Prospective and declarative memory problems following moderate and severe traumatic brain injury.
OBJECTIVE
To examine prospective and declarative memory problems following moderate and severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) and the relationship between prospective memory (PM) and declarative memory and PM and other cognitive functions.


METHODS
The performance of persons who suffered a TBI (n = 25) was compared with that of a demographically matched control group (n = 25).


METHODS
Measures of time- and event-based PM, visual and verbal declarative memory, attention and executive functioning were administered to both groups.


RESULTS
The group with a TBI performed more poorly on event- and time-based PM, verbal declarative memory, certain aspects of attention and executive functioning. The correlations between the measures of PM, declarative memory and the other cognitive tests were all non-significant.


CONCLUSIONS
Problems with declarative memory, attention, and executive functioning do not adequately account for poorer PM performance following a TBI, suggesting that PM should also be assessed following TBI.
Mathias
J L
JL
Department of Psychology, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia. jane.mathias@psychology.adelaide.edu.au
Mansfield
K M
KM
D000328:Adult; D001288:Attention; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000523:psychology*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D015600:Glasgow Coma Scale; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory; D008569:Memory Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D013997:Time Factors