Perspective Taking in Traumatic Brain Injury
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Dissociating Spontaneous and Intentional Perspective Taking Processes in Traumatic Brain Injury
IRAS ID
239734
Contact name
Dane Aaron Rowley
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Brain Injury Rehabilitation Trust
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
N/A, N/A
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 6 months, 2 days
Research summary
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is an injury to the brain caused by some kind of impact to the brain, most often caused by road traffic accidents, falls, or assault. The consequences of TBI to thinking skills are serious and long lasting; memory, concentration, planning, problem solving, and the ability to process information quickly are often affected. In addition, TBI can damage areas of the brain that help us to understand other people, empathise with them, and take their perspective. This can make it difficult for people with TBI to socialise after their injury. Some of these abilities are automatic, but some require conscious effort, and researchers still do not know very much about which of these is the problem for people with TBI. This research study aims to answer this question by recruiting a group of people with a TBI to compare with a group of people who haven’t had a brain injury, to look for differences in their ability to take other people’s perspective. This will be done using a computerized task where participants have to take other peoples perspectives, and some tests that measure their thinking abilities. It is hoped that the results will help psychologists to better understand TBI and help to rehabilitate difficulties in perspective taking in this group of people.
REC name
Social Care REC
REC reference
19/IEC08/0011
Date of REC Opinion
11 Mar 2019
REC opinion
Unfavourable Opinion