Study sheds light on deficits in processing speed in individuals with spinal cord injury ANI | Updated: Jan 03, 2021 14:13 IST New Jersey [US], January 3 (ANI): On studying processing speed deficits in individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI), a team of rehabilitation researchers found that the SCI group and older controls had similar activation patterns, but the SCI group differed significantly from their age-matched controls. The scientists have compared SCI patients and their brain activation patterns with those of healthy age-matched controls, and older healthy individuals. The article, 'The neural mechanisms underlying processing speed deficits in individuals who have sustained a spinal cord injury: A pilot study' was published by Brain Topography. The authors are scientists with expertise in research in cognitive rehabilitation and SCI rehabilitation: Glenn Wylie, DPhil, Nancy D. Chiaravalloti, PhD, Erica Weber, PhD, Helen Genova, PhD, and Trevor Dyson-Hudson, MD, from Kessler Foundation, and Jill M. Wecht, EdD, from the James J. Peters VA Medical Center.