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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2011 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Cynthia A. Riccio is affiliated with Texas A&M University in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within Medicine and Psychology, focusing particularly on clinical psychology and experimental and cognitive psychology, with additional involvement in genetics, surgery, and psychiatry and mental health.

The main topics covered in Riccio's work include:

  • Cognitive Abilities and Testing
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
  • Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
  • Family and Disability Support Research
  • Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare
  • Genetic Syndromes and Imprinting

Riccio has multiple publications, with recent papers including:

  • "Do parent and self-report rating scales of executive function measure the same constructs with adolescents?" (2020) published in Applied Neuropsychology Child
  • "School Reintegration for Youth with Health-Related Conditions" (2021) published in Contemporary School Psychology
  • "A case study examining a neurological disorder in a culturally and linguistically diverse early elementary student." (2025) published in Journal of Pediatric Neuropsychology
  • "ARTHROSCOPIC ANATOMIC GLENOID RECONSTRUCTION DOES NOT AFFECT SUBSCAPULARIS MUSCLE COMPARED TO LATARJET" (2025) published in Orthopaedic Proceedings

Frequent coauthors who have collaborated with Riccio include:

  • Emily M. Jimenez
  • Elizabeth Perdue
  • Jenna Schwartz
  • Hsiang-yu Chien
  • Cheryl Maykel

Their work has appeared in several publication venues, notably:

  • Applied Neuropsychology Child
  • Contemporary School Psychology
  • Journal of Pediatric Neuropsychology
  • Orthopaedic Proceedings

Riccio was named a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 2011.

Best Publications

  • The continuous performance test: a window on the neural substrates for attention?

    Cynthia A Riccio;Cecil R Reynolds;Patricia Lowe;Jennifer J Moore

  • A meta-analysis of the sensitivity and specificity of the Stroop Color and Word Test with children.

    Susan Homack;Cynthia A Riccio

  • Test Review: Delis-Kaplan Executive Function System

    Susan Homack;Donghyung Lee;Cynthia A. Riccio

  • Dyslexia and Corpus Callosum Morphology

    George W. Hynd;Josh Hall;Edward S. Novey;Deborah Eliopulos

  • Critical Issues in Response-To-Intervention, Comprehensive Evaluation, and Specific Learning Disabilities Identification and Intervention: An Expert White Paper Consensus

    J. Hale;V. Alfonso;V. Berninger;B. Bracken

  • Validity of DSM-IV ADHD predominantly inattentive and combined types: relationship to previous DSM diagnoses/subtype differences.

    Allison E. Morgan;George W. Hynd;Cynthia A. Riccio;Josh Hall

  • Clinical Applications of Continuous Performance Tests: Measuring Attention and Impulsive Responding in Children and Adults

    Cynthia A. Riccio;Cecil R. Reynolds;Patricia A. Lowe

  • Effects of stimulants on the continuous performance test (CPT): implications for CPT use and interpretation.

    Cynthia A. Riccio;Jennifer J.M. Waldrop;Cecil R. Reynolds;Patricia Lowe

  • Assessing culturally different students for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder using behavior rating scales.

    Robert Reid;George J. DuPaul;Thomas J. Power;Arthur D. Anastopoulos

  • Wisconsin Card Sorting Test with children: a meta-analytic study of sensitivity and specificity

    Cassandra B. Romine;Donghyung Lee;Monica E. Wolfe;Susan Homack

  • Comorbidity of Central Auditory Processing Disorder and Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

    Cynthia A. Riccio;George W. Hynd;Morris J. Cohen;Josh Hall

  • Assessment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Using the BASC and BRIEF

    Kelly Pizzitola Jarratt;Cynthia A. Riccio;Becky M. Siekierski

  • Digit Span components as predictors of attention problems and executive functioning in children.

    Eve N. Rosenthal;Cynthia A. Riccio;Kristen M. Gsanger;Kelly Pizzitola Jarratt

  • Continuous performance tests are sensitive to ADHD in adults but lack specificity. A review and critique for differential diagnosis.

    Cynthina A. Riccio;Cecil R. Reynolds

  • Neurological Basis of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

    Cynthia A. Riccio;George W. Hynd;Morris J. Cohen;Jose J. Gonzalez

  • Diagnosing ADHD (predominantly inattentive and combined type subtypes): discriminant validity of the behavior assessment system for children and the achenbach parent and teacher rating scales.

    Melanie L. Vaughn;Cynthia A. Riccio;George W. Hynd;Josh Hall

  • Executive function and the Wisconsin card sorting test: Relationship with behavioral ratings and cognitive ability

    Cynthia A. Riccio;Josh Hall;Allison Morgan;George W. Hynd

  • Differences in academic and executive function domains among children with ADHD Predominantly Inattentive and Combined Types

    Cynthia A. Riccio;Susan Homack;Kelly Pizzitola Jarratt;Monica E. Wolfe

  • Gender and Ethnic Differences in ADHD as Assessed by Behavior Ratings

    Robert Reid;Cynthia A. Riccio;Robert H. Kessler;George J. Dupaul

  • Concurrent Validity of the Tower Tasks as Measures of Executive Function in Adults: A Meta-Analysis

    Jeremy R. Sullivan;Cynthia A. Riccio;Christine L. Castillo

  • Autism Diagnostic Interview—Revised

    Cynthia A. Riccio

Frequent Co-Authors

George W. Hynd
George W. Hynd University of Georgia
Cecil R. Reynolds
Cecil R. Reynolds Texas A&M University
Carolyn A. Denton
Carolyn A. Denton The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
George J. DuPaul
George J. DuPaul Lehigh University
Arthur D. Anastopoulos
Arthur D. Anastopoulos University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Thomas J. Power
Thomas J. Power Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Melissa A. Bray
Melissa A. Bray University of Connecticut
John O. Willis
John O. Willis Rivier University
Timothy Z. Keith
Timothy Z. Keith The University of Texas at Austin
Ron Dumont
Ron Dumont Fairleigh Dickinson University

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