B.A. (Psychology), State University of New York at Binghamton, 1991
M.A. (Clinical Psychology), Michigan State University, 1994
Internship (Adult and Child Neuropsychology), University of California, San Diego, 1996-1997
PhD (Clinical Psychology), Michigan State University, 1997

Post-Graduate Education

Fellowship (Clinical Neuropsychology), University of Iowa College of Medicine, 1997-2000

Honors and Awards

• Michigan Health Care Education and Research Foundation Student Award, $3,000, 1994
• Michigan State University Excellence-In-Teaching Award, 1996
• AARP Andrus Foundation Fellowship in Gerontology, $15,000, 1996
• National Institute on Aging Postdoctoral NRSA Research Award, 1998
• Collaborative Interdisciplinary Project Research Grant, $25,000, 2003
• Iowa Research Experiences for Undergraduates Grant, $3,000, 2003
• NIA K01, "Prefrontal Brain Structures, Aging, and Decision-Making, $500,000 (forthcoming), 2004-2009

Professional Activities/Editorial Boards

• Consulting Editor (Neuropsychology), Clinician’s Research Digest, 2002
• Ad Hoc Reviewer: Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology; Brain; The Clinical Neuropsychologist; Cortex; Developmental Neuropsychology; Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology; Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry; Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society; Neurology, Neuropsychiatry, Neuropsychology, and Behavioral Neurology; and Psychological Bulletin
• Faculty Member, University of Iowa Hillel Board, 2002
• APA Public Policy Committee, Division 12(2), Clinical Gerontology, 2002
• Co-Chair, 2001 Meeting of the Midwest Neuropsychology Group (MNG)
• Licensed Clinical Psychologist, State of Iowa, 2000
• Program Committee Member, INS 2000 Conference
• Professional Memberships: American Psychological Association (Divisions 2, 12, 20, and 40); Gerontological Society of America; International Neuropsychological Society; Society for Neuroscience; Society for Personality Assessment; and Midwest Neuropsychology Group

Clinical Interests

• Evaluation and Management of Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementias
• Evaluation and Management of Mild Cognitive Impairment
• Neuropsychological Evaluation
• Psychodynamic Psychotherapy

Research Interests

• Decision-Making Abilities in Older Adults
• Human Frontal Lobe Dysfunction
• Public Policy in Older Adulthood
• Role of Attention and Emotion in Cognitive Functions
• Recovery of Cognitive Function Following Stroke
• Development, Refinement, and Validation of Neuropsychological Instruments

Recent Publications/Reviews

Denburg, N. L., Tranel, D., & Bechara, A. (in press). The ability to decide advantageously declines prematurely in some normal older persons. Neuropsychologia.

Martin, C. O., Denburg, N. L., Tranel, D. , Granner, M. A., & Bechara, A. (in press). The effects of vagal nerve stimulation on decision-making. Cortex.

Denburg, N.L., & Fastenau, P.S. (in press). Effects of modality, intentionality, and age on verbal memory. Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition.

Denburg, N.L., Buchanan, T.W., Tranel, D., & Adolphs, R. (2003). Evidence for preserved emotional memory in normal elderly persons. Emotion, 3, 239-253.

Bar-On, R., Tranel, D., Denburg, N.L., & Bechara, A. (2003). Exploring the neurological substrate of emotional and social intelligence. Brain, 126, 1790-1800.

Tranel, D., Bechara, A., & Denburg, N.L. (2002). Asymmetric functional roles of the right and left ventromedial prefrontal cortices in social conduct, decision-making, and emotional processing. Cortex, 38, 589-612.

Denburg, N.L. & Tranel, D. (2003). Acalculia and disturbances of the body schema. In K.M. Heilman & E. Valenstein (Eds.), Clinical Neuropsychology (4^th ed.) (pp. 161-184). New York: Oxford University Press.

Fastenau, P.S., Denburg, N.L., & Abeles, N. (2003). The ROCFT and the Extended Complex Figure Test: A lifespan perspective. In Knight, J.A., & Kaplan, E.F. (Eds.). The Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure Test: Clinical and Research Applications. Odessa, FL: Psychological Assessment Resources, Inc.

Persad, C.C., Abeles, N., Zacks, R.T., & Denburg, N.L. (2002). Inhibitory changes after age 60 and their relationship to measures of attention and memory. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 57, 223-232.

Tranel, D., & Denburg, N.L. (2002). Approach to the patient with memory impairment. In Biller, J. (Ed.). Practical Neurology (Second Edition) (pp. 40-53). Philadelphia: Lipincott-Raven.

Denburg, N.L., Tranel, D., Behara, A., & Damasio, A.R. (2001). Normal aging may compromise the ability to decide advantageously. Brain and Cognition, 47, 156-159.

Buchanan, T.W., Denburg, N.L., Tranel, D., & Adolphs, R. (2001). Verbal and visual emotional memory following unilateral amygdala damage. Learning and Memory, 8, 326-335.

Adolphs, R., Denburg, N.L., & Tranel, D. (2001). The amygdala’s role in long-term declarative memory for gist and detail. Behavioral Neuroscience, 115, 983-992.

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

Adolphs, R., Tranel, D., & Denburg, N.L. (2000). Impaired emotional declarative memory following unilateral amygdala damage: Effects of side of lesion, stimulus attributes, and task parameters. Learning and Memory, 7, 180-186.

Address

Office location: 2188 RCP
Phone: 319-356-2671
Fax: 319-356-4505
E-mail: natalie-denburg@uiowa.edu