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Thomas D. Parsons, PhD Curriculum Vitae

University of North Texas ♦ Department of Learning Technologies ♦ 3940 N. Elm, Suite G150. Denton, TX 76207-

7102 ♦ (940) 565-4329 ♦ [email protected] ♦ http://cns.unt.edu/

APPOINTMENTS:

2009 – Current

Director of Computational Neuropsychology & Simulation (CNS) Lab,

University of North Texas

2018 – Current

Professor of Learning Technologies (Tenured),

College of Information, University of North Texas

2018 – 2019

Director of the NetDragon Digital Research Centre

Office of Research and Innovation, University of North Texas

2017 – 2018

Professor of Psychology (Tenured),

College of Arts and Sciences, University of North Texas

2012 – 2017

Associate Professor of Psychology (Tenured),

College of Arts and Sciences, University of North Texas

2009 – 2012

Director of the Neuropsychology & Simulation (NeuroSim) Lab,

Institute for Creative Technologies, University of Southern California

2007 – 2012

Assistant Research Professor,

School of Gerontology, University of Southern California

2006 – 2012

Research Scientist & Neuropsychologist,


2006 – 2009

Co-Director of the VRPSYCH Lab (with A.A. Rizzo),


EDUCATION:

2004 – 2006

Postdoctoral Fellowship in Neuropsychology (Senior Fellow 2005-2006)

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, INS/APA Division 40

2004 – 2006

Medtronic Scholars Fellow

Deep Brain Stimulation

2003 – 2004

Resident, Neuropsychology

Rush University Medical Center, IL. INS/APA Division 40/AITCN

2000 – 2004

PhD Clinical Psychology (Neuropsychology)

Fuller Graduate School of Psychology, CA. (APA Accredited)

1998 – 2001

MA Theology (Philosophy)

Fuller Theological Seminary, CA

1998 – 2000

MS Clinical Psychology

Fuller Graduate School of Psychology, CA (APA Accredited)

1995 – 1995

Pew Fellow, Neuroscience

University of Notre Dame, Indiana

1993 – 1995

BS Psychology

Virginia Collegiate Honors, Liberty University. (Summa Cum Laude)

1987 – 1991

Electrical Engineering

USAF Technical School

mailto:[email protected]

http://cns.unt.edu/

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ADDITIONAL TRAINING:

2017 mHealth Training Institute (mHTI)

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

2004 – 2006 Postdoctoral Fellowship in Clinical Neuropsychology

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Neurology

INS/APA Division 40

Medtronic—Deep Brain Stimulation

Supervisors: Alexander Tröster, PhD ABPP-CN

Kevin Robertson, PhD

2004 – 2004

Clinical Neuropsychology Residency

Rush University Medical Center, INS/APA Division 40

Assoc. for Internship Training in Clinical Neuropsychology

Supervisors: Christopher Grote, PhD ABPP-CN

David Nyenhuis, PhD ABPP-CN

Clifford Smith, PhD ABPP-CN

2002 – 2003

Neuropsychology Extern

UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Neurology

Supervisors: Susan McPherson, PhD ABPP-CN

Jeffrey Cummings, MD

2002 – 2003

Neuropsychology Extern, Biostatistician

UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute

Supervisors: Gary Small, MD

Karen Miller, PhD

Susan Bookheimer, PhD

2001 – 2002

Neuropsychology Extern, Biostatistician

Huntington Medical Research Institutes, Molecular Neurology

California Institute of Technology

Supervisors: Michael Harrington, M.D.

Gail Blesi, PhD

2000 – 2001

Clinical Practicum

Prototypes: Inter-Community Network

Supervisors: Trevor Small, PsyD

Donald A. Eisner, JD PhD

1999 – 2000

Neuropsychology Extern

University of Southern California, ADRC

Supervisors: J. Galen Buckwalter, PhD

Carol A. McCleary, PhD

1998 – 2000

Graduate Research Assistant

Travis Research Institute, Neuropsychology Lab

Supervisors: Warren Brown, PhD

Richard Gorsuch, PhD

1987 – 1991

AFSC: 455XO

United States Air Force (USAF). Tactical Air Command;

U.S. Air Force's RF-4C reconnaissance fighter fleet. Air

Combat Command. DD214 is available upon request.

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PERSONAL STATEMENT

I am Director of the Computational Neuropsychology and Simulation (CNS) Laboratory. My

work integrates neuropsychology, psychophysiology, and simulation technologies for novel

assessment, modeling, and training of neurocognitive and affective processes. I am a leading

scientist in this area and I have been PI of 17 funded projects during my career and an investigator

on an additional 13 funded projects (over $15 million in funding). My current federally funded

grant “Virtual Reality-Based Assessment of Functional Capacities in Individuals with Alzheimer’s

Disease or Alzheimer’s Disease Related Dementia” (Co-Principal-Investigator; W81XWH-18-

PRARP) uses virtual reality to assess neuropsychological functioning and everyday functional

capacities in older adults, particularly veterans, with traumatic brain injury and Alzheimer’s

disease, as well as Alzheimer’s disease related dementia. In addition to my patents for

eHarmony.com's Matching System (U.S. Patent Nos. 2004/6735568; 2014/0180942 A1), I have

invented and validated virtual reality-based assessments of attention; spatial abilities; memory;

and executive functions. I use neural networks and machine learning to model mechanisms

underlying reinforcement learning, decision making, working memory, and inhibitory control. In

addition to my five books, I have over 200 publications in peer-reviewed journals and book

chapters. I have served as Associate Editor for Frontiers in Psychiatry, Frontiers in Human

Neuroscience, and the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease. I have served on the editorial boards of

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking; Assessment; Brain Sciences; Psychological

Assessment; PsycCRITIQUES; and several advisory boards. My contributions to neuropsychology

were recognized when I received the 2013 National Academy of Neuropsychology Early Career

Achievement award. In 2014, I was awarded Fellow status in the National Academy of

Neuropsychology.

INVENTIONS/PATENTS

1. eHarmony's Matching System (U.S. Patent No. 6735568, Issued May 11, 2004). Method

and System for Identifying People who are Likely to Have a Successful Relationship. The

invention serves as the empirical basis for this highly successful online relationship building

company. Patent with Buckwalter, J.G., Forgatch, G., Carter, S., & Warren, N.C.

2. eHarmony's Matching System (U.S. Patent No. US 2014/0180942 A1, Issued June 26,

2014) -- eHarmony Matching System -- Continuation of application No. 6735568

3. Virtual Reality Stroop Task; High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV)

4. Virtual Reality Paced Auditory Serial Addition Test

5. AVatar-Administered Neuropsychological Testing (AVANT with Hubal, R.)

6. Virtual Reality Cognitive Performance Assessment Test (VRCPAT 1.0 with Rizzo, A.).

Virtual Reality for Cognitive Performance and Adaptive Treatment (VRCPAT 2.0).

7. Virtual Teacher and Adaptive School Environment for Neurocognitive Assessment and

Social Skills Training.

8. Virtual Environment Grocery Store (VEGS).

9. Virtual Office for Multitasking

10. Virtual Patients for Mental Health Applications (with Kenny, P., & Rizzo, A.)

11. Virtual Reality Clinic & Hospital (VRCH)

12. Virtual Environments for Moral Judgements and Decision Making

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RESEARCH GRANTS & CONTRACTS:

Current/Pending

Title: Virtual Reality-Based Assessment of Functional Capacities in Individuals with

Alzheimer’s Disease or Alzheimer’s Disease Related Dementia

Role: Co-Principal-Investigator. Agency: DoD Period: 09/01/19-8/31/21

Type: W81XWH-18-PRARP Amount: $ 329,600

Study: This project will use virtual reality to assess neuropsychological functioning and everyday

functional capacities in older adults, particularly veterans, with traumatic brain injury and

Alzheimer’s disease, as well as Alzheimer’s disease related dementia.

Title: Virtual Insomnia Patients (VIPs) to Automate and Accelerate Dissemination of Cognitive

Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I)

Role: Principal-Investigator. Agency: DoD Period: Pending

Type: W81XWH18PRMRPTTDA Amount: $ 3,808,557

Study: The project will automate and accelerate dissemination of cognitive behavioral therapy for

insomnia protocol through the development of Virtual Insomnia Patients that can be used

by therapists in training.

Title: Driving performance and cognitive change in continuum of cognitively normal, mild

cognitive impairment, and dementia

Role: Co-Principal-Investigator. Agency: NIH Period: Pending

Type: R01 (Research Project Grant) Amount: $5,000,000

Study: This project is a 5-year multisite randomized clinical trial that will use a virtual reality

driving simulator to examination comprehensively the modification of driving

performance outcomes in the presence of increasingly severe levels of cognitive

impairment.

Title: Improving STEM Workforce Readiness of Autistic Persons by Optimizing Mixed Reality

Cognitive Assistance to Assess and Augment Social Cognition

Role: Co-Principal-Investigator. Agency: NSF Period: Pending

Type: NSF 19-541 Amount: $ 1,499,250

Study: Mixed Reality technology with interpersonal psychophysiology and natural language

processing-driven visual cuing will augment the efficacy of conversation balance in STEM

workplaces that include both typically developing individuals and individuals with high

functioning autism.

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Completed

Title: AVatar-Administered Neuropsychological Testing

Role: Co-Principal-Investigator. Agency: TATRC/CDMRP. Period: 8/01/15-5/31/18

Type: W81XWH-14-C-0016 Amount: $998,888

Study: Phase 2 funding for SBIR (Soar Technology) topic A13-090 – Advanced Automated

Assessment of Cognitive Changes Associated with Brain Injury and Neurological Disease.

The work focuses on developing an artificially intelligent virtual human agent for

neurocognitive assessment. The automated language-based assessment system is primarily

self-administering with clearly presented directions to a patient using both visual

illustrations and avatar-based verbal instructions. Computational modeling of user

neurocognitive and psychophysiological responses enhances the cognitive architecture.

Title: An Avatar-based Neuropsychological Battery Administrator

Role: Co-Principal-Investigator. Agency: RDECOM. Period: 11/01/13-7/31/15

Type: SBIR Amount: $150,000

Study: Funding for SBIR (partnered with Soar Technology) to develop a Phase 1 method and

system for an automated language-based neuropsychological assessment system.

Title: Virtual reality exposure therapy as treatment for pain-related fear and disability

Role: Principal-Investigator. Agency: UNT Period: 9/01/13-8/31/14

Type: Intramural Amount: $10,000

Study: The aim of this study is to develop and evaluate a novel virtual reality exposure therapy

(VRET) program as treatment for pain-related fear and disability. Psychophysiological and

behavioral responses used for computational modeling.

Title: Validation of a Digital Arm as Novel and Non-invasive Method of Exposure to Blood

Donation

Role: Co-Principal-Investigator. Agency: UNT Period: 9/01/13-8/31/14

Type: Intramural Amount: $7,000

Study: The aim of this study is to extend the design of a current blood draw exposure protocol by

employing a novel technological modality to generate the arm representation illusion.

– 2012 –

Title: Virtual Reality for Cognitive Performance and Adaptive Training: Team Assessment and

Training using a Mobile Counter-IED Interactive Trainer

Role: Principal-Investigator. Agency: RDECOM. Period: 11/01/11-10/31/12

Type: W911NF-04-D-0005 Amount: $624,535

Study: Computational modeling and further development of a Mobile Counter-IED Interactive

Trainer: Evaluate MCIT to code current event-related, intra- and inter-player contents of

team behavioral metrics. Use continuous response measures that track immediate effects

on Soldiers during the experience of MCIT.

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Title: Psychophysiological Interface for Neurocognitive Assessment: Virtual Environments

Role: Principal-Investigator. Agency: ARL HRED Period: 09/30/09-5/31/12

Type: W911NF-09-2-0048 Amount: $449,961

Study: Collection of psychophysiological data from the user via psychophysiological sensors.

These data were filtered and quantified to model operationally relevant psychological

constructs (frustration, engagement). Interface programmed to analyze these mathematical

models to quantify the state of the user. Investigate the impact of stimulus intensity,

complexity, and stimulus modality (e.g. music tempo; audio presentation; olfaction) upon

users within the virtual environment.

Title: Veridical and Adaptive Decision Making: Ecologically Valid Neuropsychological

Assessments using Computerized Testing

Role: Principal-Investigator. Agency: DoD MRMC Period: 06/01/10-4/30/12

Type: W81XWH-10-2-0075 Amount: $243,865

Study: Validation study in a military sample. Acquire data on the implementation of both virtual

reality (i.e. VRCPAT) and the Automated Neuropsychological Assessment Metrics

(ANAM) in a normative sample that also received the traditional paper and pencil battery.

Title: Stress Resilience Training in Virtual Environments (STRIVE)

Role: Co-Investigator. Agency: ARO Period: 09/30/11-8/31/12

Type: ARO BAA Amount: $1,190,471

Study: Primary assessment is the impact of trait factors (allostatic load; personality) upon acute

stress metrics (psychophysiological metrics) when persons are immersed in military

relevant virtual environments. Secondary computational modeling includes assessment of

neurofeedback and cognitive behavioral techniques upon stress coping.

Title: Rapid and Revolutionary Response to the Needs of Wounded Warriors


Type: W81XWH-BAA10-1 Amount: $2,811,000

Study: Development and iterative refinement of a Military Social Work Curriculum and

artificially intelligent virtual patients. A randomized study examining impact of Military

Social Work curriculum on clinical outcomes for service members with depression and

PTSD. Test changes in training clinician knowledge, skill set, and sense of competence.

Title: SimCoach: Promoting Healthcare Outreach and Advocacy with Virtual Humans


Type: ARO BAA Amount: $2,029,220

Study: Develop and deliver an artificially intelligent, interactive virtual human online program

referred to as SimCoach. The SimCoach experience designed to attract and engage War

fighters and their significant others who might not otherwise seek help to begin engagement

in the psychological treatment process. The goal was to create an experience that motivates

these War fighters and their significant others to take the first step – to empower themselves

with regard to their healthcare (e.g., psychological health and traumatic brain injury) and

general personal welfare (i.e., other non-medical stressors such as economic or relationship

issues) – and encourage them to take the next step towards seeking other, more formal

resources that are available.

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Title: The Efficacy of Virtual Reality for Stress Relaxation and Cognitive Performance.

Role: Co- Principal-Investigator. Agency: TATRC Period: 9/01/11-8/31/12.

Type: AAMTI. Amount: $100,000

Study: The main purposes of this study are to investigate the use of military relevant virtual

environments for assessment and training in active duty military with elevated combat

stress symptoms. (Principle Investigator: LTC Melba Stetz, Ph.D., Tripler Army Medical

Center).

Title: Virtual Patients for Training/Re-Training Behavioral Health Diagnoses and Treatment.

Role: Co- Principal-Investigator. Agency: TATRC Period: 9/01/11-8/31/12.

Type: AAMTI. Amount: $100,000

Study: The main purposes of this study are to validate new artificially intelligent virtual human

technologies with training clinicians at Tripler Army Medical Center. (Principle

Investigator: LTC Melba Stetz, Ph.D., Tripler Army Medical Center).

– 2011 –

Title: Virtual Reality Cognitive Performance Assessment Test: Adaptive Neurocognitive and

Psychophysiological Interface


Type: W911NF-04-D-0005 Amount: $1,300,000

Study: Modification of previously developed VRCPAT battery. Four interrelated objectives using

computational modeling: 1) Develop psychophysiological indices derived from assessment

of user affect and associated neurocognitive activities. 2) Develop thresholds/signals for

functional validation of psychophysiological indices. 3) Translate thresholds/signals into

commands that are instantiated in the VE. 4) Validate the psychophysiological interface

for neuropsychological assessment.

Title: Eye-tracking integration with Simulation Technologies.

Role: Principal-Investigator. Agency: DARPA/Eyecom Period: 12/01/10-5/31/11

Type: Collaborative technology Amount: $28,000

Study: Develop an interface to provide real-time assessment of participant’ cognitive effort with

users are immersed in real-world simulations.

Title: Virtual Reality Augmentation of Social Skills Training for Autism.

Role: Site Principal-Investigator. Agency: NIH. Period: 6/01/09-5/31/11

Type: R21MH085904 Amount: $275,000

Study: A novel and innovative program of research designed to examine the therapeutic

applications of virtual reality technology to solve the problem of generalizability of social

skills training for children with higher functioning autism (Principle Investigator: Peter

Mundy, PhD; UC Davis’s M.I.N.D. Institute).

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Title: Virtual Reality and Gaming for Home-Based Motor Assessment & Training.

Role: Co-Investigator. Agency: NIDRR. Period: 10/01/08-9/30/11.

Type: H133E080024 Amount: $4,700,000 (RERC); $950,000 (VR Project)

Study: This is one of four projects in the USC Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center grant

(Principle Investigator: Carolee Winstein, PhD PI) to study the challenges of growing older

with disabilities and the positive effects that new technologies can have on independence,

health and quality of life. The project aims to integrate with the other three projects and to

develop entertaining and low-cost virtual games that people with a variety of functional

impairments may use at home to retain or increase physical function and movement, which

can directly influence the level of independent living.

Title: Virtual Sick Call.

Role: Co- Principal-Investigator. Agency: RDECOM. Period: 7/01/09-9/30/11.

Type: W911NF-04-D-0005 Amount: $741,160

Study: The main purposes of this study are to integrate new artificially intelligent virtual human

technologies into a virtual patient sick call. Psychophysiological metrics garnered.

Computational models used for training clinicians in differential diagnosis and treatment

planning. (Principle Investigator: Patrick Kenny; USC/ICT).

– 2010 –

Title: Virtual Patients for Assessing the Pre-Licensure Competencies of Psychologists.

Role: Principal-Investigator. Agency: ASPPB Foundation. Period: 9/01/09-8/31/10.

