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Planning Ahead After a Brain Injury Is Related to Better Outcomes
Krpan, KM, Stuss, DT, and Anderson, ND. Brain Injury, 25(10), pp.989-996.
In this study, people with brain injury were classified as "planners" or "avoiders." The two groups were compared on cognitive testing, a psychosocial stress test, and physiological measures. Compared to avoiders, planners had better executive function, were more psychologically and physiologically reactive, and performed better on the measure of coping behavior.
Posted on BrainLine October 13, 2011.