Alice Cronin-Golomb, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology.
Office: (617) 353-3911
Education
1979 B.A., Wesleyan University.
1984 Ph.D., California Institute of Technology.
1985-1989 Postdoctoral, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Areas of Interest
Schendan, H.E., Amick, M.M., & Cronin-Golomb, A. (2009). Role of a lateralized parietal-basal ganglia circuit in hierarchical pattern perception: Evidence from Parkinson's disease. Behavioral Neuroscience, 123,(1), 125-136. [view abstract]
Davidsdottir, S., Wagenaar, R., Young, D., & Cronin-Golomb, A. (2008). Impact of optic flow perception and egocentric coordinates on veering in Parkinson's disease. Brain, 131(11), 2882-2893. [view abstract]
Stavitsky, K., McNamara, P., Durso, R., Harris, E., Auerbach, S., & Cronin-Golomb, A. (2008). Hallucinations, dreaming, and frequent dozing in Parkinson disease: impact of right-hemisphere neural networks. Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology, 21(3), 143-149. [view abstract]
Bogdanova, Y., Neargarder, S., & Cronin-Golomb, A. (2008). Mapping mental number line in physical space: vertical and horizontal visual number line orientation in asymptomatic individuals with HIV. Neuropsychologia, 46(12), 2914-2923. [view abstract]
Clark, U.S., Neargarder, S., & Cronin-Golomb, A. (2008). Specific impairments in the recognition of emotional facial expressions in Parkinson's disease. Neuropsychologia, 46(9), 2300-2309. [view abstract]
Olesen, P.J., Schendan, H.E., Amick, M.M., & Cronin-Golomb, A. (2007). HIV infection affects parietal-dependent spatial cognition: evidence from mental rotation and hierarchical pattern perception. Behavioral Neuroscience, 121(6), 1163-1173. [view abstract]
Cronin-Golomb, A., Gilmore, G. C., Neargarder, S. A., Morrison, S. R., & Laudate, T.M. (2007). Enhanced stimulus strength improves visual cognition in aging and Alzheimer's disease. Cortex, 43, 952-966. [view abstract]
Cronin-Golomb, A., Panizzon, M.S., Lyons, M.J., Franz, C.E., Grant, M.D., Jacobson, K.C., Eisen, S.A., Laudate, T.M., & Kremen, W.S. (2007). Genetic influence on contrast sensitivity in middle-aged male twins. Vision Research, 47(16), 2179-86. [view abstract]
Dirksen, C. L., Howard, J. A., Cronin-Golomb, A., & Oscar-Berman, M. (2006). Patterns of prefrontal dysfunction in alcoholics with and without Korsakoff ’s syndrome, patients with Parkinson’s disease, and patients with rupture and repair of the anterior communicating artery. Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, 2(3), 327-339.
Amick, M.M., Schendan, H.E., Ganis, G., & Cronin-Golomb, A. (2006). Frontostriatal circuits are necessary for visuomotor transformation: Mental rotation in Parkinson's disease. Neuropsychologia, 44(3), 339-349. [view abstract]
Wong, B., Cronin-Golomb, A., & Neargarder, S. A. (2005). Patterns of visual scanning as predictors of emotion identification in normal aging. Neuropsychology, 19(6), 739-749. [view abstract]
Neargarder, S.A., & Cronin-Golomb, A. (2005). Characteristics of visual target influence detection of change in naturalistic scenes in Alzheimer's disease. Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology, 18, 151-158. [view abstract]
Davidsdottir, S., Cronin-Golomb, A., & Lee, A. (2005). Visual and spatial symptoms in Parkinson's disease. Vision Research, 45(10), 1285-1296. [view abstract]
Gilmore, G. C., Cronin-Golomb, A., Neargarder, S. A., & Morrison, S. R. (2005). Enhanced stimulus contrast normalizes visual processing of rapidly presented letters in Alzheimer's disease. Vision Research, 45(8), 1013-1020. [view abstract]
Cronin-Golomb, A. (2004). Heterogeneity of visual symptom presentation in Alzheimer’s disease. In: Vision in Alzheimer’s disease. Interdisciplinary Topics in Gerontology
Areas of interest include: (1) The relation between sensory function and cognitive function in neurodegenerative disease; in particular, visual cognition in Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson’s disease; and (2) Neural circuitry of visuospatial function, especially in Parkinson's disease. Dr. Cronin-Golomb teaches courses in neuropsychology and in the psychology of aging.
Selected Publications
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Dunne, T. E., Neargarder, S. A., Cipolloni, P. B., & Cronin-Golomb, A. (2004). Visual contrast enhances food and liquid intake in advanced Alzheimer’s disease. Clinical Nutrition, 23(4), 533-538. [view abstract]
Amick, M. M., Cronin-Golomb, A., & Gilmore, G.C. (2003). Visual processing of rapidly presented stimuli is normalized in Parkinson’s disease when proximal stimulus strength is enhanced. Vision Research, 43, 2827-2835. [view abstract]
Scepkowski, L.A., & Cronin-Golomb A. (2003). The alien hand: cases, categorizations, and anatomical correlates. Behavioral & Cognitive Neuroscience Reviews, 2 (4), 261-277. [view abstract]
Fortier, C. B., Disterhoft, J.F., Capozzi, S., Kilduff, P., Cronin-Golomb, A., & McGinchley, R.E. (2003). Conditional discrimination learning in patients with bilateral medial temporal lobe amnesia. Behavioral Neuroscience, 117(6), 1181-1195. [view abstract]
Cronin-Golomb, A. & Gilmore, G.C. (2003). Visual factors in cognitive dysfunction and enhancement in Alzheimer’s disease. In: Visual Information Processing, S. A. Soraci and K. Murata-Soraci (Eds.) Westport CT: Praeger, pp. 3-34. ISBN: 1-56750-685-2.
