Abstract
New innovations in traumatic brain injury research
Highlights
Lynne Ann Barker is a pioneer in the field of traumatic brain injury (TBI)
There were no differences in executive function, the young cohort showed greater deficits in implicit cognitive function than those that sustained their injuries later in life
Dr Barker thinks the differences in response to TBI between young and old might be due to the crucial period of brain development that occurs in early adulthood
Summary
Her work aims to understand how trauma to the brain leads to changes in behaviour and cognitive ability in those affected. She has worked to develop new experimental methods for assessing cognitive ability, including computerised simulations that incorporate real-world tasks such as cooking, with the aim of increasing the speed and efficiency of diagnoses of these lifechanging injuries. Lynne Ann Barker and her colleagues are working to understand how damage to the brain results in cognitive impairment and to develop new techniques to diagnose and treat those with traumatic brain injury.
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