Publications
Selected Publications
Simon, S.S., Cappi, C., Cabral Junior, J.D., Texeira, R.G.S., Alves, G.S., de Oliveira, B.L.C.A. (2025). The role of social participation in cognitive health in an underserved older population: Evidence from AfroBrazilian-Quilombola Communities. International Psychogeriatrics. 28:100138.
Simon, S.S., Varangis, E., Lee, S., Gu, Y., Gazes, Y., Razlighi, Q.R., Habeck, C., Stern, Y. (2024). In vivo tau is associated with a change in memory and processing speed, but not reasoning, in cognitively unimpaired older adults. Neurobiology of Aging; 133, 28-38.
Simon, S.S., Brucki, S.M.D., Fonseca, L.M., Becker, J. Cappi, C., Marques, A.H., Heyn, P., Gonçalves, P.D., Martins, S.S., Busatto, G., Bertola, L., Suemoto, C.K., Nitrini, R., Caramelli, P., Yassuda, M.S., Miotto, E.C., Grinberg, L.T., Arce Renteria, M., Alegria, M., Stern, Y., Rivera-Mindt, M. (2023). The (in)visible Brazilians: A perspective review on the need for brain health and dementia research with Brazilian immigrants in the United States. Alzheimer’s & Dementia: Translational Research & Clinical Interventions. 23;9(3):e12425.
Simon, S.S., Ben-Eliezer, D. Pondikos, M. Stern, Y. Gopher, D. (2023). Feasibility and acceptability on a new web-based cognitive training platform for cognitively healthy older adults: the breakfast task. Pilot and Feasibility Studies. 9:136.
Nicastri, C.M., Simon, S.S., McFeeley, B., Ledreux, A., Hakanbsson, K., Granholm, A., Mohammed, A.H., Daffner, K.R. (2022). BDNF mediates improvement in cognitive performance after computerized cognitive training. Alzheimer’s & Dementia: Translational Research & Clinical Interventions. 30;8(1):e12337.
Simon, S.S., Lee, S., Gu, Y., Mensing, A., Noofoo, D., Nazario, G.H., Babukutty, R.S., Stern, Y. (2022). Leisure activity engagement across adulthood predicts cognitive change after 5 years: Does gender and age matter? Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 29(6):529-540.
Simon, S.S. (2021). Good News for Dementia Prevention: Multiple Behavioral Features Are Associated With Markers of Brain Pathology in the Preclinical Phase of Sporadic and Autosomal Dominant Alzheimer’s Disease. Biological Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2021.02.001.
Sabates, J., Belleville, S., Castellani, M., Dwolatsky, T., Hampstead, B.M., Lampit, A., Simon, S.S., Anstey, K.J., Goodenough, B., Mancuso, S., Marques, D., Sinnott, R., Bahar-Fuchs A. (2021). CogTale: An Online Platform for the Evaluation, Synthesis and Dissemination of Evidence from Cognitive Interventions Studies. Systematic Reviews; 10:236.
Simon, S.S., Lee, S., Stern, Y. (2020). Personality‐cognition associations across the adult life span and potential moderators: Results from two cohorts. Journal of Personality. https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12548.
Simon, S.S., Hampstead, B.M., Nucci, M.P., Ferreira, L.K., Duran, F.L.S., Fonseca, L.M., Martin, M.G.M., Ávila, R., Porto, F.H.G., Brucki, S.M.D., Martins, C.B., Tascone, L.S., Amaro, Jr E., Busatto, G.F., Bottino, C.M.C. (2020). Mnemonic strategy training modulates functional connectivity at rest in mild cognitive impairment: results from a randomized controlled trial. Alzheimer’s & Dementia: Translational Research & Clinical Interventions.6(1): e12075.
Simon, S.S., Varangis, E. Stern, Y. (2020). Associations between personality and whole-brain functional connectivity at rest: Evidence across the adult lifespan. Brain and Behavior. doi: 10.1002/brb3.1515.
Simon, S.S.,Castellani, M., Belleville, S., Dwolatzky, T.Hampstead, B.M, Bahar-Fuchs, A. (2020). The Design, Evaluation and Reporting on Non-Pharmacological, Cognition-Oriented Treatments for Older Adults: Results of a Survey of Experts. Alzheimer’s & Dementia: Translational Research & Clinical Interventions; 7;6(1):e12024.
Simon, S.S., Hampstead, B.M., Nucci, M.P., Duran, F.L.S., Fonseca, L.M., Martin, M.G.M., Ávila, R., Porto, F.H.G., Brucki, S.M.D., Martins, C.B., Tascone, L.S., Amaro, Jr E., Busatto, G.F., Bottino, C.M.C. (2019). Training gains and transfer effects after mnemonic strategy training in mild cognitive impairment: A fMRI study. International Journal of Psychophysiology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2019.03.014.
Batista, A.X., Bazan, P.R., Conforto, A.B., Martins, M.G.M., Hoshino, M., Simon, S.S., Hampstead, B., Figueiredo, E.G., Castro, M.P., Michelan, D., Amaro Jr., E., Miotto, E.C. (2018). Resting state functional connectivity and neural correlates of face-name encoding in patients with ischemic vascular lesions with and without the involvement of the left inferior frontal gyrus. Cortex, 113: 15-28. doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2018.11.016.
Simon, S.S., Hampstead, B.M., Nucci, M.P., Duran, F.L.S., Fonseca, L.M., Martin, M.G.M., Ávila, R., Porto, F.H.G., Brucki, S.M.D., Martins, C.B., Tascone, L.S., Amaro, Jr E., Busatto, G.F., Bottino, C.M.C (2018). Cognitive and brain activity changes after mnemonic strategy training in amnestic mild cognitive impairment: evidence from a randomized controlled trial. Frontiers of Aging Neuroscience, doi: 10.3389/fnagi.2018.00342.
Simon, S.S., Tusch, E.S., Fend, N.C., Hakansson, K.; Mohammed, A.H.; Daffner, K.R. (2018). Is Computerized Working Memory Training Effective in Healthy Older Adults? Evidence from a Multi-Site, Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of Alzheimer Disease, 10:380; doi: 10.3233/JAD-180455.
Simon, S.S., Cordás, T.A., Bottino, C.M.C. (2015). Cognitive Behavioral Therapies in older adults with depression and cognitive deficits: a systematic review. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry; 30(3): 223-33. doi: 10.1002/gps.4239.
Horie, N.C., Serrao, V.T., Simon, S.S., Gascon, M.R.; Dos Santos, A.X.; Zambone, M.A., Del Bigio de Freitas, M.M., Cunha-Neto, E., Marques, E.L.; Halpern, A., de Melo, M.E., Mancini, M.C., Cercato, C. (2015). Cognitive Effects of Intentional Weight Loss in Elderly Obese Individuals With Mild Cognitive Impairment. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 101(3):1104-12. doi: 10.1210/jc.2015-2315.
Simon, S.S., Yokomizo, J.E., Bottino, C.M.C. (2012). Cognitive intervention in amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment: A systematic review. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 36(4): 1163-1178.