title: Dual task performance and post traumatic brain injury.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine if people with traumatic brain injury (TBI) display deficits in dual tasking ability.
  
  
  METHODS
  Observational and correlational research design used, to identify and describe the nature of dual task impairment in people with TBI.
  
  
  METHODS
  Eighty-six people with TBI were assessed using a new standardized paper-and-pencil assessment of dual tasking ability and a number of other neuropsychological tests assessing attention, executive functioning and memory.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Twenty-three out of the 86 people with TBI (26.74%) performed below the cut-off for normal performance, suggesting that only one quarter of the TBI sample assessed had deficits in attentional control.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Deficits in task co-ordination are not a necessary consequence of TBI.
authors.affiliation: Human Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK. jfoley@ed.ac.uk
authors.forename: Jennifer A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Foley
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cantagallo
authors.forename: Sergio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Della Sala
authors.forename: Robert H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Logie
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology*; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D056344:Executive Function / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology*; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis; D055815:Young Adult