Steven Anderson Ph.D.
steven-andersonatuiowadotedu
Associate Professor of Neurology

My research interests are in human cognitive neuropsychology, with emphases in frontal lobe dysfunction, language processing, and cognitive/behavioral rehabilitation. The primary methods involve application of experimental cognitive and behavioral paradigms in patients with circumscribed brain lesions defined by MRI. Current projects are directed at delineating impairments of social behavior and executive function associated with adult- and childhood-onset damage to prefrontal cortex, evaluating the validity of the classical aphasia classification scheme, and investigating the potential of preserved procedural memory for rehabilitation of amnesia. I am particularly concerned with the interface of ongoing developments in basic neuroscience with clinical application, including development of new methods of treating cognitive and behavioral impairments acquired as a result of brain damage

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Selected Publications

Anderson, S.W., Bechara, A., Damasio, H., Tranel, D. and Damasio, A.R. (1999). Impairment of social and moral behavior related to early damage in the human prefrontal cortex. Nature Neuroscience, 2, 1032-1037.

Anderson, S.W., Damasio, H. and Damasio, A.R. (2005). A neural basis for collecting behavior in humans. Brain, 128, 201-212.

Anderson, S.W., Barrash, J., Bechara, A., and Tranel, D. (2006). Impairments of emotion and real-world complex behavior following childhood- or adult-onset damage to ventromedial prefrontal cortex. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 12, 224-235.

Cavaco, S., Anderson, S.W., Allen, J.S., Castro-Caldas, A.L. and Damasio, H. (2004). The scope of preserved procedural memory in amnesia. Brain, 127, 1853-1867.

Anderson, S.W. (2003). Neuropsychological rehabilitation for visuoperceptual disorders. Neurologic Clinics of North America, 21, 729-740

Uc, E.Y., Rizzo, M., Anderson, S.W., Shi, Q., Rodnitzky, R.L., and Dawson, J.D. (2005). Visual dysfunction in Parkinson’s disease without dementia. Neurology, 65, 1907-1913.

Parvizi, J., Anderson, S.W., Martin, C.O., Damasio, H. and Damasio, A.R.. (2001). Pathological laughter and crying: A link to the cerebellum. Brain, 124, 1708-1719.

Rizzo, M., Anderson, S.W., Dawson, J. and Nawrot, M. (2000). Vision and cognition in Alzheimer’s disease. Neuropsychologia, 38, 1157-1169.