Slowing down after a mild traumatic brain injury: A strategy to improve cognitive task performance?

Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 85-100

  Ozen, Lana J ^a   Fernandes, Myra A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Attention; Everyday functioning; Executive functions; Head injury; Learning and memory; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857589860     PISSN: 08876177     EISSN: 18735843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/arclin/acr087     Document Type: Article

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