Publications
Selected Publications
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 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.