Maureen Schmitter-Edgecombe

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Affiliation: Washington State University
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Naturalistic assessment of everyday functioning in individuals with mild cognitive impairment: the day-out task
    Maureen Schmitter-Edgecombe
    Department of Psychology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164 4820, USA
    Neuropsychology 26:631-41. 2012
  2. ncbi Recovery of content and temporal order memory for performed activities following moderate to severe traumatic brain injury
    Maureen Schmitter-Edgecombe
    Department of Psychology, Washington State University, P O Box 644820, Pullman, WA 99164 4820, USA
    J Clin Exp Neuropsychol 34:256-68. 2012
  3. ncbi Costs of a predictable switch between simple cognitive tasks following severe closed-head injury
    Maureen Schmitter-Edgecombe
    Department of Psychology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA
    Neuropsychology 20:675-84. 2006
  4. ncbi Feeling of knowing in episodic memory following moderate to severe closed-head injury
    Maureen Schmitter-Edgecombe
    Department of Psychology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164 4820, USA
    Neuropsychology 21:224-34. 2007
  5. ncbi Effects of age and divided attention on memory components derived for the category exemplar generation task
    Maureen Schmitter-Edgecombe
    Department of Psychology, Washington State University Pullman, Washington, 99164 4820, USA
    Neuropsychol Dev Cogn B Aging Neuropsychol Cogn 14:274-300. 2007
  6. ncbi Multidyad memory notebook intervention for very mild dementia: a pilot study
    Maureen Schmitter-Edgecombe
    Department of Psychology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164 4820, USA
    Am J Alzheimers Dis Other Demen 23:477-87. 2008
  7. ncbi Memory prediction accuracy in younger and older adults: a cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis
    Ellen Woo
    Department of Psychology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA
    Neuropsychol Dev Cogn B Aging Neuropsychol Cogn 15:68-94. 2008
  8. ncbi Time estimation and episodic memory following traumatic brain injury
    Maureen Schmitter-Edgecombe
    Department of Psychology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164 4820, USA
    J Clin Exp Neuropsychol 30:212-23. 2008
  9. ncbi Task switching in mild cognitive impairment: switch and nonswitch costs
    Maureen Schmitter-Edgecombe
    Department of Psychology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164 4820, USA
    J Int Neuropsychol Soc 15:103-11. 2009
  10. ncbi Characterizing multiple memory deficits and their relation to everyday functioning in individuals with mild cognitive impairment
    Maureen Schmitter-Edgecombe
    Department of Psychology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164 4820, USA
    Neuropsychology 23:168-77. 2009

