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{ Monthly Archives } August 2007

The problem of serial order in behavior: Lashley’s legacy.

by David A. Rosenbaum, Rajal G. Cohen, Steven A. Jax, Daniel J. Weiss, Robreht van der Wel. Department of Psychology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, United States. In a prescient paper Karl Lashley (1951) rejected reflex chaining accounts of the sequencing of behavior and argued instead for a more cognitive account in which [...]

Aug 1, 2007 Functional Domains & Other Topics
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The effects of methylphenidate on command following and yes/no communication in persons with severe disorders of consciousness: a meta-analysis of n-of-1 studies.

by Robert T. Martin, MA, John Whyte, MD, PhD. Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute, Albert Einstein Healthcare Network, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. OBJECTIVE: To determine the effects of methylphenidate (MPH) on command following and yes/no communication in brain injured patients with severe disorders of consciousness (DOC). DESIGN: A meta-analysis of a series of single-subject repeated crossover trials, [...]

Aug 1, 2007 Brain injury
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Measuring recovery in new learning and memory following traumatic brain injury: a mixed-effects modeling approach.

by Bong-Chul Chu, Scott Millis, Juan Carlos Arango-Lasprilla, Robin Hanks, Thomas Novack, Tessa Hart. The Medstat Group, Santa Barbara, CA, USA. Patterns of recovery from traumatic brain injury (TBI) vary greatly across individuals. Using archival data from the Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems, recovery of memory following TBI as measured by scores on the Rey [...]

Aug 1, 2007 Brain injury
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