Type: Developmental Award. Amount: $50,000

Study: Project designed to enhance and elevate the quality of virtual standardized patients by

assessing the technology at the SDSU/UCSD Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical

Psychology. This offered students at every level opportunity for participation in the rapidly

expanding application of artificially intelligent virtual patients and enhance training of

clinical interviewing skills of persons with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

Title: Virtual Iraq and Afghanistan: Virtual Reality Cognitive Performance Assessment Test.

Role: Principal-Investigator. Agency: ARO Period: 11/01/09-10/31/10

Type: W911NF-04-D-0006 Amount: $ 224,369

Study: Develop software to easily allow the interoperability of Virtual Iraq/Afghanistan on all

commercially available HMD’s and other displays, and on a variety of tracking systems.

Assess neurocognitive and psychophysiological processing of users as they interact in the

VRCPAT environment. Computational modeling provided valuable information related to

usability and impact of the technology on the user. Continue building the art content for

advancing both the Virtual Iraq and Virtual Afghanistan development.

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Title: A Virtual Mother-Baby Patient for Interaction Analysis.

Role: Co- Principal-Investigator. Agency: RDECOM. Period: 7/01/09-6/30/10.


Study: Collaborative study to develop a scenario for a pilot study to investigate ways to train

professionals, residents and students in how to interview, assess and diagnose children

under the age of five using the presence of a mother-baby dyad. (PI: Patrick Kenny; USC).

Title: Virtual Standardized Patient to Teach Communication and Interview Skills

Role: Principal-Investigator. Agency: USC Keck Medicine Period: 10/01/08-9/30/10.

Type: Institutional: Psychiatry Amount: $10,000

Study: Project developed for collaborative efforts between USC Keck School of Medicine

(Psychiatry Department) and USC’s Institute for Creative Technologies. Goal was to

enhance and elevate the quality of Virtual Standardized Patients through research with

medical students and technology development.

– 2009 –

Title: Virtual Reality Cognitive Performance Assessment: Executive Functioning Module


Type: Presidential Amount: $650,000

Study: Development of a battery of cognitive tests that are delivered within a virtual reality

simulation of a relevant military environment. Computational neuropsychology approach

to model mechanisms underlying reinforcement learning, decision making, working

memory, and inhibitory control.

Title: Virtual Patient Project for Leadership and Interviewing Skills Training.

Role: Co-Principal-Investigator.Agency: RDECOM. Period: 11/01/08-10/31/09.

Type: W911NF-04-D-0005. Amount: $390,000

Study: The main purposes of this study are to integrate new artificially intelligent virtual human

technologies into a developing virtual standardized patient system. Additionally, we

evaluate where this technology fits into training and perform subject testing at hospitals

with appropriate scenarios (PI: Patrick Kenny; USC/ICT).

Title: Virtual Reality based Brain-Computer Interfaces Based on Attentional Processing.

Role: Principal Investigator. Agency: RDECOM. Period: 11/01/08-10/31/09.

Type: Training Grant Amount: $100,000

Study: Funding to train a postdoctoral fellow in computational modeling and development of an

intelligent feedback system, that utilizes simulation technologies to create appropriate

feedback information that more interesting, imaginative and interactive than traditional

graphical presentations.

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Title: Virtual Iraq: Virtual Reality War Fighter Scenarios with Returning Gulf War and

Afghanistan Combatants Experiencing Symptoms of Acute Stress Response and PTSD

Role: Co-Investigator. Agency: ONR. Period: 10/01/06-10/01/09

Type: S-2005-0NR-02 Amount: $779,973

Study: Design, develop and evaluate a virtual reality exposure therapy application for the

treatment of PTSD in OIF and OEF military personnel. Integrate feedback from the

clinical trials and develop a semi portable system that can be deployed into fleet

operations to assess stress reactions post operation and be used to treat acute stress and

PTSD (PI: Albert Rizzo; USC).

– 2008 –

Title: Preliminary Development of a Context-Relevant Virtual Reality Cognitive Performance

Assessment Battery.

Role: Co-Principal-Investigator Agency: RDECOM. Period: 09/30/06-10/01/08

Type: Presidential Amount: $950,000

Study: Development of a battery of cognitive tests that are delivered within a virtual reality

simulation of a relevant military environment (PI: Albert Rizzo; USC).

Title: A Virtual Human Agent for Assessing Bias in Novice Therapists.

Role: Principal Investigator. Agency: Army HBCU/MI. Period: 11/01/07-10/31/08.


Study: Computational modeling of affective processes associated with both the activation and

potential control of race bias by measuring eye blink responses to startle probes occurring

at short and long latencies following the onset of Black compared with White virtual

humans.

Title: “Justina” a Virtual Human Patient to Teach Interviewing Skills for PTSD

Role: Co-Investigator. Agency: USC Period: 8/01/07-7/31/08.

Type: Provost Seed Grant. Amount: $49,000

Study: Virtual human patients applied to training of psychiatric interviewing skills and impart

psychiatric knowledge of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). This project enhanced

and elevated the quality of psychiatric education in the Keck School of Medicine of the

University of Southern California and in the LAC + USC Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Residency Program and the Psychiatry Residency Program (PI: Albert Rizzo; USC).

Title: Development of a High Spatiotemporal Neurophysiological Sensor System and Measures

for Applications in Operational Environments.

Role: Principal Investigator. Agency: ARL Neuroscience Period: 11/01/07-10/31/08.

Type: Developmental Award Amount: $100,000

Study: High-fidelity, immersive simulations leveraged for modeling of multiple measurement

modalities (EEG, EMG, ECG, EDA, respiration) during the performance of highly-realistic

neurocognitive tasks. Computational modeling of mechanisms underlying reinforcement

learning, decision making, working memory, and inhibitory control.

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Title: A Virtual Reality application for Iraq War PTSD Treatment

Role: Co-Investigator. Agency: TATRC/RDECOM. Period: 09/01/07-08/31/08

Type: TATRC Amount: $190,447

Study: Continue to evolve and refine the Virtual Iraq PTSD Application and conduct a comparison

between imaginal and VR exposure therapy efficacy. Collect user-centered evaluation of

the evolving Virtual Iraq application from active duty military personnel (PI: Albert Rizzo;

USC).

Title: Low Cost Webcam and Off the Shelf Game Interfaces (Nintendo Wii TM) to Produce

VR Systems for Home-Based Motor Telerehabilitation after Traumatic Brain Injury,

Spinal Cord Injury and Amputation

Role: Co-Investigator. Agency: TATRC/RDECOM. Period: 09/01/07-08/31/08

Type: TATRC Amount: $200,000

Study: To develop and test a series of low cost game interface devices for use as motor

rehabilitation tools for persons with CNS Dysfunction in TBI and Stroke (PI: Albert

Rizzo; USC).

Title: Social Neuroscience Research using Virtual Reality: Undergraduate Research Associates

Program

Role: Principal Investigator. Agency: USC. Period: 9/30/07-8/31/08.

Type: URAP Award. Amount: $2000

Study: The main purposes of this study are to examine the association between proteomic

biomarkers and neurocognitive symptoms using nonlinear stochastic approximation strategies.

Title: Virtual Reality Visuospatial Assessment as a Predictor of Mild Dementia of the

Alzheimer’s Type.

Role: Co-Investigator. Agency: Alzheimer’s Assoc. Period: 08/01/06-07/31/08

Type: Investigator Initiated Amount: $200,000

Study: Test out a virtual reality system for measuring cognitive deficits related to Dementia of the

Alzheimer’s Type (DAT). Results of this study used to inform understanding about

wayfinding performance in HA and DAT, male and female elderly persons and to enhance

predictive validity of assessment in this area (PI: Albert Rizzo; USC).

– 2007 –

Title: Mild Cognitive Motor Disorder and Medication Adherence among Asymptomatic and

Symptomatic HIV-1 Seropositive Patients.

Role: Principal Investigator. Agency: AIDS Research. Period: 6/30/06-5/31/07.


Study: The main purposes of this study are to examine the association between HAART

adherence and neuropsychiatric symptoms as well as MCMD.

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Title: Neuropsychology of HIV-1 Infection and Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy.

Role: Principal Investigator. Agency: NIH. Period: 6/30/05-5/31/07.

Type: Loan Repayment Award. Amount: Undisclosed

Study: Research on the causes and consequences of HIV disease in human populations involving

neurocognitive sequelae of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy.

– 2006 –

Title: Neurological Response to HAART

Role: Postdoctoral Fellow Agency: NIH/NIMH Period: 9/30/01-8/31/06.

Type: R01 MH062690-04

Study: The major goal of this study is to examine biomarkers of central nervous system function

in patients with HIV before and after treatment with HAART.

Title: The International Neurological Study

Role: Postdoctoral Fellow Agency: NIH/NIMH Period: 10/15/2003 – 10/15/2006.

Type: R01 MH 5199 – 01 ACTG

Study: The major goals of this study are: 1) to determine the prevalence of primary HIV

neurological disease and HIV-related neurological opportunistic infections in subjects with

advanced disease in resource-limited countries; and 2) to determine the extent of the

improvement in neurocognitive functioning with antiretroviral treatment in those subjects

(PI: Kevin Robertson, PhD; UNC Neurology).

– 2002 –

Title: Artificial Neural Networks for Neuroinformatic Research into Proteomic Correlates to

Neurocognitive functioning in neurodegenerative disease.

Role: Principal Investigator. Agency: Carlsberg. Period: 9/30/01-8/31/02.

Type: Research Grant Award. Amount: $7,500

Study: Goal of this study is to examine the association between proteomic biomarkers and

neurocognitive symptoms using nonlinear stochastic approximation strategies.

PUBLICATIONS:

(My work has been cited >10,000 times. My H-index = 49)

Indices All Since 2014

Citations >10000 >4500

h-index 49 36

I10-index 198 113

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Books

Parsons, T.D. (2019). Ethical Challenges in Digital Psychology and Cyberpsychology.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Parsons, T.D., Lin, L., & Cockerham, D. (2019). Mind, Brain, and Technology: How People

Learn in the Age of New Technologies. New York: Springer Press.

Parsons, T.D. (2017). Cyberpsychology and the Brain: The Interaction of Neuroscience and

Affective Computing. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Kane, R. L., & Parsons, T.D. (2017). The Role of Technology in Clinical Neuropsychology.

Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Parsons, T.D. (2016). Clinical Neuropsychology and Technology: What’s New and How We

Can Use It. New York: Springer Press.

Refereed Journals

– Under Review –

Parsons, T.D., McMahan, T., & Barnett, M. (under review). Neuropsychological assessment of

age differences in memory performance using a Virtual Environment Grocery Store with

environmental distractors.

Parsons, T.D., & Duffield, T. (under review). Neuropsychological Assessment 3.0: Maintaining

relevance in the digital age.

Asbee, J., & Parsons, T.D. (under review). Cognitive and affective outcomes of combining

transcranial direct current stimulation and virtual environments: A review and meta-analysis.

Venturini, E., & Parsons, T.D. (under review). Assessment of Social Exclusion in Autism: A

Systematic Review.

Venturini, E., & Parsons, T.D. (under review). Investigation of psycho-physiological responses

to social interaction in virtual environments.

Dahdah, M., Bennett, M., Prajapati, B., Parsons, T.D., Sullivan, E., Driver, S., & Salisbury, D.

(under review). The Impact of Virtual Reality Training on Executive Functions and the

Association with Neurorehabilitation Outcomes.

Edwards, M., Parsons, T.D., Hall, J., & O’Bryant, S. (under review). Proteomic Blood Based

Biomarkers of Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Systematic Review.

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– In Press/2019 –

* indicates first authors who were my advisees; indicates joint first authors

IF = Impact Factor (5-year when available)

Parsons, T.D., Duffield, T., & Asbee, J. (2019). A comparison of virtual reality classroom CPTs

to traditional CPTs in delineating ADHD: A meta-analysis. Neuropsychology Review, 29,

338-356. [IF = 7.432]

Parsons, T.D., McMahan, T., & Parberry, I. (in press). Neurogaming-based Classification of

Player Experience Using Consumer-Grade Electroencephalography. IEEE Transactions on

Affective Computing. [IF = 4.585]

Parsons, T.D., & Barnett, M. (2019). Virtual Apartment-Based Stroop for Assessing Distractor

Inhibition in Healthy Aging. Applied Neuropsychology: Adult, 26, 144-154. [IF = 1.548]

Parsons, T.D., & Duffield, T. (2019). National Institutes of Health initiatives for advancing

scientific developments in Clinical Neuropsychology. The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 33,

246-270. [IF = 2.006]

*Asbee, J., & Parsons, T.D. (in press). Cognitive Effects of Transcranial Direct Current

Stimulation and Virtual Environments. Annual Review of CyberTherapy and Telemedicine,

167, ###-###. [SJR = 0.241]

Barnett, M.D., Parsons, T.D., & Moore, J.M. (in press). Measuring Rapport in

Neuropsychological Assessment: The Barnett Rapport Questionnaire. Applied

Neuropsychology: Adult. [IF = 1.548]

Realdon, O., Serino, S., Savazzi, F., Rossetto, F,, Cipresso, P., Parsons, T.D., Cappellini, G.,

Mantovani, F., Mendozzi, L., Nemni, R., Riva, G., & Baglio, F. (2019). An ecological

measure to screen executive functioning in MS: the Picture Interpretation Test (PIT) 360°.

Scientific Reports, 9, 1-9. [IF = 4.609]

– 2018 –

Parsons, T.D., & Courtney, C. (2018). Interactions between Threat and Executive Control in a

Virtual Reality Stroop Task. IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing, 9, 66-75. [IF =

4.585]

Parsons, T.D., & Barnett, M. (2018). Virtual Apartment Stroop Task: Comparison with

Computerized and Traditional Stroop Tasks. Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 309, 35-40

[IF = 2.668]

15

Parsons, T.D., McMahan, T., & Kane, R. (2018). Practice Parameters Facilitating Adoption of

Advanced Technologies for Enhancing Neuropsychological Assessment Paradigms. The

Clinical Neuropsychologist, 32, 16-41. [IF = 2.006]

Barnett, M.D., Parsons, T.D., Reynolds, B.L., & Bedford, L.A. (2018). The Impact of Rapport on

Neuropsychological Test Performance. Applied Neuropsychology: Adult, 25, 258-265. [IF =

1.548]

Duffield, T., Parsons, T.D., Karam, S., Otero, T., & Hall, T. (2018). Virtual Reality as an

Assessment Modality with Pediatric ASD Populations: A Systematic Review. Child

Neuropsychology, 24, 1129-1136. [IF = 2.740]

Venturini, E., & Parsons, T.D. (2018). Virtual environments for assessment of social exclusion in

Autism: A Systematic Review. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 5, 408–

421. [IF = 3.476]

Lin, L., & Parsons, T.D. (in press). Ecologically valid assessments of attention and learning

engagement in media multitaskers. TechTrends, 62, 518-524.. [SJR = 0.44]

– 2017 –

Parsons, T.D., Riva, G., Parsons, S., Mantovani, F., Newbutt, N., Lin, L., Venturini, E., & Hall,

T. (2017). Virtual Reality in Pediatric Psychology: Benefits, Challenges, and Future

Directions. Pediatrics, 140, 86-91. [IF = 5.515]

Uncapher, M., Lin, L., Rosen, L., Kirkorian, H., Baron, N., Bailey, K., Cantor, J., Strayer, D.,

Anderson, D., Parsons, T.D., & Wagner, A. (2017). Media Multitasking is Associated with

Cognitive, Psychological, Neural, and Learning Differences. Pediatrics, 140, 62-66. [IF =

5.515]

Parsons, T.D., & Barnett, M. (2017). Validity of a Newly Developed Measure of Memory:

Feasibility Study of the Virtual Environment Grocery Store. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease,

59, 1227-1235. [IF = 3.476]

Parsons, T.D., & McMahan, T. (2017). An Initial Validation of the Virtual Environment Grocery

Store. Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 291, 13-19. [IF = 2.668]

Parsons, T.D., Carlew, A.R., Magtoto, J., & Stonecipher, K. (2017). The potential of function-led

virtual environments for ecologically valid measures of executive function in experimental

and clinical neuropsychology. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 37 (5), 777-807. [IF =

2.842]

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Parsons, T.D., Schermerhorn, P., & McMahan, T., Asbee, J., & Russo, N. (2017). An initial

validation of virtual human administered neuropsychological assessments. Annual Review of

CyberTherapy and Telemedicine, 15, 123-128. [SJR = 0.241]

Parsons, T.D., Gaggioli, A., & Riva, G. (2017). Virtual Environments in Social Neuroscience.

Brain Sciences, 7, 1-21. [IF = 2.786]

Dahdah, M., Bennett, M., Prajapati, B., Parsons, T.D., & Sullivan, E., & Driver, S. (2017).

Application of Virtual Environments in a Multi-Disciplinary Day Neurorehabilitation

Program to Improve Executive Functioning Using the Stroop Task. Neurorehabilitation,

41, 721-734. [IF = 1.779]

Rooney, B., Balint, K., Parsons, T.D., Burke, C., O'Leary, T., Lee, S., & Mantei, C. (2017).

Attention and Social Cognition in Virtual Reality: The effect of engagement mode and

character eye-gaze. Annual Review of CyberTherapy and Telemedicine, 15, 82-87. [SJR =

0.241]

Dahdah, M. N., Bennett, M., Prajapati, P., Parsons, T. D., Sullivan, E., & Driver, S. (2017).

Application of virtual environments in a multi-disciplinary day neurorehabilitation

programme. Brain Injury, 31, 918-919. [IF = 2.061]

Mai, B., Parsons, T.D., Prybutok, V., & Namuduri, K. (2017). Neuroscience Foundations for

Human Decision Making in Information Security: A General Framework and Experiment

Design. Lecture Notes in Information Systems and Organization, 16, 91-98.

