Let the games begin: A preliminary study using Attention Process Training-3 and Lumosity™ brain games to remediate attention deficits following traumatic brain injury

Brain Injury

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 707-716

  Zickefoose, Samantha ^a   Hux, Karen ^a   Brown, Jessica ^a   Wulf, Katrina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b Quality Living Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquired brain injury remediation; APT; APT 3; Attention deficits; Attention deficits following traumatic brain injury; Attention Process Training; Attention treatment; Brain games; Computer based brain injury treatment; Lumosity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; INTERNET; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; SURVIVOR; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEST OF EVERYDAY ATTENTION; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 84877847498     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: 1362301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02699052.2013.775484     Document Type: Article

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