ERIC Number: EJ990332
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012-Dec
Pages: 7
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ISSN: ISSN-0270-1367
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The Relation of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury to Chronic Lapses of Attention
Pontifex, Matthew B.; Broglio, Steven P.; Drollette, Eric S.; Scudder, Mark R.; Johnson, Chris R.; O'Connor, Phillip M.; Hillman, Charles H.
Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, v83 n4 p553-559 Dec 2012
We assessed the extent to which failures in sustained attention were associated with chronic mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) deficits in cognitive control among college-age young adults with and without a history of sport-related concussion. Participants completed the ImPACT computer-based assessment and a modified flanker task. Results indicated that a history of mTBI, relative to healthy controls, was associated with inferior overall flanker task performance with a greater number of omission errors and more frequent sequentially occurring omission errors. Accordingly, these findings suggest that failures in the ability to maintain attentional vigilance may, in part, underlie mTBI-related cognition deficits. (Contains 1 table and 1 figure.)
Descriptors: Head Injuries, Neurological Impairments, Mild Disabilities, Attention, Cognitive Processes, Athletes, College Students, Young Adults, Team Sports, Cognitive Tests, Computer Assisted Testing, Performance Tests, Accuracy, Responses
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Illinois
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