Imaging Shows Why Injured Brains 'Work Harder'

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The researchers said their findings will help in the future development of treatments to help brain injury patients improve their cognitive efficiency.

"Using neuroimaging methods to measure cognitive efficiency in the brain, as indicated by altered functional recruitment of brain regions during a memory task, may one day become a standard metric of rehabilitation outcome," Levine said.

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The American Occupational Therapy Association Inc. has more about brain injury effects and treatment.

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