Karen Blackmon, Ph.D.
New York State Licensed Clinical Psychologist

Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, 2008, New School for Social Research, New York, NY

Postdoctoral Fellowship in Clinical Neuropsychology, 2008-2010, NYU Langone Medical Center, Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, Department of Neurology, New York, NY

Primary Role in the Psychology Department

1. Development of the NYU Patient Research Registry in collaboration with NYU Langone Medical Center.

2. Act as a liason in bridging neuropsychological/neuroimaging research between NYU Langone Medical Center and NYU Department of Psychology

3. Work with faculty and students in the NYU Langone Medical Center and NYU Department of Psychology to train and assist in neuropsychological research

Original Reports:

Blackmon K, Halgren E, Barr WB, Carlson C, Devinsky O, DuBois J, French J, Kuzniecky R, Thesen T (in press) Individual differences in verbal abilities associated with regional blurring of the left gray and white matter boundary. Journal of Neuroscience

Butler T, Blackmon K, Zaborsky L, Wang X, DuBois J, Carlson C, Barr WB, French J, Devinsky O, Kuzniecky R, Thesen T (in press) Volume of the human septal forebrain region is a predictor of source memory accuracy. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Blackmon K, Thesen T (in press). Structural Imaging and
Quantitative MRI. In W. Barr & C. Morrison (Eds). Handbook on the Neuropsychology of Epilepsy, Springer

Blackmon K, Barr WB, DuBois J, Carlson C, Pogash D, Quinn BT, Halgren E, Devinsky O, Kuzniecky R, Thesen T (2011) Structural evidence for involvement of a left amygdala-orbitofrontal network in subclinical anxiety. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging doi:10.1016/j.pscychresns.2011.05.007

Blackmon K, Barr WB, Kuzniecky R, DuBois J, Carlson C, Quinn BT, Blumberg M, Halgren E, Hagler D, Mikhly M, Devinsky O, McDonald C, Dale AM, Thesen T, (2010) Phonetically Irregular Word Pronunciation and Cortical Thickness in the Adult Brain. NeuroImage 51(4):1453-8

Abstracts:

Kucukboyaci, NE, Blackmon K, Barr WB, Carlson C, Kuzniecky R, McDonald C, DuBois J, Quinn BT, Devinsky O, French J, Dale AM, Halgren, E, Thesen, T (2010) Structural correlates of working memory performance in the human paracingulate cortex.Poster presented at Human Brain Mapping meeting in Barcelona, Spain

Murphy K, Barr WB, Brand J, Karantzoulis S, Bender H, Alper K (2009) Self-Reported Versus Clinician Rated Depression and Anxiety in Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures. Poster presented at the 7th Annual Conference of the American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology, San Diego, CA

Bender HA, Rodriguez-Rivera M, Aponte-Samalot M, MacAllister WS, Murphy K, Karantzoulis S, Senior E, Vazquez B, Barr WB (2009) The Clinical Utility of the RBANS-Spanish Research Edition in a Neurological Sample. Poster presented at the 7th Annual Conference of the American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology, San Diego, CA

Murphy K, Howard S, Arvidsson D, Ashman TA, Cantor JB (2007, March) Sex Matters: Predictors of Sexual Activity in Individuals with TBI. Poster and presentation at The 9th Annual Rehabilitation Psychology Conference, Charlotte, NC