Disruptions to number bisection after brain injury: Neglecting parts of the Mental Number Line or working memory impairments?

2014 ◽  
Vol 86 ◽  
pp. 116-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lauren Storer ◽  
Nele Demeyere
Keyword(s):  
Working Memory ◽  
Brain Injury ◽  
Number Line ◽  
Mental Number Line ◽  
Memory Impairments

Verbal working memory impairments following traumatic brain injury: an fNIRS investigation

2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 446-459 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna C. Rodriguez Merzagora ◽  
Meltem Izzetoglu ◽  
Banu Onaral ◽  
Maria T. Schultheis
Keyword(s):  
Traumatic Brain Injury ◽  
Working Memory ◽  
Brain Injury ◽  
Verbal Working Memory ◽  
Memory Impairments

scholarly journals Training and transfer effects of N-back training for brain-injured and healthy subjects

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonas Kristoffer Lindeløv
Keyword(s):  
Working Memory ◽  
Brain Injury ◽  
Healthy Subjects ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Memory Impairments ◽  
Computerized Training ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
High Level ◽  
Effective Use ◽  
Specificity Of Learning

Working Memory impairments are prevalent among patients with acquired brain injury (ABI). Computerized training targeting working memory has been researched extensively using samples from healthy populations but this field remains isolated from similar research in ABI patients. We report the results of an actively controlled randomized controlled trial in which 17 patients and 18 healthy subjects completed training on the N-back task. The healthy group had superior improvements on both training tasks (SMD=6.1 and 3.3) whereas the ABI group improved much less (SMD=0.5 and 1.1). Neither group demonstrated transfer to untrained tasks. We conclude that computerized training facilitates improvement of specific skills rather than high-level cognition in healthy and ABI subjects alike. The acquisition of these specific skills seems to be impaired by brain injury. The most effective use of computer-based cognitive training may be to make the task resemble the targeted behavior(s) closely in order to exploit the stimulus-specificity of learning.

Moving on Down the (Mental Number) Line

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Landy ◽  
Zachary J. Davis ◽  
Brian M. Guay ◽  
Megan L. Delaunay ◽  
Arthur Charlesworth ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Number Line ◽  
Mental Number Line

EXPRESS: Spatial-numerical associations from a novel paradigm support the Mental Number Line account

2021 ◽  
pp. 174702182110087
Author(s):  
Lauren Aulet ◽  
Sami R Yousif ◽  
Stella Lourenco
Keyword(s):  
Memory Task ◽  
Verbal Working Memory ◽  
Number Line ◽  
Mental Number Line ◽  
Task Demands ◽  
Numerical Magnitude ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Alternative Account ◽  
Subject Design ◽  
Multiple Tasks

Multiple tasks have been used to demonstrate the relation between numbers and space. The classic interpretation of these directional spatial-numerical associations (d-SNAs) is that they are the product of a mental number line (MNL), in which numerical magnitude is intrinsically associated with spatial position. The alternative account is that d-SNAs reflect task demands, such as explicit numerical judgments and/or categorical responses. In the novel ‘Where was The Number?’ task, no explicit numerical judgments were made. Participants were simply required to reproduce the location of a numeral within a rectangular space. Using a between-subject design, we found that numbers, but not letters, biased participants’ responses along the horizontal dimension, such that larger numbers were placed more rightward than smaller numbers, even when participants completed a concurrent verbal working memory task. These findings are consistent with the MNL account, such that numbers specifically are inherently left-to-right oriented in Western participants.

scholarly journals Traumatic Brain Injury: Effect of Litigation Status on Executive Functioning—A Pilot Study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simi Prakash K. ◽  
Rajakumari P. Reddy ◽  
Anna R. Mathulla ◽  
Jamuna Rajeswaran ◽  
Dhaval P. Shukla
Keyword(s):  
Traumatic Brain Injury ◽  
Working Memory ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Brain Injury ◽  
Concept Formation ◽  
Verbal Working Memory ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Semantic Fluency ◽  
Set Shifting ◽  
Wide Range

AbstractTraumatic brain injury (TBI) is associated with a wide range of physiological, behavioral, emotional, and cognitive sequelae. Litigation status is one of the many factors that has an impact on recovery. The aim of this study was to compare executive functions, postconcussion, and depressive symptoms in TBI patients with and without litigation. A sample of 30 patients with TBI, 15 patients with litigation (medicolegal case [MLC]), and 15 without litigation (non-MLC) was assessed. The tools used were sociodemographic and clinical proforma, executive function tests, Rivermead Post-Concussion Symptom Questionnaire, and Beck Depression Inventory. Assessment revealed that more than 50% of patients showed deficits in category fluency, set shifting, and concept formation. The MLC group showed significant impairment on verbal working memory in comparison to the non-MLC group. The performance of both groups was comparable on tests of semantic fluency, visuospatial working memory, concept formation, set shifting, planning, and response inhibition. The MLC group showed more verbal working memory deficits in the absence of significant postconcussion and depressive symptoms on self-report measures.

scholarly journals Publisher Correction to: BRAINSTORMING: A study protocol for a randomised double-blind clinical trial to assess the impact of concurrent brain stimulation (tDCS) and working memory training on cognitive performance in Acquired Brain Injury (ABI)

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Assecondi ◽  
Rong Hu ◽  
Gail Eskes ◽  
Michelle Read ◽  
Chris Griffiths ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Trial ◽  
Working Memory ◽  
Brain Injury ◽  
Cognitive Performance ◽  
Acquired Brain Injury ◽  
Working Memory Training ◽  
Memory Training ◽  
Double Blind ◽  
Double Blind Clinical Trial ◽  
The Impact

Following publication of the original article [1], the authors flagged that the article had published with the Acknowledgements erroneously excluded from the declarations at the end of the article.

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