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Attention and Executive Function in Veterans After TBI

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Research Update: Attention and Executive Function in Veterans After TBI
Soldiers complete the Warrior Administered Retrospective Casualty Assessment Tool, a computer-based, structured clinical interview which is the gold standard for determining if someone suffered a traumatic brain injury. Photo Courtesy of U.S. Army. Photo Credit- Devin Fisher, Fort Carson Mountaineer.

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Relationship Between Processing Speed and Executive Functioning Performance Among OEF/OIF Veterans: Implications for Postdeployment Rehabilitation

Nelson, LA, Yoash-Gantz, RE, Pickett, TC, Campbell, TA Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, Vol. 24, No. 1, pp. 32-40.

In this study, OEF/OIF veterans with mild TBI had difficulties on several neuropsychological tests of attention and executive function because of changes in processing speed. Those soldiers who also had a diagnosis of PTSD scored significantly lower than those with mild TBI alone.

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Comments [1]

If executive functions were impacted by slowed processing speed, then the headline is misleading. The issue was not executive functioning, but rather processing speed which will suppresss performance in a number of cognitive domains.

Mar 28th, 2012 1:25pm

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