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| Steven W AndersonSummaryAffiliation: University of Iowa Country: USA Publications
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Behavioral effects of congenital ventromedial prefrontal cortex malformationAaron D Boes
Department of Pediatric Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard University, Boston, MA 02114, USA
BMC Neurol 11:151. 2011..Here we describe a 14 year-old boy, B.W., with neurological and psychiatric sequelae stemming from focal cortical malformation of the left vmPFC...
A neural basis for collecting behaviour in humansSteven W Anderson
Department of Neurology, University of Iowa Hospitals, 200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
Brain 128:201-12. 2005..The evidence suggests that damage to the mesial frontal region disrupts a mechanism which normally modulates subcortically driven predispositions to acquire and collect, and adjusts these predispositions to environmental context...
Amnesia and drivingS W Anderson
Department of Neurology, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
J Clin Exp Neuropsychol 29:1-12. 2007..These findings suggest that memory impairment acquired by experienced drivers does not impair most aspects of driving performance, but may increase safety risk under some challenging circumstances...
Long-term sequelae of prefrontal cortex damage acquired in early childhoodS W Anderson
Department of Neurology, Division of Behavioral Neurology and Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Iowa, USA
Dev Neuropsychol 18:281-96. 2000..These findings can help inform neuropsychological evaluation of patients with possible prefrontal dysfunction in the setting of developmental disabilities or early brain trauma...
The earliest behavioral expression of focal damage to human prefrontal cortexSteven W Anderson
Department of Neurology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
Cortex 43:806-16. 2007..These findings indicate that damage to prefrontal cortex in infancy begins to impact on emotional and cognitive development already during the first months of life...
Effects of intraoperative hypothermia on neuropsychological outcomes after intracranial aneurysm surgerySteven W Anderson
Department of Neurology, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
Ann Neurol 60:518-27. 2006..We now report the results of neuropsychological testing in these patients...
Neuropsychologic rehabilitation for visuoperceptual impairmentsSteven W Anderson
Department of Neurology, University of Iowa College of Medicine, 2155 RCP, 100 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, IA 52242 1053, USA
Neurol Clin 21:729-40. 2003..Despite the major limitations in our understanding of key issues influencing outcome, most patients with cerebral visual dysfunction can receive some benefit from carefully designed rehabilitation programs...
Impairments of emotion and real-world complex behavior following childhood- or adult-onset damage to ventromedial prefrontal cortexSteven W Anderson
Department of Neurology, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
J Int Neuropsychol Soc 12:224-35. 2006..Greater focus on the contribution of emotional dysfunction to the real-world competencies of patients with damage in the VM region may sharpen their neuropsychological assessment and facilitate rehabilitation efforts...
Consistency of neuropsychological outcome following damage to prefrontal cortex in the first years of lifeSteven W Anderson
Department of Neurology, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
J Clin Exp Neuropsychol 31:170-9. 2009..Our studies recapitulate and confirm the core messages set forth by Ackerly and Benton more than a half-century ago...
Impaired navigation in drivers with Parkinson's diseaseErgun Y Uc
Department of Neurology, University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
Brain 130:2433-40. 2007..Navigational errors and lower driver safety were associated more with impairments in cognitive and visual function than the motor severity of their disease in drivers with PD...
Dimensions of personality disturbance after focal brain damage: investigation with the Iowa Scales of Personality ChangeJoseph Barrash
Department of Neurology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA
J Clin Exp Neuropsychol 33:833-52. 2011..The findings indicate that conceptually distinctive dimensions with differential relationships to vmPFC can be derived from the Iowa Scales of Personality Change...
Cognitive functioning predicts driver safety on road tests 1 and 2 years laterNazan Aksan
Division of Neuroergonomics, Department of Neurology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 60:99-105. 2012....
Prediction of driving ability with neuropsychological tests: demographic adjustments diminish accuracyJoseph Barrash
Department of Neurology, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
J Int Neuropsychol Soc 16:679-86. 2010..When predicting real-world activities that depend on absolute levels of cognitive abilities regardless of demographic considerations, predictive accuracy is diminished by demographic corrections...
Is the prefrontal cortex important for fluid intelligence? A neuropsychological study using Matrix ReasoningDaniel Tranel
Department of Neurology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA
Clin Neuropsychol 22:242-61. 2008..Our findings do not support a connection between fluid intelligence and the frontal lobes, although a viable alternative interpretation is that the Matrix Reasoning subtest lacks construct validity as a measure of fluid intelligence...
Neuropsychological predictors of driving errors in older adultsJeffrey D Dawson
Department of Biostatistics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 58:1090-6. 2010..To identify neuropsychological factors associated with driving errors in older adults...
Unsafe rear-end collision avoidance in Alzheimer's diseaseErgun Y Uc
Division of Neuroergonomics, Department of Neurology, College of Medicice, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
J Neurol Sci 251:35-43. 2006..Drivers with AD had difficulty responding to driving conditions that pose a hazard for a REC. Some cognitive and visual tests were predictive of unsafe outcomes even after adjusting for disease status...
Detestable or marvelous? Neuroanatomical correlates of character judgmentsKatie E Croft
Department of Neurology, Division of Behavioral Neurology and Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Iowa College of Medicine, IA, USA
Neuropsychologia 48:1789-801. 2010....
Task-specific contribution of the human striatum to perceptual-motor skill learningSara Cavaco
Division of Behavioral Neurology and Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
J Clin Exp Neuropsychol 33:51-62. 2011..e., RP and GF), whereas the ability to learn skills that require motor adaptation (i.e., MT and CS) was not affected. These results suggest a task-specific involvement of the striatum in the early stages of skill learning...