Research Grants

  1. Cognitive Recovery after Traumatic Brain Injury
    Maureen Schmitter Edgecombe; Fiscal Year: 2007

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Publications45

  1. ncbi Naturalistic assessment of everyday functioning in individuals with mild cognitive impairment: the day-out task
    Maureen Schmitter-Edgecombe
    Department of Psychology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164 4820, USA
    Neuropsychology 26:631-41. 2012
    ..The day-out task (DOT), a naturalistic task that requires multitasking in a real-world setting, was used to examine everyday functioning in individuals with mild cognitive impairment (MCI)...
  2. ncbi Recovery of content and temporal order memory for performed activities following moderate to severe traumatic brain injury
    Maureen Schmitter-Edgecombe
    Department of Psychology, Washington State University, P O Box 644820, Pullman, WA 99164 4820, USA
    J Clin Exp Neuropsychol 34:256-68. 2012
    ..The findings also suggest a stronger link between everyday memory abilities and temporal order memory for activities than activity memory content in a TBI population...
  3. ncbi Costs of a predictable switch between simple cognitive tasks following severe closed-head injury
    Maureen Schmitter-Edgecombe
    Department of Psychology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA
    Neuropsychology 20:675-84. 2006
    ....
  4. ncbi Feeling of knowing in episodic memory following moderate to severe closed-head injury
    Maureen Schmitter-Edgecombe
    Department of Psychology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164 4820, USA
    Neuropsychology 21:224-34. 2007
    ..It is proposed that CHI participants may display intact memory monitoring when predictions are based on familiarity assessment but not when continued probing for additional episodic information is required...
  5. ncbi Effects of age and divided attention on memory components derived for the category exemplar generation task
    Maureen Schmitter-Edgecombe
    Department of Psychology, Washington State University Pullman, Washington, 99164 4820, USA
    Neuropsychol Dev Cogn B Aging Neuropsychol Cogn 14:274-300. 2007
    ..They also indicate that the opportunity for greater semantic processing enhances the conceptual priming of both younger and older adults...
  6. ncbi Multidyad memory notebook intervention for very mild dementia: a pilot study
    Maureen Schmitter-Edgecombe
    Department of Psychology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164 4820, USA
    Am J Alzheimers Dis Other Demen 23:477-87. 2008
    ..This study demonstrates that a multidyad group intervention can successfully be used to teach patients with very mild dementia to use a memory notebook, with beneficial effects for both members of the care dyad...
  7. ncbi Memory prediction accuracy in younger and older adults: a cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis
    Ellen Woo
    Department of Psychology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA
    Neuropsychol Dev Cogn B Aging Neuropsychol Cogn 15:68-94. 2008
    ..Older adults also did not operate on a negative stereotype of global cognitive decline with age, as they provided varying performance estimates across the different domains and types of memory tasks...
  8. ncbi Time estimation and episodic memory following traumatic brain injury
    Maureen Schmitter-Edgecombe
    Department of Psychology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164 4820, USA
    J Clin Exp Neuropsychol 30:212-23. 2008
    ..This pattern of data was interpreted as being due to episodic memory dysfunction...
  9. ncbi Task switching in mild cognitive impairment: switch and nonswitch costs
    Maureen Schmitter-Edgecombe
    Department of Psychology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164 4820, USA
    J Int Neuropsychol Soc 15:103-11. 2009
    ..Future research is needed to better understand the nature and implications for daily living of the greater switch costs found for individuals with MCI. (JINS, 2009, 15, 103-111.)...
  10. ncbi Characterizing multiple memory deficits and their relation to everyday functioning in individuals with mild cognitive impairment
    Maureen Schmitter-Edgecombe
    Department of Psychology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164 4820, USA
    Neuropsychology 23:168-77. 2009
    ..The results further show that these noncontent memory processes, which have been linked with executive functioning, play a role in supporting IADLs...
  11. ncbi Time estimation abilities in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease
    Alicia D Rueda
    Department of Psychology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164 4820, USA
    Neuropsychology 23:178-88. 2009
    ..The findings did not support a noteworthy role for episodic memory impairment in temporal perception but rather elucidated a significant effect of normal aging, as well as a detrimental effect of AD on temporal perception...
  12. ncbi Cognitive correlates of functional performance in older adults: comparison of self-report, direct observation, and performance-based measures
    Maureen Schmitter-Edgecombe
    Department of Psychology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164 4820, USA
    J Int Neuropsychol Soc 17:853-64. 2011
    ..The findings further suggest that a self-report of IADLs and the performance-based EPT may be useful measures for assessing everyday functional status in cognitively healthy older adults...
  13. ncbi Assessment of strategic processing during narrative comprehension in individuals with mild cognitive impairment
    Maureen Schmitter-Edgecombe
    Department of Psychology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164 4820, USA
    J Int Neuropsychol Soc 16:661-71. 2010
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  14. ncbi Predictions of verbal episodic memory in persons with Alzheimer's disease
    Maureen Schmitter-Edgecombe
    Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164 4820, USA
    J Clin Exp Neuropsychol 33:218-25. 2011
    ..The findings further suggest that while AD patients appear able to immediately benefit from task experience, they have difficulty creating lasting awareness of memory abilities...
