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| IDENTIFICATION AND CONTACT INFORMATION |
| Last name: | Thornton |
First name: | Allen E |
| Address: | Simon Fraser University
Department of Psychology
8888 University Drive
Burnaby (British Columbia)
V5A 1S6 |
Fax: | (778) 782--3427 |
| BC academic affiliation: | Simon Fraser University |
| Department: | Psychology |
| E-mail address: |
aethornt@sfu.ca |
BC research location(s): |
Simon Fraser University
BC Mental Health and Addiction Services (BCMAS) |
| Web Page: |
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MSFHR Research Unit(s): |
Centre for Complex Disorders |
| Status: | Researcher |
| Last update: |
31/08/2010
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| TRAINING AND CREDENTIALS |
| Diploma / Credentials |
Specialty |
Year |
Institution |
| Fellow (Health Professional) |
Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Section of Neuropsychology |
1997 |
Cleveland Clinic Research Institute |
| Registered Psychologist |
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1997 |
BC |
| Doctorate (PhD) |
Neuropsychology |
1995 |
University of Memphis |
| Postdoctoral Neuropsychology Fellowship |
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1995 |
Cleveland Clinic Foundation |
| Master's |
Psychology |
1991 |
University of Memphis |
| Bachelor's |
Psychology |
1986 |
University of Minnesota |
| Last update: |
27/02/2008
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| AREAS OF EXPERTISE |
| Area of research: |
Health sciences |
| Disciplines trained in: |
Psychology
Neurosciences |
| Research disciplines: |
Psychology
Neurosciences |
| Research topics: |
Learning and Memory (Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction)
Schizophrenia (Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction)
Cognition (Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction)
Multiple Sclerosis (Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction)
Motivations and Emotions (Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction) |
| Fields of application: |
Pathogenesis and Treatment of Diseases |
| Last update: |
31/08/2010
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| TECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS |
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| Last update: |
31/08/2010
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| RESEARCH ACTIVITIES - Description used by investigators to specify their area of expertise. |
| Key words: |
neuropsychology, executive functions, memory, frontal lobe lesions, schizophrenia, assessments, brain injuries, cognitive deficits, substance abuse, psychometrics |
| Research interests: |
Neurocognitive dysfunction in psychiatric and medical and medical patients. |
| Last update: |
31/08/2010
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| RECENT AND REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS |
| Authors |
| Title (article or book chapter) |
| Year |
Volume |
Number |
Pages |
Journal or book |
Editors |
City and publishing house |
| Honer, W.G., Thornton, A.E., Chen, E.Y.H., et al., |
| "Clozapine Alone Compared with Combination Clozapine and Risperidone in Patients with Refractory Schizophrenia" |
| 2006 |
354 |
4 |
pp. 24-34 |
The New England Journal of Medicine |
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| Van Snellenberg, J.X., Torres, I.J. & Thornton, A.E. |
| "Functional neuroimaging of working memory in schizophrenia: Task performance as a moderating variable" |
| 2006 |
20 |
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pp. 497-510 |
Neuropsychology |
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| Thornton, A.E., Raz, N., & Tucker, K.A. |
| "Memory in multiple sclerosis: Contextual encoding deficits" |
| 2002 |
8 |
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pp. 395-409 |
Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society |
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| Last update: |
31/08/2010
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| LANGUAGE COMPETENCIES |
| Understand: |
English |
| Read: |
English |
| Write: |
English |
| Speak: |
English |
| Last update: |
31/08/2010
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