INFORMATION-PROCESSING DEFICITS AND BRAIN INJURY - PRELIMINARY-RESULTS

Information processing deficits are often reported in individuals who have sustained a brain injury. These deficits interfere with the patie nt's rehabilitation progress because of the brain's inability to effic iently process information. This article describes specific aspects of information processing (i.e. etiology, assessment, rehabilitation). A systematic treatment approach is further discussed using both a contr olled group study and a single case design. The results, while tentati ve, suggest that a systematic approach toward the rehabilitation of in formation processing deficits was as qualitatively effective, and like ly more cost-effective than traditional approaches. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.