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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

Author:

Nichols, Travis Tyler

Title:

Changes in brain networks involved in reward processing during abstinence from cigarettes

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

fMRI
cigarettes
smoking
brain networks
connectivity
addiction
beta series
reward processing

File:

Download Dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Stephen Jeffrey Wilson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen Jeffrey Wilson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Frank Gerard Hillary, Committee Member
Charles Geier, Committee Member
Peter Cm Molenaar, Outside Member

Author:

Ukueberuwa, Dede

Title:

Neural Networks for Positive and Negative Emotion Processing in Multiple Sclerosis

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Emotion
Affective Symptoms
Validation Studies
DTI
fMRI
Multiple sclerosis
Neuropsychology

File:

Download Dede.Ukueberuwa.dissertation.finalsubmission.pdf

Committee Members:

Peter Andrew Arnett, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter Andrew Arnett, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Frank Gerard Hillary, Committee Member
Koraly Elisa Perez-Edgar, Committee Member
Jennifer Elise Graham-Engeland, Outside Member

Author:

Shapiro, Zvi Raphael

Title:

TIMING IN CHILDREN WITH ADHD

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

ADHD
Timing
Interval Timing
Diffusion Modeling
DDM

File:

Download Zvi_Shapiro_Thesis_format_review_05082017.pdf

Committee Members:

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

Author:

Swan, Garrett Scot

Title:

Testing predictions of the Binding Pool model of visual working memory

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Visual working memory
computational model
Working memory capacity
Neural network

File:

Download Dissertation_SWAN.pdf

Committee Members:

Bradley Paul Wyble, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bradley Paul Wyble, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard Alan Carlson, Committee Member
Frank Gerard Hillary, Committee Member
John C Collins, Outside Member

Author:

Venkatesan, Umesh Meyyappan

Title:

Functional connectivity within posterolateral parietal cortex and its alteration in traumatic brain injury

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

traumatic brain injury
fmri
functional connectivity
resting state
graph theory
neuroplasticity
parietal
default mode
neuropsychology
TBI
frontoparietal

File:

Download UVenkatesan_Dissertation_formatrev-FINAL-12-17.pdf

Committee Members:

Frank Gerard Hillary, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Frank Gerard Hillary, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Nancy Anne Coulter Dennis, Committee Member
Stephen Jeffrey Wilson, Committee Member
Charles Geier, Outside Member

Author:

Feldman, Jason Scot

Title:

MENTAL ROTATION IN CHILDREN WITH ADHD: A DIFFUSION MODEL ANALYSIS

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

ADHD
Mental rotation
diffusion model

File:

Download JSF_MS_Thesis_Final_Submission.pdf

Committee Members:

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

Author:

Wu, Ziqi

Title:

English and Chinese Language Assessment of DSM-5 Personality Disorders and Interpersonal Problems in Bilingual Speakers

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Personality Disorder
Personality assessment
International Student
Chinese English Bilingual
Validity across language

File:

Download WU_Thesis_Graduate_School.pdf

Committee Members:

Aaron Lee Pincus, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Frank Gerard Hillary, Committee Member
Janet van Hell, Committee Member

Author:

Gertel, Victoria Haley

Title:

GRAPH THEORETICAL NETWORK ANALYSIS TO EXAMINE RESTING STATE FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY IN YOUNGER AND OLDER ADULTS AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH BEHAVIOR

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

language production
aging
graph theory
fMRI
functional connectivity

File:

Download Master_s_Thesis_Victoria_Gertel_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Michele Theresa Diaz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nancy Anne Coulter Dennis, Committee Member
Frank Gerard Hillary, Committee Member

Author:

Meyer, Jessica Elaine

Title:

Traumatic and Hypoxic Brain Injuries in Victims of Intimate Partner Violence: Prevalence and Impact on Neuropsychological Performance and Functional Abilities

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

traumatic brain injury
hypoxia
intimate partner violence
subconcussive
chronic traumatic encephalopathy

File:

Download JMeyer_Dissertation_Final_6-20-18.pdf

Committee Members:

Peter Andrew Arnett, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter Andrew Arnett, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Frank Gerard Hillary, Committee Member
Amy Dyanna Marshall, Committee Member
Margaret Ann Lorah, Outside Member

Author:

Riegler, Kaitlin Elizabeth

Title:

Validity of the ImPACT Post-Concussion Symptom Scale (PCSS) Affective Symptom Clusters as a Screener for Depression in Collegiate Athletes

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

concussion
neuropsychology
depression
assessment
gender

File:

Download PS-Thesis-template_Riegler_2018_10-24-2018.pdf

Committee Members:

Peter Andrew Arnett, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Frank Gerard Hillary, Committee Member
Semyon Slobounov, Committee Member

Author:

Callahan-Flintoft, Chloe

Title:

Understanding the role of visual transients and the temporal autocorrelation of features in extending and closing the attentional window

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Attentional drag theory
attention
feature extraction
N2pc

File:

Download Dissertation_Callahan-Flintoft.pdf

Committee Members:

Bradley Paul Wyble, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bradley Paul Wyble, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard Alan Carlson, Committee Member
Frank Gerard Hillary, Committee Member
John Collins, Outside Member

Author:

Hall, Nathan

Title:

DEVELOPMENTAL CHANGES IN RESTING-STATE FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY IN BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER: A NETWORK ANALYSIS APPROACH

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Borderline Personality
connectivity
development
neuroscience
graph

File:

Download Nathan_Hall_Masters_thesis_for_Graduate_School.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael Nelson Hallquist, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Frank Gerard Hillary, Committee Member
Nancy Anne Coulter Dennis, Committee Member

Author:

Roule, Alexandra

Title:

Assessing Inhibitory Control Strategies and Reward Motivation with the Diffusion Model

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

ADHD
cognitive control
proactive control
reactive control

File:

Download Roule_Masters.pdf

Committee Members:

Cynthia L Huang-Pollock, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Frank Gerard Hillary, Committee Member
Richard Alan Carlson, Committee Member
Kristin Ann Buss, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Vervoordt, Samantha

Title:

Examining Depression as a Marker for Decline in Older Adults with a History of of Moderate to Severe Traumatic Brain Injury

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Depression
Traumatic Brain Injury
Aging
Decline

File:

Download Vervoordt_Thesis_for_Final_Submission.pdf

Committee Members:

Frank Gerard Hillary, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter Andrew Arnett, Committee Member
Christopher Gerald Engeland, Committee Member
Kristin Ann Buss, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Thomas, Garrett

Title:

Comorbid Affective Symptomatology and Neurocognitive Performance in College Athletes

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

depression; anxiety; comorbidity; concussion
mild; injury
sports; test
neuropsychological
depression
anxiety
comorbidity
concussion
sports injury
neuropsychological testing

File:

Download GThomas_ThesisSubmission_1.15.21.pdf

Committee Members:

Peter Andrew Arnett, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Frank Gerard Hillary, Committee Member
Nancy Anne Coulter Dennis, Committee Member
Kristin Ann Buss, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Bernier, Rachel Anne

Title:

Vascular Health and Demographic Influences on Cognitive Outcome in Chronic Traumatic Brain Injury

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

traumatic brain injury
vascular health
clinical neuropsychology

File:

Download Bernier_dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Frank Gerard Hillary, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Frank Gerard Hillary, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Peter Andrew Arnett, Committee Member
Jose Angel Soto, Committee Member
Sheila Grace West, Outside Member
Kristin Ann Buss, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Cadden, Margaret Helen

Title:

Examining Cognitive Reserve as a Moderator of Neuropsychiatric Sequelae of Multiple Sclerosis

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Multiple Sclerosis
Depression
Cognitive Reserve

File:

Download Cadden_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Peter Andrew Arnett, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter Andrew Arnett, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Frank Gerard Hillary, Committee Member
Jonathan Emdin Cook, Committee Member
Jennifer Elise Graham-Engeland, Outside Member
Kristin Ann Buss, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Turney, Indira Carlene

Title:

INVESTIGATING NEURAL EFFECTS OF MEMORY TRAINING TO REDUCE FALSE MEMORIES IN OLDER ADULTS

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Strategy-based cognitive training
false memory
neuroimaging
aging
retrieval-based false memory
cognitive training

File:

Download turney_dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Nancy Anne Coulter Dennis, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Frank Gerard Hillary, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Brad Wyble, Committee Member
Lesley Anne Ross, Committee Member
Charles Geier, Outside Member