Executive functioning refers to mental processes that help us connect past experiences with present actions. There are three main areas of executive functioning: working memory, flexible thinking, and inhibitory control.
Read MoreConfusion is common following a brain injury. It usually improves shortly after the injury occurs, but in some instances, it can last weeks, months, or even longer. Confusion occurs more often in older adults (>66 years old) but can happen to anyone following a brain injury. Typically, the more severe the brain injury, the more…
Read MoreBrain injury can be a perplexing condition. The person may look and act much as before their injury but have difficulty in day-to-day activities that can seem “simple” to the person they’re talking with. Family members and professionals can use these strategies to help the person with a brain injury that you’re communicating with. The…
Read MoreEn esta hoja informativa se explican los problemas de la memoria que pueden afectar a las personas que han sufrido una lesión cerebral traumática entre moderada y grave. Al entender los nuevos límites que su memoria tiene y las formas de superarlos, las personas afectadas por este tipo de lesiones pueden continuar realizando lo que…
Read MoreEsta hoja informativa explica los cambios cognitivos comunes después de sufrirse una LCT y cómo manejarlos.
Read MoreThe ability to effectively begin and complete tasks is often affected following a brain injury. What happens in your brain while starting and completing tasks involves many complex processes.
Read MoreResearch on the cellular mechanisms underlying mental fatigue suggest a dysfunction in the astroglial support of the glutamate transmission. Glutamate signaling is essential for information processing, including learning and memory.
Read MoreDescribes brain volume changes and related cognitive/motor deficits in homeless persons with or without TBI versus controls.
Read MoreFeel like you can’t get organized after your brain injury? Here are some simple but effective strategies that can help you get on track
Read MoreThis fact sheet explains memory problems that may affect people with moderate to severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). By understanding the new limits on their memory and ways to help overcome those limits, people with TBI can still get things done every day.
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