Faculty Advisor Name
Dr. Lincoln Gray
Description
Service Members who have experienced mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) tend to experience a degradation of focus and attention capabilities. The purpose of this initial pilot study is to measure the false alarm rates and thresholds of Service Members with mTBI during contralateral and informational masking tests and compare their outcomes to adults without mTBI. Contralateral and informational masking tasks both involve different levels of uncertainty and different forms of central masking. These two tasks will be used to quantify the participants’ accuracy in identifying the target stimulus and their associated levels of distractibility and impulsivity. Preliminary data obtained from Service Members diagnosed with mTBI suggested that there is likely an effect of mTBI on the masking measures. The eventual goal of this research is to train the participants to be less distracted and to strengthen their ability to focus on a set task.
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Distractions in Hearing: Measuring Impulsivity in Service Members with mTBI
Service Members who have experienced mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) tend to experience a degradation of focus and attention capabilities. The purpose of this initial pilot study is to measure the false alarm rates and thresholds of Service Members with mTBI during contralateral and informational masking tests and compare their outcomes to adults without mTBI. Contralateral and informational masking tasks both involve different levels of uncertainty and different forms of central masking. These two tasks will be used to quantify the participants’ accuracy in identifying the target stimulus and their associated levels of distractibility and impulsivity. Preliminary data obtained from Service Members diagnosed with mTBI suggested that there is likely an effect of mTBI on the masking measures. The eventual goal of this research is to train the participants to be less distracted and to strengthen their ability to focus on a set task.
