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D-Index
76
Citations
18055
World Ranking
1736
National Ranking
1023

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1996 - APA Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Applied Research
  • 1987 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Paul Satz was affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their work primarily focused on the fields of Psychology and Neuroscience, with particular attention to subfields such as Developmental and Educational Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience.

The main topics covered in their research included:

  • Educational and Psychological Assessments
  • Neuroscience, Education and Cognitive Function
  • Reading and Literacy Development

Throughout their career, Paul Satz collaborated frequently with Lorie A. Humphrey.

They received recognition in the form of awards including the APA Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Applied Research in 1996 and were made a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1987.

Best Publications

  • Brain reserve capacity on symptom onset after brain injury: A formulation and review of evidence for threshold theory.

    Paul Satz

  • Nomenclature and research case definitions for neurologic manifestations of human immunodeficiency virus-type 1 (HIV-1) infection

    Robert S. Janssen;David R. Cornblath;Leon G. Epstein;Richard P. Foa

  • Pathological Left-Handedness: An Explanaory Model

    Paul Satz

  • Neuropsychological performance in HIV‐1‐infected homosexual men The Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study (MACS)*

    Eric N. Miller;O. A. Selnes;J. C. McArthur;P. Satz

  • An abbreviation of the WAIS for clinical use.

    Paul Satz;Steve Mogel

  • 5 – LEARNING DISABILITY SUBTYPES: A Review

    Paul Satz;Robin Morris

  • WHO Neuropsychiatric AIDS study, cross-sectional phase II. Neuropsychological and neurological findings.

    Mario Maj;Paul Satz;Robert Janssen;Michael Zaudig

  • Evaluation of two new neuropsychological tests designed to minimize cultural bias in the assessment of HIV-1 seropositive persons: a WHO study.

    Mario Maj;Lou D'Elia;Paul Satz;Robert Janssen

  • Normative data stratified by age and education for the Neuropsychological Screening Battery for Hispanics (NeSBHIS): Initial report.

    Marcel O. Pontón;Paul Satz;Lawrence Herrera;Freddy Ortiz

  • Neuropsychology of human emotion

    Paul Satz;Kenneth M. Heilman

  • Cognitive Correlates of Long-term Cannabis Use in Costa Rican Men

    Jack M. Fletcher;J. Bryan Page;David J. Francis;Kimberly Copeland

  • Minor Physical Anomalies in Schizophrenia

    Michael Foster Green;Paul Satz;Donna J. Gaier;Steven Ganzell

  • Mild head injury in children and adolescents: a review of studies (1970-1995).

    Paul Satz;Kenneth Zaucha;Carol McCleary;Roger Light

  • Correlations between assessed manual laterality and predicted speech laterality in a normal population

    Paul Satz;Karl Achenbach;Eileen Fennell

  • WHO Neuropsychiatric AIDS Study, Cross-sectional Phase I: Study Design and Psychiatric Findings

    Mario Maj;Robert Janssen;Fabrizio Starace;Michael Zaudig

  • Metabolic Recovery Following Human Traumatic Brain Injury Based on FDG-PET: Time Course and Relationship to Neurological Disability

    Marvin Bergsneider;David A. Hovda;David L. Mcarthur;Maria Etchepare

  • Wisconsin Card Sorting Test performance in schizophrenia: remediation of a stubborn deficit.

    Michael F. Green;Paul Satz;Steven Ganzell;Jody F. Vaclav

  • Computerized and conventional neuropsychological assessment of HIV‐1‐infected homosexual men

    Eric N. Miller;Paul Satz;Barbara Visscher

  • Psychosocial risk factors of HIV morbidity and mortality: findings from the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study (MACS).

    Roxanna Farinpour;Eric N. Miller;Paul Satz;Ola A. Selnes

  • Left-handedness and early brain insult: An explanation

    Paul Satz

Frequent Co-Authors

Wilfred G. van Gorp
Wilfred G. van Gorp Columbia University
Michael F. Green
Michael F. Green University of California, Los Angeles
Jack M. Fletcher
Jack M. Fletcher University of Houston
Robert F. Asarnow
Robert F. Asarnow University of California, Los Angeles
Charles H. Hinkin
Charles H. Hinkin University of California, Los Angeles
Hector F. Myers
Hector F. Myers Vanderbilt University
Domenic V. Cicchetti
Domenic V. Cicchetti Yale University
Kenneth M. Heilman
Kenneth M. Heilman University of Florida
Robin G. Morris
Robin G. Morris King's College London
Esther Strauss
Esther Strauss University of Victoria

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