UI Department of Neurology

AndersonSteven Wayne Anderson, PhD

Associate Professor

Address
Office location: S206 GH
Phone: 319-356-2671
Fax: 319-384-9552
E-mail: steven-anderson@uiowa.edu

Clinical Specialty

  • Neuropsychological rehabilitation
  • Neuropsychological assessment
  • Cognition and behavior in brain injury, stroke, and dementia

Research Interests

  • Telehealth rehabilitation
  • Neuroplasticity and neurorehabilitation
  • Cognitive factors in driving safety
  • Human frontal lobe dysfunction

Education

  • B.A. New College of the University of South Florida, Sarasota, FL
  • M.A. The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
  • PhD The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

Fellowship
Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Neuropsychology, Department of Neurology, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

Certification and Awards

  • Licensed Psychologist and Health Service Provider in Psychology, State of Iowa.
  • Professional of the Year (2011), Iowa Brain Injury Association, EC Chapter.
  • International Neuropsychological Society's Philip M. Rennick Award for Excellence in Research.
  • Scottish Rite Masons Alzheimer's Research Fellowship, The University of Iowa, College of Medicine.

Professional Service

  • Director, Neuropsychological Rehabilitation Laboratory
  • Executive Committee, UI Institutional Review Board
  • Steering Committee, UI Aging Mind & Brain Initiative
  • Board of Directors, Brain Injury Association of Iowa

Lectures

  • Alzheimer’s Association Conference, “Non-pharmacological interventions for patients with dementia”, Le Mars, Iowa, October 2011.
  • Iowa Psychological Association, “Iowa’s aging population: A challenge for psychologists”, Dubuque, Iowa, April 2011.
  • Brain Injury Association of Iowa - Family Conference, Keynote Address, “Brain injury:  The family’s journey”, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, April 2010.
  • National Academy of Neuropsychology, “Arthur Benton Memorial Lecture”, Scottsdale, Arizona, November 2007.
  • California Institute of Technology, Neuroscience Seminar “Childhood-onset damage to prefrontal cortex: Emotional dysregulation and real-world function” Pasadena, California, November 2006.
  • Tri-State Psychology Conference, “Brain basis of psychopathology:  Clues from developmental neuroscience” Cedar Rapids, Iowa,  November 2005.
  • The Ralph H. and Freda E. Ojemann Lectures, “Long-term sequelae of traumatic brain injury in childhood”  Iowa City, Iowa, May 2003.
  • Simposio Rehabilitacao da Lesao Cerebral, “Rehabilitation of memory impairments”  Porto, Portugal, January 2000.
  • Saint Louis University Neuroscience Research Conference, "The role of prefrontal cortex in the guidance of human behavior"  Saint Louis University School of Medicine, March 1999.
  • Governor's Conference on Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders, "Alzheimer's Disease: An overview" Des Moines, Iowa, October 1993.

Selected Publications

  • Anderson, S.W., Aksan, N., Dawson, J.D., Uc, E.Y., Johnson, A.M. and Rizzo, M. (2012).  Neuropsychological assessment of driving safety risk in older adults with and without neurologic disease.  Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, in press.
  • Anderson, S.W. and Tranel, D. (2011).  Social outcome following early-life damage to prefrontal cortex.  In D.T. Stuss & R.T. Knight (Eds.), Principles of Frontal Lobe Function, 2nd Edition. New York: Oxford University Press.
  • Boes, A.D., Graft, A.H., Joshi, C., Chuang, N.A., Nopoulos, P., and Anderson, S.W.  (2011).  Behavioral effects of congenital ventromedial prefrontal cortex malformation.  BMC Neurology, 11:151.
  • Anderson, S.W., Wisnowski, J., Barrash, J., Damasio, H., and Tranel, D. (2009).  Consistency of neuropsychological outcome following damage to prefrontal cortex in the first years of life.  Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 31, 170-179.
  • Anderson, S.W., Rizzo, M., Skaar, N., Stierman, L., Cavaco, S., Dawson, J., and Damasio, H.(2007).  Amnesia and driving.  Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 29, 1-12.
  • Anderson, S.W., Aksen, N., Kochanska, G., Damasio, H., Wisnowski, J. and Afifi, A.  (2007).  The earliest behavioral expression of focal damage to human prefrontal cortex.  Cortex, 43, 806-816.
  • Samra, S.K., Giordani, B., Caveney, A.F., Clarke, W.R., Scott, P.A., Anderson, S.W.,  Thompson, B.G., and Todd, M.M. (2007).  Recovery of cognitive function after surgery for aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage.  Stroke, 38, 1864-1872.
  • Anderson, S.W., Todd, M.M., Hindman, B.J., Clarke, W.R., Torner, J.C., Tranel, D., Yoo, B., Weeks, J., Manzel, K.W., and Samra, S. (2006).  The effects of intraoperative hypothermia on neuropsychological outcomes after intracranial aneurysm surgery.  Annals of Neurology, 60, 518-527.
  • Anderson, S.W., Barrash, J., Bechara, A., and Tranel, D. (2006).  Impairments of emotion and real-world complex behavior following childhood- or adult-onset damage to ventromedial prefrontal cortex.  Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 12, 224-235.
  • Anderson, S.W., Damasio, H. and Damasio, A.R. (2005).  A neural basis for collecting behavior in humans.  Brain, 128, 201-212.
  • Cavaco, S., Anderson, S.W., Allen, J.S., Castro-Caldas, A.L. and Damasio, H. (2004).  The scope of preserved procedural memory in amnesia.  Brain, 127, 1853-1867. 
  • Anderson, S.W. (2003).  Neuropsychological rehabilitation for visuoperceptual disorders.  Neurologic Clinics of North America, 21, 729-740.
  • Parvizi, J., Anderson, S.W., Martin, C.O., Damasio, H. and Damasio, A.R.. (2001).  Pathological laughter and crying:  A link to the cerebellum.  Brain, 124, 1708-1719.
  • Anderson, S.W., Bechara, A., Damasio, H., Tranel, D. and Damasio, A.R. (1999).  Impairment of social and moral behavior related to early damage in the human prefrontal cortex.  Nature Neuroscience, 2, 1032-1037.
  • Anderson, S.W. and Rizzo, M. (1995).  Recovery and rehabilitation of visual cortical function.  NeuroRehabilitation, 5, 129-140.
  • Bechara, A., Damasio, A.R., Damasio, H., and Anderson, S.W. (1994).  Insensitivity to future consequences following damage to human prefrontal cortex.  Cognition, 50, 7-15.
  • Anderson, S.W. and Rizzo, M. (1994).  Hallucinations following occipital lobe damage:  The pathological activation of visual representations.  Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 16, 651-663.
  • Anderson, S.W., Damasio, H., Damasio, A.R., Klima, E., Bellugi, U. and Brandt, J.P.  (1992).  Acquisition of signs from American Sign Language in hearing individuals following left hemisphere damage and aphasia.  Neuropsychologia, 30, 329-340.
  • Anderson, S.W., Damasio, H., and Tranel, D.  (1990).  Neuropsychological profiles associated with lesions caused by tumor or stroke.  Archives of Neurology, 47, 397-405.
  • Anderson, S.W., Damasio, A.R., and Damasio, H.  (1990).  Troubled letters but not numbers:  Domain specific cognitive impairments following focal damage in frontal cortex.  Brain, 113, 749-766.

 

 

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