Handout

Information Processing Speed Following Brain Injury (Based on INCOG 2.0 Recommendations)

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Population:

Adult

Discipline:

OTSLP

Diagnosis:

Brain InjuryProgressive Neurological Conditions

References:

  • Chien, Y., Chien, Y., Liu, C., Wu, H., Chang, C., Wu, M. (2019). Effects of methylphenidate on cognitive function in adults with traumatic brain injury: a meta-analysis. Brain Science, 9(11), 291.
  • Dymowski, A.R., Ponsford, J.L., Willmott, C. (2016). Cognitive training approaches to remediate attention and executive dysfunction after traumatic brain injury: a single case series. Neuropsychology Rehabilitation, 26(5–6):866–894.
  • Jenkins, P.O., DeSimoni, S., Bourke, N.J. (2019). Stratifying drug treatment of cognitive impairments after traumatic brain injury using neuroimaging. Brain 142(8), 2367–2379.
  • Ponsford, J., Velikonja, D., Janzen, S., Harnett, A., McIntyre, A., Wiseman-Hakes, C., Togher, L., Teasell, R., Kua, A., Patsakos, E., Welch-West, P., & Bayley, M.T. (2023). INCOG 2.0 guidelines for cognitive rehabilitation following traumatic brain injury, part II: attention and information processing speed. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, 38(1), 38-51.
Information processing speed is related to the complex and multidimensional constructs of attention. This material describes two options to compensate for or treat slowed processing speed often seen following brain injury or other neurodegenerative disorders.
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