Intensive working memory training: A single case experimental design in a patient following hypoxic brain damage

Brain Injury

Volumn 28, Issue 13-14, 2014, Pages 1766-1775

  Hynes, S M ^a,b   Fish, J ^a   Manly, T ^a  

^a MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTH EAST LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case study; Memory; Neurorehabilitation; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATED NOVEL PROBLEM SOLVING TRAINING; AUTOMATED WORKING MEMORY TRAINING; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN HYPOXIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FUNCTIONAL TRAINING; GAMES EVALUATION TASK; GOAL MANAGEMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; LIMB WEAKNESS; MALE; MODIFIED SIX ELEMENTS SUB TEST OF THE BADS; MOOD; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAVEN STANDARD PROGRESSIVE MATRIX; RECALL; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE; SPATIAL MEMORY TEST; STORYTELLING; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME PERCEPTION; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VERBAL MEMORY; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION; WORKING MEMORY; COGNITION; COMPLICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HYPOXIA, BRAIN; LEARNING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PROCEDURES; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TEACHING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; COGNITION; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMANS; HYPOXIA, BRAIN; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; REACTION TIME; SOFTWARE; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIME PERCEPTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84911457493     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: 1362301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02699052.2014.954622     Document Type: Article

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