Meet the Authors: A Neuropsychology Podcast

In this episode, our host, Dr. Scott Sperling, and student leader, Jared Jacoboson Cherry, meet with authors Dr. Kristina Gicas and Michelle Blumberg to discuss their recent paper, Examination of Objective and Subjective Cognition and Their Association With Functional Outcomes: A Cross-Sectional Study in a Canadian Sample of Homeless and Precariously Housed Adults . The authors share insights from...

In this episode, our host, Dr. Scott Sperling, and student leader, Steven Harris, meet with authors Dr. Roee Holtzer and Andrew Fox to discuss their recent paper, Mediating Effect of Cognitive Reserve on Associations Between Processing Speed and Memory in Older Adults with and without Multiple Sclerosis .  The authors share insights from their study of 104 older adults with MS and 105 healthy cont...

In this episode, our host, Dr. Scott Sperling, and student leader, Jared Jacoboson Cherry, meet with authors Sophie van der Landen and Dr. Sietske Sikkes to discuss their recent paper, " The relationship between cognitive domains and everyday functioning in Alzheimer's disease. " The authors share insights from their study of over 600 participants with biomarker-confirmed Alzheimer's disease, rang...

In this episode of Meet the Authors , Dr. Scott Sperling is joined by first author Dr. Brandon Gavett to discuss his paper, Domain-Specific Changes in Everyday Cognition: Associations with Diagnosis Change and Gray Matter Volume Change . Drawing on longitudinal data from 891 older adults, the study examines how cognitive abilities change over time and how these changes relate to diagnostic transit...

In this episode, Dr. Scott Sperling discusses the article Inhibitory Control Underpins the Relationship Between Cognitive and Psychological Inflexibility After a Moderate to Severe Traumatic Brain Injury with authors Drs. Diane Whiting and Josh Faulkner. This study examined how deficits in cognitive flexibility relate to psychological inflexibility and distress among individuals with a traumatic b...

In this episode, Dr. Scott Sperling discusses the article Joint Effects of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Cannabis on Neurocognition with first author Ashley Adams, MS and senior author Dr. Raul Gonzalez. This study explored the effects of cannabis use and HIV on neurocognition in a demographically diverse sample (N = 269). Results showed that participants who endorsed cannabis use (CB+) a...

In this episode, Dr. Scott Sperling and student leader, Grace Goodwin, discuss the article The Association of Multilingualism with Diverse Language Families and Cognition Among Adults with and without Education in India with the senior author, Dr. Miguel Arce Rentería. This study leveraged the rich linguistic diversity across all socioeconomic gradients in India to understand how multilinguilism i...

In this episode, Dr. Scott Sperling and Dr. Elaine Schultz discuss the article  p-Tau/Aβ42 ratio associates with cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease, mild cognitive impairment, and cognitively unimpaired older adults with two the paper's authors, Dr. Ruchika Prakash and Michael McKenna. The goal of the study was to examine whether a CSF-based p-Tau/Aβ42 ratio predicted aspects of cognition (g...

In this episode, Dr. Scott Sperling and Dr. Kritika Nayar discuss the article  Pediartic cognitive reserve moderates the effect of brain structure in Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Evidence for an optimized residual approach   with the paper's first author Dr. Zubin Irani. This study examined the construct validity of a residual-based cognitive reserve index in a sample of pediatric pat...

In this episode, Dr. Scott Sperling and student leader, Dr. Lisa Cruz, discuss the article  The association of sociodemographic factors with total and item-level semantic fluency metrics   with the paper's first author, Magdalena Beran, and senior author Dr. Jet Vonk. In this study, explored the association between sociodemographic factors (e.g., age, sex, level of education) and semantic fluency...

In this episode, Dr. Scott Sperling and student leader, Ms. Grace Goodwin, discuss the article The role of working memory and organizational skills in academic functioning for children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder   with the paper's first author, doctoral candidate, Ms. Alissa Cole. Using bias-corrected, bootstrapped latent path analyses, this study explored the unique and shared...

In this episode, Dr. Scott Sperling and student leader, Dr. Elaine Schultz, discuss the article Psychometric properties of two instruments assessing catastrophizing and fear-avoidance behavior in mild traumatic brain injury with two of the paper's authors, Skye King and Dr. Melloney Wijenberg. This study aimed to invesigate the factor structure, internal consistency, test-restest reliability, and...

In this episode Dr. Scott Sperling and student leader, Dr. Kritika Nayar, discuss the paper  Language Switching and Speaking a Non-Dominant Language Challenge Executive Control: Preliminary Data for Novel Behavioral Markers of Alzheimer's Risk in Spanish-English Bilinguals , with the paper's authors, Ms. Dalia Lopez Garcia and Dr. Tamar Gollan. In this study, using psycholinguistic analyses, autho...

In this episode, Dr. Scott Sperling and early career leader, Dr. Zachary Resch, will be discussing the paper, Signs and Symptoms Method in Neuropsychology: A Standardized Observational Examination of Cognitive Functions Can Be Effective in Detecting Mild Cognitive Impairment , with two of the study authors, Dr. Carlo Abbate & Dr. Alessia Gallucci. In their study, the authors examined the diagnosti...

In this podcast, Dr. Scott Sperling and student leader, Dr. Kritika Nayar, discuss the paper, Cross-sectional associations of CSF tau levels with Rey's AVLT: A recency ratio study , with the paper's author, Dr. Davide Bruno.   In the paper,  associations between  traditional memory scores from the Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test, a novel process-based memory score based on knowledge of serial po...

In this podcast, Dr. Scott Sperling and student leader, Dr. Joshua Fox-Fuller, discuss the paper, Multi-Domain Modifiable Dementia Risk Factors Are Associated with Poorer Cognition in Midlife , with two of the paper's authors, Dr. Yen Ying Lim and Ms. Lisa Bransby. This study the examined frequency and co-occurrence of modifiable dementia risk factors in a large cohort of healthy individuals who a...

Today, Dr. Scott Sperling and student leader, Ms. Sara Pishdadian, will be discussing the paper, Linking Self-Perceived Cognitive Functioning Questionnaires Using Item Response Theory: The Subjective Cognitive Decline Initiatives , with three of the study authors, Dr. Rabin, Dr. Elbulok-Charcape and Dr. Jones.  In their study, the authors harmonized secondary data from 24 studies and 40 different...

In our inaugural podcast, Dr. Scott Sperling and Mr. Humza Khan discuss a very exciting paper, entitled, Development and Application of the International Classification of Cognitive Disorders in Epilepsy (IC-CoDE): Initial Results From a Multi-Center Study of Adults With Temporal Lobe Epilepsy , with two of the paper's authors, Dr. Carrie McDonald and Dr. Anny Reyes. The IC-CoDE is the first itera...