Neuropsychology and Resilience

Our mission is to help empower children and adolescents to achieve a productive life path. Most of the students in this lab are on the Neuropsychology Track.

PROJECT

Cognitive Disengagement Syndrome (i.e., Sluggish Cognitive Tempo)

Exploring cognitive disengagement syndrome: A case study (Juan Colón)
The role of sleep in cognitive disengagement syndrome (Nicole Delano) Recipient of 2024 TRI Student Research Grant
Sluggish cognitive tempo and social skills in children and adolescents (Chase Yeatman)
Sluggish cognitive tempo and working memory training (Kyoungjun Kim)

PROJECT

Children of the Night (in affiliation with Children of the Night)

Cognitive inflexibility and exposure to trauma (Analisa Bublitz)
Performance-based and questionnaire measures of executive functioning in adolescents trafficked in prostitution. (Irene Sipan)
Bilingualism within the context of complex trauma: A case study (Jasmine Robles)
Hidden strengths: What projective assessment reveals about resiliency factors in adolescents who have been involved in prostitution. (Justine Duyst)
Executive function and learning strategies in adolescents with a history of prostitution. (Obagelli Uguru)
Insecure attachment and adolescents Involved in prostitution: A case study. (Roxie McLachlan)
Expressive and receptive language profiles of adolescents in prostitution. (Kendra Jacques)
Executive functioning profile of adolescents with a history of prostitution. (Ashley Vaillancourt)
An exploratory study of socio-emotional projective themes: A clinical profile of adolescents involved in prostitution. (Carly Trask-Kuchta).

PROJECT

Longitudinal Brain Aging Study (in affiliation with Huntington Medical Research Institutes)

Subtle neuropsychological changes in the assessment of early Alzheimer’s disease (Serly Khosravian)

PROJECT

Virtual Reality

SELECTED PRESENTATIONS

1. Delano, N., Melton, T., & Nolty, A. A. T. (2024, February). Emotional well-being in children with cognitive disengagement syndrome. Paper presentation at the 52st annual conference for the International Neuropsychological Society. New York, NY.

2. Persad, A., Nolty, A., Cosse, T., & Brown, J. (2024, May). Fuller Psychological and Family Services: A center of excellence. Poster presented at the Travis Research Institute & Psychology Graduate Union Research Poster Session, Pasadena, CA.

3. Sipan, I., Adedeji, A., Delano, N., Grivois, I. (Presenters), Nolty, A. A. T., & Amano, S. K. (2023, September). The Impact of Complex Trauma on the Brain. Oral presentation at the International Human Trafficking and Social Justice Conference, 2023, virtual conference

4. Trask-Kuchta, C. (Presenter), Nolty, A. A. T., Lee, L., Amano, S. K. (2023, September). Socio-Emotional Projective Themes of Adolescents in Commercial Sexual Exploitation. Oral presentation at the International Human Trafficking and Social Justice Conference, 2023, virtual conference.

5. Adedeji, O., Duyst, J. (Presenters), Nolty, A. A. T., Lee, L., & Amano, S. K. (2023, September). Socioemotional Domains of Resilience and Semantic Clustering in Survivors of Commercial Sex Trafficking. Oral presentation at the International Human Trafficking and Social Justice Conference, 2023, virtual conference.