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William Perlstein

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Associate Professor

 

 

 

 


Location:

University of Florida


Education:

University of Delaware Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, 1995
University of Delaware M.A. in Clinical Psychology, 1989
University of Maryland B.S. in Psychology/Zoology, 1986

 


 

  


Awards and Recognition:

1995-1998 NIMH Postdoctoral Fellowship Award, Clinical Research Training in Psychiatry

1995-1998 NARSAD Young Investigator Award

1995-1998 Scottish Rite Schizophrenia Research Program, Investigator Award

2001-2003 NARSAD Young Investigator Award

2000-2005 NIMH K01, Mentored Research Scientist Development Award

2001 Research Mentor Award, UF Department of Clinical and Health Psychology

 


Primary Academic Appointment:

Associate Professor, Departments of Clinical and Health Psychology and Psychiatry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

 

Other Appointments:

Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

 


Research Interests:

Brain Traumatic Injury, Cognitive Neuro-Science, Mental Illness

 


Recent Publications:

Larson, M.J., Stigge-Kaufman, D., Schmalfus, I.M., & Perlstein, W.M. (in press). Performance monitoring, error processing, and evaluative control following severe TBI. J Int Neuropsychol Soc.

Larson, M.J., Kelly, K.G., Stigge-Kaufman, D., Schmalfus, I.M., & Perlstein, W.M. (2007). Reward context-sensitivity impairment following severe TBI: An event-related potential investigation. J Int Neuropsychol Soc, 13, 1-11. PMID: 17521495.

Bugos, J.A., Perlstein, W.M., McCrae, C.S., Brophy, T.S., & Bedenbaugh, P.H. (2007). Individualized piano instruction enhances executive functioning and working memory in older adults. Aging & Mental Health, 11, 464-471. PMID: 17612811.

Wierenga, C.E., Benjamin, M., Gopinath, K., Perlstein, W.M., Leonard, C.M., Rothi, L.J., Conway, T., Cato, M.A., Briggs, R., & Crosson, B. (in press). Age-related changes in word retrieval: Role of bilateral frontal and subcortical networks. Neurobiol Aging. PMID: 17147975.

Staud, R., Craggs, J.G., Robinson, M.E., Perlstein, W.M., & Price, D.D. (2007). Brain activity related to temporal summation of C-fiber evoked pain. Pain, 129, 130-142. PMID: 17156923.

Price, D., Craggs, J., Verne, G.N., Perlstein, W.M., & Robinson, M.E. (2007). Placebo analgesia is accompanied by large reductions in pain-related brain activity in irritable bowel syndrome patients. Pain, 127, 63-72. PMID: 16963184.

Larson, M.J., Perlstein, W.M., Demery, J.A., & Stigge-Kaufman, D.A. (2006). Cognitive control impairment in traumatic brain injury. J Clin Exp Neuropsychol, 28, 968-986. PMID: 16822736.

Larson, M.J., Perlstein, W.M., Stigge-Kaufman, D., Kelly, G., & Dotson, V.M. (2006). Affect context-induced modulation of the error-related negativity. NeuroReport, 17, 329-333. PMID: 16462607.

Perlstein, W.M., Larson, M.J., Dotson, V.M., & Kelly, K.G. (2006). Temporal dissociation of components of cognitive control dysfunction in severe TBI: ERPs and the cued-Stroop task. Neuropsychologia, 44, 260-274. PMID: 15979655.

Seignourel, P.J., Robins, D.L., Larson, M.J., Demery, J.A., Cole, M.A., & Perlstein, W.M. (2005). Cognitive control in closed head injury: Context maintenance dysfunction or prepotent response inhibition deficit? Neuropsychology, 19, 578-590. PMID: 16187876.

Perlstein, W.M., Cole, M.A., Dixit, N.K., & Demery, J.A. (2004). Parametric manipulation of working memory load in chronic traumatic brain injury. J Int Neuropsychol Soc, 10, 724-741. PMID: 153277720.

Larson, M.J., Kelly, K.G., & Perlstein, W.M. (2003). Functional neuroimaging of “executive” dysfunction in closed head injury: A cognitive neuroscience perspective. Special Interest Division 2, American Speech and Hearing Association, 13, 20-28.

Perlstein, W.M., Cole, M.A., Larson, M., Kelly, K., Seignourel, P., & Keil, A. (2003). Steady-state visual evoked potentials reveal frontally-mediated working memory activity. Neurosci Lett, 342, 191-195. PMID: 12757897.

Perlstein, W.M., Dixit, N.K., Carter, C.S., Noll, D.C., & Cohen, J.D. (2003). Prefrontal cortex dysfunction mediates deficits in working memory and prepotent responding in patients with schizophrenia. Biol Psychiatry, 53, 25-38. PMID: 12513942.

Perlstein, W.M., Elbert, T., & Stenger, V.A. (2002). Dissociation in human prefrontal cortex of affective influences on working memory. Proc Nat Acad Sci USA, 99(3), 1736-1741. PMID: 11818573.

Perlstein, W.M., Carter, C.S., Noll, D.C., Cohen, J.D. (2001). Relation of prefrontal cortex dysfunction to working memory and symptoms in schizophrenia. Am J Psychiatry, 158, 1105-1113. PMID: 11431233.

Perlstein, W.M., Simons, R.F., & Graham, F.K. (2001). Prepulse effects as a function of cortical projection systems. Biol Psychol, 56. 83-111. PMID: 11334698.

Carter, C.S., Perlstein, W.M., Ganguli, R., Braar, J., Mintun, M., & Cohen, J.D. (1998). Functional hypofrontality and working memory in schizophrenia. Am J Psychiatry, 155, 1285-1287.

Perlstein, W.M., Carter, C.S., Barch, D.M., & Baird, J. (1998). The Stroop task and attention deficits in schizophrenia: A critical evaluation of card and single-trial Stroop methodologies. Neuropsychology, 12 (3), 414-425. PMID: 9673997.

Servan-Schreiber, D., & Perlstein, W.M. (1998). Selective limbic activation and its relevance to emotional disorders. Cog Emot, 12(3), 331-352.

Servan-Schreiber, D., Perlstein, W.M., Cohen, J.D., & Mintun, M. (1998). Selective pharmacological activation of limbic structures in human volunteers - A positron emission tomography study. J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci, 10(2), 148-159. PMID: 9608403.

Carter, C.S., Servan-Schreiber, D., & Perlstein, W.M. (1997). Anxiety disorders and the syndrome of chest pain with normal coronary arteries: Prevalence and pathophysiology. J Clin Psychiatry, 58, 70-73. (suppl). PMID: 9133495.

Cohen, J.D., Perlstein, W.M., Braver, T.S., Nystrom, L.E., Noll, D. C., Jonides, J., & Smith, E.E. (1997). Temporal dynamics of brain activation during a working memory task. Nature, 386, 604-608. PMID: 9121583.

Servan-Schreiber, D., & Perlstein, W.M. (1997). Pharmacological activation of limbic structures and neuroimaging studies of emotions. J Clin Psychiatry, 58 (Suppl 16), 13-15. PMID: 9430504.

Perlstein, W.M., Fiorito, E., Simons, R.F., & Graham, F.K. (1993). Lead stimulation effects on reflex blink, exogenous brain potentials, and loudness judgments. Psychophysiology, 30, 347-358. PMID: 8327620.
 


Contact Information:

HSC Box 100165
Gainesville, FL 32610-0165
Phone: 352-273-6139
Fax: 352-273-6156

E-mail: wmp@grove.ufl.edu

 

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