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Project

Training-related changes in cognitive abilities and neural plasticity in children with traumatic brain injury
Code
01N00214
Duration
01 January 2014 → 31 October 2018
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Research disciplines
  • Social sciences
    • Animal experimental and comparative psychology
    • Applied psychology
    • Biological and physiological psychology
    • Cognitive science and intelligent systems
    • Developmental psychology and ageing
    • Human experimental psychology
  • Medical and health sciences
    • Neurosciences
    • Orthopaedics
    • Neurosciences
    • Orthopaedics
    • Neurosciences
    • Orthopaedics
Keywords
brain injury working memory structural connectivity
 
Project description
 

Memory deficits in children with traumatic brain injury (TBI) have a

large impact on the child’s daily life. We will investigate whether a training program can promote

improvement in cognition. Using medical imaging techniques we will investigate whether

changes in cognition are supported by modulations in structural connectivity. Our findings may

lead to the development of more effective neurorehabilitation strategies.