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Summary
Active Duty Service members without traumatic brain injuries (TBI) were evaluated before and following deployment to Iraq or Afghanistan to evaluate the possibility of an association between deployment and measurable changes in cognitive functioning. Data gathered upon the Service members’ return from deployment suggest that the general environmental stressors of deployment had minimal to no lasting effect on cognition.
Citation
Vincent, A. S., Roebuck-Spencer, T., Lopez, M. S., Twillie, D. A., Logan, B. W., Grate, S. J., Friedl, K. E., Schlegel, R. E., Gilliland, K. (2012). Effects of Military Deployment on Cognitive Functioning. Military Medicine, 177, 248-255. doi:10.7205/MILMED-D-11-00156