Ch 10: Cognitive Complications Flashcards
How many Americans live with a long term disability d/t brain injury?
5.3 million
Cognition
Described as a complex collection of conscious mental activity such as attention, perception, comprehension, remembering, or using language
can generally be thought of as an individuals ability to mentally represent, organize, or manipulate the environment
Which 2 common factors contribute to increased caregiver burden and cost of care?
Cognition and communication dysfunction
What are the 5 subtypes of attention?
Focused Sustained Selective Alternating Divided
Focused attention
Selection of 1 source of info while withholding responses to irrelevant stimuli
Sustained attention
Ability to maintain attention to complete a task accurately and efficiently over a period of time.
Selective attention
Ability to maintain attention in the presence of distractions
Ex: focusing on speaker at conference while others are talking
Alternating attention
Ability to shift between tasks that demand different behavioral or cognitive skills
Ex: receptionist switching between answering phones and greeting people at desk
Divided attention
Requires the ability to respond simultaneously to multiple task demands while maintaining speed and accuracy
Ex: cooking main course while timing broccoli
Sensory memory
Holds info from the senses for a few seconds immediately after the item is perceived
Iconic Echoic Hepatic Olfactory Gustatory
STM
Recall of info from a few minutes to a few hours ago
What’s the difference between STM and working memory?
STM passively remembers I for and working memory has to actively process it
Working memory
Temporary storage and active processing of info
LTM
Permanent consolidation and storage of info.
What percent of rehab facilities provide cognitive rehab?
95%
