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| N D ChiaravallotiSummaryAffiliation: Kessler Medical Rehabilitation Research and Education Corporation Country: USA Publications
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Assessing the behavioral consequences of multiple sclerosis: an application of the Frontal Systems Behavior Scale (FrSBe)Nancy D Chiaravalloti
Kessler Medical Rehabilitation Research and Education Corporation, West Orange, New Jersey 07052, USA
Cogn Behav Neurol 16:54-67. 2003..The current study examines the utility of the Frontal Systems Behavior Scale (FrSBe) to document behavioral changes in people with multiple sclerosis (MS)...
Memory for faces dissociates from memory for location following anterior temporal lobectomyNancy D Chiaravalloti
Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Brain Cogn 54:35-42. 2004..Lesions in the right MTL, adjacent to the cortical structures believed to be specialized for facial recognition, specifically impair the memory encoding of new faces, but not spatial locations...
Validation of the WMS-III Facial Memory subtest with the Graduate Hospital Facial Memory Test in a sample of right and left anterior temporal lobectomy patientsNancy D Chiaravalloti
Kessler Medical Rehabilitation Research and Education Corporation, 1199 Pleasant Valley Way, West Orange, NJ 07052, USA
J Clin Exp Neuropsychol 26:484-97. 2004....
Treating learning impairments improves memory performance in multiple sclerosis: a randomized clinical trialNancy D Chiaravalloti
Kessler Medical Rehabilitation Research and Education Corporation, West Orange, NJ 07052, USA
Mult Scler 11:58-68. 2005..Appropriate patient selection is important, with moderately-severely impaired individuals showing significantly greater benefit from treatment...
The Open-Trial Selective Reminding Test (OT-SRT) as a tool for the assessment of learning and memoryNancy D Chiaravalloti
Kessler Medical Rehabilitation Research and Education Center, Neuropsychology and Neuroscience Laboratory, West Orange, NJ 07052, USA
Clin Neuropsychol 23:231-54. 2009..This paper presents normative data on the OT-SRT for 117 healthy controls (Study 1) and 151 participants with clinically definite multiple sclerosis (Study 2)...
Material-specific memory changes after anterior temporal lobectomy as predicted by the intracarotid amobarbital testN D Chiaravalloti
Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Epilepsia 42:902-11. 2001..surgery, the memory score after injection ipsilateral to the seizure focus, the memory score after injection contralateral to the seizure focus, or the IAT asymmetry score, comprising the ipsilateral minus contralateral injection scores?..
Naming and recognizing famous faces in temporal lobe epilepsyG Glosser
Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104 4283, USA
Neurology 61:81-6. 2003..To assess naming and recognition of faces of familiar famous people in patients with epilepsy before and after anterior temporal lobectomy (ATL)...
An investigation of working memory rehearsal in multiple sclerosis using fMRIF G Hillary
Kessler Medical Rehabilitation Research and Education Corporation, West Orange, NJ 07052, USA
J Clin Exp Neuropsychol 25:965-78. 2003..The potential explanations for increased right hemisphere activation in persons with MS are discussed...
Deciphering components of impaired working memory in multiple sclerosisJean Lengenfelder
Kessler Medical Rehabilitation Research and Education Corporation, Neuropsychology and Neuroscience Laboratory, West Orange, NJ 07052, USA
Cogn Behav Neurol 16:28-39. 2003..CONCLUSIONS: Results indicated that the primary WM impairment in MS is within the central executive rather than the phonological loop...
Is speed of processing or working memory the primary information processing deficit in multiple sclerosis?John DeLuca
Kessler Medical Rehabilitation Research and Education Corporation, 1199 Pleasant Valley Way, West Orange, NJ 07052, USA
J Clin Exp Neuropsychol 26:550-62. 2004..To examine whether processing speed or working memory is the primary information processing deficit in persons with MS...
A comparison of memory performance in relapsing-remitting, primary progressive and secondary progressive, multiple sclerosisE A Gaudino
Kessler Medical Rehabilitation Research and Education Corporation, West Orange, New Jersey 07052, USA
Neuropsychiatry Neuropsychol Behav Neurol 14:32-44. 2001....
Cognitive dysfunction in advanced heart failure and prospective cardiac assist device patientsRalph J Petrucci
College of Medicine, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19102, USA
Ann Thorac Surg 81:1738-44. 2006..It is also not clear how intravenous inotropic therapy and mechanical cardiac assist devices (MCAD) affect cognitive function...
Self-generation as a means of maximizing learning in multiple sclerosis: an application of the generation effectNancy D Chiaravalloti
Kessler Medical Rehabilitation Research and Education Corp, Neuropsychology and Neuroscience Laboratory, West Orange, NJ 07052, USA
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 83:1070-9. 2002..Memory for the source of the information was deficient for generated words compared with provided words. CONCLUSIONS: The generation effect was present in MS and control subjects and may be a viable way of maximizing new learning in MS...
Cognitive impairment in multiple sclerosisNancy D Chiaravalloti
Neuropsychology and Neuroscience Laboratory, Kessler Medical Rehabilitation Research and Education Center, West Orange, NJ 07052, USA
Lancet Neurol 7:1139-51. 2008..Moreover, examination of efforts to treat the cognitive deficits in MS is still in the early stages...
Differentiating simple versus complex processing speed: influence on new learning and memory performanceNancy D Chiaravalloti
Kessler Medical Rehabilitation Research and Education Corporation, West Orange, NJ 07052, USA
J Clin Exp Neuropsychol 25:489-501. 2003..The implications of this intriguing relationship are discussed...
Can the repetition effect maximize learning in multiple sclerosis?Nancy D Chiaravalloti
Kessler Medical Rehabilitation Research and Education Corporation, Neuropsychology and Neuroscience Laboratory, West Orange, New Jersey 07052, USA
Clin Rehabil 17:58-68. 2003..The present study tested the hypothesis that an increased number of learning trials improves recall ability in persons with a neurological disorder, namely multiple sclerosis (MS)...
Differential cerebellar activation on functional magnetic resonance imaging during working memory performance in persons with multiple sclerosisYali Li
Southside Hospital, Bay Shore, NY, USA
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 85:635-9. 2004..CONCLUSIONS: The significantly decreased cerebellar activation in the MS group suggests that the cerebellum may play a role in the working memory impairment observed in MS...
Prefrontal modulation of working memory performance in brain injury and diseaseFrank G Hillary
Department of Psychology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
Hum Brain Mapp 27:837-47. 2006..Finally, explanations are offered for the observed increased DLPFC activation and the potentially unique role of right DLPFC in mediating WM performance during periods of cerebral challenge...
Research Grants
- Improving Learning in MS: A Randomized Clinical TrialNancy Chiaravalloti; Fiscal Year: 2007..In addition, we will be able to draw conclusions regarding the impact of this particular memory remediation program on everyday life from questionnaires completed by the participant and a significant other. ..
- Improving Learning in MS: A Randomized Clinical TrialNancy Chiaravalloti; Fiscal Year: 2007..Our study is designed to specifically address these issues. ..
