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online resources:
Website seminars (Online content about neuropsychology by Anthony Risser):
Selection of full-text
online contemporary papers and reports:
 Research: "Tips for learners of evidence-based medicine: 3. Measures of observer variability (kappa statistic)" by McGinn et al. (CMAJ, 23 November 2004).
Language: "Early
language acquisition: Cracking the speech code" by Kuhl (Nature Reviews Neuroscience, November 2004).
Rehab: "Trends in length of stay, living setting, functional outcome, and mortality following medical rehabilitation" by Ottenbacher and colleagues (JAMA, 13 October 2004).
Dementia: "Apolipoprotein E (epsilon)4 genotype as a risk factor for cognitive decline and dementia: Data from the Canadian Study of Health and Aging " by Hsiung, Sadovnick, and Feldman (Canadian Medical Association Journal,
12 October 2004).
Aging: "Homocysteine and cognitive function in elderly people" by Garcia and Zanibbi (Canadian Medical Association Journal,
12 October 2004).
Neurology: "Three common neuralgias" by Ashkenazi and Levin (Postgraduate Medicine, 01 October 2004).
Net:
The effect
of spam on e-mail use. (Pew Foundation, 22 October 2003; .pdf file).
Epilepsy:
Epilepsy diagnosis and management
review. (CMAJ, 18 February 2003).
Pediatrics:
Immediate,
early, and late mortality in children admitted to a Kenyan hospital.
(British Medical Journal, 15 February 2003).
Geriatrics:
Trends
in aging. (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 14 February 2003).
Clinical Trials:
Draft guidance from the FDA on collecting
race and ethnicity data. (FDA, 23 January 2003).
Infectious Disease:
"Neurological
Aspects of Biological and Chemical Terrorism: A Review for Neurologists" (Archives of Neurology, January 2003).
Pediatrics:
"Parental diabetes
and birth weight of offspring: Intergenerational cohort study" (British Medical Journal, 04 January 2003).
Psychology:
"Improving Accessibility in Psychology Programs"
(APA Monitor, January 2003).
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Current journal
issues:
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22 February 2005
Neurology (free access to abstracts).
February
2005 Archives of Neurology (free access to abstracts).
March
2005 Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry (free
access to abstracts).
March
2005 Brain (free access to abstracts).
January 2005
APA Division 40 Newsletter (free access to full contents, .pdf
file; follow instructions for opening).
August 2004
Journal of Neuropsychiatry (free access to abstracts).
February
2005 Postgraduate Medicine (free access to selected
contents).
March 2005 APA
Monitor (free access to full contents).
March 2005 British
Journal of Psychiatry (free access to abstracts).
25 February 2005
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (free access to full contents).
01 March
2005 Canadian Medical Association Journal/Journal de
l'Association medicale canadienne (free access to full contents).
05 March
2005 British Medical Journal
(free access to full contents).
02 March 2005
JAMA (free access to selected contents).
26 February 2005 Lancet (free access to abstracts).
24 February 2005 New England Journal of Medicine (free access to abstracts).
25 February 2005 Science (free access to abstracts).
24 February 2005 Nature (free access to abstracts).
March 2005 Nature Reviews Neuroscience (free access to abstracts and selected articles).
01 March 2005
American Family Physician (free access to full contents).
March 2005 Pediatrics
(free access to selected contents).
March 2005
Applied Clinical Trials (free access to selected contents).
March-April
2005 Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association
(free access to abstracts).
January-March
2005 Journal of Medical Internet Research (free access to
selected contents).
January 2005
Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication (free access to full
contents).
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In the public
media:
Memory:
"In search of lost time" - An article about midlife memory problems (New York Times Sunday Magazine, 05 December 2004).
Multiple Sclerosis: FDA approves Tysabri (natalizumab) [formerly Antegren] (FDA, 23 November 2004).
Medicine: The topic of cognitive-enhancing drugs was
discussed on National Public Radio's All Things Considered on 01 October 2004. Audio
link can be found here.
Medicine: Narrative medicine (New York
Times, 18 April 2004).
