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Neuropsychology of Epilepsy lab

The UC doctoral program in clinical neuropsychology enjoys a strong national reputation for clinical and research excellence.  The neuropsychology program’s prominence derives in part from rich training and research opportunities developed in collaboration with University Hospital and Clinics.  The Neuropsychology of Epilepsy lab makes extensive use of research facilities and patient populations at the UC Medical Center, including programs at Aring Neurology and University Hospital's Epilepsy Monitoring Unit.  Our research with (predominately) temporal lobe epilepsy patients includes examining and enhancing diagnostic accuracy of neuropsychological assessment methods and enhancing cognitive rehabilitation interventions (e.g., memory and problem-solving skills via behavioral self-regulation procedures).  Graduate students participate in lab research by designing research protocols for clinical studies with epilepsy patients, and by collecting, reducing/cleaning, and analyzing patient data.  Lab members also assist in preparing and disseminating the results of our studies for scientific outlets, including presentation at professional meetings and publication in peer-reviewed journals.  Some of our recent papers include:

Schefft, B. K. (2005).  Psychotherapy for psychogenic seizure disorders?  Not just a fantasy. Review of the book Psychodynamics and  psychotherapy of pseudoseizures. PsycCRITIQUES-Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books, 50, Article 15.

 
Fargo, J.D., Schefft, B.K., Dulay, M.F., Privitera, M.D., & Yeh, H.S. (2005). Confrontation naming in individuals with temporal lobe epilepsy: A quantitative analysis of paraphasic error subtypes. Neuropsychology, 19, 603-611.

 
Basso, M., Schefft, B.K., & Hamsher, K. (2005).  Aging and remote memory declines: Preliminary findings. Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition, 12, 175-186.

 
Griffith, N.M., Szaflarski, J.P., Szaflarski, M., Kent, G.P., Schefft, B.K., Howe, S.R., & Privitera, M.D. (2005). Measuring depressive symptoms among treatment-resistant seizure disorder patients: POMS Depression scale as an alternative to the BDI-II. Epilepsy & Behavior, 7, 266-272.

Dulay, M. F., Schefft, B. K., Fargo, J. D., Privitera, M.D., & Yeh, H. S. (2004). Severity of depressive symptoms, hippocampal sclerosis, auditory memory, and side of seizure focus in temporal lobe epilepsy. Epilepsy & Behavior, 5, 522-531.

 
Testa, S.M., Schefft, B.K., Privitera, M.D., & Yeh, H.S. (2004). Warrington's Recognition Memory for Faces: Interpretive strategy and diagnostic utility in temporal lobe epilepsy. Epilepsy & Behavior, 5, 236-243.

 
Fargo, J.D., Schefft, B.K., Szaflarski, J.P., Dulay, M.F., Testa, S.M., Privitera, M.D., & Yeh, H.S. (2004). Accuracy of self-reported neuropsychological functioning in individuals with epileptic or psychogenic non-epileptic seizures. Epilepsy & Behavior, 5, 143-150.

 
Schefft, B.K., Testa, S.M., Dulay, M.F., Privitera, M.D., & Yeh, H.S. (2003). Preoperative assessment of confrontation naming ability and interictal paraphasia production in unilateral temporal lobe epilepsy Epilepsy & Behavior, 4, 161-168.

 
Dulay, M.F., Schefft, B.K., Testa, S.M., Fargo, J.D., Privitera, M.D., & Yeh, H.S. (2002). What does the Family Pictures subtest of the Wechsler Memory Scale-III measure? Insight gained from patients evaluated for epilepsy surgery.  The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 16, 452-462.

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