@article{ref1,
title="Evidence of cognitive decline in older adults after remote traumatic brain injury: an exploratory study",
journal="Aging, neuropsychology and cognition",
year="2015",
author="Ozen, Lana J. and Fernandes, Myra A. and Clark, Amanda J. and Roy, Eric A.",
volume="22",
number="5",
pages="517-533",
abstract="Separate bodies of literature indicate that a history of a traumatic brain injury (TBI) and natural aging may result in overlapping cognitive profiles, yet little is known about their combined effect. We predicted that a remote TBI would compound normal age-related cognitive decline, particularly affecting executive function. Neuropsychological task performance was compared between a group of older adults who sustained a TBI in their distant past (N = 9) and a group of older adults with no history of head injury (N = 15). While all participants scored in the normal range on the Mini-Mental State Examination, the TBI group scored lower than the non-TBI group. Also, in line with predictions, the TBI group made more errors on measures of executive functioning compared to the non-TBI group (the Trail Making B test and the incongruent condition of the Stroop Test), but performed similarly on all tasks with little executive requirements. <br><br>FINDINGS from this exploratory study indicate that a past TBI may put older adults at a higher risk for exacerbated age-related cognitive decline compared to older adults with no history of TBI.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1382-5585",
doi="10.1080/13825585.2014.993584",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13825585.2014.993584"
}