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| Name | Class |
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| New Jersey Commission on Brain Injury Research | OTHER |
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The purpose of this research study is to investigate different types of task training to determine if training improves thinking processes following traumatic brain injury.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Task Switching Training | Experimental | Participants will complete four, one-hour training sessions in which they will practice switching between tasks within an alternating runs task switching paradigm. |
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| Pure Task Training | Placebo Comparator | Participants will complete four, one-hour training sessions in which they will perform a single task each session, alternating tasks between but not within sessions. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Task Switching Training | Behavioral | Participants will complete four, one-hour training sessions in which they will practice switching between tasks within an alternating runs task switching paradigm. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Change in switch costs, measured via response time in milliseconds on task switch trials minus response time on task repetition trials, from baseline | 2 months |
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Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
For participants with Traumatic Brain Injury:
For healthy participants:
-If you have a history of prior neurological disorders (e.g., head injury, stroke, seizures, or brain tumor).
For All participants:
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Starla Weaver, PhD | Kessler Foundation | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Kessler Foundation Research Center | West Orange | New Jersey | 07052 | United States |
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| ID | Term |
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| D000070642 | Brain Injuries, Traumatic |
| ID | Term |
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| D001930 | Brain Injuries |
| D001927 | Brain Diseases |
| D002493 | Central Nervous System Diseases |
| D009422 | Nervous System Diseases |
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| Control Task | Behavioral | Participants will complete four, one-hour training sessions in which they will perform a single task each session |
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| D006259 |
| Craniocerebral Trauma |
| D020196 | Trauma, Nervous System |
| D014947 | Wounds and Injuries |