2026 Denise C. Park: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Best Female Scientists	107	1005	958	608	575	312	48936
Neuroscience	108	576		326		304	50391
Psychology	108	425		271		296	50493

Research.com Recognitions

2002 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
1987 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Denise C. Park is affiliated with The University of Texas at Dallas in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on Medicine and Neuroscience.

The scientist's work covers a range of subfields, including Cognitive Neuroscience, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Physiology, and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Their research topics often relate to Functional Brain Connectivity Studies, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research, Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications, Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications, Alzheimer's Disease Research and Treatments, Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies, and Health, Environment, and Cognitive Aging.

Denise C. Park has contributed to numerous publications, with frequent appearances in:

Alzheimer's & Dementia
NeuroImage
Neurobiology of Aging
Nature Communications
GeroScience

Recent papers authored or co-authored by the scientist include:

"Asymmetric thinning of the cerebral cortex across the adult lifespan is accelerated in Alzheimer's disease," 2021, Nature Communications
"Cerebrovascular Reactivity Mapping Using Resting-State BOLD Functional MRI in Healthy Adults and Patients with Moyamoya Disease," 2021, Radiology
"Aerobic exercise training and neurocognitive function in cognitively normal older adults: A one-year randomized controlled trial," 2022, Journal of Internal Medicine
"GABA levels in ventral visual cortex decline with age and are associated with neural distinctiveness," 2021, Neurobiology of Aging
"Network segregation varies with neural distinctiveness in sensorimotor cortex," 2020, NeuroImage

Key frequent co-authors collaborating with Denise C. Park include Kristen M. Kennedy, Karen M. Rodrigue, Joseph P. Hennessee, Melissa M. Rundle, and Takashi Tarumi, reflecting ongoing research partnerships in their areas of study.

The scientist has been recognized through fellowships such as Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2002 and Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 1987.

Best Publications

Toward defining the preclinical stages of Alzheimer's disease: Recommendations from the National Institute on Aging-Alzheimer's Association workgroups on diagnostic guidelines for Alzheimer's disease

Reisa A. Sperling;Paul S. Aisen;Laurel A. Beckett;David A. Bennett

6553
Citations
The Adaptive Brain: Aging and Neurocognitive Scaffolding

Denise C. Park;Patricia Reuter-Lorenz

3286
Citations
Handbook of the Psychology of Aging

K. Warner Schaie;Sherry L. Willis;Bob G. Knight;Becca Levy

3274
Citations
Models of visuospatial and verbal memory across the adult life span.

Denise C. Park;Gary Lautenschlager;Trey Hedden;Natalie S. Davidson

2355
Citations
A lifespan database of adult facial stimuli.

Meredith Minear;Denise C. Park

1564
Citations
Maintenance, reserve and compensation: the cognitive neuroscience of healthy ageing

Roberto Cabeza;Marilyn Albert;Sylvie Belleville;Fergus I. M. Craik

1117
Citations
How does it STAC up? Revisiting the scaffolding theory of aging and cognition.

Patricia A. Reuter-Lorenz;Denise C. Park

1006
Citations
Decreased segregation of brain systems across the healthy adult lifespan

Micaela Y. Chan;Denise C. Park;Denise C. Park;Neil K. Savalia;Steven E. Petersen

931
Citations
Mediators of long-term memory performance across the life span.

Denise C. Park;Anderson D. Smith;Gary Lautenschlager;Julie L. Earles

838
Citations
Aging reduces neural specialization in ventral visual cortex

Denise C. Park;Thad A. Polk;Rob Park;Meredith Minear

761
Citations
The basic mechanisms accounting for age-related decline in cognitive function.

Denise C. Park

658
Citations
Human Neuroscience and the Aging Mind: A New Look at Old Problems

Patricia A. Reuter-Lorenz;Denise C. Park

617
Citations
Cognitive Aging: A Primer

Denise C. Park;Norbert Schwarz

612
Citations
How warnings about false claims become recommendations

Ian Skurnik;Carolyn Yoon;Denise C. Park;Norbert Schwarz

601
Citations
Aging and the Neural Correlates of Successful Picture Encoding: Frontal Activations Compensate for Decreased Medial-Temporal Activity

Angela H. Gutchess;Robert C. Welsh;Trey Hedden;Ashley Bangert

593
Citations
Reasoning about social conflicts improves into old age

Igor Grossmann;Jinkyung Na;Michael E. W. Varnum;Denise C. Park

487
Citations
The Impact of Sustained Engagement on Cognitive Function in Older Adults: The Synapse Project

Denise C. Park;Jennifer Lodi-Smith;Linda Drew;Sara Haber

484
Citations
β-Amyloid burden in healthy aging Regional distribution and cognitive consequences

K. M. Rodrigue;K. M. Kennedy;M. D. Devous;J. R. Rieck

481
Citations
Cognitive neuroscience of aging : linking cognitive and cerebral aging

Roberto Cabeza;Lars Nyberg;Denise C. Park

478
Citations
Effect of age on event-based and time-based prospective memory.

Denise C. Park;Christopher Hertzog;Daniel P. Kidder;Roger W. Morrell

478
Citations
Cognitive function in fibromyalgia patients

Denise C. Park;Jennifer M. Glass;Meredith Minear;Leslie J. Crofford

472
Citations
Toward defining the preclinical stages of Alzheimer's disease: Recommendations from the National Institute on Aging and the Alzheimer's Association workgroup

Reisa A. Sperling;Paul S. Aisen;Laurel A. Beckett;David A. Bennett

306
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Karen M. Rodrigue The University of Texas at Dallas

Kristen M. Kennedy The University of Texas at Dallas

Angela H. Gutchess Brandeis University

Hanzhang Lu Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Thad A. Polk University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Michael D. Devous Avid Radiopharmaceuticals

Trey Hedden Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Norbert Schwarz University of Southern California

Bradley P. Sutton University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Patricia A. Reuter-Lorenz University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

External Links

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