BRANDON A. ALLY, PH.D.

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1 Revised 10/1/2013 BRANDON A. ALLY, PH.D. Vanderbilt University Department of Neurology st Avenue South A-0118 Medical Center North Nashville, TN Phone: (615) Fax: (615) Cell: (617) Web: Academic History 1996 B.A., Psychology, University of Tennessee 2002 M.A., Clinical Psychology, University of Southern Mississippi 2004 Ph.D., Clinical Neuropsychology, University of Southern Mississippi Pre-Doctoral Clinical Fellow, Geriatric Neuropsychology, Harvard Medical School Post-Doctoral Fellow, Geriatric Neuropsychology, Harvard Medical School NIH Research Fellow in Cognitive Neuroscience, Boston University School of Medicine Licensure and Certification Massachusetts Board of Registration of Psychologists (Lic#8906) Tennessee Board of Examiners in Psychology (Lic#2984) Academic Appointments Clinical Fellow, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School Instructor, Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine Investigator, Center for Translational Cognitive Neuroscience, Bedford VA Hospital, Bedford, MA Director of Neuropsychology Research, Center for Translational Cognitive Neuroscience, Bedford VA Hospital, Bedford, MA Site Director, Center for Translational Cognitive Neuroscience, Bedford VA Hospital, Bedford, MA Assistant Professor, Departments of Neurology, Psychiatry, and Psychology, Vanderbilt University Assistant Professor, Center for Integrative and Cognitive Neuroscience, Vanderbilt University Member, Vanderbilt Kennedy Center Hospital Appointments Director, Inpatient Neuropsychology Consultation Service, Bedford VAMC Clinical Neuropsychologist, Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VMG) Peer Evaluation Coordinator for Psychologists at VUMC Professional Membership and Organizations International Neuropsychological Society, Member Association for Psychological Science, Member Cognitive Neuroscience Society, Member Charles River Association for Memory, Member Society for Neuroscience, Member Memory Disorders Research Society (elected membership)

2 BRANDON A. ALLY 2 Committee Appointments Bedford VAMC Scientific Review Committee Member Bedford VAMC Psychology Training Committee Vanderbilt Brain Institute Steering Committee (elected Chair for Learning and Memory theme) Vanderbilt Brain Institute Membership and Appointments Committee Editorial Board BioMed Research International (Geriatrics Action Editor) Journal Reviews Ad Hoc Reviewer (33 peer-reviewed journals): Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, Behavior and Brain Functions, Biological Psychology, BMC Neurology, Brain and Cognition, Brain Research, Brain Research Bulletin, Cerebral Cortex, Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience, Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology, Cognitive Neuropsychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Cortex, Current Alzheimer s Research, European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, Hippocampus, International Journal of Psychophysiology, Journal of Alzheimer's disease, Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, Journal of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Mechanisms of Ageing and Development, Memory, Neurobiology of Aging, Neurocase, Neuropsychologia, Neuropsychology, Neuroscience Letters, PLOS One, Psychophysiology, Psychology and Aging, Spanish Journal of Psychology Grant Review Committees Boston University Pilot Award Grant Review Panel Alzheimer s Association, New Investigator Research Grant Review Panel Alzheimer s Association, Investigator Initiated Research Grant Review Panel NIA-N Neuroscience of Aging Review Committee, Temporary Study Section Member 2011 Alzheimer s Society (UK), Project Grant Review Panel 2011 NIA Special Emphasis Panel ZAG1-ZIJ-2 (01) Alzheimer s Cell Repository 2011 NIA Special Emphasis Panel ZAG1-ZIJ-4 (02) Frontotemporal Dementia 2011 NIA Special Emphasis Panel ZAG1-ZIJ-4 (04) Sympathetic Neurotransmission Veteran s Affairs Clinical Science Review Panel, Mental Health and Behavioral Sciences B Vanderbilt Internal Early Career Study Section (Edge for Scholars) 2013 The Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research, Innovative Research Initiative Panel Teaching Activities Graduate Teaching Assistant, USM Clinical Psychology Clinical Supervisor, Harvard Medical South Shore Residency Program Discussant, Neurobehavioral Grand Rounds, Harold Goodglass Aphasia Research Center Instructor, Neuropsychology Lecture Series, Brockton / West Roxbury VA HCS Lecturer, Geriatrics Seminar, Boston Consortium Adjunct Neuropsychologist, Bedford VAMC Neuropsychology Training Program Staff Neuropsychologist, Bedford VAMC Neuropsychology Training Program Training/Practicum Faculty, Psychological Sciences, Vanderbilt University Training Faculty, Neuroscience Graining Program, Vanderbilt University Training Faculty, Interdisciplinary Graduate Program (Neuroscience), Vanderbilt University Course Taught

