New Study on Neuropsychological Tasks
An interesting study comparing the effect of dual tests on memory and activities of daily living in truamatic brain injury patients was released.
According to a study from Nagoya, Japan, "We quantitatively evaluated memory performance in patients in the chronic stage of closed traumatic brain injury using dual visual tasks."
"Simple memory tests and questionnaires concerning activities of daily living (ADL) were also utilized to evaluate any correlation with the results of the dual tasks. The results of dual tasks and memory tests were correlated with the daily activity scores, but there was no correlation between the results of dual tasks and memory tests," wrote J. Hasegawa and colleagues, Nagoya University, Medical Department.
The researchers concluded: "We concluded that the dual task was effective for detecting memory and ADL disturbances, which were not disclosed by conventional memory tests."
"Data on clinical and experimental neuropsychology described by researchers at Nagoya University, Medical Department." Psychology & Psychiatry Journal. NewsRX. 2009. Retrieved May 08, 2009 from HighBeam Research: http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-198635191.html
