Jeanne E. Knight

Ph.D. Cognitive and Clinical Psychology, U. of New Mexico
Minor: Neuroscience; Collateral: Computer Science
APA Accredited Clinical Neuropsychology Internship, Brown, 1994-95
M.S., Psychology, U. of Oregon, 1988
B.S. General Science, U. of Oregon. 1982

 

 

Research Interests

Research Areas: Primary interests include cognitive neuroscience, investigation of cognitive processes using functional neuroimaging (magnetoencephalography - MEG; electrophysiology - EEG, ERP), quantitative MRI, neuropsychological correlates of neurodevelopmental disorders, and neurocomputational modeling.

Additionally, I am involved in multimedia training endeavors which incorporate human factors, interface design, 3-D computer animation, digital audio and video in CBT for university instruction, rehabilitation and training. I have an interest in videography and have produced a video tape for clinical research use. I also am interested in distance education and web page design.

Recent research has investigated selective attention in patients with Schizophrenia, Autism, early toxic brain insult, and Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. I have also done research on the nonlinear neural firing dynamics of epilepsy in animal models.

My current research focuses on functional brain mechanisms of visual selective attention in Dyslexia. I am using an integrative approach to the problem combining MRI, electrophysiological, and neuromagnetic data with both cognitive reaction time paradigms and neuropsychological assessment.

I am supervising the electrophysiology section of the Clinical Neuroscience Laboratory located in the Psychology Department at the University of New Mexico. The lab is devoted to an integrative approach to the study of brain abnormalities. The techniques in use include electrophysiology, quantitative neuroanatomy, and neurobehavioral assessment.

Selected Publications- reprints available upon request.

Nickel, A. Knight, J.E., Weiss, G.K., & Partridge, D.L. (1990). A comparison among various animal models of epileptic activity and human epileptic EEG utilizing the sequential interval state space. Clinical Research, 38, 218A.

Nickel, A., Knight, J.E., Partridge, D.L., & Nickel, G.H. (1991). A quantitative approach to epileptic EEG in the sequential interval state space by computing the Lyapunov exponents. Clinical Research, 39, 84A.

Davis, L.E., Maclin, E.L., Lewine, J.D., Knight, J.E., & Orrison, W.W. (1993). Magnetic Source Imaging of somatosensory evoked fields in adult and neonatal stroke. Canadian Journal of Neurological Science, Suppl. 4 - S49.

Lewine, J.D., Astur, R.S., Davis, L.E., Knight, J.E., Maclin, E.L., & Orrison, W.W. (1994). Cortical organization in adult is modified by neonatal infarct: A case study. Radiology, 190(1), 93-96.

Maclin, E.L., Rose, D.F., Knight, J.E., Orrison, W.W., & Davis, L.E. (1994). Somatosensory evoked magnetic fields in patients with stroke. Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology, 91, 468-475.

Ciesielski, K.T., & Knight, J.E. (1994). Cerebellar abnormality in autism: A nonspecific effect of early brain damage? Acta Neurobiology Experimentalis, 54(2), 151-154.

Ciesielski, K.T., Knight, J.E., Prince, R.J., Harris, R.J., & Handmaker, S.D. (1995). Event-related potentials in cross-modal divided attention in autism. Neuropsychologia, 33(2), 225-246.

Lewine, J.D., Orrison, W.W., Jr., Astur, R.S., Davis, L.E., Knight, J.E., Maclin, E.L., & Reeve, A. (1995). Explorations of pathophysiological spontaneous activity by Magnetic Source Imaging. Biomagnetism: Fundamental Research and Clinical Applications. Amsterddam: Elsevier/IOS-Press.