fMRI of Visual Working Memory in High School Football Players.

Dev Neuropsychol. 2015 Feb-Mar;40(2):63-68

Authors: Shenk TE, Robinson ME, Svaldi DO, Abbas K, Breedlove KM, Leverenz LJ, Nauman EA, Talavage TM

Abstract
Visual working memory deficits have been observed in at-risk athletes. This study uses a visual N-back working memory functional magnetic resonance imaging task to longitudinally assess asymptomatic football athletes for abnormal activity. Athletes were increasingly "flagged" as the season progressed. Flagging may provide early detection of injury.

PMID: 25961587 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]