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Executive functioning and lateralized semantic priming in older adults Neuropsychology & NeurosciencePapers & Presentations

Executive functioning and lateralized semantic priming in older adults

Download Full Text Article PDF Abstract Normal aging is associated with a number of cognitive deficits, including changes in executive functioning. Research suggests that hemispheric asymmetry during certain tasks becomes less pronounced in the elderly, reflected in greater bilateral patterns of cortical activation among older…
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May 27, 2016
Predictors and Correlates of Inattentive/Overactive Behaviors in Internationally Adopted Children Adoption & Foster CareChildhood AdversityNeuropsychology & NeurosciencePapers & Presentations

Predictors and Correlates of Inattentive/Overactive Behaviors in Internationally Adopted Children

Originally Authored by Emily Helder, Brianne Brooker, Laura Ring Kapitula, Brooke Goalen & Marjorie J. Gunnoe in Applied Neuropsychology: Child Download Full Text PDF Abstract Children adopted internationally following deprived early care have an elevated risk for difficulties with inattention/overactivity (Kreppner et al., 2001). The…
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March 15, 2016
A longitudinal investigation of children internationally adopted at school age Adoption & Foster CareChildhood AdversityNeuropsychology & NeurosciencePapers & Presentations

A longitudinal investigation of children internationally adopted at school age

Originally Authored by Emily J. Helder, Elizabeth Mulder & Marjorie Linder Gunnoe in Child Neuropsychology Download Full Article PDF Abstract Most existing research on children adopted internationally has focused on those adopted as infants and toddlers. The current study longitudinally tracked several outcomes, including cognitive,…
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November 7, 2014
Microstructural Abnormalities in Language and Limbic Pathways in Orphanage-reared Children: A Diffusion Tensor Imaging Study Adoption & Foster CareChildhood AdversityNeuropsychology & NeurosciencePapers & Presentations

Microstructural Abnormalities in Language and Limbic Pathways in Orphanage-reared Children: A Diffusion Tensor Imaging Study

Originally Authored by Ajay Kumar, Michael E. Behan, Piti Singsoonsud, Amy L. Veenstra, Courtney Wolfe-Christensen, Emily Helder, Harry T. Chugani in Jounral of Child Neurology Download Full Text Article PDF Abstract This study utilized diffusion tensor imaging fiber tractography to examine the miscrostructural integrity of…
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March 15, 2014
Development of an eight-subtest short form of the WISC-IV and evaluation of its clinical utility in children with traumatic brain injury Neuropsychology & NeurosciencePapers & Presentations

Development of an eight-subtest short form of the WISC-IV and evaluation of its clinical utility in children with traumatic brain injury

Originally Authored by Jacobus Donders, Brainne Elzinga, David Kuipers, Emily Helder, & John R. Crawford in Child Neuropsychology Download Full Text Article PDF Abstract This study evaluated the degree to which an 8-subtest short form of theWechsler Intelligence Scale for Children—Fourth Edition would yield acceptable…
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November 7, 2013
Language difficulties in children adopted internationally: Neuropsychological and functional neural correlates Adoption & Foster CareChildhood AdversityNeuropsychology & NeurosciencePapers & Presentations

Language difficulties in children adopted internationally: Neuropsychological and functional neural correlates

Originally Authored by E. Helder, M.E. Behan, B. Wilson, O. Muzik, & H.T. Chugani in Child Neuropsychology Download Full Article PDF Abstract Children who have experienced deprivation as a result of orphanage care during early development are at increased risk for a number of cognitive,…
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August 1, 2013
Neurocognitive and behavioral correlates of non-right-handedness in internationally adopted children Adoption & Foster CareChildhood AdversityNeuropsychology & NeurosciencePapers & Presentations

Neurocognitive and behavioral correlates of non-right-handedness in internationally adopted children

Originally Authored by Tory L. Larsen, Emily J. Helder, and Michael E. Behen in Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology Download Full Text Article PDF Abstract The incidence of non-right-handedness was assessed among a sample of international adoptees. Neurocognitive and behavioral correlates to handedness were…
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August 1, 2012
Behavioral outcome in congenital shunted hydrocephalus without spina bifida Neuropsychology & NeurosciencePapers & Presentations

Behavioral outcome in congenital shunted hydrocephalus without spina bifida

Originally Authored by Emily J. Helder, Emily Austria, Maureen Lacy, and David M. Frim in the Journal of Pediatric Neurology Download Full Text Article PDF Abstract Neuropsychiatric disease is often prevalent in white matter disorders. Hydrocephalus, for example, causes a disruption of white matter pathways.…
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January 15, 2011
The role of the thalamus in neuro-cognitive dysfunction in early unilateral hemispheric injury: A multimodality imaging study of children with SturgeeWeber syndrome Neuropsychology & NeurosciencePapers & Presentations

The role of the thalamus in neuro-cognitive dysfunction in early unilateral hemispheric injury: A multimodality imaging study of children with SturgeeWeber syndrome

Originally Authored by Balint Alkonyi, Harry T. Chugani, Michael Behen, Stacey Halverson, Emily Helder, Malek I, Makki, and Csaba Juhasz in the European Journal of Pediatric Neurology Download Full Text Article PDF Abstract Background: SturgeeWeber syndrome (SWS) with unilateral hemispheric involvement is a clinical model…
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March 26, 2010
Altered Water Diffusivity in Cortical Association Tracts in Children with Early Deprivation Identified with Tract-Based Spatial Statistics (TBSS) Adoption & Foster CareChildhood AdversityNeuropsychology & NeurosciencePapers & Presentations

Altered Water Diffusivity in Cortical Association Tracts in Children with Early Deprivation Identified with Tract-Based Spatial Statistics (TBSS)

Originally Authored by Rajukumar Munian Govindan, Michael E. Behen, Emily Helder, Malek I. Makki, and Harry T. Chugani in Cerebral Cortex Download Full Text Article PDF Abstract Institutional rearing is associated with neurocognitive and behavioral difficulties. Although such difficulties are thought to reflect abnormal neurologic…
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June 22, 2009