Peak, D., Mai, B., Prybutok, V., & Parsons, T.D. (2017). Bridging Aesthetics and Positivism

with Neuroscience: A Pluralistic Research Framework and Typology of Visual Systems

Design. Lecture Notes in Information Systems and Organization, 16, 123-131.

Serino, S., Baglio, F., Rossetto, F., Realdon, O., Cipresso, P., Parsons, T.D., Mantovani, F., De

Leo, G., Nemni, R., & Riva, G. (2017). Picture Interpretation Test (PIT) 360°: An Innovative

Evaluation Test for Executive Impairments in Parkinson’s Disease. Scientific reports, 7, 1-

10. [IF = 4.609]

– 2016 –

Parsons, T.D., & Carlew, A.R. (2016). Bimodal Virtual Reality Stroop for Assessing Distractor

Inhibition in Autism Spectrum Disorders. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders,

46, 1255–1267. [IF = 3.476]

Salisbury, D.B., Parsons, T.D., Monden, K., Trost, Z., & Driver, S. (2016). Brain-computer

interface for individuals after inpatient spinal cord injury: A brief report. Rehabilitation

Psychology, 61, 4, 435-441. [IF = 1.740]

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Parsons, T.D., & Phillips, A. (2016). Virtual Reality for Psychological Assessment in Clinical

Practice. Practice Innovations, 1, 197-217.

Parsons, T.D., Barnett, M., & McMahan, T. (2016). Impact of Distractors on Executive Control

in Older Adults: Construct-Driven and Function-Led Approaches to Neuropsychological

Assessment. Annual Review of CyberTherapy and Telemedicine, 14, 71-77. [SJR = 0.241]

Venturini, E., Riva, P., Serpetti, F., Romero, L., Pallavincini, F., Mantovani, F., Cloutier, R.,

McMahan, T., Stonecipher, K., & Parsons, T.D. (2016). A comparison of 3D versus 2D

virtual environments on the feelings of social exclusion, inclusion and over-inclusion.

Annual Review of CyberTherapy and Telemedicine, 14, 89-94. [SJR = 0.241]

– 2015 –

Parsons, T.D., Barnett, M., & Melugin, P. (2015). Assessment of Trait-based Factors for Mediated

Environments in a College Sample: The Role of Personality and Absorption in Facilitating

Immersion. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 18, 752-756. [IF = 2.689]

Parsons, T.D. (2015). Virtual Reality for Enhanced Ecological Validity and Experimental Control

in the Clinical, Affective, and Social Neurosciences. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 1-

19.

*McMahan, T., Parberry, I., & Parsons, T.D. (2015). Modality Specific Assessment of Video

Game Player's Experience Using the Emotiv Entertainment Computing. Entertainment

Computing, 7, 1-6.

*McMahan, T., Parberry, I., & Parsons, T.D. (2015). Evaluating Player Task Engagement and

Arousal using Electroencephalography. Procedia Manufacturing, 3, 2303 – 2310.

Salisbury, D., Driver, S., & Parsons, T.D. (2015). Brain-computer interface targeting non-motor

functions after spinal cord injury. Spinal Cord, 53, S25-S26.

– 2014 –

Parsons, T.D., & Courtney, C. (2014). An Initial Validation of the Virtual Reality Paced Auditory

Serial Addition Test in a College Sample. Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 222, 15-23.

Trost, Z., & Parsons, T.D. (2014). Beyond Distraction: Virtual Reality Graded Exposure Therapy

as Treatment for Pain-Related Fear and Disability in Chronic Pain. Journal of Applied

Biobehavioral Research, 19, 106-126.

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– 2013 –

Parsons, T.D., Courtney, C., & Dawson, M. (2013). Virtual Reality Stroop Task (VRST) for

Assessment of Supervisory Attentional Processing. Journal of Clinical and Experimental

Neuropsychology, 35, 812-826.

Parsons, T.D., Courtney, C., Dawson, M., Rizzo, A., & Arizmendi, B. (2013). Visuospatial

Processing and Learning Effects in Virtual Reality-Based Mental Rotation and

Navigational Tasks. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 8019, 75-83.

*Wu, D., Lance, B.J., & Parsons, T.D. (2013). Collaborative Filtering for Brain-Computer

Interaction Using Transfer Learning and Active Class Selection. PLOS ONE, 8, 1-18.

Armstrong, C., Reger, G., Edwards, J., Rizzo, A., Courtney, C., & Parsons, T.D. (2013). Validity

of the Virtual Reality Stroop Task (VRST) in Active Duty Military. Journal of Clinical and

Experimental Neuropsychology, 35, 113-123.

*Courtney, C., Dawson, M., Rizzo, A., Arizmendi, B., & Parsons, T.D. (2013). Predicting

Navigation Performance with Psychophysiological Responses to Threat in a Virtual

Environment. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 8021, 129-138.

– 2012 –

Parsons, T.D., & J. Reinebold. (2012). Adaptive Virtual Environments for Neuropsychological

Assessment in Serious Games. IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, 58, 197-204.

Parsons, T.D., Rizzo, A.A., Courtney, C., & Dawson, M. (2012). Psychophysiology to Assess

Impact of Varying Levels of Simulation Fidelity in a Threat Environment. Advances in

Human-Computer Interaction, 5, 1-9.

Parsons, T.D., Courtney, C., Rizzo, A.A., Edwards, J., & Reger, G. (2012). Virtual Reality Paced

Serial Assessment Tests for Neuropsychological Assessment of a Military Cohort. Studies in

Health Technology and Informatics,173, 331-337.

Rizzo, A., Buckwalter, J., Williams, J., Parsons, T.D., & Kenny, P. (2012). Stress Resilience In

Virtual Environments (STRIVE): A Pre-Deployment VR System for Training Combat

Relevant Emotional Coping Skills and Assessing Stress Response. Studies in Health

Technology and Informatics, 173, 379-385.

Pataki, C., Pato, M., Sugar, J., Rizzo, A., St-George, C., Kenny, P., & Parsons, T.D. (2012).

Virtual Patients as a Novel Teaching Tool in Psychiatry. Academic Psychiatry, 36, 398-400.

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– 2011 –

Parsons, T.D., Courtney, C., Arizmendi, B., & Dawson, M. (2011). Virtual Reality Stroop Task

for Neurocognitive Assessment. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 143, 433-

439.

Rizzo, A.A., Parsons, T.D., Lange, B., Patrick Kenny, Buckwalter, J.G., Rothbaum, B.O., Difede,

J., Frazier, J., Newman, B., Williams, J., & Reger, G. (2011). Virtual Reality Goes to War:

A Brief Review of the Future of Military Behavioral Healthcare. Journal of Clinical

Psychology in Medical Settings, 18, 176-187.

Rizzo, A.A., Lange, B., Buckwalter, J.G., Forbell, E., Kim, J., Sagae, K., Williams, J., Rothbaum,

B.O., Difede, J., Reger, G., Parsons, T.D., and Kenny, P. (2011). An Intelligent Virtual

Human System for Providing Healthcare Information and Support. Studies in Health

Technology and Informatics, 143, 503-509.

Rizzo, A.A. Kenny, P., & Parsons, T.D. (2011). Intelligent Virtual Patients for Training Clinical

Skills. Journal of Virtual Reality and Broadcasting, 8, 1-16.

Rizzo, A.A., Lange, B., Buckwalter, J.G., Forbell, E., Kim, J., Sagae, K., Williams, J., Difede, J.,

Rothbaum, B.O., Reger, G., Parsons, T.D., and Kenny, P. (2011). SimCoach: An intelligent

virtual human system. International Journal on Disability and Human Development, 10, 4,

277-282.

*Wu, D., & Parsons, T.D. (2011). Active Learning for Arousal Classification. Lecture Notes in

Computer Science, 6975, 132-141.

*Wu, D., & Parsons, T.D. (2011). Inductive Transfer Learning for Handling Individual

Differences in Affective Computing. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 6975, 142-151.

– 2010 –

*Courtney, C.G., Dawson, M.E., Schell, A.M., Iyer, A., & Parsons, T.D. (2010). Better than the

real thing: Eliciting fear with moving and static computer-generated stimuli. International

Journal of Psychophysiology, 78, 107-114.

Reger, G.M., Parsons, T.D., Gahm, G.A., & Rizzo, A.A. (2010). Virtual Reality Assessment of

Cognitive Functions: A Promising Tool to Improve Ecological Validity. Brain Injury, 7, 24-

26.

*Wu, D., Courtney, C., Lance, B., Narayanan, S.S., Dawson, M., Oie, K., & Parsons, T.D. (2010).

Optimal Arousal Identification and Classification for Affective Computing: Virtual Reality

Stroop Task. IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing, 1, 109-118.

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– 2009 –

Parsons, T.D., Notebaert, A., & Guskewitz, K. (2009). Application of Reliable Change Indices to

Computerized Neuropsychological Measures of Concussion. The International Journal of

Neuroscience, 119, 492 - 507.

Parsons, T.D., Iyer, A., Cosand, L., Courtney, C., & Rizzo, A.A. (2009). Neurocognitive and

Psychophysiological Analysis of Human Performance within Virtual Reality Environments.

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 142, 247-252.

Parsons, T.D., Kenny, P., Cosand, L., Iyer, A., Courtney, C., & Rizzo, A.A. (2009). A Virtual

Human Agent for Assessing Bias in Novice Therapists. Studies in Health Technology and

Informatics, 142, 253-258.

Parsons, T.D., Courtney, C., Cosand, L., Iyer, A., Rizzo, A.A. & Oie, K. (2009). Assessment of

Psychophysiological Differences of West Point Cadets and Civilian Controls Immersed

within a Virtual Environment. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 5638, 514–523.

Parsons, T.D., Rizzo, A.A., Rogers, S.A., & York, P. (2009). Virtual Reality in Pediatric

Rehabilitation: A Review. Developmental Neurorehabilitation, 12, 224–238.

Kenny, P., Parsons, T.D., & Rizzo, A.A. (2009). Human Computer Interaction in Virtual

Standardized Patient Systems. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 5613, 514-523.

Kenny, P., Parsons, T.D., & Rizzo, A.A. (2009). A Comparative Analysis between Experts and

Novices Interacting with a Virtual Patient with PTSD. Studies in Health Technology and

Informatics. 144, 122-124.

Kenny, P., Parsons, T.D., Rothbaum, B.O., Difede, J., Reger, G., & Rizzo, A.A. (2009).

Optimizing Clinical Training for the Treatment of PTSD using Virtual Patients, Studies in

Health Technology and Informatics. 144, 264-268.

Kenny, P., Parsons, T.D., Gratch, J., & Rizzo, A.A. (2009). Evaluation of Novice and Expert

Interpersonal Interaction Skills with a Virtual Patient. Lecture Notes in Computer Science,

5773, 511-512.

*Courtney, C., Dawson, M., Schell, A., & Parsons, T.D. (2009). Affective Virtual Reality

Exposure: Psychophysiological Support for Increased Elicitation of Negative Emotions in

High and Low Fear Subjects. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 5638, 459-468.

*Iyer, A., Cosand, L., Courtney, C., Rizzo, A.A., & Parsons, T.D. (2009). Considerations for

Designing Response Quantification Procedures in Non-traditional Psychophysiological

Applications. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 5638, 479-487.

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Rizzo, A.A. Difede, J., Rothbaum, B.O., Johnston, S., Mclay, R.N., Reger, G., Gahm, G., Parsons,

T.D., Graap, K., and Pair, J. (2009). Virtual Reality Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Exposure

Therapy Results with Active Duty Iraq War Combatants. Studies in Health Technology and

Informatics, 142, 277-282.

Parsons, T.D., Cosand, L., Courtney, C., Iyer, A., & Rizzo, A.A. (2009). Neurocognitive

Workload Assessment using the Virtual Reality Cognitive Performance Assessment Test.

Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 5639, 243-252.

– 2008 –

Parsons, T.D., & Rizzo, A.A. (2008). Affective Outcomes of Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy

for Anxiety and Specific Phobias: A Meta-Analysis. Journal of Behavior Therapy and

Experimental Psychiatry, 39, 250-261.

Parsons, T.D., and Rizzo, A.A. (2008). Initial Validation of a Virtual Environment for Assessment

of Memory Functioning: Virtual Reality Cognitive Performance Assessment Test.

Cyberpsychology and Behavior, 11, 17-25. [IF = 2.689]

Parsons, T.D., Silva, T.M., Pair, J., & Rizzo, A.A. (2008). A Virtual Environment for Assessment

of Neurocognitive Functioning: Virtual Reality Cognitive Performance Assessment Test.


Parsons, T.D., Kenny, P., Ntuen, C., Pataki, C.S., Pato, M., Rizzo, A.A., St-George, C., & Sugar,

J. (2008). Objective Structured Clinical Interview Training using a Virtual Human Patient.


Parsons, T.D., Rizzo, A.A., Brennan, J., & Zelinski, E.A. (2008). Assessment of Executive

Functioning Using Virtual Reality: Virtual Environment Grocery Store. Gerontechnology, 7,

187-191.

Rizzo, A.A. Graap, K,, Perlman, K., Mclay, R.N., Rothbaum, B.O., Reger, G., Parsons, T.D.,

Difede, J., and Pair, J. (2008). Virtual Iraq: Initial Results from a VRET Application for

Combat-Related PTSD. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 132, 420-425.

Rizzo, A.A., Rothbaum, B.O., Difede, J., Graap, K., Reger, G., Gahm, G., McLay, R., Perlman,

K., Pyne, J., Deal, R., Pair, J., Parsons, T.D., Roy, M., & Shilling, R. (2008). Virtual Iraq:

VR PTSD Exposure Therapy with Active Duty Iraq War Combatants. Annual Review of

CyberTherapy and Telemedicine, 6, 158-163.

Kenny, P., Parsons, T.D., Pataki, C.S., Pato, M., St-George, C., Sugar, J., & Rizzo, A.A. (2008).

Virtual Justina: A PTSD Virtual Patient for Clinical Classroom Training. Annual Review of

CyberTherapy and Telemedicine, 6, 113-118.

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Kenny, P., Parsons, T.D., Gratch, J., & Rizzo, A.A. (2008). Evaluation of Justina: A Virtual

Patient with PTSD. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 5208, 394-408.

Parsons, T.D., & Rizzo, A.A. (2008). Neuropsychological Assessment of Attentional Processing

using Virtual Reality. Annual Review of CyberTherapy and Telemedicine, 6, 23-28.

– 2007 –

Parsons, T.D., Bowerly, T., Buckwalter, J.G., & Rizzo, A.A. (2007). A controlled clinical

comparison of attention performance in children with ADHD in a virtual reality classroom

compared to standard neuropsychological methods. Child Neuropsychology, 13, 363-381.

Parsons, T.D., Rogers, S.A., Hall, C.D., & Robertson, K.R. (2007). Motor Based Assessment of

Neurocognitive Functioning in Resource-Limited International Settings. Journal of Clinical

and Experimental Neuropsychology, 29, 59-66.

Parsons, T.D., Rizzo, A.A., Bamattre, J., & Brennan, J. (2007). Virtual Reality Cognitive

Performance Assessment Test. Annual Review of CyberTherapy and Telemedicine, 5, 163-

171.

Miller, K.J., Parsons, T.D., Rasgon, N., Van Herle, K., Whybrow, P.C., & Bauer, M. (2007).

Verbal Memory Retrieval Deficits Associated with Untreated Hypothyroidism. The Journal

of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 19, 132-136.

Kenny, P., Rizzo, A.A., Parsons, T.D., Gratch, J., & Swartout, W. (2007). A Virtual Human Agent

for Training Novice Therapist Clinical Interviewing Skills. Annual Review of CyberTherapy

and Telemedicine, 5, 81-89.

Crooks, V.C., Parsons, T.D., & Buckwalter, J. G. (2007). Validation of the Cognitive Assessment

of Later Life Status (CALLS) Instrument: A Computerized Telephonic Screen. BMC

Neurology, 7, 10.

Rizzo, A.A. Graap, K., Perlman, K., Mclay, R.N., Rothbaum, B.O., Reger, G., Parsons, T.D.,

Difede, J., and Pair, J. (2007). Initial Case Reports from a VR Exposure Therapy Application

for Combat-Related Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. IEEE Transactions, 27, 124-130.

Buckwalter, J.G., Geiger, A.M., Parsons, T.D., Handler, J., Howes, M., & Lehmer, R.R. (2007).

The Cognitive Effects of Short-term Use of Raloxifene: A Randomized Clinical Trial. The

International Journal of Neuroscience, 117, 1579-1590.

Robertson, K.R., Smurzynski, M., Parsons, T.D., Wu, K., Bosch, R.J., Wu, J., McArthur, J.C.,

Collier, A.C., Evans, S.R., Ellis, R.J. (2007). The prevalence and incidence of neurocognitive

impairment in the HAART era. AIDS, 21, 1915-1921.

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Macedonio, M.F., Parsons, T.D., Digiuseppe, R.A., Weiderhold, B., & Rizzo, A.A. (2007).

Immersiveness and Physiological Arousal within Panoramic Video-based Virtual Reality.

Cyberpsychology and Behavior, 10, 508-516. [IF = 2.689]

Iudicello, J.E., Woods, S.P., Parsons, T.D., Moran, L.M., Carey, C.L., Grant, I., & The HNRC

Group. (2007). Fluency in HIV-1 Disease: A Meta-Analytic Review. Journal of the

International Neuropsychological Society, 13, 195-201.

Robertson, K.R., Parsons, T.D., Braaten, A.J., Wilson, S., and Hall, C.D. (2007). Assessing

health-related quality of life in NeuroAIDS: some psychometric properties of the

Neurological Quality of Life Questionnaire (NeuroQOL). Journal of Clinical Neuroscience,

14, 416-423.

