Attention and Concentration Terminology

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what two brain systems are very primitive and encompass attention and concentration?

Mid-brain and Reticular Formation

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What three brain systems are neutral cognition and encompass attention and concentration?

Thalamus, Limbic System, Parietal Lobe

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What top tier cognition encompasses attention and concentration?

PFC

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What two sub illnesses house PFC?

ADHD, TBI

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Simple attention

In the moment and isn’t sustained

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Focused Attention

Manipulation of the movement

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Sustained Attention

Sustained over a long period of time

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Divided Attention

Attending to multiple stimuli at once

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What factors influence attention assesment?

Enviromental and biological factors, sleep, stress, meds

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Most vulnerable area for TBI?

Frontal and temporal lobes

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2 most vulnerable age ranges for TBI

15-24, 70+

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Loss of Consciousness (LOC)

Sleep like state “knocked out”

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Altered Consciousness (No LOC)

Dazed, “seeing stars”

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Retrograde Amnesia (RTA)

problem remembering events prior to head injury

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Post-Traumatic Amnesia

Problem remembering events following head injury

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Coup head injury

occurs under the site of impact with an object.

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Counter-coup

occurs on the side opposite of where impact was