Psychology:
"The Socratic Shrink": Philosophical
counselling (New York Times, 21 March 2004).
Dementia:
FDA
approves Mematine (FDA, 18 October 2003).
Neurology:
"What
if There is Something Going on in There?" - Vegetative states re-examined
(New York Times, 28 September 2003).
Computer Apps:
"Frosty the
Painkiller" - Virtual reality in a burn unit.
(Wired, November 2003).
Neuroscience:
"Savant for a Day" (New York Times, 22 June 2003).
Psychiatry:
Paxil in Pediatric Populations
(FDA, 19 June 2003).
Psychology:
"Repress Yourself" -
Repression as a good thing. (New York Times, 23 February 2003).
Epilepsy:
The problem with
repeat seizures (New York Times, 18 February 2003).
Medical:
"The Man
Who Mistook His Wife for a Deer": Sleep disorders (New York Times, 02 February 2003).
Medical:
"U.S.
Acts to Avert Gulf War Malady" (Washington Post, 21 January 2003).
 Medical:
"Tests
Are Set for Adult Drugs Children Take" (New York Times, 21 January 2003).
Medical:
Medical outcome data (Washington
Post, 14 January 2003).
Dementia:
"New Ideas Energize
Alzheimer's Battle" (New York Times, 14 January 2003).
Psychiatry:
"More
Kids Receiving Psychiatric Drugs" (Washington Post, 14 January 2003).
Neuroscience:
"When the Brain Disrupts the Night"
(New York Times, 07 January 2003).
Psychiatry:
FDA Approves
Prozac (Fluoxetine) for Pediatric Use to Treat
Depression and OCD (FDA, 03 January 2003).
 TBI: Sports concussions (Philadelphia Inquirer,
16 December 2002).
ADHD:
FDA Approves Strattera (Atomoxetine)
(FDA, 26 November 2002).
Dementia:
"More
Than Death, Many Elderly Fear Dementia" (New York Times, 11 November 2002).
Neuroscience:
A conversation with
Joseph LeDoux (New York Times, 08 October 2002).
Infectious Disease:
"Killer Disease on Campus
" (PBS's NOVA episode about meningococcal meningitis, 03 September 2002).
Psychiatry:
"
Doctors Consider Diagnosis for 'Ill' Relationships" (Washington Post, 01 September 2002).
Net:
"Palmtops in the Operating
Room" (New York Times, 22 August 2002).
Developmental:
"'Mentally retarded' stirs war of words"
(Philadelphia Inquirer, 11 August 2002).
Psychology: "The Post-9/11
Mystery Rash" (New York Times Magazine, 02 June 2002).
Miscellaneous: "The
mind of a killer," an interview with Dr. Jonathan Pincus (salon.com,
27 July 2001).
Psychiatry: "The Mad Poets
Society:" McLean Hospital and its literary clientele (The Atlantic
Monthly, July/August 2001).
Attention: "May we
have your attention please?." (ACM's Ubiquity, 12/18 June
2001).
Attention: "Sights
unseen": Attention in everyday experience (APA Monitor, April
2001).
Neuroscience: Overselling
neuroscience to the public (Washington Post, 12 March 2001).
Psychology: Sometimes
an inkblot is just an inkblot (New York Times, 20 February
2001).
Psychology: "Shock and
Disbelief" (ECT; The Atlantic Monthly, February 2001).
Net: "The
Virtual Reality Shrink" (salon.com, 09 January 2001).
Net: "This
Campus is Being Simulated" (New York Times Sunday Magazine, 19
November 2000).
Dementia: Baycrest
Centre for Geriatric Care in Toronto opens a new interactive website
about memory loss and dementia (Canada Newswire, 15 November
2000).
Language: Wait, don't tell me!
It's right on the tip of my tongue (APA Monitor, November
2000).
Neuroscience: Tetris,
dreaming, and amnesia (United Press International, 12 October
2000).
Neuroscience: Neuroscience
wins a Nobel (Reuters, 09 October 2000).
Head Trauma: About "Where
is the Mango Princess?" (Philadelphia CityPaper, 28 September
2000).