  15. ncbi Implications of basic science research for brain injury rehabilitation: a focus on intact learning mechanisms
    Maureen Schmitter-Edgecombe
    Department of Psychology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164 4820, USA
    J Head Trauma Rehabil 21:131-41. 2006
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  16. ncbi Understanding text after severe closed-head injury: assessing inferences and memory operations with a think-aloud procedure
    Maureen Schmitter-Edgecombe
    Department of Psychology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164 4820, USA
    Brain Lang 94:331-46. 2005
    ....
  17. ncbi Acquisition of skilled visual search performance following severe closed-head injury
    M Schmitter-Edgecombe
    Department of Psychology, Washington State University, Pullman, 99164 4820, USA
    J Int Neuropsychol Soc 7:615-30. 2001
    ..These results indicate that skill acquisition training guidelines can be used to teach severe CHI patients to develop a new automatic skill...
  18. ncbi Effects of divided attention and time course on automatic and controlled components of memory in older adults
    M Schmitter-Edgecombe
    Department of Psychology, Washington State University, Pullman 99164 4820, USA
    Psychol Aging 14:331-45. 1999
    ..Furthermore, age did not interact with the attentional manipulation or the time course factor...
  19. ncbi Effects of divided attention on automatic and controlled components of memory after severe closed-head injury
    M Schmitter-Edgecombe
    Department of Psychology, Washington State University, Pullman 99164 4820, USA
    Neuropsychology 14:559-69. 2000
    ..They also indicate that automatic memory processes do not require additional attentional resources following severe CHI...
  20. ncbi Visual selective attention after severe closed head injury
    M Schmitter-Edgecombe
    Department of Psychology, Washington State University, Pullman 99164 4820, USA
    J Int Neuropsychol Soc 4:144-59. 1998
    ..These results suggest that, in comparison to controls, CHI participants may be at a disadvantage in selective attention situations when visual search is required and when the discriminability between targets and distractors is difficult...
  21. ncbi Self-ordered pointing performance following severe closed-head injury
    Maureen Schmitter-Edgecombe
    Department of Psychology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164 4820, USA
    J Clin Exp Neuropsychol 25:918-32. 2003
    ..Our findings suggest that, as a group, the primary factor resulting in poorer SOPT performance by the CHI group was a memory deficit and not the ability to utilize executive aspects of working memory...
  22. ncbi Content memory and temporal order memory for performed activities after severe closed-head injury
    Maureen Schmitter-Edgecombe
    Department of Psychology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164 4820, USA
    J Clin Exp Neuropsychol 25:933-48. 2003
    ..Issues related to automaticity and the roles of the frontal lobes in temporal order memory are also discussed...
  23. ncbi Retrieval inhibition in directed forgetting following severe closed-head injury
    Maureen Schmitter-Edgecombe
    Department of Psychology, Washington State University, WA, USA
    Neuropsychology 18:104-14. 2004
    ..These findings suggest that residual memory deficits in patients with severe CHI are unlikely to reflect inefficient retrieval inhibition...
  24. ncbi Automatic process development following severe closed head injury
    M Schmitter-Edgecombe
    Department of Psychology, Washington State University, Pullman 99164 4820, USA
    Neuropsychology 11:296-308. 1997
    ..These results indicate that for memory-based search tasks the effects of a CHI may slow down the speed with which automatic processes develop but that CHI participants can acquire and use automatic processes in task performance...
  25. ncbi Memory self-awareness and memory self-monitoring following severe closed-head injury
    Maureen Schmitter-Edgecombe
    Department of Psychology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164 4820, USA
    Brain Inj 18:997-1016. 2004
    ..To examine the accuracy of memory self-awareness and memory self-monitoring abilities in participants with severe closed-head injury (CHI)...
  26. ncbi Effects of divided attention on perceptual and conceptual memory tests: an analysis using a process-dissociation approach
    M Schmitter-Edgecombe
    Department of Psychology, Washington State University, Pullman 99164 4820, USA
    Mem Cognit 27:512-25. 1999
    ..The results suggest that, in contrast to perceptual priming, conceptual priming may be enhanced by semantic processing, and this effect is not an artifact of contamination from conscious retrieval processes...
  27. ncbi Event-based prospective memory following severe closed-head injury
    Maureen Schmitter-Edgecombe
    Department of Psychology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164 4820, USA
    Neuropsychology 18:353-61. 2004
    ..The data revealed a link between CHI participants' prospective memory failures and momentary lapses of intention...
  28. ncbi Predictions of episodic memory following moderate to severe traumatic brain injury during inpatient rehabilitation
    Jonathan W Anderson
    Department of Psychology, Eastern Washington University, Cheney, WA 99004 2423, USA
    J Clin Exp Neuropsychol 31:425-38. 2009
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  29. ncbi Episodic memory predictions in persons with amnestic and nonamnestic mild cognitive impairment
    Adriana M Seelye
    Department of Psychology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164 4820, USA
    J Clin Exp Neuropsychol 32:433-41. 2010
    ..Accurate metamemory skills may facilitate the ability of individuals with MCI to benefit from targeted behavioral interventions focused on utilizing compensatory strategies for everyday memory problems...
  30. ncbi Working memory and aging: a cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis using a self-ordered pointing task
    Naomi Chaytor
    Department of Psychology, Washington State University, Pullman 99164-4820, USA
    J Int Neuropsychol Soc 10:489-503. 2004
    ..Furthermore, the exploratory longitudinal analysis revealed that older age and lower intellectual abilities tended to be associated with poorer performance on the SOPT at Time 2...
