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Alfred W. Kaszniak is affiliated with the University of Arizona in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of psychology, with a focus on clinical psychology, health, cognitive neuroscience, and experimental and cognitive psychology.

Their work addresses several main topics, including:

  • Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
  • Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
  • Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics
  • Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
  • Mind wandering and attention
  • Sleep and related disorders

Kaszniak has published research articles in several venues, notably:

  • Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
  • Mindfulness

Selected recent papers include:

  • "A controlled trial of two mind-body interventions for grief in widows and widowers," published in 2021 in the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
  • "Effects of a Brief, Online, Focused Attention Mindfulness Training on Cognition in Older Adults: a Randomized Controlled Trial," published in 2020 in Mindfulness

Their research collaborations include frequent co-authorship with Lindsey M. Knowles, Krystal S. Jovel, Candace M. Mayer, Kenneth C. Bottrill, and David A. Sbarra.

Best Publications

  • Clinical trial of indomethacin in Alzheimer's disease

    J. Rogers;L. C. Kirby;S. R. Hempelman;D. L. Berry

  • IMPAIRED VERBAL AND NONVERBAL EMOTION RECOGNITION IN ALEXITHYMIA

    Richard D. Lane;Lee Sechrest;Robert Reidel;Victoria Weldon

  • Conceptual and methodological issues in research on mindfulness and meditation.

    Richard J. Davidson;Alfred W. Kaszniak

  • Is alexithymia the emotional equivalent of blindsight

    Richard D Lane;Geoffrey L Ahern;Gary E Schwartz;Alfred W Kaszniak

  • Pervasive emotion recognition deficit common to alexithymia and the repressive coping style

    Richard D. Lane;Lee Sechrest;Robert Riedel;Daniel E. Shapiro

  • Communication and Cognition in Normal Aging and Dementia

    Kathryn A. Bayles;Alfred W. Kaszniak;Cheryl K. Tomoeda

  • The expressive pattern of laughter

    Willibald Ruch;P Ekman;A W Kaszniak

  • Implicit and explicit memory in Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease.

    Mark W. Bondi;Alfred W. Kaszniak

  • Metamemory experiments in neurological populations: a review.

    Jasmeet K. Pannu;Alfred W. Kaszniak

  • The relation between source memory and aging.

    Daniel L. Schacter;Alfred W. Kaszniak;John F. Kihlstrom;Michael Valdiserri

  • Handbook for clinical memory assessment of older adults

    Leonard W. Poon;Thomas Crook;Kenneth L. Davis;Carl Eisdorfer

  • Contributions of frontal system dysfunction to memory and perceptual abilities in Parkinson's disease.

    Mark W. Bondi;Alfred W. Kaszniak;Kathryn A. Bayles;Katherine T. Vance

  • A role for right medial prefrontal cortex in accurate feeling-of-knowing judgments: evidence from patients with lesions to frontal cortex

    David M Schnyer;Mieke Verfaellie;Michael P Alexander;Michael P Alexander;Ginette LaFleche

  • Awareness of subtle emotional feelings : A comparison of long-term meditators and nonmeditators

    Lisbeth Nielsen;Alfred W. Kaszniak

  • Fear recognition deficits after focal brain damage A cautionary note

    Steven Z. Rapcsak;S. R. Galper;J. F. Comer;S. L. Reminger

  • Executive control functions in degenerative dementias: a comparative review.

    Lisa M. Duke;Alfred W. Kaszniak

  • Obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea and neurocognitive functioning in the Sleep Heart Health Study.

    Stuart F. Quan;Ron Wright;Carol M. Baldwin;Kristine L. Kaemingk

  • When metacognition fails: Impaired awareness of deficit in alzheimer's disease

    Susan M. McGlynn;Alfred W. Kaszniak

  • High Speed Memory Scanning in Parkinsonism

    R.S. Wilson;A.W. Kaszniak;H.L. Klawans;D.C. Garron

  • Primary memory and secondary memory in dementia of the Alzheimer type

    Robert S. Wilson;Lynd D. Bacon;Jacob H. Fox;Alfred W. Kaszniak

  • Toward a Science of Consciousness

    S. Hamreoff;Alfred W. Kaszniak;A. C. Scott

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert S. Wilson
Robert S. Wilson Rush University Medical Center
Kathryn A. Bayles
Kathryn A. Bayles University of Arizona
Elizabeth L. Glisky
Elizabeth L. Glisky University of Arizona
John J.B. Allen
John J.B. Allen University of Arizona
Richard D. Lane
Richard D. Lane University of Arizona
Eric M. Reiman
Eric M. Reiman Arizona State University
Gary E. Schwartz
Gary E. Schwartz University of Arizona
Mark W. Bondi
Mark W. Bondi University of California, San Diego
Daniel L. Schacter
Daniel L. Schacter Harvard University
Mary-Frances O'Connor
Mary-Frances O'Connor University of Arizona

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