title: Prospective memory intervention using visual imagery in individuals with brain injury.
abstract: Prospective memory deficits are common after brain injury and can create impediments to independent living. Most approaches to management of such deficits are compensatory, such as the use of notebooks or electronic devices. While these can be effective, a restorative approach, in theory, could lead to greater generalisation of treatment. In the current study a metacognitive technique, using visual imagery, was employed under conditions of rote repetition and spaced retrieval. Treatment was provided in an AB-BA crossover design with A as the active treatment and B as a no-treatment attention control to 20 individuals with brain injury. A group of 20 healthy participants served to control for effects of re-testing. Individuals with brain injury demonstrated improvement on the main outcome measure of prospective memory, the Memory for Intentions Screening Test, only after the active treatment condition. In addition, some generalisation of treatment was measured in daily life. Moreover, treatment gains were maintained for one year after treatment was completed.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Psychology , Trinity College , Hartford , CT , USA.|b Neuroscience Program , Trinity College , Hartford CT , USA.
authors.forename: Sarah A
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4310-4278
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Raskin
authors.affiliation: b Neuroscience Program , Trinity College , Hartford CT , USA.
authors.forename: Michael P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.affiliation: c Graduate Institute of Professional Psychology, University of Hartford , Hartford , CT , USA.
authors.forename: Ginger
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mills
authors.affiliation: b Neuroscience Program , Trinity College , Hartford CT , USA.
authors.forename: Consuelo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pedro
authors.affiliation: d Decision Laboratory , University of Illinois , Urbana-Champaign , IL , USA.
authors.forename: Marta
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8227-0711
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zamroziewicz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D018592:Cross-Over Studies; D056344:Executive Function / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019018:Imagery, Psychotherapy; D008297:Male; D061212:Memory, Episodic; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Traumatic brain injury; cognitive rehabilitation; prospective memory