  31. ncbi Assessment of memory self-awareness following traumatic brain injury
    Michelle Livengood
    Eastern Washington University, Department of Psychology, Cheney, WA 99004, USA
    Brain Inj 24:598-608. 2010
    ..To examine memory self-awareness abilities in individuals with moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) using both 'online assessment' and 'offline assessment' methodologies...
  32. ncbi Narrative comprehension in Alzheimer's disease: assessing inferences and memory operations with a think-aloud procedure
    Scott Creamer
    Department of Psychology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA
    Neuropsychology 24:279-90. 2010
    ..To further understanding of text comprehension abilities in Alzheimer's disease (AD), a think-aloud protocol was used to examine the role of inferencing and the memory operations used to produce inferences...
  33. ncbi Long-term retention of skilled visual search following severe traumatic brain injury
    Shital P Pavawalla
    Department of Psychology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164-4820, USA
    J Int Neuropsychol Soc 12:802-11. 2006
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  34. ncbi Semantic memory organization during the early stage of recovery from traumatic brain injury
    Jennifer McWilliams
    Department of Psychology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164 4820, USA
    Brain Inj 22:243-53. 2008
    ..This study used an object definitions test to examine semantic memory and the organization of semantic knowledge during the early stage of recovery from traumatic brain injury (TBI)...
  35. ncbi Recovery of time estimation following moderate to severe traumatic brain injury
    Jonathan W Anderson
    Department of Psychology, Eastern Washington University, Cheney, WA 99004 2423, USA
    Neuropsychology 25:36-44. 2011
    ..This study investigated the role of episodic memory in the recovery of time estimation abilities following moderate to severe traumatic brain injury (TBI)...
  36. ncbi Mild cognitive impairment and feeling-of-knowing in episodic memory
    Jonathan W Anderson
    Eastern Washington University, Cheney, WA, USA
    J Clin Exp Neuropsychol 32:505-14. 2010
    ..These findings suggest that memory self-monitoring is not a unitary construct and that amnestic MCI participants have difficulty with prospective memory self-monitoring abilities...
  37. ncbi Identifying the nature of impairment in planning ability with normal aging
    Chad Sanders
    Department of Psychology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA
    J Clin Exp Neuropsychol 34:724-37. 2012
    ..We also found that both groups successfully updated and adjusted their formulated plans during execution...
  38. ncbi Improving the ecological validity of executive functioning assessment
    Naomi Chaytor
    Department of Psychology, Washington State University, Pullman, USA
    Arch Clin Neuropsychol 21:217-27. 2006
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  39. ncbi Perceptually based implicit learning in severe closed-head injury patients
    Heather M Nissley
    Department of Psychology, Washington State University, Pullman 99164-4820, USA
    Neuropsychology 16:111-22. 2002
    ..Both groups also exhibited retention of their learning after a 20-min delay. Explicit knowledge tests indicated that participants lacked awareness for the covariation...
  40. ncbi Application of cognitive rehabilitation theory to the development of smart prompting technologies
    Adriana M Seelye
    Department of Psychology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, USA
    IEEE Rev Biomed Eng 5:29-44. 2012
    ..Finally, we raise questions for future exploration as well as challenges and suggestions for future directions in this area of research...
  41. ncbi Fractionation of the dysexecutive syndrome in a heterogeneous neurological sample: comparing the Dysexecutive Questionnaire and the Brock Adaptive Functioning Questionnaire
    Naomi Chaytor
    Department of Psychology, Pullman, Washington State University, WA, USA
    Brain Inj 21:615-21. 2007
    ..The current study sought to determine whether similar components of everyday executive dysfunction are being measured by the Dysexecutive Questionnaire (DEX) and the Brock Adaptive Functioning Questionnaire (BAFQ)...
  42. ncbi Quantitative and qualitative analyses of the clock drawing test in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer disease: evaluation of a modified scoring system
    Carolyn M Parsey
    Department of Psychology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, USA
    J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol 24:108-18. 2011
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  43. ncbi Naturalistic assessment of everyday activities and prompting technologies in mild cognitive impairment
    Adriana M Seelye
    1 Washington State University, Department of Psychology, Pullman, Washington
    J Int Neuropsychol Soc 19:442-52. 2013
    ..Need for prompting assistance was best predicted by verbal memory abilities in multi-domain amnestic MCI. Participants across groups indicated that they perceived the prompting technology to be very helpful. (JINS, 2013, 19, 1-11)...
  44. ncbi The ecological validity of neuropsychological tests: a review of the literature on everyday cognitive skills
    Naomi Chaytor
    Department of Psychology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164-4820, USA
    Neuropsychol Rev 13:181-97. 2003
    ..clinician), illness severity, and time from injury until evaluation. In addition, a standard measurement of outcome for each cognitive domain is greatly needed to allow for comparison across studies...
  45. ncbi Prediction of employment status following traumatic brain injury using a behavioural measure of frontal lobe functioning
    Amy Simpson
    Department of Psychology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA
    Brain Inj 16:1075-91. 2002
    ..The BAFQ appeared useful in differentiating survivors who may return to their pre-injury employment level from those who may require modified employment...

Research Grants4

  1. Cognitive Recovery after Traumatic Brain Injury
    Maureen Schmitter Edgecombe; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ....