Domain-specific and generalization effects of cognitive intervention in diffuse...

• Author(s): Alves, Jorge ; Magalhães, Rosana ; Castiajo, Paula ; Sampaio, Adriana ; Gonçalves, Óscar F. ; Arantes, Mavilde
• Date: 2012
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/1822/19854
• Origin: RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho
• Document Type: Article
• Language: English

Description

The neurobehavioral sequelae of traumatic brain injury significantly contribute to the longterm disability associated with this pathology.1 Thus far, there is insufficient evidence for either domainspecific or generalization effects resulting from cognitive intervention in memory, executive functioning, or speed-of-processing domains. Here, we report on the case of an adolescent patient who reduced the aforementioned cognitive deficits after being administered a structured cognitive rehabilitation program, allowing the reestablishment of premorbid academic and interpersonal functioning