3 BRANDON A. ALLY NURO 366 Molecular Basis of Neural Disease 1 lecture, Alzheimer s Disease 2013 MD YRII Brain and Behavior 2 lectures, Mild Cognitive Impairment & Hippocampus and Memory Systems Student Committee Activities 2010 Bailey Bonura, Thesis Committee, Tufts University, Department of Psychology Lindsay Embree, Dissertation Committee, Suffolk University, Department of Psychology 2011 Suzanne Avery, Neuroscience Qualifying Exam Committee, Vanderbilt University 2012 James Kragel, Neuroscience Qualifying Exam Committee, Vanderbilt University 2012 Jacqueline Clauss, Neuroscience Qualifying Exam Committee, Vanderbilt University Suzanne Avery, Dissertation Committee, PhD Program in Neuroscience, Vanderbilt University 2013 Neal Morton, Psychology Qualifying Exam Committee, Vanderbilt University 2013 Asante Kamkwalala, Neuroscience Qualifying Exam Committee, Vanderbilt University 2013 Jennifer Vega, Neuroscience Qualifying Exam Committee, Vanderbilt University 2013 Matt Ginter, Neuroscience Qualifying Exam Committee, Vanderbilt University Pratik Talati, Neuroscience Dissertation Committee, Vanderbilt University Representative Trainees Dates Trainee Position at time Position when left Jill Waring Research Assistant College Graduate, Brandeis University Boston College Carl Gold Research Assistant College Graduate, Princeton University Medical Student, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Irene Piryatinsky Graduate Student Suffolk University Postdoctoral Fellow, Brown University Joshua McKeever Research Assistant College Graduate, Bowdoin College Drexel University Dan Sacchetti Research Assistant Masters of Medical Science, Boston University Medical Student, University of New England John Smolinsky Clinical Postdoctoral Fellow Suffolk University Staff Neuropsychologist, Bedford VA Hospital Hector Adames Clinical Postdoctoral Fellow Postdoctoral Fellow, Boston University Assistant Professor of Psychology, Chicago School of Professional Psychology Erin Hussey Lab Manager Research Assistant, Boston University Laboratory Manager (current), Vanderbilt University present Nick Simmons-Stern Research Assistant Undergraduate, Yale University Undergraduate, Yale University Rebecca Deason Research Postdoctoral Fellow University of Minnesota Assistant Professor of Psychology, Texas State University Neil Nadkarni Medical Student Medical Student, Boston University Medical Student, (summer student) Boston University Lindsay Embree Graduate Student Suffolk University Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California at Los Angeles Bryant Duda Research Assistant Research Assistant, Vanderbilt University Graduate Student in Neuropsychology University of Georgia present Philip Ko Research Postdoctoral Fellow Postdoctoral Fellow, Vanderbilt University present Jim Kragel Graduate Student Vanderbilt University Emily Mason

4 BRANDON A. ALLY 4 present Graduate Student Vanderbilt University Robert Molitor Undergraduate, present Research Assistant University of Illinois - UC Mentored Honors and Awards 2010 Sponsor: Neil Nadkarni, Boston University Medical Student Summer Research Program Mentor: Rebecca Deason, PhD, VA VISN 1 Early Career Development Award 2012 Mentor: Emily Mason, Vanderbilt Brain Institute Scholar Mentor: Emily Mason, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Certificate in Molecular Medicine Mentor: Philip Ko, PhD, NIH-NIA National Research Service Award (F32) Professional Honors and Awards 1996 University of Tennessee, Dean's List (Psi Chi, Beta Society) Graduate Fellowship Award, University of Southern Mississippi Graduate Student Scholarship, University of Southern Mississippi Graduate Research Assistantship, University of Southern Mississippi, Dept. of Psychology 2003 Graduate Research Dissertation Award, University of Southern Mississippi Clinical Fellowship, Harvard Medical School, Department of Psychiatry Teaching Fellowship, Harvard Medical School, Department of Psychiatry Clinical Fellowship, Harvard Medical School, Geriatric Neuropsychology Laboratory Research Fellowship, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Department of Neurology NIH/NIA Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award NIH Clinical Research Loan Repayment Program 2008 Massachusetts Neuropsychological Society Laird Cermak Award for Memory Research NIH/NIA Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award Extramural Funding Current Type: Research Project Grant [R01 AG038471] Agency: NIH-National Institute on Aging (NIA) Period: 2/11 1/16 Amount: TDC $1,250,000 Role: PI, The cognitive and neural correlates of the picture superiority effect in Alzheimer s Type: K23 Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award [1K23 AG031925] Agency: NIH-National Institute on Aging (NIA) Period: 09/08 08/13 Amount: TDC $787,138 Role: PI, Using pictures to understand recognition memory in Alzheimer's disease Type: NIH Clinical Research Loan Repayment Program Funding [L30 AG031014] Agency: National Institutes of Health Period: 07/07 06/13 Amount: $68,212 Role: PI, Understanding Recognition Memory in Aging and Alzheimer's disease Type: Agency: F32 National Research Service Award [1F32 AG044076] NIH-National Institute on Aging (NIA)

