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Visuospatial dysfunction and problem solving in Parkinson's diseaseA Cronin-Golomb
Department of Psychology, Boston University, Massachusetts 02215, USA
Neuropsychology 11:44-52. 1997..Visuospatial impairment in PD may arise from dysfunction of the basal ganglia-thalamocortical circuit that also includes the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and, importantly, the posterior parietal lobes...- Facial frequency manipulation normalizes face discrimination in ADA Cronin-Golomb
Department of Psychology, Boston University, MA 02215, USA
Neurology 54:2316-8. 2000..Patients with AD demonstrated normal discrimination of small faces only, indicating that impaired contrast sensitivity at low facial frequencies contributes to their poor face discrimination... - Enhanced stimulus strength improves visual cognition in aging and Alzheimer's diseaseAlice Cronin-Golomb
Department of Psychology, Boston University, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Cortex 43:952-66. 2007..These results suggest new non-pharmacological avenues to explore in the attempt to improve cognition in elderly adults and especially in individuals with AD... 
Genetic influence on contrast sensitivity in middle-aged male twinsAlice Cronin-Golomb
Department of Psychology, Boston University, 648 Beacon St, 2nd Floor, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Vision Res 47:2179-86. 2007..Identifying the types of individual-specific events that impact contrast sensitivity may suggest interventions to modulate this ability and thereby improve overall quality of life as adults age...- Parkinson's disease as a disconnection syndromeAlice Cronin-Golomb
Department of Psychology, Boston University, 648 Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Neuropsychol Rev 20:191-208. 2010..Besides providing information on disease characteristics, regarding PD as a disconnection syndrome allows us to more completely understand normal brain-behavior relations in general... - Impact of optic flow perception and egocentric coordinates on veering in Parkinson's diseaseSigurros Davidsdottir
Department of Psychology, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Brain 131:2882-93. 2008..Our results indicate that (i) parietal-mediated perception of visual space is affected in Parkinson's disease, with both side of motor symptom onset and gender affecting spatial performance, and (ii) visual input affects veering... - Bingo! Externally supported performance intervention for deficient visual search in normal aging, Parkinson's disease, and Alzheimer's diseaseThomas M Laudate
Department of Psychology, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Neuropsychol Dev Cogn B Aging Neuropsychol Cogn 19:102-21. 2012..The general finding of improved performance across healthy and afflicted groups suggests the value of visual support as an easy-to-apply intervention to enhance cognitive performance... 
The impact of sleep quality on cognitive functioning in Parkinson's diseaseKarina Stavitsky
Department of Psychology, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA
J Int Neuropsychol Soc 18:108-17. 2012....- Mapping mental number line in physical space: vertical and horizontal visual number line orientation in asymptomatic individuals with HIVYELENA BOGDANOVA
Department of Psychology, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215 2013, USA
Neuropsychologia 46:2914-23. 2008..Our results also revealed a dissociation between the processing components of numerical distance and physical space, suggesting differentiation between the neural networks involved in number lines and physical line orientation... - Vision-fair neuropsychological assessment in normal aging, Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's diseaseChelsea K Toner
Department of Psychology, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Psychol Aging 27:785-90. 2012..We conclude that visually fair neuropsychological testing can effectively compensate for normal age- and PD-related visual changes that affect cognitive performance... - Luminance affects age-related deficits in object detection: implications for computerized psychological assessmentsDaniel R Seichepine
Department of Psychology, Boston University, 648 BeaconStreet, 2nd Floor, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Psychol Aging 27:522-8. 2012..These findings indicate that computerized assessments should be created with luminance levels that are similar to those of the tasks they purport to simulate in order to enhance their validity... - Relation of Parkinson's disease subtypes to visual activities of daily livingDaniel R Seichepine
Department of Psychology, Boston University, Boston, MA02215, USA
J Int Neuropsychol Soc 17:841-52. 2011..Environmental enhancements especially targeted to patients with the non-tremor PD subtype may help to ameliorate their functional disability... - Enhanced stimulus contrast normalizes visual processing of rapidly presented letters in Alzheimer's diseaseGrover C Gilmore