Neargarder, S. A., Stone, E. R., Cronin-Golomb, A., & Oross, S. III (2003). The impact of acuity on performance of four clinical measures of contrast sensitivity in Alzheimer's disease. The Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 58B(1), P54-P62. [view abstract]
Shuwairi, S.M., Cronin-Golomb, A., McCarley, R.W., & O’Donnell, B.F. (2002). Color discrimination in schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research, 55(1-2), 197-204. [view abstract]
Cronin-Golomb, A., & Amick, M (2001). Spatial abilities in aging, Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease. In: Handbook of Neuropsychology, 2nd edition, Vol. 6. F. Boller and S. Cappa (Eds.). Amsterdam: Elsevier, pp. 119-143. ISBN: 0444503633 (hardcover) and 0444503722 (softcover).
Cronin-Golomb, A. (2001). Color vision, object recognition and spatial localization in aging and Alzheimer’s disease. In: Functional Neurobiology of Aging, P.R. Hof and C.V. Mobbs (Eds.) San Diego, CA: Academic Press, 517-529. ISBN: 012351830X .
Levisohn, L., Cronin-Golomb, A., & Schmahmann, J.D. (2000).Neuropsychological consequences of cerebellar tumor resection in children: Cerebellar cognitive affective syndrome in a pediatric population. Brain, 123, 1041-1050. [view abstract]
Cronin-Golomb, A., Cronin-Golomb, M., Dunne, T., Brown, A., Jain, K., Cipolloni, P.B., & Auerbach, S.H. (2000). Facial frequency manipulation normalizes face discrimination in Alzheimer’s disease. Neurology, 54, 2316-2318. [view abstract]
Wingfield, A., & Cronin-Golomb, A. (1999). Amnesia. In: Embryonic Encyclopedia of Life Sciences. London: Nature Publishing Group.
Rocco, F.J., Cronin-Golomb, A., & Lai, F. (1997). Alzheimer-like visual deficits in Down syndrome. Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders, 11, 88-98. [view abstract]
Cronin-Golomb, A., & Braun, A.E. (1997). Visuospatial dysfunction and problem solving in Parkinson's disease. Neuropsychology, 11, 44-52. [view abstract]
Cronin-Golomb, A., Gabrieli, J.D.E., & Keane, M.M. (1996). Implicit and explicit memory retrieval within and across the disconnected cerebral hemispheres. Neuropsychology, 10, 254-262.
Mendola, J., Cronin-Golomb, A., Corkin, S., & Growdon, J.H. (1995). Prevalence of visual deficits in Alzheimer's disease. Optometry and Vision Science, 72, 155-167. [view abstract]
Cronin-Golomb, A., Corkin, S., & Growdon, J.H. (1995). Visual dysfunction predicts cognitive deficits in Alzheimer's disease. Optometry and Vision Science, 72, 168-176. [view abstract]
Cronin-Golomb, A. (1995). Vision in Alzheimer's disease.The Gerontologist, 35, 370-376. [view abstract]
Cronin-Golomb, A. (1995). Semantic networks in the divided cerebral hemispheres. Psychological Science, 6, 212-218.
Cronin-Golomb, A., Corkin, S., & Growdon, J.H. (1994). Impaired problem solving in Parkinson's disease: Impact of a set-shifting deficit. Neuropsychologia, 32, 579-593. [view abstract]
Cronin-Golomb, A., Sugiura, R., Corkin, S., & Growdon, J.H. (1993). Incomplete achromatopsia in Alzheimer's disease. Neurobiology of Aging, 14, 471-477. [view abstract]
Cronin-Golomb, A., Corkin, S., & Rosen, T.J. (1993). Neuropsychological assessment of dementia. In: Dementia, P. Whitehouse (ed.). Philadelphia: F.A. Davis, 130-164.
Cronin-Golomb, A., Keane, M.M., Kokodis, A., Corkin, S., & Growdon, J.H. (1992). Category knowledge in Alzheimer's disease: Normal organization and a general retrieval deficit. Psychology and Aging, 7, 359-366. [view abstract]
Rizzo, J.F., Cronin-Golomb, A., Growdon, J.H., Corkin, S., Rosen, T.J., Sandberg, M.A., Chiappa, K.H., & Lessell, S. (1992). Retino-calcarine function in Alzheimer's disease: A clinical and electrophysiological study. Archives of Neurology, 49, 93-101. [view abstract]
Cronin-Golomb, A., Rizzo, J.F., Corkin, S., & Growdon, J.H. (1991). Visual function in Alzheimer's disease and normal aging. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 640, 28-35. [view abstract]
Cronin-Golomb, A., Corkin, S., Rizzo, J.F., Cohen, J., Growdon, J.H., & Banks, K.S. (1991). Visual dysfunction in Alzheimer's disease: Relation to normal aging. Annals of Neurology, 29, 41-52. [view abstract]
Cronin-Golomb, A. (1990). Abstract thought in aging and age-related neurological disease. In: Handbook of Neuropsychology, Vol. 4, F. Boller and J.Grafman (Eds.). Amsterdam: Elsevier.