Research Projects and Presentations of the Zimmerman Clinical Neuropsychology Lab
Lifestyle Factors for Cognitive Health
This study will examine relationships between cognition and lifestyle factors (e.g., sleep, naps, diet) in community-dwelling adults across the lifespan using self-report questionnaires and objective measures of cognitive function. A primary focus will be on cognitive function and its relationship to the 24-hour sleep/wake cycle, including nighttime sleep, daytime naps, and measures of circadian misalignment (e.g., morningness/eveningness, differences between weekday and weekend sleep, and social jetlag). In addition, diet, history of head injury, and psychosocial history (e.g., stress, symptoms of depression and anxiety, personality) will be examined as potential moderators of these relationships.
International Neuropsychological Society Annual Meeting 2026
Annual INS Lab dinner 2026 Philadelphia, PA
L-R: Stella Haralambou, Caitlin Dougher, Eric McConathey, Hasib Mia, Molly Zimmerman, Jordan Stiver, Ben Fusco-Gessick, Malorie Watson, Theresa Lin
INS 2026L-R: Theresa Lin, Caitlin Dougher, Stella Haralambou
INS 2026
Malorie Watson
INS 2026
Hasib Mia
Fordham University Undergraduate Research Symposium 2026
L-R: Caitlin Dougher, Lucy Kochman-Sabbatino, Stella Haralambou, Rebecca Lothson, Hasib Mia
International Neuropsychological Society Annual Meeting 2025
L-R: Caitlin Dougher, Kayri Bartolotta, Theresa Lin, Amy Wang, Molly Zimmerman, Eileen Moran, Jordan Stiver
L-R: Kayri Bartolotta, Theresa Lin, Caitlin Dougher
Fordham University Undergraduate Research Symposium 2025
L-R: Ava Musacchia, Caitlin Dougher
L-R: Lucy Kochman-Sabbatino, Molly Zimmerman
International Neuropsychological Society Annual Meeting 2024
L-R: Molly Zimmerman, Theresa Lin, Caitlin Dougher, Eric McConathey, Jordan Stiver
L-R: Theresa Lin, Eric McConathey, Ben Fusco-Gessick, Molly Zimmerman, Malorie Watson, Caitlin Dougher
L-R: Molly Zimmerman, Cara Levitch, Eileen Moran
Fordham University Undergraduate Research Symposium 2023
L-R: Alyse Peduto, Clare Culver, Sebastian Garbanzos, Molly Zimmerman
Hasib Mia
International Neuropsychological Society Annual Meeting 2020
L-R: Ben Fusco-Gessick, Cara Levitch, Eileen Moran, Jordan Stiver, Molly Zimmerman, Eric McConathey, Cara Crook, Maral Aghvinian
Cara Levitch
Eric McConathey
Ben Fusco-Gessick
International Neuropsychological Society Annual Meeting 2019
Jordan Stiver, Antigone Phili, Eileen Moran, Cara Levitch, Molly Zimmerman, Cara Crook, Eric McConanthey, Maral Aghvinian
Jordan Stiver
INS 2019
Antigone Phili
INS 2019
Fordham Undergraduate Research Symposium 2019
Daniella Toto
International Neuropsychological Society Annual Meeting 2018
Fordham Undergraduate Research Symposium 2018
Daniella Toto
Fordham Undergraduate Research Symposium 2017
Anika Masand
Brianne Roche
Anika Masand, Brianne Roche, and Tiffany Le
International Neuropsychological Society Annual Meeting 2017
Fordham Undergraduate Research Symposium 2016
“Sleep Quality and Performance on a Problem Solving Task in Young Adults”
Katrazyna McNeal, Eileen Moran, MSc, Alessandra Palladino, Tiffany Le, Anika Masand, and Molly Zimmerman, PhD.
The results of this study revealed that poorer sleep, defined as more interruptions during sleep, was associated with more errors during learning and poorer recall on a problem solving task. This suggests that improvements in sleep may result in improvements in cognitive functions that support problem solving, such as errors made while learning new information and recall of new information following a delay.
“The Effect of Blue Light on Sleep Disorders”
Alessandra Palladino, Katrazyna McNeal, Eileen Moran, MSc., Anika Masand, Tiffany Le, and Molly Zimmerman, PhD.
The results indicated that in our sample of undergraduate students, blue light exposure and symptoms of insomnia and Rem Sleep Behavior Disorder (RBD) were not related. However, interestingly, the prevalence rate for clinically significant RBD symptoms in this sample was 36%. REM sleep behavior disorder is a sleep disorder that is defined as a parasomnia manifested by vivid, often frightening dreams associated with simple or complex motor behavior during REM sleep.