Citation

Rabinowitz AR, Merritt VC, Arnett PA. Dev. Neuropsychol. 2015; 40(1): 29-33.

Affiliation

a Department of Neurosurgery , University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/87565641.2014.1001066

PMID

25649777

Abstract

Athletes may be less engaged in baseline cognitive testing in the absence of a powerful return-to-play incentive. The present study sought to evaluate whether athletes' level of motivation (1) influences baseline test performance and (2) changes across pre- and post-injury assessments. We found a significant relationship between examiners' ratings of athletes motivation toward testing and baseline cognitive test performance. Athletes, but not controls, demonstrated increased motivation between tests. These findings suggest that baseline test performance may underestimate true premorbid abilities for a subset of athletes.

Language: en