TARA LINEWEAVER

Professor
Psychology - LAS
Butler University
United States of America

Professor Clinical Sciences
Biography

I am trained as a Clinical Psychologist with a specialty in neuropsychology (how the brain impacts cognitive abilities). My research interests span neurodegenerative disorders (such as Alzheimer's Disease and Parkinson's Disease), music and dementia, healthy aging, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, and epilepsy. I especially love mentoring undergraduate students as they develop their research skills as student scientists. I am also the Director of Butler's Neuroscience minor. I have a B.A. in Psychology,Butler University, M.S. in Experimental Psychology, Georgia Institute of Technology, Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, University of California.

Research Intrest

Neuropsychology, Clinical Psychology

List of Publications
Busch, R., Lineweaver, T.T., Ferguson, L. & Haut, J. (2015). Reliable Change Indices and Standardized Regression-Based Change Score Norms for Evaluating Neuropsychological Change Following Epilepsy Surgery in Children. Epilepsy and Behavior, 47, 45-54.
Shiltz, D.L., Lineweaver, T.T., Brimmer, T., Hay, D. Plewes, J., Dimmmick, P., Kinnavy, R.T. & Medas, R.E. (2015). An Interprofessional Study of the Effect of Music as a Non-Pharmacological Intervention on the ABC’s (Affect-Behavior-Cognition) of Older Adults with Mild or Moderate Dementia. ARC Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences,1, 9-18.

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