Citation

Cooper JM, Catroppa C, Beauchamp MH, Eren S, Godfrey C, Ditchfield M, Anderson VA. J. Neurotrauma 2014; 31(8): 713-721.

Affiliation

Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Child Neuropsychology, Flemington Road, Parkville, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3052, +61423376217 ; janine.cooper@mcri.edu.au.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Mary Ann Liebert Publishers)

DOI

10.1089/neu.2013.3101

PMID

24367920

Abstract

The relationship between brain injury and attentional control (AC) long after a childhood traumatic brain injury (TBI) has received limited investigation. The aim of this paper was to investigate the impact that lesion presence, location and severity has on AC in a group of young people that had sustained a moderate to severe TBI 10 years earlier during childhood. Standardised testing suggests that AC develops well whereas behavioural measures demonstrate problems with self monitoring in late adolescence. The results suggest there is a network of brain regions associated with AC and generalised lesions have the greatest influence on such abilities. 

Language: en