The research contradicts the findings of earlier studies, including one by researchers at Florida Tech in 2003, which suggested that heading in soccer may result in the short term in weaker mental performance, including a decline in cognitive function, difficulty in verbal learning, planning and maintaining attention and reduced information processing speed. (MomsTeam.com)
The MSPT, which will be conducted using the Apple iPad ® tablet, provides precise, quantitative measurements of walking speed, balance, arm function, visual function, and cognitive functions, such as information processing speed and visual episodic memory. (KesslerFoundation.org)
The current literature reports that MS patients with ongoing depressive symptoms perform poorly on cognitive tasks assessing information processing speed, attention, etc. (Arnett et al., 1999) Cognitive impairment is dominant in depressed MS patients, affecting effortful but not automatic information processing. (scirp.org)