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Overview

Brandon E. Gavett is affiliated with the University of Western Australia in Australia, focusing on research within the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience. Their work is concentrated particularly in Psychiatry and Mental Health, Cognitive Neuroscience, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. The scientist addresses a range of topics related to dementia, cognitive impairment, brain connectivity, health disparities, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and cognitive functions and memory.

Gavett has contributed to the academic discourse through numerous publications, with research frequently appearing in journals such as Alzheimer's & Dementia, Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, Neuropsychology, Alzheimer's & Dementia Diagnosis Assessment & Disease Monitoring, and Neuropsychology Review.

  • The Episodic Memory Profile in Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Bayesian Meta-Analysis (2021), Neuropsychology Review
  • Cognitive reserve predicts future executive function decline in older adults with Alzheimer's disease pathology but not age-associated pathology (2020), Neurobiology of Aging
  • Comparison of Education and Episodic Memory as Modifiers of Brain Atrophy Effects on Cognitive Decline: Implications for Measuring Cognitive Reserve (2021), Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society
  • Functional reserve: The residual variance in instrumental activities of daily living not explained by brain structure, cognition, and demographics (2021), Neuropsychology
  • A robust brain signature region approach for episodic memory performance in older adults (2021), Brain

Frequent collaboration is characteristic of their work, with major coauthors including Dan Mungas, Sarah Tomaszewski Farias, Michael Weinborn, Keith F. Widaman, and Evan Fletcher, with whom they have worked on multiple projects.

  • Dan Mungas
  • Sarah Tomaszewski Farias
  • Michael Weinborn
  • Keith F. Widaman
  • Evan Fletcher

Their research contributes broadly to understanding cognitive decline related to dementia and aging, exploring mechanisms of cognitive reserve, episodic memory, and functional brain connectivity.

  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
  • Cognitive Functions and Memory
  • Cognitive Abilities and Testing

Best Publications

  • Chronic traumatic encephalopathy in athletes: progressive tauopathy after repetitive head injury.

    Ann C. McKee;Robert C. Cantu;Christopher J. Nowinski;E. Tessa Hedley-Whyte

  • Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy: A Potential Late Effect of Sport-Related Concussive and Subconcussive Head Trauma

    Brandon E. Gavett;Robert A. Stern;Ann C. McKee

  • TDP-43 Proteinopathy and Motor Neuron Disease in Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy

    Ann C. McKee;Brandon E. Gavett;Robert A. Stern;Christopher J. Nowinski

  • Chronic traumatic encephalopathy: neurodegeneration following repetitive concussive and subconcussive brain trauma.

    Christine M. Baugh;Julie M. Stamm;David O. Riley;Brandon E. Gavett

  • Mild traumatic brain injury: a risk factor for neurodegeneration

    Brandon E Gavett;Robert A Stern;Robert C Cantu;Robert C Cantu;Christopher J Nowinski

  • Cognitive Impairment in Older Patients With Breast Cancer Before Systemic Therapy: Is There an Interaction Between Cancer and Comorbidity?

    Jeanne S. Mandelblatt;Robert A. Stern;Gheorghe Luta;Meghan McGuckin

  • Lower-Extremity Function in Cognitively Healthy Aging, Mild Cognitive Impairment, and Alzheimer's Disease

    Laura H. Eggermont;Laura H. Eggermont;Brandon E. Gavett;Karin M. Volkers;Christiaan G. Blankevoort

  • Clinical appraisal of chronic traumatic encephalopathy: current perspectives and future directions.

    Brandon E. Gavett;Robert C. Cantu;Martha Shenton;Alexander P. Lin

  • Education amplifies brain atrophy effect on cognitive decline: implications for cognitive reserve.

    Dan M Mungas;Brandon Gavett;Evan Fletcher;Sarah E Tomaszewski Farias

  • Profile of self-reported problems with executive functioning in college and professional football players.

    Daniel Ryon Seichepine;Julie M. Stamm;Daniel H. Daneshvar;David O. Riley

  • Brain volume change and cognitive trajectories in aging.

    Evan Fletcher;Brandon Gavett;Danielle J Harvey;Sarah E Tomaszewski Farias

  • Self-reported concussion history: impact of providing a definition of concussion

    Clifford A Robbins;Daniel H Daneshvar;John D Picano;Brandon E Gavett

  • Clinical Utility of Trial 1 of the Test of Memory Malingering (TOMM)

    Sid E O'Bryant;Brandon E Gavett;Robert J McCaffrey;Judith R O'Jile

  • Geriatric Anxiety Scale: item response theory analysis, differential item functioning, and creation of a ten-item short form (GAS-10).

    Anne E Mueller;Daniel L Segal;Brandon Gavett;Meghan A Marty

  • Phishing suspiciousness in older and younger adults: The role of executive functioning.

    Brandon E. Gavett;Rui Zhao;Samantha E. John;Cara A. Bussell

  • Clock Drawing Test Ratings by Dementia Specialists: Interrater Reliability and Diagnostic Accuracy

    Anil K. Nair;Brandon E. Gavett;Moniek Damman;Welmoed Dekker

  • Hit rates of adequate performance based on the test of memory malingering (TOMM) Trial 1.

    Brandon E. Gavett;Sid E. O'Bryant;Jerid M. Fisher;Robert J. McCaffrey

  • The role of salience in localized attentional interference.

    Jeffrey R.W Mounts;Brandon E Gavett

  • The role of education in a vascular pathway to episodic memory: brain maintenance or cognitive reserve?

    Laura B. Zahodne;Elizabeth Rose Mayeda;Timothy J. Hohman;Evan Fletcher

  • Immediate list recall as a measure of short-term episodic memory: insights from the serial position effect and item response theory.

    Brandon E. Gavett;Julie E. Horwitz;Julie E. Horwitz

  • Reliable Change on Neuropsychological Tests in the Uniform Data Set.

    Brandon E. Gavett;Lee Ashendorf;Ashita S. Gurnani

Frequent Co-Authors

Dan M Mungas
Dan M Mungas University of California, Davis
Ann C. McKee
Ann C. McKee Boston University
Angela L. Jefferson
Angela L. Jefferson Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Robert J. McCaffrey
Robert J. McCaffrey University at Albany, State University of New York
Laura B. Zahodne
Laura B. Zahodne University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Keith F. Widaman
Keith F. Widaman University of California, Riverside
Romola S. Bucks
Romola S. Bucks University of Western Australia
Erik J. A. Scherder
Erik J. A. Scherder Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Darlene V. Howard
Darlene V. Howard Georgetown University
Martha E. Shenton
Martha E. Shenton Harvard University

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