Kenny, P., Parsons, T.D., Gratch, J., & Rizzo, A.A. (2007). Virtual Patients for Clinical Therapist

Skills Training. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 4722, 197-210.

Rizzo, A.A., Graap, K., Mclay, R.N., Perlman, K., Rothbaum, B., Reger, G., Difede, J., Parsons,

T.D., & Pair, J. (2007). Virtual Iraq: Initial Case Reports from a VR Exposure Therapy

Application for Combat-Related Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Virtual Rehabilitation, 27,

124-130.

Dueck, A. & Parsons, T.D. (2006). Ethics, Alterity, and Psychotherapy: A Levinasian

Perspective. Pastoral Psychology, 55, 271-282.

*Yeh, S-C, Rizzo, A.A., McLaughlin, M., Parsons, T.D. (2007). VR Enhanced Upper Extremity

Motor Training for Post-Stroke Rehabilitation: Task Design, Clinical Experiment and

Visualization on Performance and Progress. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics,

125, 506-511.

*Yeh, S-C, Stewart, J., McLaughlin, M., Parsons, T.D., Winstein, C.J., Rizzo, A.A. (2007).

Evaluation Approach for Post-Stroke Rehabilitation via Virtual Reality Aided Motor

Training. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 4566, 378–387.

Robertson, K.R., Nakasujja, N., Wong, M., Musisi, S., Katabira, E., Parsons, T.D., Ronald, A., &

Sacktor, N. (2007). Pattern of neuropsychological performance among HIV positive patients

in Uganda. BMC Neurology, 7, 1-8.

– 2006 –

Parsons, T.D., Rogers, S.A., Braaten, A.J., Woods, S.P., and Tröster, A.I. (2006). A Meta-

Analysis of the Cognitive Sequelae of Subthalamic Nucleus Deep Brain Stimulation in

Parkinson’s Disease. Lancet Neurology, 5, 578–88. [IF = 28.048]

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Parsons, T.D., Tucker, K.A., Hall, C.D., Eron, J.J., Fried, M.W., Robertson, W.T., & Robertson,

K.R. (2006). Neurocognitive functioning and HAART in HIV and hepatitis C co-infection.

AIDS, 20, 1591-1595. [IF = 4.914]

Parsons, T.D., Kratz, K.M., Thompson, E., Stanczyk, F.Z., & Buckwalter, J.G. (2006). DHEA

Supplementation and Cognition in Postmenopausal Women. The International Journal of

Neuroscience, 16, 141-155.

Parsons, T.D., Braaten, A.J., Hall, C.D., & Robertson, K.R. (2006). Better Quality of Life with

Neuropsychological Improvement on HAART. Health and Quality of Life Outcome, 4, 11,

1-7.

Nelson, N.W., Parsons, T.D., Grote, C.L., Smith, C.A., & Geary, E. (2006). The Fake bad scale

for the MMPI-2: Is it a good, bad, or fake symptom validity measure. Journal of Clinical and

Experimental Neuropsychology, 28, 1-12.


Memory Improvement with Treatment of Hypothyroidism. The International Journal of


*Braaten, A.J., Parsons, T.D., McCue, R., Sellers, A., & Burns, W.J. (2006). Neurocognitive

Differential Diagnosis of Dementing Diseases: Alzheimer’s Dementia, Vascular Dementia,

Frontotemporal Dementia, and Major Depressive Disorder. The International Journal of


Robertson, K.R., Parsons, T. D., Sidtis, J.J. Inman, T.H., Robertson, W.T. Hall, C.D., & Price,

R.W. (2006). Timed Gait Test: Normative Data for the Assessment of the AIDS Dementia

Complex. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 28, 1053-1064.

Robertson, K.R., Parsons, T. D., Robertson, W., van der Horst, C., & Hall, C. (2006). Thoughts

of Death and Suicidal Ideation in Nonpsychiatric Human Immunodeficiency Virus

Seropositive Individuals. Death Studies, 30, 455-469.

Rizzo, A., Bowerly, T., Buckwalter, J., Klimchuk, D., Mitura, R., Parsons, T.D. (2006). A Virtual

Reality Scenario for All Seasons: The Virtual Classroom. CNS Spectrums, 11, 1, 35-44.

Woods, S.P., Rippeth, J.D., Carey, C.L., Conover, E., Parsons, T.D., & Tröster, A.I. (2006).

Statistical power of studies examining the cognitive effects of subthalamic nucleus deep

brain stimulation in Parkinson's disease. The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 20, 27-38. [IF =

2.006]

– 2005 –

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Parsons, T.D., Rizzo, A.A., van der Zaag, C., McGee, J.S., & Buckwalter, J.G. (2005). Gender

differences and cognition among older adults. Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition, 12,

1, 78-88. [IF = 1.845]

Parsons, T.D., & Robertson, K.R. (2005). Editorial Comment: Strategies for coping with memory

loss in patients with HIV/AIDS. AIDS Reader, 15, 5, 5-6.

Grote, C.L., & Parsons, T.D. (2005). Threats to the Livelihood of the Forensic

Neuropsychological Practice: Avoiding Ethical Misconduct. Journal of Forensic

Neuropsychology, 4, 3, 79-93.

Robertson, K.R., Kopnisky, K., Mielke, J., Appiah, K., Hall, C., Price, R., Kumwenda, J.,

Kanyama, C., Amod, F., Marra, C., Taylor, T., Lalloo, U., Jelsma, J., Holding, P., Boivin,

M., Birbeck, G., Nakasujja, N., Sanne, I., Parsons, T.D., Parente, A., & Tucker, K. (2005).

Assessment of NeuroAIDS in Africa. Journal of NeuroVirology, 11, S1, 7-16.

– 2004 –

Parsons, T.D., Larson, P., Buckwalter, J.G., & Rizzo, A.A. (2004). Sex Differences in Mental

Rotation and Virtual Reality Spatial Rotation. Neuropsychologia, 42, 4, 555-562.

Parsons, T.D., Rizzo, A.A., & Buckwalter, J.G. (2004). Backpropagation and Regression:

Comparative Utility for Neuropsychologists. Journal of Clinical and Experimental

Neuropsychology, 26, 1, 95-104.

Parsons, T.D., Thompson, E., Buckwalter, D.K., Bluestein, B.W., Rankin, K.P., Stanczyk, F., &

Buckwalter, J.G. (2004). Pregnancy History and Cognition During and After Pregnancy.

The International Journal of Neuroscience, 114. 1099-1110.

Dueck, A. & Parsons, T.D. (2004). Integration Discourse: Modern and Postmodern. The Journal

of Psychology and Theology, 32, 3, 232-247.

Refereed Proceedings

(Peer-Reviewed & Published Papers)

– 2018 –

Mai, B., & Parsons, T.D. 2018). The First 10 Years of NeuroIS: A Systematic Literature Review

and Meta-Analysis of NeuroIS Publications (2007 – 2017). Proceedings of the 51st

Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-51). January 3 – January 6,

2018.

Strimbu, N., Rooney, B., Bálint, K.E., Redmond, D., Broughan, J., Lee, C.T., Parsons., T.D.

(2018). Piloting, validating, and applying a virtual eye-gaze task to measure social

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cognition responses. Interactive Eye Gaze, University College London, London, Feb 12-

13, 2018.

Parsons, T.D., Barnett, M., McMahan, T., & Rooney, B, (in press). Neuropsychological

assessment of age differences in memory performance using a Virtual Environment

Grocery Store with environmental distractors. Proceedings of the 23rd Annual

CyberPsychology, CyberTherapy & Social Networking Conference. June 26 - June 28,

2018. Gatineau, Canada.

Dahdah, M. N., Bennett, M., Prajapati, P., Parsons, T. D., Sullivan, E., & Driver, S. (2018). The

Impact of Virtual Reality on Executive Functioning Training and Association with

Neurorehabilitation Outcomes. Proceedings of the 4th Federal Interagency Conference on

Traumatic Brain Injury. June 11 - 13, 2018. Washington DC.

– 2017 –

Parsons, T. D., Russo, N., & Schermerhorn, P. (2017, September). Avatar Administered

Neuropsychological Testing (AVANT): Stroop Interference Task. In Proceedings of the

Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting (Vol. 61, No. 1, pp. 2047-

2051). Sage CA: Los Angeles, CA: SAGE Publications.

Rooney, B., Balint, K., Parsons, T.D., Burke, C., O'Leary, T., Lee, S., & Mantei, C. (2017).

Virtual Reality, Presence and Social Cognition: The effect of eye-gaze and narrativity on

character engagement. Proceedings of International Society on Virtual Systems and

MultiMedia (VSMM), October 31, 2017. Dublin, Ireland.

Redmond, D., Strimbu, N., Rooney, B., Bálint, K.E., Parsons., T.D. (2017). Measuring social

cognition in a virtual world. SIGMAC Conference, Dublin, 18/11/2017.

Venturini, E., Riva, P., Serpetti, F., Romero-Lauro, L., Mantovani, F., & Parsons, T.D. (2017).

Virtual environments for the assessment of social exclusion in Autism: Enhancing

fidelity and anthropomorphism. Proceedings of Conference on Ostracism, Social

Exclusion and Rejection, June 29th – July 2nd, 2017. Vitznau, Lake Lucerne

(Switzerland).

Dahdah, M. N., Bennett, M., Prajapati, P., Parsons, T. D., Sullivan, E., & Driver, S. (2017).

Application of virtual environments in a multi-disciplinary day neurorehabilitation

programme. Proceedings of the International Brain Injury Association’s 12th World

Congress on Brain Injury. March 29 - April 1, 2017. New Orleans, Louisiana.

– 2016 –

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Salisbury, D. B., Dahdah, M., Driver, S., Parsons, T. D., & Richter, K. M. (2016). Virtual reality

and brain computer interface in neurorehabilitation. Proceedings (Baylor University.

Medical Center), 29(2), 124-127.

– 2015 –

McMahan, T., Parberry, I., & Parsons, T.D. (2015). Evaluating Electroencephalography

Engagement Indices during Video Game Play. Proceedings of the Foundations of Digital

Games Conference, June 22 - June 25, 2015.

Taylor, J., Parberry, I., & Parsons, T.D. (2015). Comparing Player Attention on Procedurally

Generated vs. Hand Crafted Sokoban Levels with an Auditory Stroop Test. Proceedings

of the Foundations of Digital Games Conference, June 22 - June 25, 2015.

– 2014 –

Wilkerson, A.K., Taylor, D.J., Parsons, Thomas D., Dietch, J.D., Francetich, J.M., Estevez, R.,

Saucedo, C., & Fontana, I. (2014). Sleep disturbance and neuropsychological performance

from late pregnancy to early postpartum. Proceedings of the Annual Society of Behavioral

Sleep Medicine Convention. Minneapolis, Minnesota, June 2, 2014. *Note: This

presentation received the Society of Behavioral Sleep Medicine’s Student Dissertation/

Thesis Award for 2014.

Francetich, J.M., Taylor, D.J., Hitt, K., Dalton, M., Matthes, S., Moore, S., Palmer, S., Sharp, K.,

Parsons, T.D., and Kelly, K. (2014). Actigraph Agreement of Daily-collected Sleep

Diaries Compared to Weekly-collected Sleep Diaries. Proceedings of the Association for

Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies 48th Annual Convention, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,

November 20.

– 2013 –

Parsons, T.D., McPherson, S., & Interrante, V. (2013). Enhancing Neurocognitive Assessment

Using Immersive Virtual Reality. Proceedings of the 17th IEEE Virtual Reality Conference:

Workshop on Virtual and Augmented Assistive Technology (VAAT). 1-7.

– 2012 –

Hester, R., Kenny, P., & Parsons, T.D. (2012). Implementation of a High Fidelity Physiological

Model in a Virtual Patient. Proceedings of the 12th International Meeting on Simulation in

Healthcare (IMSH 2012). San Diego, CA, January 28, 2012

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Wu, D., & Parsons, T.D. (2012). Customized Cognitive State Recognition Using Minimal User-

Specific Data. Proceedings of the Military Health Systems Research Symposium, Fort

Lauderdale, FL, August 2012.

Buckwalter, J.G., Rizzo, A., John, B., Newman, B., Williams, J., & Parsons, T.D. (2012).

STRIVE: Stress Resilience in Virtual Environments. Proceedings of IEEE Virtual Reality

Conference. Costa Mesa, CA, March 5, 2012.

– 2011 –

Parsons, T.D., Rizzo, A.A., Courtney, C.G., & Dawson, M.E. (2011). Military Relevant Adaptive

Virtual Environments for Assessment and Training. Proceedings of the Interservice/Industry

Training, Simulation and Education Conference (I/ITSEC), Orlando Florida, December 3,

2011.

Parsons, T.D., and J. Reinebold. (2011). Neuroscience and Simulation Interface for Adaptive

Assessment in Serious Games. Proceedings of the IEEE International Games Innovations

Conference. Los Angeles, CA, November 3, 2011.

Hatt, N., Jarrold, W., Kim, K., McIntyre, N., Solomon, M., Ozonoff, S., Bailenson, J., Parsons,

T.D., Wimsett, C., & Mundy, P. (2011). M.I.N.D. Social Attention VR & Computational

Methods Team. Proceedings of the International Meeting for Autism Research. San Diego,

CA, May 13, 2011.

– 2010 –

*Wu, D., Parsons, T.D., Mower, E., & Narayanan, S. (2010). Speech Emotion Estimation in 3D

Space. Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Multimedia & Expo, Singapore,

July 19-23, 2010.

*Wu, D., Parsons, T.D., & Narayanan, S.S. (2010). Acoustic Feature Analysis in Speech Emotion

Primitives Estimation. Proceedings of InterSpeech, Makuhari, Japan, September 26-30,

2010.

Rizzo, A.A., Parsons, T.D., Kenny, P, & Buckwalter, J.G. (2010). Intelligent Virtual Patients for

Clinical Training. Proceedings of IEEE Virtual Reality Conference. Waltham, MA, March

21, 2010.

Rizzo, A.A., Lange, B., Buckwalter, J.G., Forbell, E., Kim, J., Sagae, K., Williams, J., Difede, J.,

Rothbaum, B., Reger, G., Parsons, T.D., & Kenny, P. (2010). SimCoach: An Intelligent

Virtual Human System for Providing Healthcare Information and Support. Proceedings of

the 2010 International Conference on Disability, Virtual Reality and Associated Technology.

Viña del Mar/Valparaíso, Chile, Sept 1, 2010.

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Kenny, P., & Parsons, T.D. (2010). Virtual Patients for Virtual Sick Call Medical Training.

Proceedings of the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference

(I/ITSEC), Orlando Florida, December 3, 2010. Awarded Best Paper for Emerging

Concepts and Innovative Technologies.

Sugar, J., Pataki, C., St. George, C., Pato, M., Kenny, P., Parsons, T.D., Rizzo, A, (2010). Factors

Affecting Trainees’ Interactions with Justina, a Virtual Trauma Patient. Proceedings of the

National Institute for the Prevention of Interpersonal Violence, Dallas Texas, February 25,

2010.

– 2009 –

*Yeh, S-C., Newman, B., Liewer, M., Pair, J., Treskunov, A., Reger, G., Rothbaum, B., Difede,

J., Spitalnick, J., McLay, R., Parsons, T.D., & Rizzo, A.A. (2009). A Virtual Iraq System

for the Treatment of Combat-Related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Proceedings of IEEE

Virtual Reality Conference. Lafayette, Louisiana, (163 – 170), March 14-18, 2009.

Rizzo, A.A., Reger, G., Newman, B., Holloway, K., Rothbaum, B., Difede, J., Gahm, G., Parsons,

T.D., McLay, R., Johnston, S., Graap, K., Spitalnick, J., & Bordnick, P. (2009). Development

and clinical results from the virtual IRAQ exposure therapy application for PTSD.

Proceedings of the Virtual Rehabilitation Conference. Haifa, Israel. June 29-30, 2009.

*Yeh, S. C., Newman, B., Liewer, M. C., Pair, J., Treskunov, Parsons, T.D. (2009). Application

Development and Clinical Results from a Virtual Iraq System for the Treatment of Iraq War

PTSD. Proceedings of the IEEE VR2009 Conference.

Rizzo, A.A., Graap, K., Mclay, R.N., Rothbaum, B.O., Difede, J., Reger, G., Perlman, K., Gahm,

G., Johnston, S., Deal, W., Spitalnick, J., Bordnick, P., Parsons, T.D., & Pyne, J. (2009).

Clinical Results from a Virtual Iraq PTSD Exposure Therapy Application. Proceedings of

the Annual CyberTherapy and CyberPsychology conference, Villa Caramora, Italy, June

2009.

Rizzo, A.A., Kenny, P. & Parsons, T.D. (2009). The Birth of Intelligent Virtual Humans in

Clinical Virtual Reality. Proceedings of the 11th Annual Virtual Reality International

Conference, Laval, France, April 2009.

Kenny, P., Gratch, J., Parsons, T.D., & Rizzo, A.A. (2009). Evaluation of Novice and Expert

Interactions with a Virtual Patient. Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on

Intelligent Virtual Agents. Amsterdam, The Netherlands, September 14-16, 2009.

Nominated for best paper.

– 2008 –

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Parsons, T.D., Rizzo, A.A., Brennan, J., & Zelinski, E.A. (2008). Assessment of Executive

Functioning Using Virtual Reality: Virtual Environment Grocery Store. Proceedings of the

6th Conference of the International Society for Gerontechnology, Pisa Italy, June 4-7, 2008.

Kenny, P., Parsons, T.D., Reger, G., Pataki, C., Rizzo, A.A. (2008). Virtual Patients for Future

Leaders. Proceedings of the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education

Conference (I/ITSEC), Orlando Florida, December 1-4, 2008.