Impaired behavior on real-world tasks following damage to the ventromedial prefrontal cortexDaniel Tranel
Department of Neurology, Division of Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
J Clin Exp Neuropsychol 29:319-32. 2007....
Visual attention impairments in Alzheimer's diseaseM Rizzo
College of Medicine, Department of Neurology, The University of Iowa, Iowa City 52242, USA
Neurology 54:1954-9. 2000..The authors tested the hypotheses that patients with AD would have impairments of visual attention, and that these impairments would correlate with dysfunction in other key cognitive domains...
Driver route-following and safety errors in early Alzheimer diseaseE Y Uc
Division of Neuroergonomics, Department of Neurology, College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
Neurology 63:832-7. 2004..The demands of following route directions probably increased the cognitive load during driving, which might explain the higher number of safety errors...
Neuropsychological assessment of driving safety risk in older adults with and without neurologic diseaseSteven W Anderson
a Division of Neuroergonomics, Department of Neurology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
J Clin Exp Neuropsychol 34:895-905. 2012....
Impaired visual search in drivers with Parkinson's diseaseErgun Y Uc
Department of Neurology, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, 200 Hawkins Drive 2RCP, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
Ann Neurol 60:407-13. 2006..To assess the ability for visual search and recognition of roadside targets and safety errors during a landmark and traffic sign identification task in drivers with Parkinson's disease (PD)...
Predictors of driving outcomes in advancing ageJamie L Emerson
Department of Neurology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
Psychol Aging 27:550-9. 2012....
Right anterior cingulate: a neuroanatomical correlate of aggression and defiance in boysAaron D Boes
Department of Psychiatry and Medical Scientist Training Program, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, USA
Behav Neurosci 122:677-84. 2008..The authors discuss this finding in light of its implications for understanding the neural correlates of antisocial behavior...
Vision and cognition in Alzheimer's diseaseM Rizzo
College of Medicine, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
Neuropsychologia 38:1157-69. 2000..It is possible that better understanding of vision-related dysfunction could aid diagnosis and interventions to improve functional capacity in patients with dementia...
Decision-making deficits, linked to a dysfunctional ventromedial prefrontal cortex, revealed in alcohol and stimulant abusersA Bechara
Department of Neurology, University of Iowa, 200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa, IA 52242, USA
Neuropsychologia 39:376-89. 2001..The results support the hypothesis that impairment in decision-making linked to a dysfunctional VM cortex is associated with at least a sub-group of SD...
Acquired personality disturbances associated with bilateral damage to the ventromedial prefrontal regionJ Barrash
Department of Neurology, Division of Behavioral Neurology and Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Iowa College of Medicine, 200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, IA 52242 1053, USA
Dev Neuropsychol 18:355-81. 2000....
Pathological laughter and crying: a link to the cerebellumJ Parvizi
Division of Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Neurology, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA
Brain 124:1708-19. 2001....
Driver landmark and traffic sign identification in early Alzheimer's diseaseE Y Uc
Department of Neurology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, 200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 76:764-8. 2005..To assess visual search and recognition of roadside targets and safety errors during a landmark and traffic sign identification task in drivers with Alzheimer's disease...
Road safety in drivers with Parkinson diseaseE Y Uc
Department of Neurology, University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine, 200 Hawkins Drive 2RCP, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
Neurology 73:2112-9. 2009..To assess road safety and its predictors in drivers with Parkinson disease (PD)...
Incidence of and risk factors for cognitive impairment in an early Parkinson disease clinical trial cohortE Y Uc
Department of Neurology, University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine, 200 Hawkins Drive 2RCP, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
Neurology 73:1469-77. 2009..To investigate the incidence of and risk factors for cognitive impairment in a large, well-defined clinical trial cohort of patients with early Parkinson disease (PD)...
Driving under low-contrast visibility conditions in Parkinson diseaseE Y Uc
Department of Neurology, University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine, 200 Hawkins Dr, 2RCP, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
Neurology 73:1103-10. 2009..To assess driving performance in Parkinson disease (PD) under low-contrast visibility conditions...
Predictors of driving safety in early Alzheimer diseaseJ D Dawson
Department of Biostatistics, University of Iowa College of Public Health, 200 Hawkins Dr, C 22 GH, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
Neurology 72:521-7. 2009..To measure the association of cognition, visual perception, and motor function with driving safety in Alzheimer disease (AD)...
Visual dysfunction in Parkinson disease without dementiaE Y Uc
Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Department of Neurology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
Neurology 65:1907-13. 2005..To determine the profiles of visual dysfunction and their relationship to motor and cognitive dysfunction and to disability in mild to moderate Parkinson disease (PD) without dementia...
Driving with distraction in Parkinson diseaseE Y Uc
Department of Neurology, University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine, 200 Hawkins Drive 2RCP, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
Neurology 67:1774-80. 2006..To assess the effects of auditory-verbal distraction on driving performance in Parkinson disease (PD)...
The scope of preserved procedural memory in amnesiaSara Cavaco
Department of Neurology, Division of Behavioral Neurology and Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa, USA
Brain 127:1853-67. 2004..The comparability of the tasks employed in this study with real-world activities highlights the potential application of this memory dissociation in the rehabilitation of patients with amnesia...
The effects of voluntary regulation of positive and negative emotion on psychophysiological responsivenessDavid Driscoll
Department of Neurology, University of Iowa, 200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
Int J Psychophysiol 72:61-6. 2009....
