Open AccessEffectiveness of Semantic Encoding Strategy Training after Traumatic Brain Injury is Correlated with Frontal Brain Activation Change
Author(s) -
Rebecca J. Lepping,
William M. Brooks,
Brenda A. Kirchhoff,
Laura E. Martin,
Monica Kurylo,
Linda Ladesich,
Jo Ann Lierman,
George Varghese,
Cary R. Savage
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
international journal of physical medicine and rehabilitation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2329-9096
DOI - 10.4172/2329-9096.1000254
Subject(s) - traumatic brain injury , cognitive training , cognition , recall , prefrontal cortex , functional magnetic resonance imaging , medicine , encoding (memory) , rehabilitation , psychology , physical medicine and rehabilitation , neuroscience , audiology , cognitive psychology , psychiatry
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is frequently associated with chronic, treatment-resistant memory problems, and is one of the leading causes of disability in otherwise healthy adults. Cognitive rehabilitation therapies are used with the goal of improving memory functioning; however, not all patients benefit. Prefrontal cortex (PFC) is critical for employing effective memory strategies. We hypothesized that memory improvement after a brief cognitive intervention would be associated with increases in PFC activation during a memory task.