| Impaired sustained attention and error awareness in traumatic brain injury: implications for insight. | |
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MedLine Citation:
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PMID: 16381141 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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The processes of error awareness and sustained attention were investigated in 18 traumatic brain injury (TBI) individuals and 16 matched control participants. In Experiment 1, we found that: (1) in comparison to controls, TBI participants displayed reduced sustained attention and awareness of error during the Sustained Attention to Response Task; (2) degree of error awareness was strongly correlated with sustained attention capacity, even with severity of injury partialed out; and (3) that error feedback significantly reduced errors. We replicated the finding of a correlation between error awareness and sustained attention capacity in Experiment 2 with a separate sample of 19 TBI participants and 20 controls. We conclude that TBI leads to impaired sustained attention and error awareness. The finding of a significant relationship between these two deficits in TBI suggests there may be a link between these two processes. Feedback on error improves sustained attention performance of control and TBI participants. |
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Authors:
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Laura McAvinue; Fiadhnait O'Keeffe; Deirdre McMackin; Ian H Robertson |
Publication Detail:
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Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Neuropsychological rehabilitation Volume: 15 ISSN: 0960-2011 ISO Abbreviation: Neuropsychol Rehabil Publication Date: 2005 Dec |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2005-12-29 Completed Date: 2006-02-14 Revised Date: 2006-11-15 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 9112672 Medline TA: Neuropsychol Rehabil Country: England |
Other Details:
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Languages: eng Pagination: 569-87 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland. |
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Adolescent Adult Analysis of Variance Anxiety / etiology Attention / physiology* Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / etiology* Awareness / physiology* Brain Injuries / physiopathology* Case-Control Studies Depression / etiology Discrimination (Psychology) / physiology Feedback / physiology Female Glasgow Coma Scale / statistics & numerical data Humans Male Memory / physiology Middle Aged Neuropsychological Tests / statistics & numerical data Reaction Time / physiology Reading Time Factors Verbal Behavior / physiology |
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