Microcomputer-based attentional retraining after brain damage: A randomised group controlled trial

Abstract

Thirty-one patients showing attentional deficits after acute onset brain injury were allocated randomly to two groups; 17 subjects received computerised attentional retraining and 14 received recreational computing. Although there were only minor differences in attentional function at the end of training, by 6-month follow-up the experimental group performed better on two tests related plausibly to attentional function, namely PASAT and the arithmetic subtest of the WAIS-R.