Kenny, P., Parsons, T.D., Gratch, J., Rizzo, A.A. (2008). Virtual Humans for Assisted Health

Care. Proceedings of the 1st ACM International Conference on "PErvasive Technologies

Related to Assistive Environments – PETRA, Athens Greece, July 15-19, 2008.

Pataki, C., Sugar, J., Kenny, P., Parsons, T.D., Rizzo, A.A., Pato, M., & St-George, C. (2008). A

Virtual Adolescent Patient with PTSD for Training Psychiatrists. Proceedings of the 55th

Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Child Adolescent Psychiatry. Chicago, October

28-November 2, 2008.

Rizzo, A.A., Pair, J., Graap, K., Rothbaum, B.O., Difede, J., Reger, G., Parsons, T.D., Mclay,

R.N., Perlman, K. (2008). Virtual Iraq: Initial Results from a VRET Application for Combat-

Related Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Proceedings of the 16th International Conference

in Central Europe on Computer Graphics, Visualization and Computer Vision. Bory, Czech

Republic, February 4-7, 2008.

Parsons, T.D., Kenny, P., & Rizzo, A.A. (2008). Virtual Human Patients for Training of Clinical

Interview and Communication Skills. Proceedings of the 2008 International Conference on

Disability, Virtual Reality and Associated Technology. Porto, Portugal, September 8-11,

2008.

Rizzo, A.A., Perlman, K., Mclay, R.N., Rothbaum, B.O., Difede, J., Reger, G., Graap, K., Gahm,

G., Deal, R., Pair, J., Parsons, T.D., Roy, M., Shilling, R., & Sharkey, P. (2008). VR

Exposure Therapy Results with Active Duty Iraq War Combatants. Proceedings of the 2008

International Conference on Disability, Virtual Reality and Associated Technology. Porto,

Portugal, September 8-11, 2008.

Rizzo, A.A., Parsons, T.D., Pair, J., Mclay, R.N., Johnson, S., Perlman, K., Reger, G., Gahm, G.,

Roy, M., Shilling, R., Rothbaum, B.O., Graap, K., Spitalnick, J., Bordnick, P., Difede, J.

(2008). Clinical results from the virtual Iraq exposure therapy application for PTSD.

Proceedings of the 26thArmy Science Conference, Orlando, Florida, December 2, 2008.

Parsons, T.D., & Rizzo, A.A. (2008). Neuropsychological Assessment using the Virtual Reality

Cognitive Performance Assessment Test. Proceedings of the 2008 International Conference

on Disability, Virtual Reality and Associated Technology. Porto, Portugal, September 8-11,

2008.

– 2007 –

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*Yeh, S-C., Stewart, J., McLaughlin, M., Parsons, T.D., Winstein, C.J., Rizzo, A.A. (2007),

Virtual Reality Aided Motor Training for Post-Stroke Rehabilitation: System Design,

Clinical Test, Methodology for Evaluation. Proceedings of the IEEE International

Conference on Virtual Reality. Charlotte, NC, March 13, 2007.

*Yeh, S., Rizzo, A.A., McLaughlin, M., & Parsons, T.D. (2007). Virtual reality enhanced upper

extremity motor training for post-stroke rehabilitation: Task design, clinical experiment and

visualization on performance and progress Proceedings of the 15th Annual Medicine Meets

Virtual Reality Conference. Long Beach, CA. February 2007.

– 2006 –

*Notebaert, A.J., Parsons, T.D., Robertson, K.R., & Guskiewicz, K.M. (2006). Use of Reliable

Change Indices on Computerized Neuropsychological Test Scores after Concussion.

Proceedings of the National Athletic Trainers Association, Atlanta, Georgia, June 2006.

Rizzo, A.A., Pair, J., Parsons, T.D., Liewer, M., Graap, K., Difede, J., Rothbaum, B., & Reger,

G. (2006). A Virtual Reality Therapy Application for OEF/OIF Combat-Related Post

Traumatic Stress Disorder. The Proceedings of the 26th Annual Army Science Conference.

Orlando Fl.

Rizzo, A.A., Pair, J., Graap, K., Treskunov, A. & Parsons, T.D. (2006). User-Centered Design

Driven Development of a VR Therapy Application for Iraq War Combat-Related Post

Traumatic Stress Disorder. Proceedings of the 2006 International Conference on Disability,

Virtual Reality and Associated Technology.

Robertson, K.R., Parsons, T.D., Chauhan, S., Liner, J., Robertson, W., Braaten, A., & Hall, C.

(2006). Cognitive function and adherence in individuals receiving antiretroviral therapy:

How you think changes what you do. Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Retroviruses

and Opportunistic Infections held February 5-9, 2006, in Denver, Colorado.

Robertson, K.R., Wu, K., Parsons, T.D., Ellis, R.J., Smurzynski, M., Bosch, R., Wu, J., McArthur,

J.C., Collier, A.C., Evans, S. (2006). Neurocognitive Impairment in HIV-Infected Subjects

on HAART: Prevalence and Associations. Proceedings of the 13th Conference on

Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections held February 5-9, 2006, in Denver, Colorado.

Robertson, K.R., Parsons, T.D., Chauhan, S., Liner, J., Robertson, W., Braaten, A., & Hall, C.

(2006). Cognitive Function and Adherence in Individuals Receiving ART: How You Think

Changes What You Do. Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Retroviruses and

Opportunistic Infections held February 5-9, 2006, in Denver, Colorado.

– 2005 –

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Robertson, K.R., Parsons, T.D., Robertson, W., & Hall, C. (2005). Antiretroviral CNS Penetration

and Neurocognitive Outcomes. Proceedings of the Conference on HIV Infection and the

Central Nervous System: developed and resource limited settings. Workshop held June 11 –

13 2005, in Frascati, Rome, Italy.

Robertson, K.R., Kumwenda, J., Supparatpinyo, K., Price, R., Hall1, C., Marra, C., Parsons, T.D.

(2005). Investigating Neurological and Neuropsychological Functioning in International

settings. ACTG 5199 The International Neurological Study: Methods and Instruments.

Proceedings of the Conference on HIV Infection and the Central Nervous System: developed

and resource limited settings. Workshop held June 11 – 13 2005, in Frascati, Rome, Italy.

Tucker K, Parsons, T.D., Parente A, Dickens A, Fried M, Eron J, Straits-Tröster K, Tröster A,

Hall C, and Robertson K. (2005). Neuropsychological Functioning in HCV/HIV-co-infected

Subjects. Proceedings of the 12th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections

held February 22-25, 2005, in Boston, Massachusetts.

– 2004 –

Robertson, K.R., Tucker, K., Parente, A., Robertson, W., Parsons, T.D., & Hall, C. (2004).

Neurocognitive Outcomes in HAART Success and Failure. Proceedings of the 6th

International Symposium on NeuroVirology and HIV Neuroprotection Workshop held

September 10-14, 2004, in Sardinia, Italy.

– 2003 –


Neuropsychological efficacy of hypothyroid treatment. Proceedings of 8th Annual UCLA

Research Conference on Aging, 8.


Verbal Memory Deficits associated with Untreated Hypothyroidism. Proceedings of 2nd

Annual UCLA Learning and Memory Conference, 8.

Book Chapters

– 2019/in press –

Parsons, T.D. (in press). Computational Neuropsychology and Simulation. In G.J. Boyle, L.A.

Rubin, Stein, D.J., Sahakian, B., & A.Y. Chan (Eds.). The SAGE Handbook of Clinical

Neuropsychology, (pp. ##-##). Sage.

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Parsons, T.D., & Kane, R. (2019). Technologically Enhanced Neuropsychological Assessments:

Review and Update. In S. Koffler, J. Morgan, & B. Marcopulos (Eds.). Neuropsychology: A

Review of Science and Practice. Volume 3, (pp. 59-92). New York, Oxford University Press.

Parsons, T.D., Duffield, T., McMahan, T., & Diaz-Orueta, U. (2019). Virtual School

Environments for Neuropsychological Assessment and Training. In T. Parsons, L. Lin, & D.

Cockerham (Eds.). Mind, Brain, and Technology: How People Learn in the Age of New

Technologies, (pp. 123-160), New York: Springer-Verlag.

Parsons, T.D. (2019). Neuroethics in Educational Technology: Keeping the Brain in Mind When

Developing Frameworks for Ethical Decision-Making. In T. Parsons, L. Lin, & D.


Technologies, (pp. 195- 210), New York: Springer-Verlag.

Kane, R., & Parsons, T.D. (in press). Technological developments in assessment. In G. Goldstein,

Allen, D.N., and J. Deluca (Eds.), Handbook of Psychological Assessment 4th Edition (pp.

573- 595), New York, Elsevier.

Lin, L., Parsons, T.D., Cockerham, D. (2019). Rethinking Learning in the Rapid Developments

of Neuroscience, Learning Technologies, and Learning Sciences. In T. Parsons, L. Lin, & D.


Technologies, (pp. 3-16), New York: Springer-Verlag.

Parsons, T.D., & Kane, R. (in press). Virtual reality-based neuropsychological assessments of

everyday functioning. In T. D. Marcotte & I. Grant (Eds.), Neuropsychology of Everyday

Functioning 2nd edition, (pp. ###-###), Guilford Press, New York, NY.

Parsons, T.D., & Rizzo, A.A. (in press). A Virtual Classroom for Ecologically Valid Assessment

of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. In P. Sharkey (Ed.), Virtual Reality

Technologies for Health and Clinical Applications: Psychological and Neurocognitive

Interventions (pp. ##- ##), Germany: Springer-Verlag.

– 2017 –

Kane, R. L., & Parsons, T. D. (2017). Introduction to Neuropsychology and Technology. In R.

Kane & T.D. Parsons (Eds,). The Role of Technology in Clinical Neuropsychology, (pp. 3-

26). Oxford University Press.

Parsons, T. D., McMahan, T., Melugin, P., & Barnett, M. (2017). Virtual Environment Grocery

Store. In R. Kane & T.D. Parsons (Eds,). The Role of Technology in Clinical

Neuropsychology, (pp. 143-174). Oxford University Press.

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Edwards, J., & Parsons, T. D. (2017). Virtual Reality Applications for Neuropsychological

Assessment in the Military. In R. Kane & T.D. Parsons (Eds,). The Role of Technology in

Clinical Neuropsychology, (pp. 175-236). Oxford University Press.

Parsons, T. D., & Kane, R. L. (2017). Computational Neuropsychology: Current and Future

Prospects for Interfacing Neuropsychology and Technology. In R. Kane & T.D. Parsons

(Eds,). The Role of Technology in Clinical Neuropsychology, (pp. 471-482). Oxford

University Press.

Hubal, R., & Parsons, T.D. (2017). Synthetic Environments for Skills Training and Practice. In

Lin L., and J.M Spector (Eds.), Constructive Articulation between the Sciences of Learning

and the Instructional Design and Technology Communities (pp. 152-185), Elsevier, New

York, NY

– 2015 –

Parsons, T.D., Carlew, A.R., & Sullivan, E. (2015). A case for the development and use of virtual

reality measures for assessment of executive function. In P. Cipresso and S. Serino (Eds.),

Virtual Reality - Technologies, Medical Applications and Challenges (pp. 177- 193), Nova

Science Publishers, Hauppauge, NY.

Parsons, T.D. (2015). Ecological validity in virtual reality-based neuropsychological assessment.

In Mehdi Khosrow-Pour (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Third

Edition (pp. 214- 223), Hershey: IGI Global.

Parsons, T.D. (2015). Virtual Standardized Patients for Assessing the Competencies of

Psychologists. In Mehdi Khosrow-Pour (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Information Science and

Technology, Third Edition (pp. 297- 305), Hershey: IGI Global.

Parsons, T.D. (2015). Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy for Anxiety and Specific Phobias. In

Mehdi Khosrow-Pour (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Third

Edition (pp. 288- 296), Hershey: IGI Global.

– 2014 –

Parsons, T.D., & Trost, Z. (2014). Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy as Treatment for Pain-

Related Fear and Disability. In Minhua Ma (Ed.), Virtual and Augmented Reality in

Healthcare (pp. 523 - 546), Germany: Springer-Verlag.

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Parsons, T.D. (2014). Virtual Teacher and Classroom for Assessment of Neurodevelopmental

Disorders. In S. Brahnam & L.C. Jain, (Eds.), Serious Games, Alternative Realities, and

Play Therapy (pp. 121- 137), Germany: Springer-Verlag.

– 2012 –

Parsons, T.D. (2012) Virtual Simulations and the Second Life Metaverse: Paradigm Shift in

Neuropsychological Assessment. In V. Zagalo, T. Morgado. & A. Boa-Ventura (Eds.),

Virtual Worlds, Second Life and Metaverse Platforms: New Communication and Identity

Paradigms (pp. 234- 250). Hershey: IGI Global.

Rizzo, A.A., Parsons, T.D., Kenny, P. & Buckwalter, J.G. (2012). Using Virtual Reality for

Clinical Assessment and Intervention. In L'Abate, L. & Palmer, D. (eds.) Handbook of

Technology in Psychology, Psychiatry, and Neurology: Theory, Research, and Practice.

Nova Science Publishers, (pp. 277-318), Hauppauge, NY.

– 2011 –

Parsons, T.D. (2011) Neuropsychological Assessment using Virtual Environments: Enhanced

Assessment Technology for Improved Ecological Validity. In S. Brahnam & L.C. Jain,

(Eds.), Advanced Computational Intelligence Paradigms in Healthcare: Virtual Reality in

Psychotherapy, Rehabilitation, and Assessment (pp. 271- 289). Germany: Springer-Verlag.

Parsons, T.D., & Courtney, C. (2011) Neurocognitive and Psychophysiological Interfaces for

Adaptive Virtual Environments. In C. Röcker, T. & M. Ziefle (Eds.), Human Centered

Design of E-Health Technologies (pp. 208- 233). Hershey: IGI Global.

Parsons, T.D. (2011) Affect-sensitive Virtual Standardized Patient Interface System. In D. Surry,

T. Stefurak, & R. Gray (Eds.), Technology Integration in Higher Education: Social and

Organizational Aspects (pp. 201- 221). Hershey: IGI Global.

Kenny, P., & Parsons, T.D. (2011) Embodied Conversational Virtual Human Patients. In C.

Perez-Marin, & I. Pascual-Nieto (Eds.), Conversational Agents and Natural Language

Interaction: Techniques and Effective Practices (pp. 254- 281). Hershey: IGI Global.

– 2006 –

Tröster, A.I., & Parsons, T.D. (2006). Sodium amytal testing and language. In K. Brown (Ed.),

Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics (2nd. ed) (Vol.11) (pp.500-503). Oxford:

Elsevier.

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Book reviews

– 2013 –

Parsons, T.D. (2013). A Supplementary Text for Courses on Statistical Methods in

Neuropsychology. PsycCRITIQUES.

– 2010 –

Parsons, T.D. (2010). Virtual Environments for Clinical Psychologists. The Clinical

Psychologist, 64, 29-30.

– 2009 –

Parsons, T.D. (2009). Cyberpsychology: Emphasizing the Human in Human-Computer

Interaction. Contemporary Psychology, 54.

– 2008 –

Parsons, T.D. (2008). Mental Mechanisms: A Reductionist and Emergentist Rapprochement.

Contemporary Psychology, 53.

– 2007 –

Parsons, T.D. (2007). The Impact of Mobile Phones and Other In-Car Technology on Driving.

Contemporary Psychology, 52.

Parsons, T.D. (2007). Essential Topics in the Philosophical and Scientific Study of

Consciousness. Contemporary Psychology, 52.

– 2006 –

Parsons, T.D. (2006). Affective and Social Aspects of Cognition: Implications for a Possible

Future Cognitive Science. PsycCRITIQUES, 51, 32.

– 2005 –

Parsons, T.D., & Stafford, N. (2005). Noncommutative Geometry for Peaceful Coexistence

between Science and Theology. The Journal of Psychology and Theology, 33, 1, 70-73.

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Parsons, T.D., & Nelson, N. (2005). Beyond Scientism: Emphasizing the Role of Personal

Experience in Scientific Research. The Journal of Psychology and Theology, 33, 309-312.

– 2004 –

Parsons, T.D., & Nelson, N. (2004). Paradigm Shift in Social Science Research: A Significance

Testing and Effect Size Estimation Rapprochement? Contemporary Psychology, Vol. 49,

Supplement 3, 45-56.

– 2002 –

Parsons, T.D., & Dueck, A. (2002). Which Self? Whose Morality? The Journal of Psychology

and Theology, 30, 84-86.

In Preparation

Parsons, T.D. (in preparation). A Common Factor Analysis of Attentional Processing in a

Virtual Environment.

Parsons, T.D. (in preparation). Mental Rotation Training using Virtual Reality Spatial Rotation.

Parsons, T.D. (in preparation). Backpropagation and Regression for assessment of

neurocognitive functioning within a virtual environment.

Parsons, T.D. (in preparation). Evaluating replicability of factors in the Five Factor Inventory:

Confirmatory factor analysis.

Parsons, T.D. (in preparation). Application of Reliable Change Indices to the Five Factor

Inventory.

Published Scientific Abstracts:

– 2019 –

Smith, L. N., Helphrey, J. H., Moore, J. M., Sawyer, J. D., Rodriguez, D., Okoro, A. J., Coldiron,

A. M., Parsons, T. D., & Barnett, M. D. (2019). Adapting measures of the therapeutic

alliance for measuring rapport n neuropsychological testing. The Clinical

Neuropsychologist, 33 (4), 709-710.

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Smith, L. N., Helphrey, J. H., Sawyer, J. D., Rodriguez, D., Rose III, D. W., Fierro, L. A.,

Moore, J. M., Parsons, T. D., & Barnett, M. D. (Accepted). Inhibition of overlearned

verbal responses and quantity of speech among age cohorts. Archives of Clinical

Neuropsychology, 33.

