Open AccessRethinking damaged cognition: an expert opinion on cognitive rehabilitation
Author(s) -
Catherine Doogan,
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Alexander Leff,
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Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
advances in clinical neuroscience and rehabilitation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2397-267X
pISSN - 1473-9348
DOI - 10.47795/ispm3376
Subject(s) - cognition , rehabilitation , cognitive rehabilitation therapy , expert opinion , psychology , acquired brain injury , cognitive psychology , function (biology) , physical medicine and rehabilitation , medicine , psychiatry , neuroscience , evolutionary biology , intensive care medicine , biology
Cognition is frequently damaged by acquired brain injury (ABI). Impaired thinking is both a symptom in its own right and also a barrier to recovery by impacting their insight and awareness and their engagement with rehabilitation. Here we consider the aims, mechanisms and contexts when the goal is to improve cognitive function in patients with ABI.