Modelling skill acquisition in acquired brain injury

Abstract

Acquired brain injury (ABI) is a debilitating condition often requiring extensive rehabilitation. Although cognitive rehabilitation is concerned with overcoming a skills deficit, the application of skill acquisition research in this context has been non-existent. Examining post-injury learning in terms of the qualitative variables associated with different phases of skill acquisition is likely to be beneficial in assessing patient status and monitoring progress, as well as identifying changing needs over the course of learning. However, current models of skill acquisition overlook the potential impact of variables such as emotion, implicit learning, metacognition, motivation, and strategies that can be leveraged to improve skill acquisition. The current paper attempts to lay the groundwork for modelling and improving skill acquisition in ABI.

Scaffolding rehabilitation behaviour using a voice-mediated assistive technology for cognition

“…Rehabilitation can be conceptualised as the acquisition of sequences (Langan-Fox, Grant, and Anglim, 2007).…”

Clinical assessment of decision-making capacity in acquired brain injury with personality change

“…Metacognition has been defined as “knowledge or cognition about cognitive phenomena” (Flavell, 1979) or “thinking about thinking” (Frith, 2012). The core is ability to think about and reflect upon cognitive processes (David, Bedford, Wiffen, & Gilleen, 2012), and a body of descriptive research has shown that metacognition can be impaired in ABI (Ciurli et al, 2010; Hanten, Bartha, & Levin, 2000; Langan-Fox, Grant, & Anglim, 2007; Ownsworth & Fleming, 2005). …”

A training apartment with a set of electronic memory aids for patients with cognitive problems

“…In a future study it would be interesting to investigate whether patients with memory impairments can learn how to use electronic memory aids in their own home environment since earlier studies have suggested that training in how to learn to use compensatory aids should be conducted in the environment where they are going to be used (32,33).…”