Papers by Anthony Stringer
Psychology Press eBooks, Dec 6, 2012
A. Stringer, E. Cooley, Introduction: Neuropsychology: A Twentieth Century Science. Part I: Pathw... more A. Stringer, E. Cooley, Introduction: Neuropsychology: A Twentieth Century Science. Part I: Pathways Unforgotten. M. Butters, N. Butters, Nelson Butters: One Step Ahead. A. Tzavaras, M.L. Albert, Henry Hecaen: Evolution of His Thought. L. Moskovitch, D. Bougakov, P. DeFina, E. Goldberg, A. R. Luria: Pursuing Neuropsychology in a Swiftly Changing Society. A. Puente, Roger Sperry: From Neuro-Science to Neuro-Philosophy. M.B. Parlee, Hans-Lukas Teuber: Envisioning Neuropsychology. Part II: Pathways Remembered. D.J. Bakker, Teaching the Brain. A-L Christensen, Lifelines. K.M. Heilman, The Making of a Behavioral Neurologist-Neuropsychologist. E. Kaplan, Serendipity in Science: A Personal Account. M.J. Meier, In Search of Knowledge and Competence. O.A. Parsons, Jersey to Oklahoma: A Neuropsychologist's Trajectory. K.H. Pribram, Autobiography in Anecdote: The Founding of Experimental Neuropsychology. R.M. Reitan, The Best Laid Plans? And the Vagaries of Circumstantial Events. B.P. Rourke, My Odyssey in Child Clinical Neuropsychology. O. Spreen, Pathways and Reflections. Part III: Pathways Imagined. R. Bauer, To Infinity, and Beyond: Clinical Neuropsychology in the 21st Century. L.S. Cermak, Amnesia for the Past Causes Deficits in Prospective Planning. A.Y. Stringer, From a Decade of the Brain to a Century of the Brain: Neuropsychology and the Alleviation of Disability.
Journal of studies on alcohol, Sep 1, 1988
Brain Injury, 1996
In motor aprosodia, imitation and production of emotional prosody and facial gestures are comprom... more In motor aprosodia, imitation and production of emotional prosody and facial gestures are compromised. Despite the frequency with which aprosodia occurs after brain damage, and its potential to cause social and vocational disability, no formal treatments are available for this disorder. A case of motor aprosodia treated with voice pitch biofeedback and modelling of affective communication is presented. Utilizing the patient as her own control, the affective communication treatment was compared to traditional rehabilitation therapy. The results obtained suggest that affective communication treatment has potential in improving affective communication in brain-injured patients. Also notable was the fact that the improvements in emotional expression were stable over a 2-month follow-up period, and could not be attributed to recovery of function as a result of time passage, the effect of traditional rehabilitation, the effect of the extra attention paid to the patient, or examiner bias.
Alzheimer's & Dementia: Translational Research & Clinical Interventions, May 15, 2017
Introduction: Memory deficits characterize Alzheimer's dementia and the clinical precursor stage ... more Introduction: Memory deficits characterize Alzheimer's dementia and the clinical precursor stage known as mild cognitive impairment. Nonpharmacologic interventions hold promise for enhancing functioning in these patients, potentially delaying functional impairment that denotes transition to dementia. Previous findings revealed that mnemonic strategy training (MST) enhances long-term retention of trained stimuli and is accompanied by increased blood oxygen level-dependent signal in the lateral frontal and parietal cortices as well as in the hippocampus. The present study was designed to enhance MST generalization, and the range of patients who benefit, via concurrent delivery of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS). Methods: This protocol describes a prospective, randomized controlled, four-arm, double-blind study targeting memory deficits in those with mild cognitive impairment. Once randomized, participants complete five consecutive daily sessions in which they receive either active or sham high definition tDCS over the left lateral prefrontal cortex, a region known to be important for successful memory encoding and that has been engaged by MST. High definition tDCS (active or sham) will be combined with either MST or autobiographical memory recall (comparable to reminiscence therapy). Participants undergo memory testing using ecologically relevant measures and functional magnetic resonance imaging before and after these treatment sessions as well as at a 3-month follow-up. Primary outcome measures include face-name and object-location association tasks. Secondary outcome measures include self-report of memory abilities as well as a spatial navigation task (near transfer) and prose memory (medication instructions; far transfer). Changes in functional magnetic resonance imaging will be evaluated during both task performance and the resting-state using activation and connectivity analyses. Discussion: The results will provide important information about the efficacy of cognitive and neuromodulatory techniques as well as the synergistic interaction between these promising approaches. Exploratory results will examine patient characteristics that affect treatment efficacy, thereby identifying those most appropriate for intervention.