Helphrey, J. H., Smith, L. N., Rodriguez, D., Rose III, D. W., Sawyer, J. D., Edzards, S. M.,

Fierro, L. A., Moore, J. M., Parsons, T. D., & Barnett, M. D. (2019). Sustained attention,

impulsivity, and tangentiality of speech among young adults and older adults. Archives of

Clinical Neuropsychology, 33.

Helphrey, J. H., Smith, L. N., Fierro, L. A., Sawyer, J. D., Quintana, C. P., Edzards, S. M., Jofre,

D. M., Parsons, T. D., & Barnett, M. D. (2019). Verbal speed and set-shifting in relation

to quantity and tangentiality of speech among age cohorts. The Clinical

Neuropsychologist, 33 (4), 685-686.

– 2018 –

Otero, T., Soden, D., Duffield, T., Mastel, S., Parsons, T.D., Piantino, J., & Hall, T. (2018).

Virtual Reality as a Method of Phenotyping Neurocognitive Function in Children and

Youth. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 24, s1.

– 2016 –

Parsons, T.D., & Carlew, A. (2016). A Virtual Classroom Continuous Performance Task for

Assessing Persons with Autism. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society,

22, s1.

Seo, S., Hernandez, J., Melugin, P. R., Barnett, M. D., & Parsons, T. D. (2016, April).

Assessment of Big Five personality traits, immersion, and absorption in a mediated

environment. Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the Southwestern Psychological

Association, Dallas, TX.

– 2015 –

Parsons, T.D., & Barnett, M. (2015). Virtual Multiple Errands Test for Ecologically Valid

Assessment of Cohort Memory Effects. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 30, 8.

Parsons, T.D., Carlew, A.R., & Salisbury, D. (2015). Brain–Computer Interface Targeting

Cognitive Functions after Spinal Cord Injury. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 30, 8.

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Carlew, A.R., & Parsons, T.D. (2015). Use of a Bimodal Virtual-Reality Stroop Task for

Assessment of Attentional Conflict in Autism Spectrum Disorders. Archives of Clinical

Neuropsychology, 30, 8.

Carlew, A.R., & Parsons, T.D. (2015). The Virtual Reality Classroom for the Assessment of

Autism Spectrum Disorders. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 21,

s1, 239.

Sullivan, E., Barnett, M., Dumas, B., & Parsons, T.D. (2015). The Effect of Distractions on

Geriatric and College-Aged Samples within a Virtual Apartment Stroop Task. Journal of

the International Neuropsychological Society, 21, s1, 84.

– 2014 –

Parsons, T.D. (2014). Virtual Reality Environments for Ecologically Valid Neuropsychological

Assessment. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 20, s1, 87.

Parsons, T.D. (2014). Virtual Environment-Based Computerized Neuropsychological

Assessment Devices. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 20, s1, 209.

Carlew, A., Sullivan, E., Magtoto, J., & Parsons, T.D. (2014). The Virtual Reality Classroom: a

Novel Assessment of Attention in Neurodevelopmental Disorders. Archives of Clinical


Sullivan, E., Carlew, A., Magtoto, J., & Parsons, T.D. (2014). Virtual Reality Stroop Task for

investigating the Dual Competition Framework Theory. Archives of Clinical


Guck, A., Niermanna, A., Collier, L., Kowalsky, J.M., Parsons, T.D., France, C.R., & Trost, Z.

(2014). Validation of a Digital Blood Draw as a Novel and Noninvasive In-vivo Exposure

to Blood Donation. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 46, s2, B-140.

– 2013 –

Edwards, M., Hall, J., Parsons, T.D., O'Bryant S. (2013). Combining Select Neuropsychological

Assessment with Blood-Based Biomarkers to detect Mild Alzheimer’s disease: Proof of

Concept for Molecular Neuropsychology. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 28, 8,

– 2012 –

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Courtney, C.G., Dawson, M., & Parsons, T.D. (2012). Navigating through virtual Iraq: effects

of threat and cognitive workload on behavioral performance and psychophysiology. Society

for Psychophysiological Research.

– 2011 –

Wellman, J.N., Wong, A.L. Coleman, B.P., Gable, P., Parsons, T.D, Marion, S.D., & Rizzo, A.

(2011). Evaluation of a Visual Serial Addition Task in a Virtual Environment. Journal of

the International Neuropsychological Society, 17, S1.

Wong, A. L., Coleman, B. P., Wellman, J. N., Wood, M. L., Gable, P., Parsons, T.D., Marion,

S. D., & Rizzo, A. A. (2011). Comparison of Standardized and Virtual Environment

Versions of the Paced Auditory Serial Addition Task. Journal of the International

Neuropsychological Society, 17, S1.

– 2010 –

Lee, J., Parsons, T.D., Van Rooyen, A., Gooch, J., Knuth, E., & Rizzo, A. (2010). Attentional

functioning in children following mild closed head injury: The importance of prospective

sampling. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 16, S1.

– 2009 –

Parsons, T.D., Rizzo, A., Lance B., Courtney, C. (2009). Applied Psychophysiology and

Neuropsychological Assessment using Virtual Environments. Archives of Clinical

Neuropsychology, 24, 527-528.

Parsons, T.D., Rizzo, A. A., Cosand, L. C., Courtney, C. G., Iyer, A. V. (2009). Development of

a Neuropsychological Battery using Virtual Environments. Journal of the International

Neuropsychological Society, 15, 2.

*Courtney, C. G., Iyer, A. V., Cosand, L. C., Oie, K. Rizzo, A. A., & Parsons, T.D. (2009).

Psychophysiological Effects of High and Low Levels of Immersion in an Iraqi Virtual

Environment on West Point Cadets and Civilian Controls. Journal of the International


*Cosand, L. C., Oie, K. Courtney, C. G., Iyer, A. V., Rizzo, A. A., & Parsons, T.D. (2009).

High and Low Immersion in Virtual Reality: A Psychophysiological Assessment. Journal

of the International Neuropsychological Society, 15, 2.

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*Iyer, A. V., Cosand, L. C., Oie, K. Courtney, C. G., Rizzo, A. A., & Parsons, T.D. (2009).

Psychophysiological Correlates of Immersive Tendencies in Virtual Environments. Journal

of the International Neuropsychological Society, 15, 2.

– 2008 –

Parsons, T.D., Pair, J., Brennan, J., Silva, T., & Rizzo, A.A. (2008). Sex differences in spatial

cognition within a virtual environment: Virtual Reality Cognitive Performance Assessment

Test (VRCPAT). Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 14, 2.

Parsons, T.D., & Rizzo, A.A. (2008). Impact of Stimulus Intensity and Complexity upon

Attentional Processing within a Virtual Environment. Archives of Clinical


– 2007 –


Performance Assessment Test: Initial Validation for Assessment of Memory Functioning.

Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 22, 8.

*York, P., Rogers, S., Parsons, T.D., & Rizzo, A.A. (2007). Efficacy of Virtual Reality for

Pediatric Cerebral Palsy. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 22, 8.


Performance Assessment Test. CyberPsychology & Behavior, 10, 6.

Parsons, T.D., Bamattre, J., & Rizzo, A.A. (2007). Attention Performance in Children with

Autism in a Virtual Reality Classroom. CyberPsychology & Behavior, 10, 6.

Parsons, T.D., Macedonio, M., & Rizzo, A.A. (2007). 360-Degree Panoramic Video Virtual

Reality System for Affective Arousal. Journal of the International Neuropsychological

Society, 13, 2.

Parsons, T.D., & Rizzo, A.A. (2007). A Meta-Analysis of Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy.

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 13, 2

Kenny, P., Rizzo, A.A., Parsons, T.D., Gratch, J., & Swartout, W. (2007). A Virtual Human

Agent for Training Novice Therapist Clinical Interviewing Skills. CyberPsychology &

Behavior, 10, 6.

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Rizzo, A.A., Graap, K., Rothbaum, B., Difede, J., Pyne, J., Roy, M., Reger, G., Parsons, T.D., &

Pair, J. (2007). Virtual Iraq: Initial Data from a VR PTSD Exposure Therapy Application.

CyberPsychology & Behavior, 10, 6.

Rizzo, A.A., Yeh, S-C., Wang, C., Parsons, T.D., & Sawchuk, A.A. (2007). StarTour: A Low-

Cost Webcam Tracking System for Home-Based VR Motor Tele-Rehabilitation.

CyberPsychology & Behavior, 10, 6.

Lange, B., Rizzo, A.A., Astur, R., & Parsons, T.D. (2007). Virtual reality visuospatial and

wayfinding assessment for mild dementia of the Alzheimer’s type. Alzheimer’s and

Dementia, 3, s135.

Lange, B., Rizzo, A.A., Astur, R., & Parsons, T.D. (2007). Virtual Reality Visuospatial and

Wayfinding Assessment of Healthy Adults and Adults with Mild Dementia of the

Alzheimer’s Type. CyberPsychology & Behavior, 10, 6.

*Yeh, S-C., Parsons, T.D., McLaughlin, M., & Rizzo, A.A. (2007). Virtual Reality Upper

Extremity Motor Training for Post-Stroke Rehabilitation. Journal of the International


– 2006 –

Parsons, T.D., Notebaert, A., & Robertson, K.R. (2006). Assessing reliable change in "return to

play" status for persons with sports related concussion. Archives of Clinical


Parsons, T.D., Woods, S.P., & Tröster, A.I. (2006). Reliable neurocognitive change scores in

older adults with Parkinson's disease. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 20, 8.

Parsons, T.D., Rogers, S.A., Braaten, A.J., Woods, S.P., Troster, A.I. (2006). Cognitive

Sequelae of Subthalamic Nucleus Deep Brain Stimulation in Parkinson’s disease: A Meta-

Analytic Review. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 12, 2.

– 2005 –

Parsons, T.D., Price, R., Sidtis, J., Braaten, A.J., Inman, T., Robertson, W., Hall, C., &

Robertson, K.R. (2005). Timed Gait Test: Normative Data and Preliminary Clinical

Validity. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 19, 8.

*Braaten, A.J., Parsons, T.D., McCue, R., Sellers, A., & Burns, W.J. (2005). Differential

Diagnosis of Dementia. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 19, 8.

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Parsons, T.D., Tucker, K., Parente, A., Robertson, W., Hall, C., & Robertson, K.R. (2005).

Quality of Life improves with Neuropsychological Functioning on HAART. The Clinical

Neuropsychologist, 19, 3-4.

Parsons, T.D., Rizzo, A.A., & Buckwalter, J.G. (2005). Gender Differences using

Neuropsychological Measures and a Crossed-Uncrossed Differences (CUD) Task in a

Virtual Environment. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 11, 2.

Parsons, T.D., Ellis, R.J., Evans, S, McArthur, J, Yang, Y, Robertson, K.R, ACTG A5001 team,

NARC 007 team. (2005). Prevalence and Incidence of Neurocognitive Impairment in users

of HAART. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 11, 2.

– 2004 –

Parsons, T.D., & Miller, K.J. (2004). Improved verbal memory associated with hypothyroid

treatment. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 10, SI, 184-184.

Storteboom, J.A., Parsons, T.D., Nyenhuis, D.A. & Gorelick, P.B. (2004). Assessing behavior

change following stroke: an application of the Frontal Systems Behavior Scale. Journal of

the International Neuropsychological Society, 10, SI, 115.

Grote, C.L., Parsons, T.D., Nelson, N.W., Smith, C.A., & Geary, E. (2004). MMPI-2 Obvious-

Subtle difference scores predict failure on the Victoria Symptom Validity Test. Journal of

the International Neuropsychological Society, 10, SI, 82-83.

Nelson, N.W., Grote, C.L., Parsons, T.D., Smith, C.A., & Geary, E. (2004). Do MMPI-2

“Conversion V” profiles impact poor performance on the Victoria Symptom Validity Test.

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 10, SI, 83.

– 2003 –

Parsons, T.D., & Miller, K.J. (2003). Cognition and Mood in Users and Nonusers of Estrogen

Replacement Therapy. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 18, 8, 776-777.


Hypothyroidism and Specific Memory Deficits. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 18,

7, 729-730.


Neuropsychological efficacy of hypothyroid treatment. Abstract 8th Annual UCLA

Research Conference on Aging, 8.

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Verbal Memory Deficits associated with Untreated Hypothyroidism. Abstract 2nd Annual

UCLA Learning and Memory Conference, 8.

Parsons, T.D., Rizzo, A.A., McGee, J., & Buckwalter, J.G. (2003). Gender Differences and

Cross-Uncrossed Differences in a Virtual Environment. Journal of the International

Neuropsychological Society, 9, 2, 223-224.

– 2002 –

Parsons, T.D., & Buckwalter, J.G. (2002). Aging and Cognitive Decline in Women using

Estrogen Replacement Therapy: Comparison of Backpropagation and Regression Models.

Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 17, 8, 728-729.

Parsons, T.D., McGee, J., & Buckwalter, J.G. (2002). Gender Differences and Cognition

Among Older Adults. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 17, 8, 728.

Parsons, T.D., Larson, P., Kratz, K., Thiebaux, M., Bluestein, B., Rizzo, A., & Buckwalter, J.G.

(2002). Sex Differences in Mental Rotation and Spatial Rotation in a Virtual Environment.

Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 17, 8, 729.

Parsons, T.D., Rizzo, A.A., & Buckwalter, J.G. (2002). Comparison of Backpropagation and

Regression for Estimation of Processing speed. Journal of the International

Neuropsychological Society, 8, 2, 153-154.

Kilian, S., Parsons, T.D., Blesi, G., Grills, Fonteh, A., Pogoda, J., Cowan, R. & Harrington, M.

(2002). Neurocognitive performance and molecular phenotype of migraineurs and controls.

Headache.

Harrington, M., Blesi, G., Kilian, S., Parsons, T.D., Grills, C., Partma, C., Chequer, R., Pogoda,

J., Fonteh, A., & Cowan, R. (2002). Classification and case definitions of headache and

non-headache cohorts in a molecular composition study. Headache.

Grills, C., Blesi, G., Kilian, S., Parsons, T.D., Fonteh, A., Chequer, R., Pogoda, J., Cowan, R.,

& Harrington, M. (2002). Psychological and Molecular Phenotypes of Interictal

Migraineurs. Headache.

Harrington, M., Swedberg, S., Biringer, R., Stochaj, W., Kilian, S., Parsons, T.D., Grills, C.,

Pogoda, J., Fonteh, A., & Cowan, R. (2002). Proteome analysis of cerebrospinal fluid from

headache and non-headache cohorts. Headache.

Harrington, M., Dalleska, N., Barcellos, T., Navarro, E., McLaughlin, J., Kilian, S., Parsons,

T.D., Grills, C., Fonteh, A., Pogoda, J., & Cowan, R. (2002). Elemental analyses of

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cerebrospinal fluid, blood plasma and urine from headache and non-headache cohorts,

Headache.

– 2001 –

Buckwalter, J.G., Reger, G., Parsons, T.D., Luna, L.M., Clason, C., & Rizzo, A.A. (2001).

Aging and Cognition: A Test of the Common Cause Hypothesis. Journal of the

International Neuropsychological Society, 7, 2, 225-226.

– 1999 –

Buckwalter, J.G., Kratz, K., Poysky, J., Clason, C., Luna, L., Parsons, T.D., Reger, G., &

Stanczyk, F.Z. (1999). Insulin-Like Growth Factor, Cognition and Mood in Post-

Menopausal Women. Journal for the Society for Gynecological Investigations.

Professional Presentations (International and National): (Keynotes = 10)

– 2019 –

Keynote Presentation: Oral Paper presentation: "Neuropsychological Assessment and

Technology: What’s New and How We Can Use It" for New York Neuropsychology

Group’s (NYNG) Annual Conference: “Emerging technologies to enhance

neuropsychological clinical practice.” New York City, NY, April 15, 2019.

"Clinical Neuropsychology and Technology: What's New and How We Can Use It." 4th US-

China Smart Education Conference. Denton, Texas, March 18, 2019.

“Adapting measures of the therapeutic alliance for measuring rapport n neuropsychological

testing.” Annual conference of the American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology,

Chicago, IL, June 5, 2019.

“Verbal speed and set-shifting in relation to quantity and tangentiality of speech among age

cohorts.” Annual conference of the American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology,

Chicago, IL, June 6, 2019.

– 2018 –

Keynote Presentation: Oral Paper presentation: "Clinical Neuropsychology and Technology:

What's New and How We Can Use It" for "Reframing education research in the ICT-rich

era” East China Normal University, Shanghai, China, November 29, 2018.

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Keynote Workshop: “Neuropsychology 3.0: Adaptive virtual environments for neurocognitive

assessment and training.” Vienna Boys Choir Technology Symposium, Musikpädagogische

Forschungszentrum, Vienna, Austria. October 31, 2018.

Keynote Workshop: Three-hour workshop on "Clinical Neuropsychology and Technology:

What's New and How We Can Use It." 38th Annual Conference of the National Academy of

Neuropsychology. New Orleans, Louisiana, October 19, 2018.

“Applications of virtual reality in neuropsychology and psychotherapy.” [Workshop] XVIII

World Congress of Psychiatry, Mexico City, Mexico. September 38, 2018.

“Virtual Environments for Ecologically Valid Assessments and Interventions in Persons with

Neurodevelopmental Disorders Impacting Frontostriatal Functioning” the10th Annual

Adventures in Autism Intervention and Research Conference, hosted by the University of

North Texas Kristin Farmer Autism Center. July 28, 2018.

Keynote Presentation: Oral Paper presentation for "Cyberlearning and the Brain." Metropolitan

Academies of Science Education Alliance first National Annual Meeting & Brain Science

and Education Forum. Qin Dao, China, July 7, 2018.

“A Virtual Environment Grocery Store with environmental distractors” 23nd CyberPsychology,

CyberTherapy and Social Networking Conference (CYPSY23), Gatineau (Québec)

Canada, June 29, 2018.

