Abstracting meaning from complex information (gist reasoning) in adult traumatic brain injury

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 152-161

  Vas, Asha Kuppachi ^a   Spence, Jeffrey ^a   Chapman, Sandra Bond ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Abstraction; Adults; Cognition; Cognitive processes; Executive function; Functional outcomes; Gist; Healthy; Reasoning; Traumatic brain injury.

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BRAIN INJURY; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPLICATION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; CONCEPT FORMATION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 84924633755     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: 1744411X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803395.2014.994478     Document Type: Article

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