Journal of The International Neuropsychological Society, Sep 1, 2001
This study compared the ability of clinical and ecologic simulation measures to predict performan... more This study compared the ability of clinical and ecologic simulation measures to predict performance on environment-specific criterion measures of wayfinding. Thirty-one unilateral stroke participants comprised the right and left hemisphere groups (16 patients with left sided and 15 patients with right sided strokes). Participants completed a battery of clinical tasks (e.g., traditional paper-and-pencil measures of visualization, mental rotation, visual memory and spatial orientation), ecologic simulations (e.g., slide route recall and visualization of a model town from differing perspectives) and environment specific criterion tasks (e.g., route recall and directional orientation). The groups were equivalent in age, sex, education, handedness, and weeks since stroke. Both ecologic simulation tasks were found to have fairly good internal consistency and 1 simulation task was significantly related to real world wayfinding. Of the clinical tasks, 1 visual memory test was correlated with a directional orientation criterion task, but none correlated with route navigation ability. Results are consistent with literature purporting the benefits of ecologic simulation tasks as predictors of real world functioning. (JINS, 2001, 7, 675-682.
Congenital Heart Disease, Dec 13, 2016
Objective: Adults with congenital heart disease (CHD) are at increased risk of psychological diso... more Objective: Adults with congenital heart disease (CHD) are at increased risk of psychological disorders and cognitive deficiencies due to structural/acquired neurological abnormalities and neurodevelopmental disorders as children. However, limited information is known about the neuropsychological functioning of adults with CHD. This study screened neuropsychological abilities and explored group differences related to cardiac disease severity and neurological risk factors in adults with CHD. Design: Participants completed brief neuropsychological testing. Information about neurobehavioral and psychological symptoms, employment, education, and disability were also collected from the patient and a family member. Results: Forty-eight participants with adult CHD completed neuropsychological testing. Visuospatial skills and working memory were worse than expected compared to the typical population. Frequency of neurological comorbidities (e.g., stroke, seizures) was higher in those with more severe heart disease (e.g., single ventricle or cyanotic disease), and executive functioning was weaker in those with neurological comorbidities. Those with more severe heart disease were more likely to be unemployed and to receive disability benefits, but educational attainment did not differ. Those who received disability performed worse on tasks of executive functioning. Conclusions: Findings suggest concerns about neuropsychological functioning that need to be more comprehensively assessed in adults with CHD. Understanding the cognitive limitations of this aging population can help guide access to resources, transition of care, and medical care engagement, thus improving quality of care and quality of life. K E Y W O R D S adult congenital heart disease, adult transition, cognitive functioning, executive functioning, neurodevelopmental outcomes, neuropsychological outcomes 1 | INTRODUCTION The increased risk of socioemotional, cognitive, and academic problems in children and adolescents with congenital heart disease (CHD) has been well-documented. Variability in outcomes is tremendous across the pediatric years, with subtle to severe concerns, and evolving challenges across the lifespan as demands increase. School age children may require grade retention, placement in the special education classroom, and they may be diagnosed with learning disabilities, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, and executive functioning problems. 1-5 Compared with typical teens, they are unable to participate in competitive team sports and are not as physically active. 6,7 Social challenges and psychological problems continue into the teen years, and many need remedial supports to finish high school. 8 Quality of life is impacted across the lifespan for many of those with CHD. 9-11 In a large adult and geriatric survey study, dementia was reported to be the comorbidity of CHD with the highest magnitude, with a hazards ratio of 3.24. 12
American Psychological Association eBooks, 2023
... Manual of Clinical Psychopharmacology, 3rd ed., edited by Alan F. Schatzberg, MD, Jonathan O.... more ... Manual of Clinical Psychopharmacology, 3rd ed., edited by Alan F. Schatzberg, MD, Jonathan O. Cole, MD, and Charles DeBattista, DMH, MD Washington, DC, Ameri-can Psychiatric ... Consider the chapter on Dr. Edith Jackson, who is one of the 10 patients Roazen discusses. ...
American Journal of Psychiatry, Oct 1, 1983
Two hospitalized patients with antisocial personality disorder (by DSM-III) and histories of chil... more Two hospitalized patients with antisocial personality disorder (by DSM-III) and histories of childhood attention deficit disorder became less aggressive during trials of methylphenidate. The authors suggest a link between the childhood disorder and one subgroup of antisocial personality disorder.
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