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Controlled Cortical Impact Model for Traumatic Brain Injury
Published on: August 5, 2014
The effects of mild and severe traumatic brain injury on speed of information processing as measured by the
Tom N Tombaugh1, Laura Rees, Peter Stormer
1Carleton University, Psychology Department, Ottawa, Ont., Canada. tom_tombaugh@carleton.ca
Abstract:
In spite of the fact that reaction time (RT) measures are sensitive to the effects of traumatic brain injury (TBI), few RT procedures have been developed for use in standard clinical evaluations. The computerized test of information processing (CTIP) [Tombaugh, T. N., & Rees, L. (2000). Manual for the computerized tests of information processing (CTIP). Ottawa, Ont.: Carleton University] was designed to measure the degree to which TBI decreases the speed at which information is processed. The CTIP consists of three computerized programs that progressively increase the amount of information that is processed. Results of the current study demonstrated that RT increased as the difficulty of the CTIP tests increased (known as the complexity effect), and as severity of injury increased (from mild to severe TBI). The current study also demonstrated the importance of selecting a non-biased measure of variability. Overall, findings suggest that the CTIP is an easy to administer and sensitive measure of information processing speed.
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