Debra Sue Pate

Jackson State University

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David I. Margolin

Allen Institute for Brain Science

James L. Pate

Georgia State University

Cynthia Karlson

University of Mississippi Medical Center

Eleanor M. Saffran

Temple University

Frances J. Friedrich

University of Utah

Robert Hierholzer

University of California, San Francisco

A. A. Howsepian

California State University, Fresno

Matthew A. Battista

VA Central California Health Care System

Jeffrey Mogelof

VA Central California Health Care System

Nadine Martin

Temple University

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Does Interfield Theory Solve History of Psychology Problems?

Annals of theoretical psychology (1993)

James L. Pate Debra Sue Pate

Woodward and Devonis have proposed an approach to the philosophy of science that they claim will solve some problems in the history of psychology. However, in problem-solving, one generally starts with a specification of the problem to be solved, and from that specification, possible solutions may be derived. It is not clear that Woodward and Devonis have specified the problem or problems to be solved in their approach. Nonetheless, there are interesting aspects of the paper, but as one might guess, we do not accept all of their arguments.

10.1007/978-1-4615-2986-6_9

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Dysnomia in dementia and in stroke patients: Different underlying cognitive deficits

Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology (1990)

David I. Margolin Debra Sue Pate Frances J. Friedrich Elizabeth Elia

Abstract The performance of 11 Alzheimer's (DAT) and 8 anomic aphasic stroke patients is contrasted with that of 32 normal elderly subjects on both the Boston Naming Test (BNT) and the Controlled Oral Word Association Test (COW), a letter-category verbal-fluency test. While both tests require phonological processing, only the BNT requires semantic processing (object recognition). Both DAT and anomic aphasic stroke patients were significantly impaired on the BNT, with mean z scores (based on the performance of the normals) of -4.08 and -2.57, respectively; the DAT patients were significantly farther from normal than were the anomic aphasics. Their relative levels of impairment on the COW were reversed: The anomic aphasics' performance (z=-1.79) was worse than that of the DATs (z=-0.66). This pattern of performance on the two tests is consistent with the hypothesis that impaired word finding reflects impaired processing mainly of semantic information for the DAT subjects, mainly of lexical-phonological information for the anomic aphasic subjects.

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Verbal fluency test

Stroke

10.1080/01688639008401004

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Syntactic transparency and sentence interpretation in aphasia

Language and Cognitive Processes (1987)

Myrna F. Schwartz Marcia C. Linebarger Eleanor M. Saffran Debra Sue Pate

Abstract A semantic anomaly judgement test was used to test the hypothesis that sentence comprehension errors by agrammatic aphasics arise as a consequence of faulty mapping from syntactic functions to thematic roles. In one condition, anomalies arose out of a thematic role reversal which was carried by the syntactic structure (e.g., # The worm swallowed the bird). Mis-mapping in these cases would have the effect of altering plausibility and hence resulting in erroneous judgments. In a second condition, mismapping was of no consequence (e.g., # The cat divorced the milk). Effects of sentence length ("Padding") and of the transparency with which thematic roles are syntactically encoded ("Moved-arguments") were examined across both types of anomaly. Overall, the performance pattern of agrammatics reveals considerable sensitivity to syntactic structure per se. Their difficulty seems to lie in the utilization of syntactic information for the assignment of thematic roles, particularly where the syntactic relationship between the verb and its noun arguments is not transparently evident in surface structure.

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10.1080/01690968708406352

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Specifying the nature of the production impairment in a conductionxs aphasic: A case study

Language and Cognitive Processes (1987)

Debra Sue Pate Eleanor M. Saffran Nadine Martin

Abstract The phonemic paraphasias (e.g., television → ∗/tvσl/) of a conduction aphasic were examined in the light of Garrett's (1984) model of normal language production, with the goal of specifying the impairment in terms of the stage of production at which it arises and the unit over which the impaired process(es) operate. The results of an oral-reading task suggested that target word characteristics, notably length in syllables, rather than contextual factors, were the principal determinant of the likelihood of paraphasic errors. Subsequent studies attempted to define the unit over which the syllable constraint is defined. The results of these studies indicated that, though the unit is typically a single word, it may, under certain conditions, encompass multiple words. The possibility that the unit is defined prosodically is considered, and arguments in favor of assigning the impairment to the positional or phonetic level planning operations are evaluated.

