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Attention Disorders in Brain Injury Rehabilitation

R. LI. Wood honors degree in psychol- ogy at the University of Wales, Great Britain. He subsequently studied for a professional quali@cation in clinical psychology at the University of Wales, National School of Medicine, and later studied neurosciences at Downing College and Adden- brookes Hospital Cambridge, and the National Hospital for Nervous Diseases, Queen's Square, London. He obtained his PhD @om Leicester University. Dr. Wood was consultant neuropsy-chologist and co-director of the Kemsley Brain Injury Rehabilitation Unit, St. Andrew j. Hospital, Northampton. England, and is now Clinical Direc- tor of Brain Injury Rehabilitation Services at Casa Colina Hospital, Pomona, California. He has published a number of articles and chapters in the field of head injury and neuropsychological re- search. He is the author of a recent book entitled. Brain Injury Rehabilitation: A Neurobehavioral Approach. Address: Rodger LI. Wood, St. Georges House, 56 Billing Rd., Northampton, NNISDB, United Kingdom.

Disorders of attention have been recognized as a major legacy of all forms of brain injury since the beginning of this century. Until recently, disorders of attention have been overshadowed by disorders of memory as the major focus of research and cognitive rehabilitation. Neuropsychologists are now beginning to recognize the significance of attentional mechanisms in the mediation of many forms of learning and behavior. The present article attempts to provide a definition of attention that has relevance for rehabilitation therapists and others working in the field of brain injury rehabilitation. A review of those clinical studies that have attempted to improve the attentional capacity and information processing skills of brain injured patients suggests that although behavioral aspects of attention are amenable to change and improvement, cognitive or information processing changes are not so easily achieved.

Journal of Learning Disabilities, Vol. 21, No. 6, 327-332 (1988)
DOI: 10.1177/002221948802100603


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