Tower of London Performance in Relation to Magnetic Resonance Imaging Following Closed Head Injury in Children

Harvey S. Levin; Dianne Mendelsohn; Matthew A. Lilly; Jack M. Fletcher; Kathleen A. Culhane; Sandra B. Chapman; Harriet Harward; Lori Kusnerik; Derek Bruce; Howard M. Eisenberg

doi:10.1037/0894-4105.8.2.171

Tower of London Performance in Relation to Magnetic Resonance Imaging Following Closed Head Injury in Children

Harvey S. Levin, Dianne Mendelsohn, Matthew A. Lilly, Jack M. Fletcher, Kathleen A. Culhane, Sandra B. Chapman, Harriet Harward, Lori Kusnerik, Derek Bruce, Howard M. Eisenberg

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To investigate the relationship of severity of pediatric closed head injury (CHI), the contribution of frontal lobe lesions, and age at testing (6-10 years old vs. 11-15 years old) to cognitive deficit, 134 head-injured patients were given the Tower of London (TOL) task and underwent magnetic resonance imaging. Eighty-nine normal controls were given the TOL for comparison. Severity of CHI and age at testing were strongly related to cognitive performance on the TOL, including the frequency of breaking the rules. Volume of frontal lobe lesion (but not extrafrontal lesion) contributed to the prediction of performance on the TOL even after severity of injury was taken into account.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	171-179
Number of pages	9
Journal	Neuropsychology
Volume	8
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1037/0894-4105.8.2.171
State	Published - Apr 1994

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