My clinical interests include memory disorders, such as those seen in learning disabilities, dementia, and epilepsy, as well as disorders of awareness and emotional processing, as frequently seen in the afore-mentioned disorders as well as traumatic brain injury, stroke, and other populations. In my over 25 years of clinical experience, I have evaluated and treated numerous neurological and psychiatric disorders in children and adults..
My research interests cover a variety of areas in neuropsychology/biological bases of behavior. A current project is an evaluation of the relationship between indirect hormonal variables and cognitive and emotional/personality patterns, especially relational and physical aggression. Another area of interest is the neuropsychology of emotion and awareness. I have investigated this with studies of affective/neutral memory and implicit/explicit memory in normative samples and patients who underwent unilateral temporal lobectomy including removal of the amygdala and hippocampus. I have also done projects on cognitive and emotional sequelae of brain injury. Learning disabilities and gender differences are also general areas of interest.
