memory performance 3–6 months after injury, whereas group was a significant predictor of working memory. Compared to healthy controls, children after mTBI showed reduced performance in verbal PS, which was associated with working memory. In children who are symptomatic after mTBI, diagnostic screening of PS could be helpful in identifying patients that could profit from speed-improving strategies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *STATISTICAL power analysis
*PEARSON correlation (Statistics)
*MEMORY disorders in children
*RESEARCH funding
*T-test (Statistics)
*COGNITIVE processing speed
*EPISODIC memory
*SCIENTIFIC observation
*COLOR vision
*ANALYSIS of covariance
*CHI-squared test
*DESCRIPTIVE statistics
*LONGITUDINAL method
*BRAIN injuries
*SHORT-term memory
*COMPARATIVE studies
*SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC factors
*DATA analysis software
*WAKEFULNESS
*DISEASE complications
*CHILDREN
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 02699052
- Volume :
- 38
- Issue :
- 11
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Brain Injury
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 178971476
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/02699052.2024.2361626