“The Impact of Virtual Reality on Executive Functioning Training and Association with

Neurorehabilitation Outcomes.” 4th Federal Interagency Conference on Traumatic Brain

Injury, Washington, DC. June 11, 2018.

“Neuropsychology 3.0.” Human Intelligence 0.2 with Artificial Intelligence 2.0 Understanding

the Learning of Now to Prepare for the Work of Future, Denton, Texas. May 18, 2018.

“Technology and the Brain.” Fort Worth Museum of Science and History, Fort Worth, Texas.

April 7, 2018.

Keynote Presentation: Oral Paper presentation for "Virtual School Environment for

neuropsychological assessment and training" 4th International Conference on Smart

Learning Environment (ICSLE). Beijing, China, March 20, 2018.

Keynote Presentation: Oral Paper presentation for "Neuropsychology 3.0: Computational

Neuropsychology and Simulation." 3rd US-China Smart Education Conference. Beijing,

China, March 18, 2018.

– 2017 –

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“Virtual Reality and Social Cognition The effect of eye-gaze and narrativity on character

engagement.” 23rd International Conference on Virtual Systems and Multimedia, Dublin

Ireland November 1, 2017.

“Virtual reality: an innovative method for assessment and therapy of psychiatric disorders.”

[Workshop] XVII World Congress of Psychiatry, Berlin, Germany. October 12, 2017.

“Avatar Administered Neuropsychological Testing (AVANT): Stroop Interference Task” 2017

International Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. Austin,

Texas. October 2017.

“Neuropsychology 3.0: Computational Neuropsychology and Simulation” Invited Lectures at

University College Dublin, Oct 9, 2017.

“The effect of characters’ mutual gaze behavior on viewers’ theory of mind response.” Institute

for Media Studies of the faculty of Social Sciences at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven,

Belgium. October 20, 2017.

"Construct Validation of Virtual Human Administered Cognitive Tests for

Teleneuropsychology" at the Military Health System Research Symposium (MHSRS-17-

0686) for Telehealth/Virtual Health/Remote Monitoring in the MHS, Kissimmee, Florida.

August 17, 2017.

“Validation of virtual human administered neuropsychological tests” 22nd CyberPsychology,

CyberTherapy and Social Networking Conference (CYPSY22), Wolverhampton, England.

June 2016.

– 2016 –

"Avatar Administered Neuropsychological Testing (AVANT)" at the Military Health System

Research Symposium (MHSRS-16-0665) for Joint Medical Simulation and Health

Information Technology: Data Interoperability, Kissimmee, Florida. August 17, 2016.

International Neuropsychological Society Student Workshop: “How can we integrate novel

technologies into neuropsychological research and clinical work? International

Neuropsychological Society 2016 Mid-Year Meeting. From Neurons to

Neurorehabilitation. London, England, July 2016.

“Impact of Distractors on Executive Control in Older Adults: Construct-Driven and Function-

Led Approaches to Neuropsychological Assessment” 21st CyberPsychology,

CyberTherapy and Social Networking Conference (CYPSY21), Dun Laoghaire Institute of

Art, Design and Technology (Dublin, Ireland) June 2016.

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“A comparison of 3D versus 2D virtual environments on the feelings of social exclusion,

inclusion and over-inclusion” 21st CyberPsychology, CyberTherapy and Social

Networking Conference (CYPSY21), Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and

Technology (Dublin, Ireland) June 2016.

“Neuroscience Foundations for Human Decision Making in Information Security: A General

Framework and Experiment Design.” Gmunden Retreat on NeuroIS. Gmunden, Austria,

June 2016.

“Bridging Aesthetics and Positivism with Neuroscience: A Pluralistic Research Framework and

Typology of Visual Systems Design.” Gmunden Retreat on NeuroIS. Gmunden, Austria,

June 2016.

“Assessment of Big Five personality trait, Immersion, and Absorption in Mediated

Environment” Southwestern Psychological Association convention, Dallas, Texas, April

2016.

“Clinical Neuropsychology and Simulation: New Tools for Enhancing Neuropsychological

Assessment” Medlin Seminar Series at Institute for Simulation and Training, University of

Central Florida, April 2016.

“Virtual Environments for Research in Affective Science” The Society for Affective Science,

Chicago, Il, March 2016.

“Simulation Technologies for Assessment & Training: Current and Future” Research Seminars

at Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, University of Wisconsin Madison, February 2016.

“Avatar Administered Neuropsychological Testing” The International Meeting on Simulation in

Healthcare, San Diego, CA, January 2016.

– 2015 –

“Virtual Environments for Ecologically Valid Assessments of Persons with Autism” Innovative

Technologies for Autism Critical Reflections on Digital Bubbles, University of Sussex,

England, November 2015.

“Virtual Environments for Ecologically Valid Assessments and Interventions in Persons with

Neurodevelopmental Disorders Impacting Frontostriatal Functioning” 7th Annual UNT

Adventures in Autism Intervention & Research Conference, Denton Texas, July 2015.

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– 2014 –

“Ecological validity in research: Virtual environments for assessment, intervention, training, and

learning” Symposium Leader and Oral Paper Presentation for the 2014 International Mind,

Brain and Education Society Conference, Fort Worth Texas, November 2014.

Keynote Presentation: Oral Paper presentation for "The Interaction of Psychology and

Technology: Integrating Novel Technology into Therapy." 2014 Annual Family Matters

Conference. Dallas, Texas, November 2014.

Keynote Symposium: "Virtual Reality Environments for Ecologically Valid Neuropsychological

Assessment". Keynote Symposium: Oral Paper presentation for “Ecologically Valid

Methods of Assessment in Neuropsychology” Symposium at the 42nd Annual Meeting of

the International Neuropsychological Society. Seattle, Washington, February 2014.

"Virtual Environment-Based Computerized Neuropsychological Assessment Devices". Oral

Paper presentation for “Neuropsychology, Technology, and the 21st Century” Symposium

at the 42nd Annual Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society. Seattle,

Washington, February 2014.

"Neuropsychology and Technology" (2014). Grand Rounds at the University of North Texas

Health Sciences Center, Fort Worth, Tx.

"Applications of Technology to Neuropsychological Assessment and Rehabilitation" (2014) at

the 7th World Congress of Biomechanics in Boston, Massachusetts.

“Multimodal Assessment of Supervisory Attentional Processing" (2014) at the International

CyberTherapy and CyberPsychology Conference, Washington DC.

"Virtual Reality Graded Exposure Therapy as Treatment for Pain-Related Fear and Disability in

Chronic Pain" at the 2014 American Pain Society's 33rd Annual Scientific Meeting. Tampa

Convention Center. Tampa, FL.

"Neuropsychological Assessment using Military Relevant Technology" Intern didactic seminar

at the Veterans Affairs North Texas Health Care System, Dallas Texas.

"Neuropsychological Assessment Using Virtual Environments" at the Southwestern

Psychological Association (SWPA) Convention in San Antonio, Texas, April 2014.

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“Actigraph Agreement of Daily-collected Sleep Diaries Compared to Weekly-collected Sleep

Diaries” at the 48th Annual Meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive

Therapies, Philadelphia, PA, November 2014.

– 2013 –

“Visuospatial and navigational memory in virtual environments” at the 15th International

Conference on Human-Computer Interaction. Las Vegas, Nevada, July 2013.

“Virtual reality applications for service members with PTSD or TBI” In M. K. Alvord (Chair),

Apps, telehealth, virtual reality: Addressing mental health needs of service wo/men and

vets. Videotaped presentation presented at the Annual convention of the American

Psychological Association, Honolulu, HI, August 2013.

– 2011 –

“Neuropsychology and Simulation Laboratory: Opportunities for Advanced Assessment and

Rehabilitation using Novel Technologies”. Arizona Psychology Training Consortium &

Arizona Psychological Association Training Workshop. Phoenix, Az, September 15, 2011.

“Virtual Reality in Cognitive Assessment and Return to Duty”. Biological Assessment of Brain

Dysfunction Workshop. Washington, DC, May 25, 2011.

“Virtual Reality for Psychology’s Clinical and Research Use” Symposium at the Medicine Meets

Virtual Reality Annual Meeting, Newport Beach, CA, February 11, 2011.

– 2010 –

“Virtual Patients for Assessing the Pre-licensure Competencies of Psychologists” Presentation at

the Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards Annual Meeting, Savannah,

GA, October 14, 2010.

“Military Relevant Virtual Environments for Neuropsychological Assessment” Presentation at

the Human Dimension Task Force Gap Conference, Fort Monroe, VA, April 27, 2010.

“Military Relevant Simulations for Neuropsychological Assessment” Presentation at the

Psychological Health: Neuropsychological Testing Product Line Review Meeting,

Frederick, Maryland, February 4, 2010.

– 2009 –

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“Clinical Virtual Reality: A Brief Review of the Future” Presentation at the Psychology in

Rehabilitation: Enhancing the Potential for Change Conference, Edmonton, Alberta,

March 6, 2009.

“Development of a Neuropsychological Battery using Virtual Environments.” Presentation at

the 37th Annual meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society Conference,

Atlanta, GA, February 11, 2009.

“Psychophysiological Effects of High and Low Levels of Immersion in an Iraqi Virtual

Environment on West Point Cadets and Civilian Controls.” Presentation at the 37th Annual

meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society Conference, Atlanta, GA,

February 11, 2009.

“High and Low Immersion in Virtual Reality: A Psychophysiological Assessment.” Presentation

at the 37th Annual meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society Conference,

Atlanta, GA, February 12, 2009.

“Psychophysiological Correlates of Immersive Tendencies in Virtual Environments.”

Presentation at the 37th Annual meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society

Conference, Atlanta, GA, February 13, 2009.

“Neurocognitive and Psychophysiological Analysis using Virtual Reality Environments.”

Presentation at the 17th Annual Medicine Meets Virtual Reality Conference, Long Beach,

CA, January 20, 2009.

“Virtual Standardized Patients: Psychophysiological Assessment and Training.” Presentation at

the 17th Annual Medicine Meets Virtual Reality Conference, Long Beach, CA, January 20,

2009.

Keynote Workshop: “Virtual Reality, Psychology and Social Neuroscience: Potential Impact of

Technological Advances upon the Assessment and Training of Core Competencies in

Clinical Psychologists.” Keynote presentation to the Council of Clinical Health Psychology

Training Programs (CCHPTP). Albuquerque, NM. January 18-19, 2009.

“Neurocognitive and Psychophysiological Analysis using Virtual Reality Environments:

Implications for Assessment and Rehabilitation of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury”

Presentation to the Council on Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: Diagnosis and Management.

Palo Alto, CA. January 16, 2009.

– 2008 –

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“Sex differences in spatial cognition within a virtual environment: Virtual Reality Cognitive

Performance Assessment Test (VRCPAT)” Presentation at the 36th Annual meeting of the

International Neuropsychological Society Conference, Waikoloa, HI, February 8, 2008.

“Impact of Stimulus Intensity and Complexity upon Attentional Processing within a Virtual

Environment.” Presentation at the 28th Annual meeting of the National Academy of

Neuropsychological Conference, New York, NY, November 11, 2008.

“Virtual Human Patients for Training of Clinical Interview and Communication Skills.”

Presentation at the 7th Annual International Conference on Disability, Virtual Reality and

Associated Technology and ArtAbilitation, Maia & Porto, Portugal, September 8, 2008.

“Neuropsychological Assessment using the Virtual Reality Cognitive Performance Assessment

Test.” Presentation at the 7th Annual International Conference on Disability, Virtual

Reality and Associated Technology and ArtAbilitation, Maia & Porto, Portugal, September

10, 2008.

“Neuropsychological Assessment of Attentional Processing using Virtual Reality.” (2008).

Presentation at the 13th Annual Cybertherapy Conference, San Diego, CA, June 25, 2008.

“Virtual Justina: A PTSD Virtual Standardized Patient.” (2008). Presentation at the 13th Annual

Cybertherapy Conference, San Diego, CA, June 23, 2008.

“Neurocognitive Assessment and Psycho-physiological Analysis using Military Relevant Virtual

Environments.” (2008). Presentation to the National Academy of Sciences Committee on

Opportunities in Neuroscience for Future Army Applications, Irvine, CA, February 12,

2008.

“Gerontechnology and Virtual Reality for Neurocognitive Assessment.” (2008). Presentation at

the University of Southern California’s School of Gerontology, Los Angeles, CA, February

4, 2008.

“Virtual Environments for Assessment of Neurocognitive Functioning.” (2008). Presentation at

the 16th Annual Medicine Meets Virtual Reality Conference, Long Beach, CA, February 1,

2008.

“A Virtual Human Patient.” (2008). Presentation at the 16th Annual Medicine Meets Virtual

Reality Conference, Long Beach, CA, January 30, 2008.

– 2007 –

“Virtual Reality Approaches to Diagnosis, Education & Treatment.” (2007). Presentation at the

NIH Research Symposium Childhood Obesity, Washington DC, December 3-4, 2007.

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“Virtual Reality, Social Neuroscience, and Brain Computer Interfaces.” Presentation to Daniel J.

Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering ISE 650: PhD Seminar in

Industrial Engineering, November 21, 2007

“Virtual Reality for Pediatric Cerebral Palsy.” (2007). Presentation at the 115th annual

convention of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA, August 17-20,

2007.

“The Effects of Virtual Reality on Pain Modulation with Children.” (2007). Presentation at the

115th annual convention of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA,

August 17-20, 2007.

“Symposium: Virtual Reality—PTSD Exposure Therapy.” (2007). Participated in Symposium at

the 115th annual convention of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco,

CA, August 17-20, 2007.

“Full Spectrum Warrior Virtual Reality Cognitive Performance Assessment Test Battery.”

(2007). Presentation at the 115th annual convention of the American Psychological

Association, San Francisco, CA, August 17-20, 2007.

“VRPSYCH Laboratory: Virtual Reality, Psychology, and Social Neuroscience.” (2007).

Presentation to Cognitive Sciences Branch, Soldier Performance Division, Army Research

Laboratory Human Research & Engineering Directorate, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD,

July 17, 2007

“A 21st Century Army Alpha-Beta: Virtual Reality Cognitive Performance Assessment Test

Battery: Virtual Reality Cognitive Performance Assessment Test.” (2007). Presentation at

the 12th Annual Cybertherapy Conference, Washington DC, June 14, 2007.

“Virtual Human Patients for Clinical Training.” (2007). Presentation at the 12th Annual

Cybertherapy Conference, Washington, DC, June 11, 2007.

“Virtual Reality and Social Neuroscience for Geropsychology.” Presentation to the University of

Southern California’s School of Gerontology, February 2007.

– 2006 –

“Virtual Reality Visuospatial and Wayfinding Assessment Adults with Mild Dementia of the

Alzheimer’s Type.” Presentation at the 15th Annual Alzheimer’s Association Dementia

Care Conference, Chicago, Il., August 27-29, 2006.

“Verbal Fluency in HIV-1 Disease.” (2006). Paper presented as a Scientific Advisory

Committee/Harcourt Assessment awardee at the 114th Annual Convention of the American

Psychological Association (Division 40), New Orleans, La, August 10-13, 2006.

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– 2005 –

“Prevalence and Incidence of Neurocognitive Impairment in users of HAART.” (2005). Oral

Paper presentation for NeuroAIDS Symposium at the 33rd annual meeting of the

International Neuropsychological Society. St. Louis, Missouri.

“Improved Quality of Life Following Neurocognitive Impairment in Users of HAART.” (2005).

114th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association. Washington, DC.,

August 10, 2005

– pre-2005 –

“Integration Discourse: Modern and Postmodern.” (2003). Presented at the Fuller Symposium on

the Integration of Faith and Psychology.

"Integration Discourse and Postmodernity." (2000). Presentation at the CAPS West Conference,

San Jose, California.

"Critical Gerontology and the Social Construction of Aging." University of Southern California,

Guest Lecturer (2000). Paper presented to students in Geropsychology Program.

"Callosal Agenesis: Two Brains, Two Minds?" Southwestern, Guest Lecturer (1996). Paper

presented to Doctoral Seminar--PHREL 771--Contemporary Philosophical issues.

"The Influences of Handedness, Sex, Familial Sinistrality and Androgyny on Language

Laterality, Verbal Ability, Spatial Ability;" "The Function of the Corpus Callosum in

Cerebral Hemispheric Integration;" "Research in Cerebral Hemispheric Asymmetry,

Simple reaction time measures; Crossed-Uncrossed Difference;" and "Interhemispheric

Transfer and its Relationship to Handedness and Reading Abilities--Nelson-Denny Reading

Test." (1995). Presented at Pew Fellows Seminar the University of Notre Dame.

"Interhemispheric Interaction: Models, Paradigms and Recent Findings," and “Bilateral Field

Advantage - Using the 'Index' and 'Dot Prime' Programs.” (1995). Psi Chi Spring Meeting.

"Qualities of Leadership in Elementary School Children," Presented at Virginia Psychological

Association Fall 1994 and Spring 1995 Convention.

