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Author:

Rosenbaum, Aaron Michael

Title:

AN EXAMINATION OF THE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT AND ATTITUDES TOWARD CONCUSSION IN HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETES, COACHES, AND ATHLETIC TRAINERS

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Concussion
mild Traumatic Brain Injury
adolescent risk behavior
concussion knowledge
concussion attitude
concussion attitudes
high school coaches

File:

Download Rosenbaum_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Peter Andrew Arnett, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Frank Gerard Hillary, Committee Member
James Lewis Farr, Committee Member
Semyon Slobounov, Committee Member

Author:

Bailey, Christopher M.

Title:

Premorbid Measures and Sports-Related Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: Appropriateness and Accuracy

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Wechsler Test of Adult Reading
Athlete
Baseline
Concussion
MTBI

File:

Download Bailey_Full_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Peter Andrew Arnett, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Frank Gerard Hillary, Committee Member
William Ray, Committee Member
Clancy B Blair, Committee Member

Author:

Ramanathan, Deepa

Title:

The Relationship Between Dispositional Optimism and Cognitive, Psychiatric, and Functional Outcomes Following Traumatic Brain Injury

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

traumatic brain injury
TBI
dispositional optimsim
brain injury outcome
functional outcome in TBI
optimism and outcome

File:

Download Ramanathan_Masters.pdf

Committee Members:

Frank Gerard Hillary, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Frank Gerard Hillary, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Barwick, Fiona H

Title:

BASE RATES AND CORRELATES OF ABNORMAL NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST PERFORMANCE ON A CONCUSSION ASSESSMENT BATTERY AMONG HEALTHY COLLEGIATE ATHLETES

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

concussion
sport-related concussion
mild traumatic brain injury
neuropsychological tests
cognitive tests
baseline assessment
abnormal neuropsychological test performance
cognitive impairment

File:

Download Copy_of_Fiona_Barwick_dissertation.final_EDT_submission_7-15-11.pdf

Committee Members:

Peter Andrew Arnett, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter Andrew Arnett, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Frank Gerard Hillary, Committee Member
Kristin Buss, Committee Member
Elana Farace, Committee Member

Author:

Fesi, Jeremy Daniel

Title:

Adult Human Cortical Responses Tuned to Figures Defined by Temporal Modulations of Motion Contrast: An Electrophysiological Investigation of Cortical Function

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

SSVEP
motion processing

File:

Download thesis_jfesi_sp10.pdf

Committee Members:

Rick Owen Gilmore, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Frank Gerard Hillary, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard Alan Carlson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter Cm Molenaar, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Medaglia, John Dominic

Title:

THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE CEREBELLUM TO COGNITION: AN fMRI STUDY IN VERBAL WORKING MEMORY

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

functional connectivity
fMRI
cerebellum
working memory

File:

Download FinalThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Frank Gerard Hillary, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Frank Gerard Hillary, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rick Owen Gilmore, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter Andrew Arnett, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Chiou, Kathy Shiang

Title:

Executive Functioning and Metacognitive Monitoring in Moderate to Severe Traumatic Brain Injury

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

traumatic brain injury
executive functioning
metacognition

File:

Download Masters.Final.KSC.pdf

Committee Members:

Frank Gerard Hillary, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Frank Gerard Hillary, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Smith, Megan Meredith

Title:

AWARENESS OF EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING DEFICITS IN MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS: SELF VERSUS INFORMANT RATINGS OF IMPAIRMENT IN PATIENTS VERSUS CONTROLS AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH OBJECTIVE COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

executive functioning
anosognosia
multiple sclerosis
dysexecutive questionnaire

File:

Download MSmith_dissertation_06_07r.pdf

Committee Members:

Peter Andrew Arnett, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Karen Gasper, Committee Member
Jeffrey Hayes, Committee Member
Frank Gerard Hillary, Committee Member

Author:

Van der Wel, Robrecht Parsival Reinhard Diederik

Title:

THE FLEXIBLE USE OF REFERENCE FRAMES IN HUMAN ACTION PLANNING

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

motor control
action planning
object manipulation
bimanual coordination
reference frames

File:

Download van_der_Wel_dissertation_March_3_2009_submitted.pdf

Committee Members:

David A. Rosenbaum, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David A. Rosenbaum, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard Alan Carlson, Committee Member
Frank Gerard Hillary, Committee Member
Dagmar Sternad, Committee Member

Author:

Ukueberuwa, Dede

Title:

The Longitudinal Relationship between Fatigue and Cognition in Multiple Sclerosis: Is Coping Style a Moderator?

