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A Neuroscientific Approach to the Examination of Concussions in Student-Athletes
Published on: December 8, 2014
FMRI of visual working memory in high school football players
Trey E Shenk1, Meghan E Robinson, Diana O Svaldi
1a School of Electrical and Computer Engineering , Purdue University , West Lafayette , Indiana.
Abstract:
Visual working memory deficits have been observed in at-risk athletes. This study uses a visual N-back working memory functional magnetic resonance imaging task to longitudinally assess asymptomatic football athletes for abnormal activity. Athletes were increasingly "flagged" as the season progressed. Flagging may provide early detection of injury.
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