NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL FUNCTION IN ADOLESCENTS SUSTAINING MILD CLOSED HEAD-INJURY

被引:30
作者
BASSETT, SS [1 ]
SLATER, EJ [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV MARYLAND,COLLEGE PK,MD 20742
关键词
Adolescents; Head injury; Mild CHI; Neuropsychological deficits;
D O I
10.1093/jpepsy/15.2.225
中图分类号
B844 [发展心理学(人类心理学)];
学科分类号
040202 ;
摘要
Adolescents sustaining mild closed head injury were evaluated for mental functioning immediately following injury. Evaluation of their neuropsychological performance in comparison with healthy adolescents and adolescents sustaining severe closed head injury revealed a pattern distinct from the other two groups. Mildly injured patients exhibited some dysfunction in verbally based measures of learning, abstraction, and reasoning, while appearing unimpaired on measures of attention, motor speed, and visual memory. © 1990 Plenum Publishing Corporation.
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页码:225 / 236
页数:12
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