title: Efficacy study of THINKable in the attention and memory retraining of traumatically head-injured patients.
abstract: The efficacy of computer-assisted attention and memory retraining was evaluated with 15 severely head-injured patients. Training with selected exercises tailored to the individual's needs were provided from the THINKable program for up to 20 hours in both the attention and memory remediation modules. The experimental design evaluated outcome by juxtaposing multiple baseline procedures with a pre- and post-group comparison. Significant results were documented on the computerized tasks, psychometric measures and on patient and observer ratings of everyday behaviours of attention and memory.
authors.affiliation: University of California at San Francisco.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ruff
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mahaffey
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Engel
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Farrow
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cox
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Karzmark
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology; D001925:Brain Damage, Chronic / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000293:injuries / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D005793:Generalization, Psychological / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011939:Mental Recall / Q000502:physiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology; D012984:Software; D013850:Thinking / Q000502:physiology; D014706:Verbal Learning / Q000502:physiology; D014888:Wechsler Scales