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Overview

Thomas H. Bak is affiliated with the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom. Their research spans several disciplines within medicine, with a particular emphasis on cognitive neuroscience, developmental and educational psychology, psychiatry and mental health, neurology, and critical care and intensive care medicine.

The scientist's work covers multiple main topics, including:

  • Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes
  • Liver Disease and Transplantation
  • Reading and Literacy Development
  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research
  • Language Development and Disorders

Among the recent papers authored or coauthored by Thomas H. Bak are the following:

  • The 2022 symposium on dementia and brain aging in low- and middle-income countries: Highlights on research, diagnosis, care, and impact (2024), published in Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • The Nairobi Declaration-Reducing the burden of dementia in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs): Declaration of the 2022 Symposium on Dementia and Brain Aging in LMICs (2023), published in Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • Comparing Face-to-face and Online Teaching of Written and Spoken Chinese to Adult Learners: An Edinburgh-Sheffield Case Study (2020), published in International Journal of Chinese Language Teaching
  • Detection of early allograft dysfunction at 30 minutes of reperfusion in liver transplantation: An intraoperative diagnostic tool with real time assessment of graft function (2020), published in The American Journal of Surgery
  • Interference suppression in bilingualism: Stimulus-Stimulus vs. Stimulus-Response conflict (2021), published in Bilingualism Language and Cognition

Frequent coauthors of Thomas H. Bak include:

  • Mariana Vega-Mendoza (5 joint publications)
  • Hunter B. Moore (4 joint publications)
  • James J. Pomposelli (4 joint publications)
  • Michael Wachs (4 joint publications)
  • Kendra D. Conzen (4 joint publications)

Thomas H. Bak's work is frequently published in venues such as:

  • Alzheimer's & Dementia (5 publications)
  • The American Journal of Surgery (4 publications)
  • Bilingualism Language and Cognition (2 publications)
  • Healthcare (2 publications)
  • International Journal of Chinese Language Teaching (1 publication)

Their interdisciplinary research integrates clinical investigation with cognitive and language studies, reflecting a broad interest in neurological health, language development, and medical outcomes related to organ transplantation and liver disease.

Best Publications

  • Criteria for the diagnosis of corticobasal degeneration.

    Melissa J. Armstrong;Irene Litvan;Anthony E. Lang;Thomas H. Bak

  • Clinicopathological correlates in frontotemporal dementia.

    John R. Hodges;John R. Hodges;R. Rhys Davies;John H. Xuereb;Barney Casey

  • Focal cortical presentations of Alzheimer's disease.

    S. Alladi;J. Xuereb;T. Bak;P. Nestor

  • Consensus classification of posterior cortical atrophy

    Sebastian J. Crutch;Jonathan M. Schott;Gil D. Rabinovici;Melissa Murray

  • Screening for cognition and behaviour changes in ALS

    Sharon Abrahams;Judith Newton;Elaine Niven;Jennifer Foley

  • Bilingualism delays age at onset of dementia, independent of education and immigration status

    Suvarna Alladi;Thomas H. Bak;Vasanta Duggirala;Bapiraju Surampudi

  • Selective impairment of verb processing associated with pathological changes in Brodmann areas 44 and 45 in the motor neurone disease-dementia-aphasia syndrome

    Thomas H. Bak;Dominic G. O'Donovan;John H. Xuereb;Simon Boniface

  • Frequency and Prognostic Value of Cognitive Disorders in Stroke Patients

    Marcin Leśniak;Thomas Bak;Wojciech Czepiel;Joanna Seniów

  • The differentiation of semantic dementia and frontal lobe dementia (temporal and frontal variants of frontotemporal dementia) from early Alzheimer's disease: a comparative neuropsychological study

    J R Hodges;K Patterson;R Ward;P Garrard

  • Cognitive impairment in patients with multiple system atrophy and progressive supranuclear palsy

    Richard G. Brown;Lucette Lacomblez;Bernard G. Landwehrmeyer;Thomas Bak

  • Does bilingualism influence cognitive aging

    Thomas H. Bak;Jack J. Nissan;Michael M. Allerhand;Ian J. Deary

  • Kissing and dancing - a test to distinguish the lexical and conceptual contributions to noun/verb and action/object dissociation. Preliminary results in patients with frontotemporal dementia

    Thomas H Bak;John R Hodges;John R Hodges

  • The effects of motor neurone disease on language: further evidence

    Thomas H. Bak;John R. Hodges;John R. Hodges

  • Dementia in Latin America: Assessing the present and envisioning the future

    Mario A. Parra;Sandra Baez;Ricardo Allegri;Ricardo Nitrini

  • Diagnostic criteria for corticobasal syndrome: a comparative study

    Robert Mathew;Thomas H Bak;John R Hodges

  • Validation of the Edinburgh Cognitive and Behavioural Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Screen (ECAS): A cognitive tool for motor disorders

    Elaine Niven;Judith Newton;Jennifer Foley;Shuna Colville

  • Subcortical dementia revisited: Similarities and differences in cognitive function between progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), corticobasal degeneration (CBD) and multiple system atrophy (MSA)

    T H Bak;L M Crawford;V C Hearn;P S Mathuranath

  • What wires together dies together: Verbs, actions and neurodegeneration in motor neuron disease

    Thomas H. Bak;Siddharthan Chandran

  • Corticobasal degeneration as a cognitive disorder.

    Naida L. Graham;Thomas H. Bak;John R. Hodges

  • Impact of Bilingualism on Cognitive Outcome After Stroke.

    Suvarna Alladi;Thomas H. Bak;Shailaja Mekala;Amulya Rajan

  • Clinical, Imaging and Pathological Correlates of a Hereditary Deficit in Verb and Action Processing.

    Thomas H. Bak;Despina Yancopoulou;Peter J. Nestor;John H. Xuereb

Frequent Co-Authors

Sharon Abrahams
Sharon Abrahams University of Edinburgh
Glenda M. Halliday
Glenda M. Halliday University of Sydney
Karalyn Patterson
Karalyn Patterson MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit
Sergio Della Sala
Sergio Della Sala University of Edinburgh
Sebastian J. Crutch
Sebastian J. Crutch University College London
Fabienne Collette
Fabienne Collette University of Liège
Ellen Bialystok
Ellen Bialystok York University
Wiesje M. van der Flier
Wiesje M. van der Flier Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Mario A. Parra
Mario A. Parra University of Strathclyde
Sarah E. MacPherson
Sarah E. MacPherson University of Edinburgh

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