2018
Longitudinal Effects of Alcohol Consumption on the Hippocampus and Parahippocampus in College Students
Meda SA, Hawkins KA, Dager AD, Tennen H, Khadka S, Austad CS, Wood RM, Raskin S, Fallahi CR, Pearlson GD. Longitudinal Effects of Alcohol Consumption on the Hippocampus and Parahippocampus in College Students. Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience And Neuroimaging 2018, 3: 610-617. PMID: 29680476, PMCID: PMC6062479, DOI: 10.1016/j.bpsc.2018.02.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAlcohol consumptionAlcohol use indicesHippocampal volume declineBrain magnetic resonanceLongitudinal effectsMemory scoresCalifornia Verbal Learning Test-IIAlcohol-induced memory blackoutsPara-hippocampusHippocampal volumeMemory blackoutsLongitudinal brainVolume declineDrinking indicesLongitudinal pipelinePoorer memory performancePoorer memory scoresHippocampusTest IICross-sectional literatureDrinking-related measuresBrainAlcohol researchMagnetic resonanceScores
2011
Mini-Mental State Exam Performance of Older African Americans: Effect of Age, Gender, Education, Hypertension, Diabetes, and the Inclusion of Serial 7s Subtraction Versus “World” Backward on Score
Hawkins KA, Cromer JR, Piotrowski AS, Pearlson GD. Mini-Mental State Exam Performance of Older African Americans: Effect of Age, Gender, Education, Hypertension, Diabetes, and the Inclusion of Serial 7s Subtraction Versus “World” Backward on Score. Archives Of Clinical Neuropsychology 2011, 26: 645-652. PMID: 21813555, DOI: 10.1093/arclin/acr054.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1996
Working Memory, Attention, and Communication Disturbances in Schizophrenia
Docherty N, Hawkins K, Hoffman R, Quinlan D, Rakfeldt J, Sledge W. Working Memory, Attention, and Communication Disturbances in Schizophrenia. Journal Of Psychopathology And Clinical Science 1996, 105: 212-219. PMID: 8723002, DOI: 10.1037/0021-843x.105.2.212.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCommunication disturbancesConcept formationSpecific cognitive deficitsVerbal fluency testVerbal fluency test scoresWorking memoryCognitive correlatesFluency testCognitive deficitsNonpsychiatric individualsTest scoresPerformance ratingsMemoryReference performanceSchizophrenic patientsAttentionIndividualsScoresDeficitsCorrelatesSchizophreniaRatingsPerformanceImplicationsTest