Aging, Imaging and Memory Lab

Anthony N. Correro II, M.S. graduated from Louisiana State University with a B.S.in psychology and minors in biological sciences and Italian. At that time, he obtained training in neuropsychology and dementia research. He completed an honors thesisin cognitive psychology and was awarded a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. He currently works with Kristy Nielson, Ph.D. to study alexithymia, memory consolidation processes, and risk for premature cognitive decline. His master’s thesis focused on how emotional arousal affects false memory in healthy young adults on the alexithymia spectrum. His dissertation will investigate the roles of alexithymia and age on inhibitory control. Anthony has presented research with the AIM Laboratory nationally and internationally, and his future research will likely examine the impact of LGBTQ+ related stress on older adults’ cognitive functioning. Anthony’s clinical interests reside in neuropsychological assessment of older adults and psychotherapeutic interventions for elders. He aspires to spend a lifetime working with older adults and researching the unique factors that impact LGBTQ+ aging.

Publications

• Guastello, S. J., Correro II, A. N., & Marra, D. E. (in press). Do emergent leaders experience greater workload? The swallowtail catastrophe model and changes in leadership in an emergency response task. Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice.
• Guastello, S. J., Correro II, A. N., & Marra, D. E. (in press). Cusp catastrophe models for cognitive workload and fatigue in teams. Applied Ergonomics.
• Nielson, K. A., & Correro II, A. N. (2017). Post-learning arousal enhances veridical memory and reduces false memory in the Deese-Roediger-McDermott paradigm.Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 144(October 2017), 198-207. doi: 10.1016/j.nlm.2017.07.009
• Correro II, A. N., Marra, D. E., Reiter, K., Byers, S. J., & Nielson, K. A. (2016). Executive functioning and verbal memory are predictive of alexithymia across the lifespan [Abstract]. Clinical Neuropsychologist, 30(3), 425.
• Brouillette, R.M., Foil, H., Fontenot, S.,Correro, A., Allen, R., Martin, C.K., Bruce-Keller, A.J., & Keller, J.N. (2013). Feasibility, Reliability, and Validity of a Smartphone Based Application for the Assessment of Cognitive Function in the Elderly.PLoS ONE,8(6): e65925. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0065925

Book Chapters

• Guastello, S. J., Marra, D. E., Correro, A., Michels, M., & Schimmel, H. (2017). Elasticity and rigidity constructs and ratings of subjective workload for individuals and groups. In L. Longo & M. C. Leva (Eds.), Human mental workload: Models and applications (pp. 51-76). Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61061-0_4

N/A

N/A

Elizabeth R. Paitel, Ph.D. graduated from St. Norbert College in 2016 with a B.A. in psychology and Spanish. There she conducted research as a McNair Scholar in behavioral neuroendocrinology and cognitive neuroscience. Working in the Aging, Imaging, and Memory (AIM) Laboratory, she earned an M.S. in Clinical Psychology and a Ph.D. in Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience. Dr. Paitel’s primarily research interests use EEG to characterize age-related changes in neurocognitive functioning, with an emphasis on early detection of risk for Alzheimer’s disease during healthy, asymptomatic stages. Her current role as a Postdoctoral Researcher is a joint position with the Departments of Biomedical Engineering and Psychology in which she is pursuing advanced modeling of EEG data during executive functions, including cerebellar source localization. Her future research will also examine preventative and intervention measures for pathological aging.

Publications

• Paitel, E.R., Peters, S.D., Lobermeier, M., & Lopez-Cowell, R.A. (2022). Age-Related No-Go P300 Amplitudes are Moderated by Exposure to Early-Life Stress. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 180, 1-9. doi: 1016/j.ijpsycho.2022.06.016
• Paitel, E.R., & Nielson, K.A. (2021). Temporal Dynamics of Event-Related Potentials during Inhibitory Control Characterize Age-Related Neural Compensation. Symmetry(special issue, Cognition, Neuroscience and Asymmetry), 13(12). doi: 10.3390/sym13122323
• Elverman, K.H., Paitel, E.R., Figueroa, C.M., McKindles, R.J., & Nielson, K.A. (2021). Event-Related Potentials, Inhibition, and Risk for Alzheimer’s Disease Among Cognitively Intact Elders. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, 80(4), 1413-1428. doi: 10.3233/JAD-201559
• Paitel, E.R., ^Samii, M., & Nielson, K.A. (2020) A Systematic Review of Cognitive Event-Related Potentials in Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer’s Disease. Behavioural Brain Research, 396. doi: 1016/j.bbr.2020.112904
• Correro II, A.N., Paitel, E.R., Byers, S.J., & Nielson, K.A. (2019). The Role of Alexithymia in Memory and Executive Functioning Across the Lifespan. Cognition and Emotion (special issue, Alexithymia), 35(3), 524-539. doi: 10.1080/02699931.2019.1659232
• Cowell, R.A., Paitel, E.R., & ^Peters, S. (2019). The Context of Caution: An Examination of Age, Social Context, and Sex on Measures of Inhibitory Control and Risky Decision-Making. The International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 90(1), 84-103. doi: 10.1177/0091415019836100
• Bailey, D. J., Makeyeva, Y. V., Paitel, E. R., Pedersen, A. L., Hon, A. T., Gunderson, J. A., & Saldanha, C. J. (2017). Hippocampal Aromatization Modulates Spatial Memory and Characteristics of the Synaptic Membrane in the Male Zebra Finch. Endocrinology, 158(4), 852-859. doi: 10.1210/en.2106-1692

E-mail us to let us know!