Why a Brain-Damaged Individual Can't Remember
An examination of the QEEG response style of individuals (normal and mild brain injury) was conducted across two tasks: listening to paragraphs and reading. Only the paragraph results will be presented. However, the pattern was similar across the two conditions. The sample size was 49 normal subjects and 80 subjects who had experienced a mild traumatic brain injury. The following conclusions regarding the two conditions can be rendered.
Figures will present variables which are greater for brain injured then variables greater for normals for both the level of activation and degree of activation from relevant condition (eyes closed, auditory or visual attention).
Red will indicate negative and positive relationships to recall.
General Conclusions
Brain injured 1-operate at higher absolute levels of Relative Power of Beta1 which interferes in memory in terms of all 6 tasks - not in terms of degree of activation.
Normals 1- operate at higher absolute levels of frontal coherence and phase Beta2 projection activity which aids memory on 4 tasks (listening, immediate and delayed recall of paragraphs and immediate recall of reading material) 2-able to activate from eyes closed conditions frontal coherence and phase theta projections on 3 tasks which aid in memory (short and delayed recall of paragraphs and delayed recall of reading material)
The delineation of the variables which have been affected by the brain injury allows a treatment protocol to be developed which can effectively and efficiently address the underlying electrophysiological problems which are causing the problems in cognitive functioning. This approach has been successfully employed with subjects who have experienced a traumatic brain injury. Some of the results of this approach will be published in a national brain injury publication this year.
