title: Selective changes in executive functioning ten years after severe childhood traumatic brain injury.
abstract: Pediatric traumatic brain injury (TBI) impacts on children's executive functions, but little is known of how such deficits evolve in the long term. Forty adolescents with TBI were assessed ten years post-injury and compared to 19 typically developing participants on a range of executive measures (attentional control, cognitive flexibility, goal setting, information processing). Children with mild or moderate TBI performed within age expectations on all tests; however, those with severe injuries had poorer performance on goal setting and processing speed tasks. Childhood TBI may result in subtle lasting changes in complex executive skills, which could require ongoing support into adulthood.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Montreal, Canada. miriam.beauchamp@umontreal.ca
authors.forename: Miriam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Beauchamp
authors.forename: Cathy
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Catroppa
authors.forename: Celia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Godfrey
authors.forename: Sue
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Morse
authors.forename: Jeffrey V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Rosenfeld
authors.forename: Vicki
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Anderson
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology*; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D056344:Executive Function / Q000502:physiology*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006040:Goals; D006801:Humans; D015601:Injury Severity Score; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013995:Time