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

multiple sclerosis
fatigue
cognition
coping
neuropsychology
psychology

File:

Download Dede.Ukueberuwa.masters_thesis.grdschl.final.resub.pdf

Committee Members:

Peter Andrew Arnett, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Frank Gerard Hillary, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alicia Grandey, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Fesi, Jeremy Daniel

Title:

Spatiotemporal sensitivity of cortical responses to self- and object-related motion in human adults

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

vision
EEG
visual motion
electrophysiology

File:

Download psu_diss_jfesi_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Rick Owen Gilmore, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rick Owen Gilmore, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Frank Gerard Hillary, Committee Member
Peter Cm Molenaar, Committee Member

Author:

Rabinowitz, Amanda

Title:

Intraindividual cognitive variability in sports-related concussion: Implications for motivation and neurological vulnerability

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

concussion
TBI
variability
motivation
effort
neuropsychological testing

File:

Download Rabinowitz_Dissertation_ETD.pdf

Committee Members:

Peter Andrew Arnett, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard Alan Carlson, Committee Member
Frank Gerard Hillary, Committee Member
Lisa Michelle Kopp, Committee Member

Author:

Ramanathan, Deepa

Title:

The Epidemiology of Traumatic Brain Injury in Pennsylvania: Treatment and Outcome Differences by Age and Geographic Location

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Traumatic Brain Injury
Head Injury
Epidemiology
Geriatrics
Older Adults
Functional Outcome
Fall Prevention

File:

Download Ramanathan_Dissertation_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Frank Gerard Hillary, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter Andrew Arnett, Committee Member
Stephen Jeffrey Wilson, Committee Member
Nilam Ram, Special Member

Author:

Vargas, Gray Alexandra

Title:

Disrupted Functional Connectivity in the Frontal-subcortical Network as a Vulnerability Factor for Depression in Multiple Sclerosis

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

multiple sclerosis
depression
functional connectivity
stress
social support

File:

Download Gray_Vargas_Dissertation_Final_Final.submitted.pdf

Committee Members:

Peter Andrew Arnett, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Frank Gerard Hillary, Committee Member
Stephen Jeffrey Wilson, Committee Member
Lisa Michelle Kopp, Special Member

Author:

Chiou, Kathy Shiang

Title:

Quantity and Quality: The Importance of Structural Integrity in Metacognitive Functioning Following Moderate and Severe Traumatic Brain Injury

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

traumatic brain injury (TBI)
metacognition
voxel based morphometry (VBM)
diffusion tensor imaging (DTI)

File:

Download Chiou_Dissertation_FinalFormat.pdf

Committee Members:

Frank Gerard Hillary, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Frank Gerard Hillary, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Peter Andrew Arnett, Committee Member
Nancy Anne Coulter Dennis, Committee Member
Elana Farace, Committee Member

Author:

Venkatesan, Umesh Meyyappan

Title:

Chronology and chronicity of altered resting-state functional connectivity after traumatic brain injury

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

TBI
brain injury
neuroimaging
functional connectivity
resting state
default mode
neurodegeneration
Alzheimer's

File:

Download Venkatesan.UM_thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Frank Gerard Hillary, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter Andrew Arnett, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nancy Anne Coulter Dennis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen Jeffrey Wilson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Medaglia, John Dominic

Title:

The cerebellum's role in WM during recovery from TBI

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

working memory
TBI
fMRI
cerebellum
graph theory

File:

Download MedagliaDissertation.Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Frank Gerard Hillary, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter Andrew Arnett, Committee Member
Rick Owen Gilmore, Committee Member
Peter Cm Molenaar, Committee Member

Author:

Weigard, Alexander Samuel

Title:

Evaluating the Role of Processing Efficiency in Adhd-related Working Memory Deficits

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

working memory
adhd
diffusion model
processing speed

File:

Download Weigard_Masters.pdf

Committee Members:

Cynthia L Huang Pollock, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bradley Paul Wyble, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Frank Gerard Hillary, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Henry, Shannon Lee

Title:

Cue-elicited neural activity and functional connectivity among smokers associated with the decision to smoke

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

smoking
cue-reactivity
dual systems
fMRI
uSEM
insula

File:

Download Masters_Final_1214.pdf

Committee Members:

Stephen Jeffrey Wilson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Frank Gerard Hillary, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rick Owen Gilmore, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Cadden, Margaret Helen

Title:

Comprehensive Examination of Factors Contributing to Employment Status in Multiple Sclerosis

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Multiple Sclerosis
Employment
Fatigue
Cognition
Disability

File:

Download Cadden_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Peter Andrew Arnett, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jonathan Emdin Cook, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Frank Gerard Hillary, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor