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Teenagers with brain injury wanted for memory study
08 March 2011
A study into 'prospective memory' problems is looking for participants aged between 12 and 17 years old, who have had an acquired brain injury.
What will the research involve?
Difficulties remembering to do things in the future are common after brain injury and can lead to many problems in daily life for people who are affected. These are known as 'prospective memory' problems. This study aims to evaluate a strategy that may help improve these memory problems after brain injury. The strategy involves training participants to 'stop and think' about the things they need to remember to do, and then sending several text messages to people’s phones reminding them to do this.
Who are the researchers looking for?
The researchers are looking for people aged 12 to 17 years old, who have had an acquired brain injury and are medically stable enough to participate in research. They are looking for people who have prospective memory problems in their daily life as noticed by themselves or others (e.g. often forgetting things they had planned to do). People also must be willing to use a mobile phone for the study, and must be living in the East Anglia region.
Find out more
For further information or details about how to participate please contact the research coordinator, Rebecca Rous by any of the following means:
- Email: R.Rous@uea.ac.uk
- Telephone: 01603 591507 (please leave a message on the voicemail of Dr Anna Adlam)
- Post: University of East Anglia, School of Medicine, Health Policy & Practice, Elizabeth Fry Building, University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ
