Faculty Profiles

Westerberg, C. E., Fickle, S. E., Troupe, C. E., Madden-Rusnak, A., & Deason, R. G. (2024). An afternoon nap facilitates analogical transfer in creative problem solving. Journal of Sleep Research, e14419. https://doi.org/10.1111/jsr.14419

Kuo, M., Farnsworth, J. L., Westerberg, C. E., Deason, R. G., & Fraser, M. A. (2024). Factor structure of the baseline standard assessment of concussion (SAC) in collegiate student-athletes. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 58(Supplement 1), A10. https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2023-concussion.27

Stern, M. J., Finch, A., Haskard-Zolnierek, K. B., Howard, K., & Deason, R. G. (2023). Cognitive Decline in Mid-Life: Changes in Memory and Cognition Related to Hypothyroidism. Journal of Health Psychology, 28(4), 388–401.

Grelle, K., Shrestha, N. R., Ximenes, M., Perrotte, J. K., Cordaro, M., Deason, R. G., & Howard, K. J. (2023). The generation gap revisited: Generational differences in mental health, maladaptive coping behaviors, and pandemic-related concerns during the initial COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Adult Development, 30(4), 381–392. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/s10804-023-09442-x

Shrestha, N. J., Cordaro, M. M., Deason, R. G., Howard, K. J., & Haskard Zolnierek, K. B. (2023). Evaluating the impact of empathic concern on college students’ responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of American College Health, 1–7. https://doi.org/DOI: 10.1080/07448481.2023.224432

Brunett, K., Kinstley, C., Howard, K. J., Perrotte, J. K., Deason, R. G., & Cordaro, M. M. (2023). Generalized Anxiety Disorder in college students during the COVID-19 pandemic: The importance of screening and early detection during traumatic stressor events. Journal of College Student Psychotherapy, 38(3), 445–459. https://doi.org/DOI: 10.1080/87568225.2023.2191880

Schmiedehaus, E. E., Snyder, E., Perrotte, J. K., Deason, R. G., Howard, K. J., & Cordaro, M. M. (2023). The ongoing mental health plight of depressed college students: Clinical recommendation and the importance of early screening and detection. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 44(6), 562–570. https://doi.org/https://doi/org/10.1080/01612840.2023.2215866

Grelle, K., Vacek, S., Rayha, K., Hale, W., & Deason, R. G. (2023). Predictors of resilience amongst informal family caregivers. Innovation in Aging, 7(S1), 790. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igad104.2551

Clark, E., Daley, R. T., Deason, R. G., O’Connor, M. K., Budson, A. E., & DeCaro, R. E. (2022). Cue-utilization in the imagination inflation effect paradigm in older adults with and without mild cognitive impairment. Neuropsychology, 36(4), 297–313.

Haskard-Zolnierek, K. B., Wilson, C., Pruin, J., Deason, R. G., & Howard, K. J. (2022). The relationship between brain fog and medication adherence for individuals with hypothyroidism. Cinical Nursing Research, 31(3), 445–452. https://doi.org/doi.org/10.1177/10547738211038127

Anderson, K., Howard, K. J., Haskard Zolnierek, K. B., Pruin, J., & Deason, R. G. (2022). Using the Biopsychosocial approach to identify factors associated with major depressive disorder for individuals with hypothyroidism. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 43(8), 755–765.

Oberle, C. D., Grelle, K. F., Vela, R., Jones, C., & Deason, R. G. (2022). Positive effects of a beta-frequency binaural beats programme on memory. Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 34(8), 990–995. https://doi.org/10.1080/20445911.2022.2104291

Grelle, K., Hardin-Sigler, K. N., & Deason, R. G. (2022). Does knowledge matter? An investigation into knowledge of Alzheimer’s disease and caregiver burden. Innovation in Aging, 6(S1). https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igac059.1876

Howard, K. J., Grigsby, T. J., Haskard Zolnierek, K. B., Deason, R. G., & Howard, J. T. (2021). Pandemic-related work status is associated with increases in substance use. Journal of Workplace Behavioral Health, 36(3), 250–257. https://doi.org/DOI: 10.1080/15555240.2021.1941067

Grigsby, T. J., Howard, J. T., Haskard Zolnierek, K. B., Deason, R. G., & Howard, K. J. (2021). Correlates of pandemic-related increases in sleep aid and anti-anxiety medication use. Journal of Substance Use, 27(1), 56–61. https://doi.org/10.1080/14659891.2021. 1892221

Hardin-Sigler, K. N., Grelle, K., & Deason, R. G. (2021). Examining subjective age through the lens of the caregiver experience. Innovation in Aging, 5(S1), 792. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igab046.2922

Cordaro, M. M., Grigsby, T. J., Howard, J. T., Deason, R. G., Haskard Zolnierek, K. B., & Howard, K. J. (2021). Pandemic-specific factors related to generalized anxiety disorder during the initial COVID-19 protocols in the United States. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 42(8), 747–757. https://doi.org/10.1080/01612840.2020.1867675

Hardin-Sigler, K. N., Deason, R. G., Dailey, S. L., Ceballos, N. A., & Howard, K. J. (2020). Under the digital bridge: Investigating trolling behavior in Baby Boomers. Innovation in Aging, 4(S1), 317. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igaa057.101

Westerberg, C. E., Wofford, N., Menssor, S., Reininger, B. P., & Deason, R. G. (2020). Face category differentially influences face memories after a delay. Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 32(7), 587–597. https://doi.org/10.1080/20445911.2020.1809432

Turk, K. T., Palumbo, R., Deason, R. G., El-Shaar, A., Gosselin, E., O’Connor, M. K., … Budson, A. (2020). False memories: The other side of forgetting. Journal of International Neuropsychological Society, 26(6), 545–556.

Deason, R. G., Strong, J. V., Tat, M. J., Simmons-Stern, N. R., & Budson, A. E. (2019). Explicit and implicit memory for music in healthy older adults and patients with Alzheimer’s disease. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 41, 158–169. https://doi.org/10.1080/13803395.2018.1510904

Malone, C., Deason, R. G., Palumbo, R., Heyworth, N., Tat, M. J., & Budson, A. E. (2019). False memory in patients with mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease:  Can cognitive strategies help? Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 41, 204–218.

Turk, K. W., El-Shaar, A., Deason, R. G., Heyworth, N., Flannery, S., Frustace, B., … Budson, A. E. (2018). Late positive component event-related potential amplitude predicts long-term classroom-based learning. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 30, 1323–1329.

Deason, R. G. (2018). Music as a memory enhancer:  Experimental evidence from healthy older adults and patients with Alzheimer’s disease. Innovation in Aging, 2(S1), 849. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igy023.3164

Deason, R. G., Tat, M. J., Flannery, S., Mithal, P. S., Hussey, E. P., Crehan, E. T., … Budson, A. E. (2017). Response bias and response monitoring:  Evidence from healthy older adults and patients with mild Alzheimer’s disease. Brain and Cognition, 119, 17–24.

Deason, R. G., Nadkarni, N. A., Tat, M. J., Flannery, S., Frustace, B., Ally, B. A., & Budson, A. E. (2017). Use of metacognitive strategies to decrease false memories in source monitoring in patients with mild cognitive impairment. Cortex, 91, 287–296.

Rosa, N. M., Deason, R. G., Budson, A. E., & Gutchess, A. H. (2016). Source memory for self and other in patients with mild cognitive impairment due to Alzheimer’s disease. Journal of Gerontology Psychological Sciences, 71, 59–65.

Tat, M. J., Soonsawat, A., Nagle, C. B., Deason, R. G., O’Connor, M. K., & Budson, A. E. (2016). The influence of strategic encoding on false memory in patients with mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease dementia. Brain and Cognition, 109, 50–58.

Quiroz, Y. T., Tobon, C., Munoz, C., Deason, R. G., McKeever, J., Velilla, L., … Budson, A. E. (2016). Neural Correlates of Recognition Memory in Preclinical Young-Onset Dementia. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 108, 51. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2016.07.170

Rosa, N. M., Deason, R. G., Budson, A. E., & Gutchess, A. H. (2015). Self-referencing and false memory in mild cognitive impairment due to Alzheimer’s disease. Neuropsychology, (29), 799–805.

McMenamin, B. W., Deason, R. G., Steele, V. R., Koutstaal, W., & Marsolek, C. J. (2015). Separability of abstract-category and specific exemplar visual object subsystems:  Evidence from fMRI pattern analysis. Brain and Cognition, 93, 54–63.

O’Connor, M. K., Deason, R. G., Reynolds, E. W., Flannery, S., Vassey, E., Soloman, P., & Budson, A. E. (2015). The imagination inflation effect in older adults with and without Alzheimer’s disease. Neuropsychology, (29), 550–560.

Deason, R. G., Hussey, E. P., Flannery, S., & Ally, B. A. (2015). Using conceptual implicit memory to understand the picture superiority effect in patients with Alzheimer’s disease. Brain and Cognition, (99), 112–117.

Sun, X., Salat, D., Upchurch, K., Deason, R. G., Kowall, N., & Budson, A. E. (2014). Destruction of white matter integrity in patients with mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease. Journal of Investigative Medicine, 62, 927–933.

Marsolek, C. J., DeYoung, C., Domansky, S. D., & Deason, R. G. (2013). Hemispheric asymmetries in motivation neurally dissociate self-description processes. Emotion, 13, 462–467.

Deason, R. G., Hussey, E. P., Ally, B. A., & Budson, A. E. (2012). Changes in response bias with different study-test delays: Evidence from young adults, older adults, and patients with Alzheimer’s disease. Neuropsychology, 26, 119–126.

Deason, R. G., Hussey, E. P., Budson, A. E., & Ally, B. A. (2012). Gist-based conceptual processing of pictures remains intact in patients with amnestic mild cognitive impairment. Neuropsychology, 26, 202–208.

Deason, R. G., Simmons-Stern, N. R., Frustace, B. S., Ally, B. A., & Budson, A. E. (2012). Music as a memory enhancer: differences between healthy older adults and patients with Alzheimer’s disease. Psychomusicology: Music, Mind, and Brain, 22, 175–179.

Simmons-Stern, N. R., Deason, R. G., Brandler, B. J., Frustace, B. S., O’Connor, M. K., Ally, B. A., & Budson, A. E. (2012). Music-based memory enhancement in Alzheimer’s disease:  Promise and limitations. Neuropsychologia, 50, 3295–3303.

Deason, R. G., & Marsolek, C. J. (2012). Neural Correlates of Repetition Priming:  An Examination of the Convergence of fMRI and ERP Effects. In N. Hsu & Z. Schutt (Eds.), Psychology of Priming. New York: Nova Science Publishers, Inc.

Dodson, C. S., Spaniol, M., O’Connor, M. K., Deason, R. G., Ally, B. A., & Budson, A. E. (2011). Alzheimer’s disease and memory-monitoring impairment: Alzheimer’s patients show a monitoring deficit that is greater than their accuracy deficit. Neuropsychologia, 49, 2609–2618.

Marsolek, C. J., Deason, R. G., Ketz, N. A., Ramanathan, P., Bernat, E., Steele, V. R., … Schnyer, D. M. (2010). Identifying objects impairs representations of other objects: A relearning explanation for the neural repetition effect. NeuroImage, (49), 1919–1932. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2009.08.063

Marsolek, C. J., & Deason, R. G. (2007). Hemispheric asymmetries in visual word-form processing:  Progress, conflict, and evaluating theories. Brain and Language, 103, 304–307.

Marsolek, C. J., Schnyer, D. M., Deason, R. G., Ritchey, M., & Verfaellie, M. (2006). Visual antipriming:  Evidence for ongoing adjustments of superimposed visual object representations. Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience, 6, 174-.

Deason, R. G., & Marsolek, C. J. (2005). A critical boundary to the left-hemisphere advantage in visual word processing. Brain and Language, 92, 251–261.

Deason, R. G., Andresen, D. R., & Marsolek, C. J. (2005). Causal relations between asymmetries at the individual level? Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 28, 596–597.