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Overview

Kenneth M. Heilman was affiliated with the University of Florida in the United States. Their research spanned several fields within neuroscience and medicine, focusing significantly on cognitive neuroscience, psychiatry and mental health, and neurology, among others.

The scientist's main fields of study included:

  • Neuroscience
  • Medicine

Within these fields, their subfields of study expanded to:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Psychiatry and Mental health
  • Neurology
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Automotive Engineering

The primary topics covered by their work included:

  • Spatial Neglect and Hemispheric Dysfunction
  • Hemispheric Asymmetry in Neuroscience
  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Neurological disorders and treatments
  • Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
  • Spatial Cognition and Navigation

Their publication record showed contributions to numerous journals and venues. Frequent publication venues were:

  • Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology
  • Neurocase
  • Neurology
  • Neurotherapeutics
  • Handbook of clinical neurology

These publications include the following recent papers:

  • "Emotional and Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Alzheimer's Disease," 2022, Neurotherapeutics
  • "The Effects of Transcutaneous Vagus Nerve Stimulation on Functional Connectivity Within Semantic and Hippocampal Networks in Mild Cognitive Impairment," 2022, Neurotherapeutics
  • "Early-Motor Phenotype Relates to Neuropsychiatric and Cognitive Disorders in Huntington's Disease," 2020, Movement Disorders
  • "Disorders of facial emotional expression and comprehension," 2021, Handbook of clinical neurology
  • "Visuospatial performance in patients with statistically-defined mild cognitive impairment," 2020, Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Kenneth M. Heilman's frequent co-authors included:

  • John B. Williamson
  • Catherine C. Price
  • David J. Libon
  • Anis Davoudi
  • Aleksandra Mańkowska

The scientist's body of work reflected a multidisciplinary approach to understanding neural mechanisms underlying cognitive disorders, neuropsychiatric conditions, and hemispheric brain function. Their research contributions encompassed both clinical and experimental aspects of neuroscience and medicine.

Best Publications

  • Neglect and related disorders

    Kenneth M. Heilman;Edward Valenstein;Robert T. Watson

  • Predictors of Cognitive Dysfunction after Major Noncardiac Surgery

    Terri G. Monk;B Craig Weldon;Cyndi W. Garvan;Duane E. Dede

  • Mechanisms underlying hemispatial neglect

    Kenneth M. Heilman;Kenneth M. Heilman;Edward Valenstein;Edward Valenstein

  • Right hemisphere dominance for attention The mechanism underlying hemispheric asymmetries of inattention (neglect)

    Kenneth M. Heilman;Thomas Van Den Abell

  • Pseudoneglect: effects of hemispace on a tactile line bisection task.

    Dawn Bowers;Kenneth M. Heilman

  • Neglect and related disorders

    K. M. Heilman

  • Relative frequencies of Alzheimer disease, Lewy body, vascular and frontotemporal dementia, and hippocampal sclerosis in the State of Florida Brain Bank.

    Warren W. Barker;Cheryl A. Luis;Alice Kashuba;Mercy Luis

  • Auditory affective agnosia. Disturbed comprehension of affective speech.

    K M Heilman;R Scholes;R T Watson

  • Mirror Therapy for Phantom Limb Pain

    Brenda L. Chan;Richard Witt;Alexandra P. Charrow;Amanda Magee

  • Two forms of ideomotor apraxia

    Kenneth M. Heilman;Leslie J. Rothi;Edward Valenstein

  • The role of the right hemisphere in emotional communication.

    Lee Xenakis Blonder;Dawn Bowers;Kenneth M. Heilman

  • Clinical neuropsychology, 3rd ed.

    Kenneth M. Heilman;Edward Valenstein

  • A Cognitive Neuropsychological Model of Limb Praxis

    Leslie J. Gonzalez Rothi;Cynthia Ochipa;Kenneth M. Heilman

  • Discrimination and evocation of affectively intoned speech in patients with right parietal disease.

    Daniel M. Tucker;Robert T. Watson;Kenneth M. Heilman

  • Frontal lobe neglect in man.

    Kenneth M. Heilman;Edward Valenstein

  • Hypoarousal in Patients With the Neglect Syndrome and Emotional Indifference

    Kenneth M. Heilman;Harvey D. Schwartz;Robert T. Watson

  • Creative innovation: possible brain mechanisms.

    Kenneth M. Heilman;Stephen E. Nadeau;David O. Beversdorf

  • A possible pathophysiologic substrate of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

    Kenneth M. Heilman;Kytja K.S. Voeller;Stephen E. Nadeau

  • Right hemispheric dominance for mediating cerebral activation.

    Kenneth M. Heilman;Kenneth M. Heilman;Thomas Van Den Abell;Thomas Van Den Abell

  • Directional hypokinesia Prolonged reaction times for leftward movements in patients with right hemisphere lesions and neglect

    K. M. Heilman;D. Bowers;H. B. Coslett;H. Whelan

Frequent Co-Authors

Dawn Bowers
Dawn Bowers University of Florida
Leslie J. Gonzalez Rothi
Leslie J. Gonzalez Rothi University of Florida
Anna M. Barrett
Anna M. Barrett UMass Memorial Health Care
Stephen E. Nadeau
Stephen E. Nadeau University of Florida
Anastasia M. Raymer
Anastasia M. Raymer Old Dominion University
David J. Libon
David J. Libon Rowan University
Catherine C. Price
Catherine C. Price University of Florida
Mieke Verfaellie
Mieke Verfaellie Boston University
David Q. Beversdorf
David Q. Beversdorf University of Missouri
Kimford J. Meador
Kimford J. Meador Stanford University

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