sing the Boston Naming Test and compared to a group of non-neurologically impaired children. Similar findings were reported.
While the two studies conducted by Jordan and associates examined for the long-term effects of brain concussion on children, a study conducted by Lowdon, Briggs and Cockin (1989) examined for the short term effects of minor head injury on adults. In particular, the researchers were interested in the effects of admission to a hospital following minor brain concussion.
The researchers observed a total of 114 randomly selected adults who were either randomly admitted to the hospital for a 24 hour waiting period or were discharged once examined. Several weeks later, subjects were given a questionnaire to assess t
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