Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Cognitive Neuropsychology Laboratory
- Administer neuropsychological batteries to patients with neurodegenerative diseases, assessing language, executive, and memory impairments, including the Uniform Data Set (UDS) and Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration- National Alzheimer’s Coordinating Center (FTLD-NACC). - Administer HD Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) to patients with primary progressive aphasia. - Evaluate patients with the semantic variant of Primary Progressive Aphasia, the logopenic variant of Primary Progressive Aphasia, the behavioral variant of Frontotemporal Degeneration, Alzheimer’s Disease, atypical Alzheimer’s Disease, Corticobasal Degeneration, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, and amnestic and nonamnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment. - Conduct semi-structured interviews with the family and caregivers of our patients. - Gather data and organize databases. - Conduct statistical analysis using R.
- Coordinate an experimental language therapy for patients with semantic variant of primary progressive aphasia and Alzheimer's Disease. - Recruit and enroll patients in this therapy. - Visit the patients once a month for two years to administer the therapy, eye tracking, and cognitive testing to monitor the disease progression. - Recruit and enroll control subjects and keep track of when their yearly follow-ups will be. - Train undergraduate volunteers.
- Studied the cognitive differences between older adults and younger adults and the effects of technology on cognition. - Created computer programs to test attention and cognition, recruited human participants, administered the experiment, and then conducted the data analysis. - Presented our results at the Summer Research Scholar Brown Bag Presentation. - Proficient with E-Prime, SAS, and SPSS.