Unpublished Manuscripts:

Doctoral Dissertation: Statistical pattern recognition for breast cancer research: comparison

of theory-driven general linear model methodologies with data-driven artificial neural

network architectures. Advisor: J. Galen Buckwalter, PhD

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Master’s Thesis: Backpropagation and Regression Compared for the Estimation of

Processing Speed’s Influence upon Cognitive Decline. Advisor: J. Galen Buckwalter, PhD

Pew Thesis (University of Notre Dame): Cerebral Asymmetries in the Lexical Ambiguity

Resolution of Individuals with Callosal Agenesis. Advisor: Malcolm Jeeves, PhD

SERVICE:

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES & MEMBERSHIPS

Editorial and Scientific Review Activities

Associate Editor

2018 – Current Associate Editor, Frontiers in Psychiatry

2017 – 2018 Associate Editor, Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

2014 – 2016 Associate Editor, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

2011 – 2012 Associate Editor, International Journal of Human Computer Interaction

Editorial Board

2017 – Current Editorial Board Member, Brain Sciences

2017 – Current Editorial Board Member, Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

2006 – Current Editorial Board Member, Assessment

2009 – Current Editorial Board Member, Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking

2012 – Current Editorial Board Member, PsycCRITIQUES

2015 – 2016 Editorial Board Member, Psychological Assessment

2014 – 2016 Editorial Board Member, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

2011 – 2012 Editorial Board Member, Intl Journal of Human Computer Interaction

2010 – 2016 Editorial Board Member, Psychology Research & Behavior Management

2006 – 2009 Editorial Board Member, CyberPsychology and Behavior

Guest Editor for Special Issues

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience.

o Research Topic: Virtual and Augmented Reality methods in Neuroscience and

Neuropathology

Frontiers in Psychology

o Research Topic: From 2D to 4D: New Approaches to Neurocognitive Assessment of

Cognitive and Functional Capacities

International Journal of Smart Technology and Learning (IJSmartTL)

o Research Topic: Smart technologies and their potential for impacting student's brains

and extending cognitive processes

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Ad Hoc Reviewer

Novel Technologies and Virtual Reality Journals

Annual Review of CyberTherapy and Telemedicine

Computers in Human Behavior

Cyberpsychology and Behavior

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking

International Journal of Human Computer Interaction

International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality

Journal of Computer Animation and Virtual Worlds

Journal of Virtual Reality and Broadcasting

Media Psychology

Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments

Smart Learning Environments

IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing

IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems & Rehabilitation Engineering

Medical/Neuropsychological Journals

AIDS

AIDS and Behavior

The AIDS Reader

The American Journal of Psychiatry

Applied Neuropsychology: Adult

Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Behavior Therapy

Brain Sciences

Canadian Medical Association Journal

Child Neuropsychology

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Frontiers in Psychology

Internet Journal of Mental Health

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Journal of Neurovirology

Memory

Memory and Cognition

Neurocase

Neurology

Neuropsychology

Neuropsychological Rehabilitation

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Neuropsychology Review

Perception

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Psychological Assessment

Rehabilitation Psychology

UNT Specific: Professional Workgroups

2019 – Current Promotion & Tenure Committee

2019 – 2020 Faculty Search Committee, Learning Technologies

2018 – 2019 Director: NetDragon Digital Research Centre

2018 – Current Faculty Fellow: Texas Center for Educational Technologies

2017 – 2019 Member: Vice President of Research Search Committee

2017 – Current Member: Autism Institute for Research Excellence

2017 – Current Autism Ambassador: University of North Texas

2015 – 2017 Member: Faculty Search Committee for Director of Autism Institute

2015 – Current Founding Director: Cyberpsychology Research Group

2017 – 2018 Elected Member: University Senate Executive Committee

2017 – 2018 Elected Member: University Senate

2017 – 2018 Member: Innovation Technology Think Tank

2012 – 2018 Board Member: Center for Psychosocial Health Research

2015 – 2017 Professional Assessment Committee (Psychology Faculty)

2015 – 2016 Member: Psychology Faculty Search Committee

2012 – 2016 Director of Neuropsychology Track: Clinical Psychology Program

2012 – 2016 Faculty Sponsor: Association of Neuropsychology Students in Training

2013 – 2014 Committee Member: Psychology Clinic Executive Committee

2012 – 2013 Senator: Faculty Senate

Professional Workgroups

2018 – Current Advisory Board Member for HEI-Lab (Human-Environment and Interactions)

lab at Universidade Lusófona, Portugal.

2015 – Current Director, “Virtual Reality and the Future of Children's Media” Workgroup for

National Academy of Sciences; Institute of Digital Media and Child

Development

2015 – Current Member, “Media Multitasking” Workgroup for National Academy of

Sciences; Institute of Digital Media and Child Development

2013 – 2016 Social Media Committee: National Academy of Neuropsychology

2013 – 2016 Poster Awards Committee: National Academy of Neuropsychology

2004 – 2006 NeuroAIDS Group, University of North Carolina School of Medicine

2004 – 2006 HIV and Psychiatry Group, University of North Carolina School of Medicine

2003 – 2004 Neuropsychology Housestaff Residency Rep, Rush Medical College

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Grant Review Activities

2018 Fall Review Panel: National Institutes of Health; SBIR/STTR:

Neuro/Psychopathology, Lifespan Development, and STEM Education Special

Emphasis Panel RPHB (12)

2018 Spring Review Panel: National Institutes of Health; SBIR/STTR:



2018 Epilepsy Review Panel Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs

2017 Spring Review Panel: National Institutes of Health; SBIR/STTR:



2017 Fall Review Panel: National Institutes of Health; SBIR/STTR:



2015 Ad hoc grant review, Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)

2014 Ad hoc grant review, Science Foundation of Ireland (SFI)

2014 Review Panel Military Operational Medicine-1 (MOM-1) peer review panel of the

FY 14 Joint Warfighter Medical Research program (JWMRP) for the DoD

Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP)

2013 Review Panel Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury Research Program

(PH/TBI) Consortium to Alleviate PTSD (CAPS)

2010 Review Panel Department of Veterans Affairs Rehabilitation Research Section

2008 Review Panel US Army Medical Research and Materiel Command

2008 Review Panel Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury Research Program

(PH/TBI) for the Department of Defense (DoD)

2006 Review Panel Cure Autism Now

HONORS:

2018 Nominee for President Elect International Mind, Brain and Education Society (IMBES)

2017 mHealth Scholar Award for the 2017 mHealth Training Institute (mHTI)

2014 Fellow National Academy of Neuropsychology

2013 National Academy of Neuropsychology Early Career Achievement Award

2010 Top-Paper Award for Emerging Concepts and Innovative Technologies

2010 Top-Paper nominee: Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education

2010 Institute for Creative Technologies Merit Award for Research Excellence

2009 Top-Paper nomination at the International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents

2008 Centers for Creative Technologies Merit Award for Research Excellence

2007 Centers for Creative Technologies Merit Award for Research Excellence

2006 UNC Chapel Hill Postdoctoral Award for Research Excellence

2002 Carlsberg Fellowship Award for Neuroinformatic Research

2001 Lee Edward Travis Award, Graduate School of Psychology

2004 Student Travel Stipend Awards, Graduate School of Psychology

1996 Pew Scholar, University of Notre Dame

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1996 Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities

1995 Psychology Student of the Year

1995 Superior Academic Achievement Award

1995 Psi Chi Certificate of Appreciation (President)

1995 Psi-Chi, National Honor Society of Psychology (1993-1995)

1995 National Dean's List (1992-1995)

1995 Virginia Collegiate Honors Council Dean's List (1992-1995)

1995 Virginia Collegiate Honors Council Honors Scholar--Full Academic Scholarship

Professional Memberships

2019 – Current International Association of Smart Learning Environments (IASLE)

2015 – Current IEEE

2011 – Current American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology

2011 – Current Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

2011 – Current Association for Computing Machinery

2009 – Current Intl. Assoc. of CyberPsychology, Training, & Rehabilitation (iACToR)

2008 – Current International Society for Virtual Rehabilitation (Founding Member)

2000 – Current National Academy of Neuropsychology

2000 – Current International Neuropsychological Society

1998 – Current American Psychological Association: Divisions 6, 20, 24, 32, 36, 40

COMPUTER LITERACY:

Platforms: Windows 3.1/95/98/NT/XP/Vista/7-10; DOS 7; Macintosh; UNIX

Programming: C/C++/C#, Visual Basic, Visual Studio, JavaScript, Lisp, Virtual reality

modelling language (VRML)

Database: SQL server, MySQL, Access, SQL, ADO.NET, Dbase familiarity); WWW

programming (HTML, JavaScript)

Applications: General: Visual Studio, Oracle Data browser, Microsoft Office Suite (Word,

Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook), EndNote

Graphics: Adobe Creative Suite: Illustrator, PageMaker, Photoshop, Dreamweaver.

Camtasia Studio

Simulation: Unity, Unreal, Gamebryo, LightSpeed, NeuroVR, Vizard, Virtual

Battlespace (VBS 2/3)

Neuropsychology: Artificial Neural Networks (Statistica, various C, & visual basic versions);

Psychophysiology: EEGSYS 5.7; Biopac AcqKnowledge, E-Prime, G-Prime,

Superlab; Single pulse Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS)—figure-of-

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8 &/or circular 9 cm diameter coil. Transcranial direct current stimulation

(tDCS)

Neuroimaging: MRI, fMRI: (3.0 Tesla magnetic brain imager), PET.

Exposure to a variety of acquisition software and data analysis systems.

Statistical parametric mapping (SPM). CT and MRI Course (October 2003).

Statistics: Univariate, multivariate, parallel distributed processing and non-parametric

stochastic programming: SAS, JMP, SPSS (Amos; LISREL), BMDP,

Statistica (Power Analysis, Structural Equations, mixed models, Artificial

Neural Networks), MATLAB, Mathematica, UniMult, Kwikstat, Excel’s Data

Analytic pack, R, G*Power; Item Response Theory: PARSCALE 4 (IRT

scaling, item analysis, and scoring of rating scale data). RevMan, Medcalc.

TEACHING/MENTORING

As a teacher and mentor, I endeavor to build students’ strengths by helping them understand the

course material or the theory behind a research project, to think critically and absorb both the larger

picture and the relevant details of a concept or a study, and finally, to apply what they have learned

to their own lived experiences. Beyond intellectual growth, I also encourage students to be open

to others’ diverse perspectives, helping them to see the value in considering alternative viewpoints.

Ultimately, I want my students to leave the classroom/research experience with both a solid grasp

of neuropsychological theory and broader intellectual, interpersonal, and professional skills.

Courses Taught

Neurobiological Bases of Behavior: This course focuses on the biological determinants of

behavior, including such topics as human neuroanatomy, neuropathology, and neurobehavioral

correlates of cerebral function.

Physiological Psychology: Fundamentals of Physiological Psychology, including basic

neurophysiological laboratory techniques and a survey of current research with an in-depth

study in one research area by each student.

Cyberpsychology and the Brain: Explores neurocognitive processes in human computer

interaction. Emphasis placed upon neural correlates of social media, cybersecurity, NeuroIS,

and videogames.

Human-Computer Interaction: Study of the human as an information processor. Computer

interface design that takes into consideration human capabilities and limitations. Educational

implications of system input/output facilities. Impact upon instructional system design.

Perception and Cognition: A general survey of current data in perception and cognition.

Perception topics covered are psychophysics, sensory psychology, perceptual constancies and

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the development of perception. Cognition topics include short- and long-term memory,

problem solving, concept formation and the acquisition of knowledge. The information

processing approach is emphasized as a means of interpreting perception and cognition.

Learning and Cognition: Study and analysis of models of cognitive systems including

acquiring, manipulating, storing, interpreting, and using information; special emphasis on the

unique interactions between human information processing and computer-based processing as

they apply to the instructional environment.

Foundations of Learning Technologies: Study of the human as an information processor.

Computer interface design that takes into consideration human capabilities and limitations.

Educational implications of system input/output facilities. Impact upon instructional system

design.

Foundations of Learning Technologies: This course describes and demonstrates the

technologies and theories of learning technologies. Ideologies, principles and philosophies

behind learning technologies are examined as students explore a variety of technology tools.

General Linear Model (GLM): This course prepares students to analyze research data and

understand analyses at a conceptual level. Discussion of issues in research design and

philosophy of science are included. Students gain conceptual understanding of why

psychologists use the GLM and underlying meaning of commonly used statistical techniques.

Research and Evaluation: Students gain advanced skills in understanding and applying

statistical techniques to the analysis of research data. Strategies for conducting effective

evaluations are considered as students plan an evaluation using appropriate statistical analysis.

Students gain experience in the use of computers for statistical analysis.

Philosophy and History of Psychology: A survey of the historical and philosophical ideas that

guide educational theory and practice. Emphasis is on ethical clarification and practical

application of ideas in current, diverse educational settings. Emphases are placed upon various

philosophical systems in education and on the related issue of worldviews.

Ethical, Legal and Professional Issues in Computing: Focus on research literature and current

issues dealing with ethical and legal issues within the computing profession. Includes units on

intellectual property, moral philosophy, gender and minority issues affecting computer

education.

Psychology Practicum: Readings, lectures and discussion to develop an appropriate level of

knowledge (e.g., relationship of psychological science and practice, ethics, APA). Teaches

technical skills necessary for a scientist-practitioner in the student's specialty (e.g., empirically-

based and evidence-based evaluation and intervention, assessment, consultation).

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Neuropsychological Assessment: Directed readings into neuropsychological assessment and

the diverse variables involved in administration, scoring, interpretation, and reporting of

neuropsychological assessment results. The importance of interpreting test results within the

context of individual cases and describing potential functional implications is highlighted.

Social Neuroscience: Exploration of current social neuroscience research (i.e., when

neuroscience methods are useful and when they are not); and considerations of future

experimental designs using this new approach to further inform our understanding of social

phenomena.

Directed Studies

Honors College (Thesis): Major research project prepared by the student under the supervision

of a faculty member and presented in standard thesis format. An oral defense is required of

each student for successful completion of the thesis.

Honors College Mentored Research: Research experience conducted by an honors student with

at least junior standing under the supervision of a faculty member. Prerequisite(s): Admission

to the Honors College; at least junior class status; consent of Honors College dean.

Neuropsychometrics: Topics include neuropsychological testing, inter-individual variation in

cognitive decline with normal aging, neuropsychometric examination, cognitive strengths and

weaknesses, and intervention plans.

Neuropsychology Research Practicum: Supervised experience in neuropsychology research.

Supervised training in the application of neuropsychological services in a clinic and

experimental settings

STUDENT/POSTDOC TRAINING IN MY LABORATORY (Past and Present)

POST-DOCTORAL TRAINING

Postdoctoral Fellows Degree Area Current Position

2016 – 2017 Tim McMahan PhD Comp Neuro University of North Texas

2009 – 2010 Dongrui Wu PhD Comp Neuro AI Lab, GE Global

2008 – 2009 Brent Lance PhD Comp Neuro Res. Scientist, Army Research Lab

INTERNATIONAL VISITING SCHOLARS (Doctoral Student Thesis Committees)

Degree Area Current Position

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2016 – 2017 Sonia Valladares PhD CS & EE University of Vigo, Spain

2015 – 2016 Eva Venturini PhD Psychology University of Milan, Italy

2016 – 2016 Tor Ivar Hansen PhD Neuropsyc Norwegian University of Science

& Technology. I was First Opponent.

CURRENT GRADUATE STUDENTS (Doctoral Student Thesis Committees)

Graduate Students Degree Area

2016 – Justin Asbee PhD Psychology

2016 – Jason Swan PhD Learning Tech

2016 – Ray Pilar PhD Learning Tech

2016 – Deb Cockerham PhD Learning Tech

2014 – Curtis Chambers PhD CS & EE

2018 – Urs Namratha PhD CS & EE

2018 – Nishitha Guntakandla PhD CS & EE

PAST GRADUATES (Doctoral Student Thesis Committees)

Degree Area Current Position

2015 – 2018 Natalie Parde PhD Comp Sci Faculty, University of Illinois

2012 – 2016 Tim McMahan PhD Comp Neuro Faculty, University of Texas, Dallas

2012 – 2015 Ali Wilkerson PhD Psychology Postdoc. Med. U of South Carolina

2012 – 2015 Steph Johnson PhD Psychology Postdoc. U of Mississippi Med. Ctr.

2008 – 2012 Chris Courtney PhD Cog Neuro Data Neuroscientist

2007 – 2012 James Reinebold MS CS & EE Rockstar Games

2010 – 2012 Will Huang MA CS & EE Engineer, Garmin Intl

2008 – 2009 Louise Cosand PhD Cog Neuro Faculty, Pomona

2006 – 2009 Phillip Gable PhD Psychology US Army

2006 – 2008 Joseph Lee PhD Psychology Private Practice

2008 – 2009 Arvind Iyer PhD Biomed Eng Postdoc UPenn

2006 – 2008 John Brennan MFA Media Artist, USC/ICT

POST-BACHELORETTE STUDENTS

Degree Area

2014 – 2017 Jonlih Magtoto BS Psychology Post-Bac, CNS Lab

2015 – 2016 K. Stonecipher BS Psychology Post-Bac, CNS Lab

2015 – 2016 Matt Folsom BS Anthropology Post-Bac, CNS Lab

2007 – 2008 Teri Silva BS Psychology Project Manager, USC/ICT

2006 – 2007 Jacob Bamattre BS Psychology I/O Psych program, Alliant

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CURRENT UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

Degree Area

2018 – Megan Pierson BS Psychology

PAST UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

Degree Area

2015 – 2017 Nichole Russo BS Computer Science (Minor Psychology)

2016 – 2017 Sophia Lin BS Psychology University of Texas at Dallas

2016 – 2017 Frederick Wang BS Psychology Rice University

2015 – 2016 Dare Ogundipe BS Psychology University of Texas at Dallas

2014 – 2015 Soumya Mandava BS Psychology Emory University, Neuroscience

2014 – 2015 K. Stonecipher BS Psychology Post-Bac, CNS Lab

2012 – 2014 Jonlih Magtoto BS Psychology Post-Bac, CNS Lab

2013 – 2014 M.Van Houten BS Psychology Autism Center, UNT

2012 – 2013 Nicholas Hertz BS Psychology PhD Psychology, George Mason

2010 – 2011 Brian Arizmendi BS Psychology PhD Psychology, U of Arizona

2007 – 2008 Max Bittman BS Neuroscience Independent Consultant

2006 – 2007 Philip York BS Psychology Medical School

References:

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