Being mindful of mindfulness interventions in cancer: A systematic review of intervention reporting and study methodology.

Objectives: While mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) have demonstrated efficacy in clinical populations, the potential therapeutic benefit of mindfulness in the context of cancer is less clear. The aim of this review was to critically appraise mindfulness intervention reporting and study methodology.

Methods: Studies using randomized control trial design and/or a control arm were included.

Negative neuroplasticity in chronic traumatic brain injury and implications for neurorehabilitation.

Based on growing findings of brain volume loss and deleterious white matter alterations during the chronic stages of injury, researchers posit that moderate-severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) may act to "age" the brain by reducing reserve capacity and inducing neurodegeneration. Evidence that these changes correlate with poorer cognitive and functional outcomes corroborates this progressive characterization of chronic TBI. Borrowing from a framework developed to explain cognitive aging (Mahncke et al.

Traumatic brain injury and post-acute decline: what role does environmental enrichment play? A scoping review.

Objectives: While a growing number of studies provide evidence of neural and cognitive decline in traumatic brain injury (TBI) survivors during the post-acute stages of injury, there is limited research as of yet on environmental factors that may influence this decline. The purposes of this paper, therefore, are to (1) examine evidence that environmental enrichment (EE) can influence long-term outcome following TBI, and (2) examine the nature of post-acute environments, whether they vary in degree of EE, and what impact these variations have on outcomes.

Methods: We conducted a scoping review to identify studies on EE in animals and humans, and post-discharge experiences that relate to barriers to recovery.

Examining moderators of cognitive recovery trajectories after moderate to severe traumatic brain injury.

Objectives: To examine the influence of cognitive reserve-related moderator variables on recovery trajectories during the first year after traumatic brain injury (TBI). Using mixed effects models, we measured (1) the level of cognitive function at 2 and 12 months postinjury and (2) the trajectories of cognitive recovery during the first 12 months postinjury.

Design: Repeated-measures design with neuropsychological testing at 2, 5, and 12 months postinjury.