Department of Psychology, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106-7123, USA
Vision Res 45:1013-20. 2005..A source of the prevalent masking deficit may be reduced signal strength arising from dysfunction of retina or visual cortex. Increasing stimulus contrast may be an effective means of enhancing cognitive performance in AD... - Visuospatial perception and navigation in Parkinson's diseaseDaniel E Young
College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Sargent College, Department of Psychology, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, United States
Vision Res 50:2495-504. 2010.... - Visual exploration of emotional facial expressions in Parkinson's diseaseUraina S Clark
Department of Psychology, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, United States
Neuropsychologia 48:1901-13. 2010.... - Role of a lateralized parietal-basal ganglia circuit in hierarchical pattern perception: evidence from Parkinson's diseaseHaline E Schendan
Department of Psychology, Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155, USA
Behav Neurosci 123:125-36. 2009.... - Superior encoding enhances recall in color-graphemic synesthesiaVeronica C Gross
Department of Psychology, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Perception 40:196-208. 2011..Synesthetes learn more initially, rather than forgetting less over time... - Specific impairments in the recognition of emotional facial expressions in Parkinson's diseaseUraina S Clark
Department of Psychology, Boston University, United States
Neuropsychologia 46:2300-9. 2008.... - The impact of acuity on performance of four clinical measures of contrast sensitivity in Alzheimer's diseaseSandy A Neargarder
Department of Psychology, Bridgewater State College, Massachusetts 02325, USA
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 58:P54-62. 2003.... - Characteristics of visual target influence detection of change in naturalistic scenes in Alzheimer diseaseSandy A Neargarder
Department of Psychology, Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater, Massachusetts 02325, USA
Cogn Behav Neurol 18:151-8. 2005..To examine the role of visual characteristics of the target on Alzheimer disease (AD) patients' ability to detect change in naturalistic scenes... - Hallucinations, dreaming, and frequent dozing in Parkinson disease: impact of right-hemisphere neural networksKarina Stavitsky
Department of Psychology, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
Cogn Behav Neurol 21:143-9. 2008..To relate sleep disturbances in Parkinson disease (PD) to hemispheric asymmetry of initial presentation... - Sleep quality in Parkinson disease: an examination of clinical variablesKarina Stavitsky
Department of Psychology, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Cogn Behav Neurol 24:43-9. 2011..We also found that actigraphy may serve as a useful tool for identifying individuals with possible rapid eye movement behavior disorder, a sleep disorder that has important implications in early detection of PD... - Patterns of visual scanning as predictors of emotion identification in normal agingBonnie Wong
Department of Psychology, Boston University, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Neuropsychology 19:739-49. 2005..Age-related frontal-lobe atrophy may affect the integrity of the frontal eye fields, with consequent scanning abnormalities that contribute to difficulties in identifying certain emotions... - Effects of optic flow speed and lateral flow asymmetry on locomotion in younger and older adults: a virtual reality studyYing Hui Chou
Department of Physical Therapy and Athletic Training, Boston University, Massachusetts, USA
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 64:222-31. 2009..The findings suggest that the ability to integrate optic flow information into the multimodal system for assessment of walking speed and heading direction is comparable in older and younger adults... - Frontostriatal circuits are necessary for visuomotor transformation: mental rotation in Parkinson's diseaseMelissa M Amick
Department of Psychology, Boston University, 648 Beacon Street, 2nd Floor, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Neuropsychologia 44:339-49. 2006..Moreover, frontostriatal motor systems and the parietal lobes play a necessary role during the mental rotation of hands, which requires integrating visuospatial cognition with motor imagery... - Visual processing of rapidly presented stimuli is normalized in Parkinson's disease when proximal stimulus strength is enhancedMelissa M Amick
Department of Psychology, Boston University, 648 Beacon St, 2nd Floor, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Vision Res 43:2827-35. 2003..These results suggest that putatively slowed processing in PD may be an artifact of reduced signal strength arising from depletion of dopamine in retina or cortical visual areas... - Web-based assessment of visual and visuospatial symptoms in Parkinson's diseaseMelissa M Amick
