Pelagie Beeson

Summary

Affiliation: University of Arizona
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Acquired alexia: lessons from successful treatment
    P M Beeson
    Speech and Hearing Science Lab, University of Arizona, Tucson 85721, USA
    J Int Neuropsychol Soc 4:621-35. 1998
  2. ncbi A treatment sequence for phonological alexia/agraphia
    PELAGIE M BEESON
    University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721 0071, USA
    J Speech Lang Hear Res 53:450-68. 2010
  3. ncbi Positive effects of language treatment for the logopenic variant of primary progressive aphasia
    PELAGIE M BEESON
    Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, The University of Arizona, 1131 E Second Street, Tucson, AZ 85721 0071, USA
    J Mol Neurosci 45:724-36. 2011
  4. ncbi Evaluating single-subject treatment research: lessons learned from the aphasia literature
    PELAGIE M BEESON
    Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721 0071, USA
    Neuropsychol Rev 16:161-9. 2006
  5. ncbi Combining treatment for written and spoken naming
    PELAGIE M BEESON
    Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85737, USA
    J Int Neuropsychol Soc 12:816-27. 2006
  6. ncbi Letter-by-letter reading: natural recovery and response to treatment
    PELAGIE M BEESON
    Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721 0071, USA
    Behav Neurol 16:191-202. 2005
  7. ncbi Writing treatment for severe aphasia: who benefits?
    PELAGIE M BEESON
    Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, The University of Arizona, Tucson 85721 0071, USA
    J Speech Lang Hear Res 46:1038-60. 2003
  8. ncbi Phonological dyslexia and dysgraphia: cognitive mechanisms and neural substrates
    Steven Z Rapcsak
    Southern Arizona VA Health Care System, Tucson, AZ, USA
    Cortex 45:575-91. 2009
  9. ncbi The role of left perisylvian cortical regions in spelling
    Maya L Henry
    Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721 0071, USA
    Brain Lang 100:44-52. 2007
  10. ncbi Treatment for anomia in semantic dementia
    Maya L Henry
    Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, University of Arizona Tucson, Tucson, AZ 85721 0071, USA
    Semin Speech Lang 29:60-70. 2008

Research Grants

  1. Developing Evidence-Based Treatment for Agraphia
    Pelagie Beeson; Fiscal Year: 2009

Detail Information

Publications12

  1. ncbi Acquired alexia: lessons from successful treatment
    P M Beeson
    Speech and Hearing Science Lab, University of Arizona, Tucson 85721, USA
    J Int Neuropsychol Soc 4:621-35. 1998
    ..Following treatment, reading reaction times for single words showed the elimination of grammatical class and word-length effects, suggesting improved access to word forms, particularly functors...
  2. ncbi A treatment sequence for phonological alexia/agraphia
    PELAGIE M BEESON
    University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721 0071, USA
    J Speech Lang Hear Res 53:450-68. 2010
    ....
  3. ncbi Positive effects of language treatment for the logopenic variant of primary progressive aphasia
    PELAGIE M BEESON
    Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, The University of Arizona, 1131 E Second Street, Tucson, AZ 85721 0071, USA
    J Mol Neurosci 45:724-36. 2011
    ....
  4. ncbi Evaluating single-subject treatment research: lessons learned from the aphasia literature
    PELAGIE M BEESON
    Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721 0071, USA
    Neuropsychol Rev 16:161-9. 2006
    ..Consideration is given to optimizing research designs and providing adequate data so that the value of treatment research is maximized...
  5. ncbi Combining treatment for written and spoken naming
    PELAGIE M BEESON
    Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85737, USA
    J Int Neuropsychol Soc 12:816-27. 2006
    ..Consideration of the participant profiles suggested that CART + Repetition provides greater benefit when there is some residual phonological ability and the treatment serves to stimulate links between orthography and phonology...
  6. ncbi Letter-by-letter reading: natural recovery and response to treatment
    PELAGIE M BEESON
    Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721 0071, USA
    Behav Neurol 16:191-202. 2005
    ..His residual impairment of reading and spelling one-year post stroke raised the question as to whether further progress was impeded by degraded orthographic knowledge...
  7. ncbi Writing treatment for severe aphasia: who benefits?
    PELAGIE M BEESON
    Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, The University of Arizona, Tucson 85721 0071, USA
    J Speech Lang Hear Res 46:1038-60. 2003
    ..Thus, pretreatment assessment and stimulability within initial treatment sessions provided indications of likely outcome...
  8. ncbi Phonological dyslexia and dysgraphia: cognitive mechanisms and neural substrates
    Steven Z Rapcsak
    Southern Arizona VA Health Care System, Tucson, AZ, USA
    Cortex 45:575-91. 2009
    ..Lesion-deficit correlations indicated that phonological dyslexia and dysgraphia may be produced by damage to a variety of perisylvian cortical regions, consistent with distributed network models of phonological processing...
  9. ncbi The role of left perisylvian cortical regions in spelling
    Maya L Henry
    Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721 0071, USA
    Brain Lang 100:44-52. 2007
    ..Further, degraded phonological input to orthographic selection typically results in additional deficits in real word spelling...
  10. ncbi Treatment for anomia in semantic dementia
    Maya L Henry
    Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, University of Arizona Tucson, Tucson, AZ 85721 0071, USA
    Semin Speech Lang 29:60-70. 2008
    ..However, treatment efforts are likely to be most beneficial at early stages of the disease, when residual semantic knowledge as well as relatively spared episodic memory may support new learning...
  11. ncbi Cost function masking during normalization of brains with focal lesions: still a necessity?
    Sarah M Andersen
    Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721 0071, USA
    Neuroimage 53:78-84. 2010
    ..Taken together, these findings suggest cost function masking is still necessary when normalizing brain images with chronic infarcts...
  12. ncbi Do dual-route models accurately predict reading and spelling performance in individuals with acquired alexia and agraphia?
    Steven Z Rapcsak
    Neurology Section, Southern Arizona VA Health Care System, Tucson, AZ, USA
    Neuropsychologia 45:2519-24. 2007
    ..These findings provide empirical support for dual-route theories of written language processing...

Research Grants5

  1. Developing Evidence-Based Treatment for Agraphia
    Pelagie Beeson; Fiscal Year: 2009
    ..The findings should further clarify understanding of the cognitive processes and neural substrates that support spelling and recovery of function following brain damage. ..