Timing intervention (IM) improves functioning of soldiers with TBI & new treatment resource for soldiers

Important and exciting new study just published in the journal Neuropsychology this week. [Click on image to enlarge].  Access available under "IM Research" blogroll at this blog (Brain Clock blog).  Additional information and exciting new treatment resource for soldiers with TBI can be found at the @Attention Fund.

Research bytes 10-7-10: Recovery of time estimation in TBI

Recovery of time estimation following moderate to severe traumatic brain injury. Anderson, Jonathan W.; Schmitter-Edgecombe, Maureen Neuropsychology, Oct 4, 2010, No Pagination Specified. doi: 10.1037/a0020333

Objective: Accurate time estimation abilities are thought to play an important role in efficient performance of many daily activities. This study investigated the role of episodic memory in the recovery of time estimation abilities following moderate to severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). Method: Using a prospective verbal time estimation paradigm, TBI participants were tested in the early phase of recovery from TBI and then again approximately one year later. Verbal time estimations were made for filled intervals both within (i.e., 10 s, 25 s) and beyond (i.e., 45 s 60 s) the time frame of working memory. Results: At baseline, when compared to controls, the TBI group significantly underestimated time durations at the 25 s, 45 s and 60 s intervals, indicating that the TBI group perceived less time as having passed than actually had passed. At follow-up, despite the presence of continued episodic memory impairment and little recovery in episodic memory performance, the TBI group exhibited estimates of time passage that were similar to controls. Conclusion: The pattern of data was interpreted at suggesting that episodic memory performance did not play a noteworthy role in the recovery of temporal perception in TBI participants.

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NIH funds TBI treatment studies

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New TBI prevalence figures

Thanks to the BRAIN INJURY blog for this new info.

http://braininjury.blogs.com/braininjury/2008/12/new-statistics-on-prevalence-of-traumatic-brain-injury-in-us.html

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TBI webcast info

Thanks to Brain Injury Blog for tip regarding webcast dealing with the silent epidemic of TBI.

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