Residency

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

Honors and Awards

• Diplomate in Clinical Neuropsychology, American Board of Professional Psychology/American Board of Clinical Neuropsychology. 1997
• International Neuropsychological Society's Philip M. Rennick Award for Excellence in Research, for the study "Sign language acquisition in hearing individuals following left hemisphere damage and aphasia. 1990
• Scottish Rite Masons Alzheimer's Research Fellowship, The University of Iowa, College of Medicine. 1989-90
• Scholarship for Graduate Training, Department of Psychology, The University of Iowa. 1982-86
• Academic Tuition Scholarship, New College of the University of South Florida. 1979-82
• Kiwanis Academic Scholarship, Kiwanis Club, Montevideo, MN. 1979

Professional Activities/ Editorial Boards

• International Neuropsychological Society
• Society for Neuroscience
• American Psychological Association
  • APA Division 22: Rehabilitation Psychology
  • APA Division 26: Division of the History of Psychology
  • APA Division 40: Clinical Neuropsychology
• American Academy of Neurology
• Academia Rodinensis Pro Remediatione
• American Society of Neurorehabilitation
• Midwest Neuropsychology Group
• Society for Cognitive Rehabilitation

Professional Affiliations

Clinical Interests

• Neuropsychological Rehabilitation for Patients with Cognitive, Behavioral, and Emotional Problems Caused by Brain Dysfunction.
• Neuropsychological Evaluations
• Evaluation and Management of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias

Research Interests

• Cognitive Neuroscience
• Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology
• Neuropsychological Rehabilitation
• Aphasia
• Human Frontal Lobe Dysfunction

Recent Publications/ Reviews
Suhr, J.A., Anderson, S.W., and Tranel, D. (1999). Progressive muscle relaxation in the management of behavioral disturbance in Alzheimer's disease. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 9, 31-44.

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.

Rizzo, M., Anderson, S.W., Dawson, J., Myers, R. and Ball, K. (2000). Visual attention impairments in Alzheimer's disease. Neurology, 54, 1954-1959.

Anderson, S.W., Damasio, H., Tranel, D. and Damasio, A.R. (2000). Long-term sequelae of prefrontal cortex damage acquired in early childhood. Developmental Neuropsychology, 18, 281-296.

Barrash, J., Tranel, D. and Anderson, S.W. (2000). Acquired personality disturbances associated with bilateral damage to the ventromedial prefrontal region. Developmental Neuropsychology, 18, 355-381.

Rizzo, M., McGehee, D., Dawson, J., and Anderson, S.W. (2001). Simulated car crashes at intersections in drivers with Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders, 15, 10-20.

Bechara, A., Dolan, S., Denburg, N., Hindes, A., Anderson, S.W., and Nathan, P.E. (2001). Decision-making deficits, linked to a dysfunctional ventromedial prefrontal cortex, revealed in alcohol and stimulant abusers. Neuropsychologia, 39, 376-389.

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. and Tranel, D. (2002). Neuropsychological consequences of dysfunction in human dorsolateral prefrontal cortex. In J. Grafman (Ed.), Handbook of Neuropsychology, 2nd Edition. New York: Elsevier.

Damasio, A.R. and Anderson, S.W. (2003). The frontal lobes. In K.M. Heilman and E. Valenstein (Eds.), Clinical Neuropsychology, Fourth Edition. New York: Oxford University Press (in press).

Anderson, S.W. (2003). Neuropsychological rehabilitation for visuoperceptual disorders. In J. Barton and M. Rizzo (Eds.), Neurologic Clinics of North America: Neuro-Ophthalmology. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders.

Anderson, S.W. and Grabowski, T.J. (2003). Memory and the aging brain. Currents. Vol. 3, Iowa City: University of Iowa Health Care.

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