Net: "Health
Care and the Net" special report (Red Herring, 01 October
2000).
CVA: "Stroke
Therapy's New Push" (Washington Post, 24 September 2000).
Head
Trauma: "Speak,
Memory" by Peter Landesman (New York Times Sunday Magazine, 17
September 2000).
Developmental: Harris
Survey concerning diagnosis of ADHD (Reuters, 10 September
2000).
Psychology: Plastic surgery
and somatization issues: What's a surgeon to do? (The New York
Observer, July 2000).
Dementia: President
increases federal funding for Alzheimer disease research (The White
House, 16 July 2000).
Neuroscience: "Questions
for Dr. Antonio Damasio" (New York Times Magazine, 07 May
2000)
Dementia: "Alzheimer's
Unlocking the Mystery" (Newsweek, 23 January 2000)
Memory: "You
must remember this..." (Washington Post, 14 December 1999)
Neuroscience: "Probing the brain's
mystery" (CBS News 60 Minutes II, 02 November 1999)
Head
Trauma: "Ask
Dr.Bob" (salon.com, 11 October 1999)
Neuroscience: "Journey
to the Center of My Mind." (New York Times Magazine, 06 June
1999)
Testing: Virtual
Reality (VR) applications in the examination of spatial cognition.
(University of Southern California press release, March 1999)
Brain Trauma: Head
injuries and falls in the elderly. (American Academy of Neurology
press release, February 1999)
Psychology: "Who Owns
Intelligence?" by Dr. Howard Gardner. (Atlantic Monthly, February
1999)
Mental Health: "Shrink Rap:
Middlemen Eviscerate Mental Health Benefits." (Village Voice, 20
January 1999)
Dementia: "Partial
View: An Alzheimer's Journal." (Washington Post, October 1998)
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About
Dr. Risser:
| Anthony H. Risser, Ph.D. is a
clinical neuropsychologist with interests in diagnostic and consultative
assessment. He also provides Web content management
services (divinestra.com). Neuropsychological interests include
traumatic brain injury, rehabilitation, attentional problems, learning
disorders, aphasia, and understanding acquired disorders of cognition and
behavior across the human life-span. He has interests in Web applications
in health care, neuropsychology, and in professional educational and
continuing-education processes.
Current affiliations include:
Department of Symptom Research
The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
and
Department of Psychology
University of Houston, including:
Psychology 6357: "Clinical Assessment
II" [2001, 2002]
Psychology 6345:
"Developmental Neuropsychology" [2001]
Psychology 6340:
"Neuropsychological Rehabilitation" [2002]
Psychology 3341: "Physiological
Psychology"
[2001, 2002, 2003, 2004]
In 2001, Dr. Risser was a
Visiting Scientist (Acting Project Director) at The Smell and Taste
Center of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
(Philadelphia), examining olfaction and cognitive function before and
after neurosurgery for intractable epilepsy.
"Assessment of
Aphasia" by Otfried Spreen and Anthony H. Risser; available
from Oxford University Press.
"Developmental Neuropsychology," a text by Otfried Spreen, Anthony
H. Risser, and Dorothy Edgell, was published in 1995 by Oxford University
Press.
Dr. Risser
is on the Physician Board (note: he is not a physician) of "NeurologyChannel.com," the
editorial board of the medical search engine, "Medical World Search," and the
editorial board of "The CyberMed
Catalyst," the online journal of the Alliance of Medical Internet
Professionals.
He is a
website reviewer of medical, psychological, and health-care websites. He
also serves as a web host, moderator, and resource for online discussion
forums. This has included professional forums on web-based applications
and general-public forums about Alzheimer's disease. Dr. Risser is
experienced in teaching psychology courses within
distance-learning online interfaces.
In 1999 and 2000, he
was the Project Director for a
research program examining the role of psychopharmacological
interventions in managing acquired attentional disorders and related
cognitive weaknesses that may occur after a traumatic brain injury, being
performed at Moss
Rehabilitation Research Institute in Philadelphia.
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