Maureen Schmitter-Edgecombe, Ph.D.
Professor
Ph.D. University of Memphis, 1994
Contact Information:
Email: schmitter-e@wsu.edu
Office: Johnson Tower 312
Phone: (509) 335-0170
Websites:
Traumatic Brain Injury Research Laboratory
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Media Links
Washington State Magazine - You Must Remember This
Washington State Magazine - Helping people with memory loss
Volunteers Needed For Study of Memory and Dementia
Better Tests Needed to Pinpoint Memory Problems
Computers help solve the challenges of aging
Intervention study for individuals with Mild Cognitive Impairment and their families
Memory loss and smart environment technology
Classes Taught:
Psychology 198: Honors Introductory Psychology
Psychology 363: Psychology and Aging
Psychology 490: Cognition and Aging
Psychology 537: Clinic Assessment Practicum
Psychology 575: Foundation of Neuropsychology
Research Interests:
Clinical and
Cognitive Neuropsychology
Memory and Executive Abilities, Everyday Functional Abilities, Treatment
Outcome, Rehabilitation and Use of Smart Environment Technologies with Aging
and Dementia and Traumatic Brain Injury Populations
My research focuses on evaluating attention, memory, and executive functioning skills and their relationship to everyday functional abilities in both neurological normal (i.e., young and older adults) and clinical populations (e.g., mild cognitive impairment, dementia and traumatic brain injury). The long-term goal of my research program is to bridge basic science research with rehabilitation techniques and with the development of smart environment technologies that promote independent living and improve quality of life. Research studies are designed to answer questions of both theoretical and practical importance and to promote the development of more ecologically valid tests.
Selected Publications :
*Pavawalla, S., Schmitter-Edgecombe, M. & Smith, R (in press). Prospective memory following moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury: a formal multinomial modeling approach. Neuropsychology.
Schmitter-Edgecombe, M., *Parsey, C., & Cook, D. (2011). Cognitive correlates of functional performance in older adults: comparison of self-report, direct observation and performance-based measures. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 17, 853-864.
*Wright, M. & Schmitter-Edgecombe, M. (2011). The impact of verbal memory encoding and consolidation deficits during recovery from moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, 26, 182-191.
Schmitter-Edgecombe, M. & *Seelye, A. M. (2011). Predictions of verbal episodic memory in persons with Alzheimer’s disease. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 33, 218-225.
*Anderson, J. & Schmitter-Edgecombe, M. (2011). Recovery of time estimation following moderate to severe traumatic brain injury. Neuropsychology, 25, 36-44.
*Parsey, C. & Schmitter-Edgecombe, M. (2011). Quantitative and Qualitative Analyses of the Clock Drawing Test in Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer’s Disease: Evaluation of a Modified Scoring System. Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology, 24, 108-118.
*Rashidi, P., Cook, D. J., Holder, L. B., & Schmitter-Edgecombe, M. (2011). Discovering activities to recognize and track in a smart environment. IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering, 23, 527-539.
Schmitter-Edgecombe, M., & *Creamer, S. (2010). Assessment of strategic processing during narrative comprehension in individuals with mild cognitive impairment. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 16, 661-671.
*Wright, M. J., Schmitter-Edgecombe, M., & *Woo, E. (2010). Verbal memory impairment in severe closed-head injury: The role of encoding and consolidation. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 32, 728-736.
*Anderson, J. & Schmitter-Edgecombe, M. (2010). Mild cognitive impairment and feeling-of-knowing in episodic memory. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 32, 505-514.
*Creamer, S. & Schmitter-Edgecombe, M. (2010). Narrative comprehension in Alzheimer’s disease: Assessing inferences and memory operations with a think-aloud procedure. Neuropsychology, 24, 279-290.
*Singla, G., Cook, D. J., & Schmitter-Edgecombe, M. (2010). Recognizing independent and joint activities among multiple residents in smart environments. Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing,1, 57-63.
*Seelye, A. M., Schmitter-Edgecombe, M. & *Flores, J. (2010). Episodic memory predictions in persons with amnestic and non-amnestic mild cognitive impairment. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 32, 433-441.
*Livengood, M., *Anderson, J., & Schmitter-Edgecombe, M. (2010). Assessment of memory self-awareness following traumatic brain injury. Brain Injury, 24, 598-608.
*Woo, E., & Schmitter-Edgecombe, M. (2009). Cognitive support for verbal episodic memory decline in older adults. Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition, 16, 103-119.
Cook, D. J., & Schmitter-Edgecombe, M. (2009). Assessing the quality of activities in a smart environment. Methods of Information in Medicine, 48, 480-485.
*Wright, M. J., *Woo, E., Schmitter-Edgecombe, M., Hinkin, C. H., & Miller, E. N. (2009). The item specific deficit approach to evaluating verbal memory dysfunction: rationale, psychometrics and application. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 31, 790-802.
*Singla, G., Cook, D. J., & Schmitter-Edgecombe, M. (2009). Tracking activities in complex settings using smart environment technologies. International Journal of BioSciences, Psychiatry and Technology, 1, 25-35.
*Anderson, J., & Schmitter-Edgecombe, M. (2009). Predictions of episodic memory performance following moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 31, 425-438.
*Rueda, A., & Schmitter-Edgecombe, M. (2009). Time estimation abilities in persons with mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease. Neuropsychology, 23, 178-188.
Schmitter-Edgecombe, M., *Woo, E. & Greeley, D. (2009). Characterizing multiple memory deficits and their relation to everyday functioning in individuals with mild cognitive impairment. Neuropsychology, 23, 168-177.
Schmitter-Edgecombe, M. & *Sanders, C. (2009). Task switching in mild cognitive impairment: Switch and nonswitch costs. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 15, 103-111.
Schmitter-Edgecombe, M., *Howard, J. T., *Pavawalla, S., *Howell, L. & *Rueda, A. (2008). Multi-dyad Memory Notebook Intervention for Very Mild Dementia: A Pilot Study. American Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease & Other Dementias, 23, 477-487.
*denotes student author
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