10.1080/01690968708406351

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Decision-making and attentional processes in ageing and in dementia of the Alzheimer's type

Cognitive Neuropsychology (1994)

Debra Sue Pate David I. Margolin Frances J. Friedrich Elizabeth Elia Bentley

Abstract Normal young and elderly subjects and patients with very mild or mild dementia of the Alzheimer's type performed several reaction-time (RT) tasks tapping basic cognitive components of attentional and decision-making processes. The results of Experiment 1 suggested that processes common to Simple and Choice RT tasks were slowed with ageing but were not affected by Alzheimer's disease (AD) until dementia severity reached a mild degree. In contrast, decision-making processes were slowed by AD even in the very mildly demented patients. The results of Experiment 2 indicated that all groups benefitted from a warning signal, but the time course of increasing alertness varied across groups. Comparison of these experiments with the literature and with each other suggests that very mild AD subjects are abnormally dependent on the presence of a warning signal and, more speculatively, that the informative as well as alerting aspects of such signals play a critical role.

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10.1080/02643299408251978

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Cognitive slowing in Parkinson's and Alzheimer's patients

Neurology (1994)

Debra Sue Pate David I. Margolin

The contribution of cognitive slowing to the slowed performance of patients with Parkinson9s disease (PD) is a matter of long-standing debate. In this study, we contrasted the performance of PD patients on two reaction-time tasks with the performance of Alzheimer9s disease (AD) patients, young normal subjects, and elderly normal subjects. Both nondemented and demented PD patients showed cognitive as well as motor slowing, and the extent of cognitive slowing varied with overall cognitive status. Moreover, by comparison with the cognitive slowing in AD patients, cognitive slowing in PD patients was disproportionate to their general level of cognitive performance. We suggest that this disproportionality be used to differentiate the concepts of bradyphrenia and nonspecific cognitive slowing.

10.1212/wnl.44.4.669

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Relationship functioning and impact of health coverage models for parents of childhood cancer patients: A systematic review

Journal of Child Health Care (2024)

L.J. Rygh TyKera Marrow Debra Sue Pate Cynthia Karlson

The current systematic literature review aimed to summarize and evaluate existing literature regarding parental relationship functioning during and after childhood cancer, with an exploratory evaluation regarding the impact of national health coverage model (proxy for finances). This review used MEDLINE, PsychInfo, Embase, and CENTRAL search database. Articles were reviewed ( N = 3060) against inclusion criteria, with 512 abstracts screened and 87 full-text retrieved and reviewed. Inclusion criteria: (1) childhood cancer, (2) measures parental relationship functioning, (3) English, and (4) new, empirical data. A modified version of the Downs and Black checklist was used to assess risk of bias. Narrative synthesis was used to present and discuss results. Final included articles ( N = 36) revealed mostly positive or neutral findings across parental relationship functioning subdomains within 6 months (T1) and after 6 months (T2) of childhood cancer diagnosis. Sexual intimacy was negatively impacted across timepoints. Parental stress was higher than norms at T1. Marital conflict and adjustment were also worse at T1 but returned to previous levels at T2. Some variability in parental relationship functioning was observed among the different health coverage models, but these differences were not significant. Results support systematic screening and systems-based parent support programs for families of children with cancer. Mixed-methods studies examining parental relationships longitudinally and utilizing operational definitions for out-of-pocket spending are needed.

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Childhood Cancer

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10.1177/13674935241285473

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Lexical Priming by Pictures and Words in Normal Aging and in Dementia of the Alzheimer's Type

Brain and Language (1996)

David I. Margolin Debra Sue Pate Francis J. Friedrich

Priming (agriculture)

10.1006/brln.1996.0076

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Disease management self-efficacy and pain outcomes among pediatric sickle cell disease patients

PsycEXTRA Dataset (2021)

Wynette Williams-Kirkwood Kaye Sly Debra Sue Pate Cynthia Karlson

10.1037/e507092022-001

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SHP: 50 years and counting.

History of Psychology (2017)

Debra Sue Pate James L. Pate Shayna Fox Lee

This essay contributes to the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Society for the History of Psychology (SHP) in its earlier form (Division 26 of the American Psychological Association). Ronald Mayer's history of the division is updated by providing a description of some of the noteworthy events and changes in the organization since his publication. (PsycINFO Database Record

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10.1037/h0101577

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