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Overview

Sarah E. MacPherson is affiliated with the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple interconnected fields, focusing primarily on Psychology, Neuroscience, and Medicine. These main fields underpin a diverse body of work that investigates cognitive and neuropsychological phenomena.

The scientist's subfields of study include Cognitive Neuroscience, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, and Social Psychology. This blend of disciplines emphasizes understanding brain function, psychological development, and mental health conditions from both experimental and applied perspectives.

MacPherson's research addresses numerous key topics in cognitive and neuropsychological science. These topics include Cognitive Functions and Memory, Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research, Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism, Child and Animal Learning Development, Traumatic Brain Injury Research, and Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts.

Notable publications by MacPherson include the following papers:

  • Validation of the Virtual Reality Everyday Assessment Lab (VR-EAL): An Immersive Virtual Reality Neuropsychological Battery with Enhanced Ecological Validity, 2020, Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society
  • Cybersickness in Virtual Reality Questionnaire (CSQ-VR): A Validation and Comparison against SSQ and VRSQ, 2023, Virtual Worlds
  • How immersive virtual reality methods may meet the criteria of the National Academy of Neuropsychology and American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology: A software review of the Virtual Reality Everyday Assessment Lab (VR-EAL), 2021, Computers in Human Behavior Reports
  • Cybersickness, Cognition, & Motor Skills: The Effects of Music, Gender, and Gaming Experience, 2023, IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
  • The Impact of Bilingualism on the Executive Functions of Autistic Children: A Study of English-Arabic Children, 2020, Autism Research

MacPherson frequently collaborates with several researchers, including R. Asaad Baksh, Panagiotis Kourtesis, Paul Hoffman, Catherine J Crompton, and Sharon Abrahams. These collaborations contribute to a steady output of research published in prominent academic venues.

Among the preferred publication venues for MacPherson's work are the Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, Journal of Neuropsychology, Aging Neuropsychology and Cognition, Cortex, and Research Square. These journals consistently feature research in neuropsychology, cognitive science, and aging.

In addition to articles, MacPherson has contributed to book publications under the European Organization for Nuclear Research. In 2023, they co-published works focusing on computational modelling and simulation across the product lifecycle in life sciences.

Best Publications

  • Age, executive function and social decision making: A dorsolateral prefrontal theory of cognitive aging.

    Sarah E. MacPherson;Louise H. Phillips;Sergio Della Sala

  • Concurrent performance of two memory tasks: evidence for domain-specific working memory systems.

    Gianna Cocchini;Robert H. Logie;Sergio Della Sala;Sarah E. MacPherson

  • Validation of the Virtual Reality Neuroscience Questionnaire: Maximum Duration of Immersive Virtual Reality Sessions Without the Presence of Pertinent Adverse Symptomatology.

    Panagiotis Kourtesis;Simona Collina;Leonidas A. A. Doumas;Sarah E. MacPherson

  • Deficits in emotional and social cognition in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

    Alessandra Girardi;Sarah E. MacPherson;Sharon Abrahams

  • Handbook of Frontal Lobe Assessment

    Sarah E. MacPherson;Sergio Della Sala;Simon Riddington Cox;Alessandra Girardi

  • Technological Competence Is a Pre-condition for Effective Implementation of Virtual Reality Head Mounted Displays in Human Neuroscience: A Technological Review and Meta-Analysis.

    Panagiotis Kourtesis;Simona Collina;Leonidas A. A. Doumas;Sarah E. MacPherson

  • How many camels are there in Italy? Cognitive estimates standardised on the Italian population

    S. Della Sala;S. E. MacPherson;Louise Helen Phillips;L. Sacco

  • Processing speed and the relationship between Trail Making Test-B performance, cortical thinning and white matter microstructure in older adults.

    Sarah E. MacPherson;Simon R. Cox;David Alexander Dickie;Sherif Karama

  • Cybersickness in Virtual Reality Questionnaire (CSQ-VR): A Validation and Comparison against SSQ and VRSQ

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  • Midlife aging, open-ended planning, and laboratory measures of executive function.

    Sharin E. Garden;Louise H. Phillips;Sarah E. MacPherson

  • Validation of the Virtual Reality Everyday Assessment Lab (VR-EAL): An Immersive Virtual Reality Neuropsychological Battery with Enhanced Ecological Validity.

    Panagiotis Kourtesis;Simona Collina;Leonidas A A Doumas;Sarah E MacPherson

  • Familiar other-race faces show normal holistic processing and are robust to perceptual stress.

    Elinor McKone;Jacqueline L Brewer;Sarah MacPherson;Gillian Rhodes

  • Evidence of Social Understanding Impairment in Patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

    Marco Cavallo;Mauro Adenzato;Sarah E. MacPherson;Gillian Karwig

  • The Edinburgh Social Cognition Test (ESCoT): Examining the effects of age on a new measure of theory of mind and social norm understanding

    R. Asaad Baksh;Sharon Abrahams;Bonnie Auyeung;Bonnie Auyeung;Sarah E. MacPherson

  • Bilingualism, social cognition and executive functions: A tale of chickens and eggs.

    Simon R. Cox;Thomas H. Bak;Michael Allerhand;Paul Redmond

  • Reducing working memory load in spoken dialogue systems

    Maria Wolters;Kallirroi Georgila;Johanna D. Moore;Robert H. Logie

  • Specific AD Impairment in Concurrent Performance of Two Memory Tasks

    Sarah E. MacPherson;Sergio Della Sala;Robert H. Logie;Gordon K. Wilcock

  • Dual Task Demands On Encoding And Retrieval Processes: Evidence From Healthy Adult Ageing

    Robert H. Logie;Sergio Della Sala;Sarah E. MacPherson;Janine Cooper

  • Effect of frontal lobe lesions on the recollection and familiarity components of recognition memory.

    Sarah E. MacPherson;Marco Bozzali;Lisa Cipolotti;Raymond J. Dolan

  • Effects of age on cross-modal emotion perception.

    Edyta Monika Hunter;Louise H. Phillips;Sarah E. MacPherson

  • A systematic review of brain frontal lobe parcellation techniques in magnetic resonance imaging

    Simon R. Cox;Karen J. Ferguson;Natalie A. Royle;Susan D. Shenkin

Frequent Co-Authors

Sergio Della Sala
Sergio Della Sala University of Edinburgh
Tim Shallice
Tim Shallice University College London
Lisa Cipolotti
Lisa Cipolotti University College London
Louise H. Phillips
Louise H. Phillips University of Aberdeen
Ian J. Deary
Ian J. Deary University of Edinburgh
Sharon Abrahams
Sharon Abrahams University of Edinburgh
Joanna M. Wardlaw
Joanna M. Wardlaw University of Edinburgh
Robert H. Logie
Robert H. Logie University of Edinburgh
Bonnie Auyeung
Bonnie Auyeung University of Edinburgh
John M. Starr
John M. Starr University of Edinburgh

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