Cognition Resources

Ideas, activities, and strategies for improving cognition, including memory, problem-solving, orientation, organization, and reasoning.

People who have sustained a brain injury may not immediately recognize that their ability to concentrate has changed, which can lead to misunderstandings when others perceive an inability to concentrate as a lack of intelligence or motivation.

The nature and frequency of attention lapses following a TBI can regularly disrupt daily activities at home, work, and in the community. This research brief provides an overview of attention challenges following TBI and treatment approaches for managing these challenges.

After a TBI it is common for people to have problems with attention, concentration, speech and language, learning and memory, reasoning, planning and problem-solving.

Vestibular disorders can affect your ability to think, specifically to pay attention and concentrate, to remember, to reason, and to problem solve. Often times, you may find you are easily distracted, both by external stimuli (others talking, TV) and by internal stimuli (your thoughts and feelings).

Feel like you can’t get organized after your brain injury? Here are some simple but effective strategies that can help you get on track

En esta hoja informativa se explican los problemas de la memoria que pueden afectar a las personas que han sufrido una lesión cerebral traumática entre moderada y grave. Al entender los nuevos límites que su memoria tiene y las formas de superarlos, las personas afectadas por este tipo de lesiones pueden continuar realizando lo que tienen que hacer a diario.   …

This fact sheet explains memory problems that may affect people with moderate to severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). By understanding the new limits on their memory and ways to help overcome those limits, people with TBI can still get things done every day.

Short-term memory loss is very common after a brain injury – thankfully there are plenty of coping strategies available. Typical situations include forgetting people’s names, losing a train of thought, getting lost at the shops, repeating or forgetting past conversations, misplacing objects and difficulty learning new skills.

Esta hoja informativa explica los cambios cognitivos comunes después de sufrirse una LCT y cómo …

The ability to effectively begin and complete tasks is often affected following a brain injury. What happens in your brain while starting and completing tasks involves many complex …

After a traumatic brain injury, patients can experience a variety of problems, such as the perception of time. There are steps that can be followed to help with time perception by establishing basic routines, breaking down tasks, and establishing prompts to promote accuracy with time.

Coping skills and strategies to help improve memory following concussion.