Abstract

We assessed the extent to which failures in sustained attention were associated with chronic mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) deficits in cognitive control among college-age young adults with and without a history of sport-related concussion. Participants completed the ImPACT computer-based assessment and a modified flanker task. Results indicated that a history of mTBI, relative to healthy controls, was associated with inferior overall flanker task performance with a greater number of omission errors and more frequent sequentially occurring omission errors. Accordingly, these findings suggest that failures in the ability to maintain attentional vigilance may, in part, underlie mTBI-related cognition deficits. (Contains 1 table and 1 figure.)

Citation

Pontifex, M.B., Broglio, S.P., Drollette, E.S., Scudder, M.R., Johnson, C.R., O'Connor, P.M. & Hillman, C.H. (2012). The Relation of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury to Chronic Lapses of Attention. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 83(4), 553-559. Retrieved August 14, 2024 from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/65401/.

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Keywords

• Accuracy
• Athletes
• Attention
• Cognitive Processes
• Cognitive Tests
• College Students
• Computer Assisted Testing
• Head Injuries
• Mild Disabilities
• Neurological Impairments
• Performance Tests
• Responses
• TEAM SPORTS
• Young Adults