There is still so much to learn about the brain and what happens after brain injury. Research is helping to find answers, challenge assumptions and improve our understanding of brain injury, recovery and life after brain injury.
Explore the latest findings and discoveries from the world of brain injury research.
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Electronic reminding technology following TBI
This trial aimed to examine the effects of automated reminders from personal digital assistant (PDA) devices on timely task completion
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Good support for people with complex needs
This study, conducted by the Social Policy Research Unit (SPRU), aimed to scope the evidence on good practice in social care for disabled and older people with severe and complex needs.
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Effort, exaggeration and malingering after concussion
This review looks into the factors that may lead to long-term problems after concussion
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Prevalence of Traumatic Brain Injury in Intimate Partner Violence Offenders
A meta-analysis of six studies into the prevalence of IPV
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Stigma following acquired brain injury
This study aimed to explore whether people who have a brain injury believe other people hold negative views about them because of their brain injury
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Prism adaptation
An exciting area of neglect rehabilitation is the use of prism lenses, a technique known as prism adaptation
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Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS)
The effectiveness of using a TMS machine as a means of treating neglect was reviewed in the Journal of Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience in 2010
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Visuomotor feedback training
A recent study applied a technique called visuomotor feedback to stroke patients with neglect
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The psychological and physical health effects on carers
Read the in-depth results of our 2012 brain injury carers' survey
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Is face recognition best explained by generic expertise?
This Masters Degree essay evaluates and compares the evidence for two competing theories of face recognition in humans
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Recognising sheep but not people
A famous case illustrates how recognition of human faces can be specifically impaired by brain injury
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When family looks strange and strangers look normal
Scientists in Holland recently reported the case of a 62-year-old woman, which describes some very unusual features of the woman's condition
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