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Overview

Yana Suchy is affiliated with the University of Utah in the United States. Their research contributions span psychology and medicine, with a strong emphasis on experimental and cognitive psychology, cognitive neuroscience, psychiatry and mental health, clinical psychology, and neuropsychology and physiological psychology.

Their main research topics include dementia and cognitive impairment research, neural and behavioral psychology studies, cognitive functions and memory, aging and gerontology research, mental health research topics, functional brain connectivity studies, and cardiovascular syncope and autonomic disorders.

Among their recent publications are:

  • Conceptualization of the term "ecological validity" in neuropsychological research on executive function assessment: a systematic review and call to action, 2024, Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society
  • Pitfalls in research on ecological validity of novel executive function tests: A systematic review and a call to action, 2024, Psychological Assessment
  • Reliability and validity of composite scores from the timed subtests of the D-KEFS battery, 2022, Psychological Assessment
  • Daily Assessment of Executive Functioning and Expressive Suppression Predict Daily Functioning among Community-Dwelling Older Adults, 2021, Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society
  • Reported history of childhood trauma and stress-related vulnerability: Associations with emotion regulation, executive functioning, daily hassles and pre-sleep arousal, 2020, Stress and Health

They have frequently published in the following academic venues:

  • Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society
  • The Clinical Neuropsychologist
  • Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology
  • Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology
  • Psychological Assessment

Collaborations have been a significant aspect of their work, with frequent coauthors including Libby A. DesRuisseaux, Michelle Gereau Mora, Stacey L. Brothers, Madison A. Niermeyer, and Paula Williams. These collaborations reflect interdisciplinary engagement across various areas within psychology and neuropsychology.

Their research encompasses both clinical and experimental methodologies, focusing on cognitive and executive functions as well as the ecological validity of neuropsychological assessments. This includes investigating how executive functions are assessed in naturalistic contexts and how such evaluations relate to daily functioning, especially among older adults.

Best Publications

  • Executive Functioning: Overview, Assessment, and Research Issues for Non-Neuropsychologists

    Yana Suchy

  • Facial affect recognition in criminal psychopaths.

    David S. Kosson;Yana Suchy;Andrew R. Mayer;John Libby

  • Individual differences in executive functioning: implications for stress regulation.

    Paula G. Williams;Yana Suchy;Holly K. Rau

  • Five-Factor Model personality traits and executive functioning among older adults

    Paula G. Williams;Yana Suchy;Matthew L. Kraybill

  • Putamen coactivation during motor task execution.

    William R. Marchand;James N. Lee;John W. Thatcher;Edward W. Hsu

  • Ten-Year Follow-up Survey of Clinical Neuropsychologists: Part I. Practices and Beliefs

    Jerry J. Sweet;Paul J. Moberg;Yana Suchy

  • On the validity of self-report assessment of cognitive abilities: Attentional control scale associations with cognitive performance, emotional adjustment, and personality.

    Paula G Williams;Holly K Rau;Yana Suchy;Sommer R Thorgusen

  • Instrumental activities of daily living among community-dwelling older adults: Discrepancies between self-report and performance are mediated by cognitive reserve

    Yana Suchy;Matthew L Kraybill;Emilie Franchow

  • Neurocognitive differences between pedophilic and nonpedophilic child molesters.

    Yana Suchy;J. Wilson Whittaker;Donald S. Strassberg;Angela Eastvold

  • Executive function profiles of pedophilic and nonpedophilic child molesters

    Angela Eastvold;Yana Suchy;Donald Strassberg

  • Understanding design fluency: motor and executive contributions.

    Yana Suchy;Matthew L. Kraybill;Jennifer C. Gidley Larson

  • Individual Differences and Day-to-Day Fluctuations in Perceived Self-Regulation Associated With Daily Adherence in Late Adolescents With Type 1 Diabetes

    Cynthia A. Berg;Deborah J. Wiebe;Yana Suchy;Amy E. Hughes

  • Intact emotion facilitation for nonsocial stimuli in autism: Is amygdala impairment in autism specific for social information?

    Mikle South;Sally J Ozonoff;Yana Suchy;Raymond P. Kesner

  • Ten-year follow-up survey of clinical neuropsychologists: part II. Private practice and economics.

    Jerry J. Sweet;Paul J. Moberg;Yana Suchy

  • Age-related changes of the functional architecture of the cortico-basal ganglia circuitry during motor task execution.

    William R. Marchand;James N. Lee;James N. Lee;Yana Suchy;Cheryl Garn

  • Practice effect and beyond: reaction to novelty as an independent predictor of cognitive decline among older adults.

    Yana Suchy;Matthew L. Kraybill;Emilie Franchow

  • Naturally-occurring expressive suppression in daily life depletes executive functioning.

    Emilie I. Franchow;Yana Suchy

  • Clinical Neuropsychology of Emotion

    Yana Suchy

  • Antidepressant and neurocognitive effects of isoflurane anesthesia versus electroconvulsive therapy in refractory depression.

    Howard R. Weeks;Scott C. Tadler;Kelly W. Smith;Eli Iacob

  • Behavioral dyscontrol scale: Criterion and predictive validity in an inpatient rehabilitation unit population

    Yana Suchy;Andy Blint;David C. Osmon

Frequent Co-Authors

Deborah J. Wiebe
Deborah J. Wiebe University of Pennsylvania
Jonathan Butner
Jonathan Butner University of Utah
Jerry J. Sweet
Jerry J. Sweet NorthShore University HealthSystem
Cynthia A. Berg
Cynthia A. Berg University of Utah
Gordon J. Chelune
Gordon J. Chelune University of Utah
Donald S. Strassberg
Donald S. Strassberg University of Utah
Timothy W. Smith
Timothy W. Smith University of Utah
Sally J Ozonoff
Sally J Ozonoff University of California, Davis
Mikle South
Mikle South Brigham Young University
Julian F. Thayer
Julian F. Thayer University of California, Irvine

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