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Overview

Stephen C. Bowden is affiliated with the University of Melbourne in Australia and has an extensive research portfolio primarily focused on medicine and psychology. Their work spans multiple subfields including psychiatry and mental health, cognitive neuroscience, experimental and cognitive psychology, neurology, and general health professions.

The scientist's recent research output includes papers published in well-known venues, covering topics such as alcohol-related brain disorders, epilepsy, immunotherapy outcomes in encephalitis, and cognitive ability assessments across cultures. Notable recent papers include:

  • "What is the optimum thiamine dose to treat or prevent Wernicke's encephalopathy or Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome? Results of a randomized controlled trial" (2022, Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research)
  • "Resting-state functional connectivity in the idiopathic generalized epilepsies: A systematic review and meta-analysis of EEG and MEG studies" (2021, Epilepsy & Behavior)
  • "Second-line immunotherapy and functional outcomes in autoimmune encephalitis: A systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis" (2022, Epilepsia)
  • "The cross-cultural generalizability of cognitive ability measures: A systematic literature review." (2023, Intelligence)
  • "Cross-National Generalizability of WISC-V and CHC Broad Ability Constructs across France, Spain, and the US" (2023, Journal of Intelligence)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Bowden include Wendyl D'Souza, Mike W.-L. Cheung, Yi-En Quek, Yi Leng Fung, and Simon J. Vogrin. These collaborations have contributed to a breadth of research outputs.

Bowden has published multiple articles in recurring venues such as Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, Alzheimer's & Dementia, Epilepsia, and Early Intervention in Psychiatry, indicating focused research dissemination channels.

The main thematic areas of Bowden's work include dementia and cognitive impairment research, cognitive abilities and testing, functional brain connectivity studies, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, educational and psychological assessments, cognitive functions and memory, and schizophrenia research and treatment. These topics reflect an interdisciplinary approach combining clinical and cognitive neuroscience insights.

Best Publications

  • Neurocognitive impairment associated with alcohol use disorders: implications for treatment.

    Marsha E. Bates;Stephen C. Bowden;Danielle Barry

  • MRI-negative PET-positive temporal lobe epilepsy: a distinct surgically remediable syndrome.

    R. P. Carne;T. J. O'Brien;T. J. O'Brien;C. J. Kilpatrick;C. J. Kilpatrick;L. R. MacGregor;L. R. MacGregor

  • Alzheimer's Disease and Driving: Prediction and Assessment of Driving Performance

    Gillian K. Fox;Stephen C. Bowden;Guy M. Bashford;Dennis S. Smith

  • On-road assessment of driving competence after brain impairment: Review of current practice and recommendations for a standardized examination

    Gillian K. Fox;Stephen C. Bowden;Dennis S. Smith

  • Thiamin treatment and working memory function of alcohol-dependent people: preliminary findings.

    Margaret L. Ambrose;Stephen C. Bowden;Greg Whelan

  • Cognitive functioning in idiopathic generalised epilepsies: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    A. Loughman;S.C. Bowden;W. D'Souza

  • Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome not related to alcohol use: a systematic review

    Simon J Scalzo;Stephen C Bowden;Margaret L Ambrose;Greg Whelan

  • The Reliability and Internal Validity of the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test

    Stephen C. Bowden;Kylie S. Fowler;Richard C. Bell;Gregory Whelan

  • Cognitive functioning in children with self‐limited epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

    Steven Wickens;Stephen C Bowden;Wendyl D'Souza

  • Separating cognitive impairment in neurologically asymptomatic alcoholism from Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome: is the neuropsychological distinction justified?

    Stephen C. Bowden

  • Working Memory Impairments in Alcohol‐Dependent Participants Without Clinical Amnesia

    Margaret L. Ambrose;Stephen C. Bowden;Greg Whelan

  • Differential neuropsychological test sensitivity to left temporal lobe epilepsy

    David W. Loring;Esther Strauss;Bruce P. Hermann;William B. Barr

  • Integrating the switching, inhibition, and updating model of executive function with the Cattell-Horn-Carroll model.

    Paul A. Jewsbury;Stephen C. Bowden;Milton E. Strauss

  • Neuropsychological and information processing performance and its relationship to white matter changes following moderate and severe traumatic brain injury: a preliminary study.

    J L Mathias;E D Bigler;N R Jones;S C Bowden

  • The Cattell–Horn–Carroll Model of Cognition for Clinical Assessment

    Paul A. Jewsbury;Stephen C. Bowden;Stephen C. Bowden;Kevin Duff

  • Neurotoxicity and neurocognitive impairments with alcohol and drug-use disorders: potential roles in addiction and recovery.

    Stephen C. Bowden;Fulton T. Crews;Marsha E. Bates;William Fals-Stewart

  • The influence of the therapeutic relationship in treatment for alcohol dependency.

    Alison Ritter;Stephen Bowden;Tania Murray;Paula Ross

  • Surgery for temporal lobe epilepsy associated with mesial temporal sclerosis in the older patient: a long-term follow-up.

    Michael Murphy;Paul D. Smith;Martin Wood;Stephen Bowden

  • Is performance on the Wechsler test of adult reading affected by traumatic brain injury

    Jane Mathias;Stephen C Bowden;E D D Bigler;Jeffrey Victor Rosenfeld

  • Which tests do neuropsychologists use

    Karen A. Sullivan;Stephen C. Bowden

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark J. Cook
Mark J. Cook University of Melbourne
Jane L. Mathias
Jane L. Mathias University of Adelaide
Marc L. Seal
Marc L. Seal University of Melbourne
Erin D. Bigler
Erin D. Bigler University of Utah
Victor W. Henderson
Victor W. Henderson Stanford University
David W. Loring
David W. Loring Emory University
Donald H. Saklofske
Donald H. Saklofske University of Western Ontario
E. Arthur Shores
E. Arthur Shores Macquarie University
Kelly Allott
Kelly Allott University of Melbourne
Debra Rickwood
Debra Rickwood University of Canberra

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