Translational Research Center for TBI and Stress Disorders, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA 02130, USA
Parkinsons Dis 2012:564812. 2012..01). The findings indicate that web-based administration may be a reliable and valid method of assessing visual and visuospatial and ADL functioning in PD... - Conditional discrimination learning in patients with bilateral medial temporal lobe amnesiaCatherine Brawn Fortier
Memory Disorders Research Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
Behav Neurosci 117:1181-95. 2003..MTs were unable to respond differentially (S+ =42, S- =37). The findings indicate that the hippocampal system is essential in acquiring a conditional discrimination, even in a delay paradigm... - Visual contrast enhances food and liquid intake in advanced Alzheimer's diseaseTracy E Dunne
Department of Psychology, Boston University, 648 Beacon St, 2nd Floor, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Clin Nutr 23:533-8. 2004..CONCLUSIONS: Simple environmental manipulations, such as contrast enhancement, can significantly increase food and liquid intake in frail demented patients with AD... - Neurocognitive correlates of alexithymia in asymptomatic individuals with HIVYELENA BOGDANOVA
Department of Psychology, Boston University, 648 Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02215 2013, USA
Neuropsychologia 48:1295-304. 2010..Alexithymia correlated strongly with QoL ratings, underscoring the importance of assessment and treatment of HIV-associated emotional and cognitive processing deficits... - Visual and spatial symptoms in Parkinson's diseaseSigurros Davidsdottir
Department of Psychology, Boston University, 648 Beacon St, 2nd Floor, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Vision Res 45:1285-96. 2005..The results underscore the importance of investigating visual and visuospatial impairments in PD and their relation to motor symptoms, in order to help patients develop successful compensatory strategies... - Gender differences in Parkinson's disease: clinical characteristics and cognitionIvy N Miller
Department of Psychology, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Mov Disord 25:2695-703. 2010..Knowledge about differences in the presentation of PD symptoms in men and women and about the pathophysiology underlying those differences may enhance the accuracy and effectiveness of clinical assessment and treatment of the disease... - Color discrimination in schizophreniaSarah M Shuwairi
Department of Psychology Boston University, 64 Cummington Street, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Schizophr Res 55:197-204. 2002.... - Visual scanning patterns and executive function in relation to facial emotion recognition in agingKarishma S Circelli
Department of Psychology, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Neuropsychol Dev Cogn B Aging Neuropsychol Cogn 20:148-73. 2013..Additionally, as frontal-lobe changes with age may affect scanning patterns and emotion recognition, we examined correlations between scanning parameters and performance on executive function tests... - Relation of subjective quality of life to motor symptom profile in Parkinson's diseaseErica R Appleman
Department of Psychology, Boston University, 648 Beacon Street, 2nd Floor, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Parkinsons Dis 2011:472830. 2011..Further, the correlations were driven by nontremor type symptoms, even in TD patients. Determining reliable subtypes of PD may aid in prognosis and treatment optimization, thereby enhancing quality of life in afflicted individuals... - Neurocognitive correlates of apathy and anxiety in Parkinson's diseaseYELENA BOGDANOVA
Department of Psychology, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Parkinsons Dis 2012:793076. 2012..Our findings demonstrated a differential association of apathy and anxiety to cognition in PD...
Research Grants
- Visuospatial Function in Parkinson's DiseaseAlice Cronin Golomb; Fiscal Year: 2007..Demonstration of different profiles of performance in LPD and RPD would bolster arguments of selective visuospatial deficits in PD and suggest differential visual, cognitive, and functional enhancement strategies. ..
- Effects of Visual Signal Strength on Alzheimer CognitionAlice Cronin Golomb; Fiscal Year: 2007....
- Visuospatial Function in Parkinson's DiseaseALICE M CRONIN GOLOMB; Fiscal Year: 2010..Demonstration of different profiles of performance in LPD and RPD would bolster arguments of selective visuospatial deficits in PD and suggest differential visual, cognitive, and functional enhancement strategies. ..
- VISUAL INTERVENTIONS TO IMPROVE ALZHEIMER COGNITIONAlice Cronin Golomb; Fiscal Year: 2004....
- Effects of Parkinson's Disease on Perception, Cognition, and GaitALICE M CRONIN GOLOMB; Fiscal Year: 2010....