5 BRANDON A. ALLY 5 Period: 12/12 11/15 Amount: TDC $172,773 Role: Mentor/Sponsor (PI: Philip Ko), Understanding visual working memory in Alzheimer's disease Past Type: Luton Rising Star Research Award Agency: Vanderbilt Psychiatry Luton Society Period: 07/11 06/12 Amount: $22,000 Role: Investigator (PI: Donahue), The role of hippocampal neurotransmission and hemodynamic imbalance in individuals at risk for memory disorder Type: F32 National Research Service Award [1F32 AG027632] Agency: NIH-National Institute on Aging (NIA) Period: 05/06 04/09 Amount: TDC $156,810 Role: PI, Understanding memory for pictures in Alzheimer's disease Type: Harvard Center for Neurodegeneration and Repair Clinical Research Pilot Award Period: 04/06 03/07 Amount: $20,138 Role: PI, P50 as a measure of cholinergic response in Alzheimer's disease Type: Boston University Alzheimer s Disease Center Pilot Award Period: 08/06 07/07 Amount: $30,000 Role: PI, Posterior association cortex as a therapeutic marker in Alzheimer's disease Type: Boston University Medical Student Summer Research Program Agency: Boston University School of Medicine Period: 5/10 8/10 Amount: $2,750 Role: Mentor, Are words less effective retrieval cues compared to pictures in Alzheimer's disease? Student, Neil Nadkarni Type: Pilot Research Award Agency: MetLife Foundation in conjunction with Museum of Modern Art (NYC) Period: 11/09 10/10 Amount: $26,500 Role: PI, Understanding Perception and Memory of Modern Art in Alzheimer's disease Bibliography (senior author is listed last) * - denotes student/trainee, ^ - denotes student dissertation Peer reviewed Papers 1) Ally BA, Jones GE, Cole JA & Budson AE. (2006). The P300 component in patients with Alzheimer's disease and their biological children. Biological Psychology, 72, ) Ally BA, Jones GE, Cole JA & Budson AE. (2007). Sensory gating in patients with Alzheimer's disease and their biological children. American Journal of Alzheimer s Disease and Other Dementias, 21,

6 BRANDON A. ALLY 6 3) Ally BA, and Budson AE. (2007). The worth of pictures: Using high-density event-related potentials to understand the memorial power of pictures and the dynamics of recognition memory. NeuroImage, 35, ) Hwang DY, Gallo DA, Ally BA, Black PM, Schacter DL, and Budson AE. (2007). Diagnostic monitoring of memory retrieval in patients with frontal lobe lesions: Further exploration of the distinctiveness heuristic. Neuropsychologia, 45, ) Simons JS, Peers PV, Hwang DY, Ally BA, Fletcher PC and Budson AE (2008). Is the Parietal Lobe Necessary for Recollection in Humans? Neuropsychologia, 46, ) Ally BA, Waring JD, Beth EH, McKeever JD, Milberg WP, and Budson AE. (2008). Aging memory for pictures: Using high-density event-related potentials to understand the effect of aging on the picture superiority effect. Neuropsychologia, 46, ) Ally BA, Simons JS, McKeever JD*, Peers PV, Budson AE. (2008). Parietal contributions to recollection: Electrophysiological evidence from healthy aging and patients with lateral parietal lesions. Neuropsychologia, 46, ) Ally BA, Gold CA*, Budson AE. (2009). The picture superiority effect in patients with Alzheimer's disease and Mild Cognitive Impairment. Neuropsychologia, 47, ) Ally BA, Gold CA*, Budson AE. (2009). An Evaluation of Recollection and Familiarity in Alzheimer s Disease and Mild Cognitive Impairment Using Receiver Operating Characteristics. Brain and Cognition, 69, ) Ally BA, McKeever JD*, Waring JD*, Budson AE. (2009). Pictures preserve frontal memorial processes in patients with mild cognitive impairment. Neuropsychologia, 47, ) Addis DR, Sacchetti D, Ally BA, Schacter DL, Budson AE. (2009). Episodic simulation of future events is impaired in mild Alzheimer's disease. Neuropsychologia, 47, ) Beth EH*, Waring JD*, Budson AE, Ally BA. (2009). Response bias for picture recognition in patients with Alzheimer's disease. Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology, 22, ) O Connor, Ally BA. (2010). Using stimulus form change to understand memorial familiarity and the picture superiority effect in patients with mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease. Neuropsychologia. 14) Simmons-Stern N*, Budson AE, Ally BA. (2010). Music as a memory enhancer in patients with Alzheimer's disease. Neuropsychologia, 49, ) Dodson CS, Spaniol M, O Connor MK, Deason RG*, Ally BA, Budson AE. (2011). Alzheimer's disease and memory-monitoring impairment: Alzheimer's patients show a monitoring deficit that is greater than their accuracy deficit. Neuropsychologia, 49, ) Quiroz YT*, Ally BA, Celone K, McKeever J*, Ruiz-Rizzo AL, Lopera F, Stern CE, Budson AE. (2011). Event-related potential markers of brain changes in preclinical familial Alzheimer's disease. Neurology, 77, ) Werheid K, McDonald RS, Simmons-Stern NR*, Ally BA, and Budson AE. (2011). Familiar smiling faces in Alzheimer's disease: Understanding the positivity-related recognition bias. Neuropsychologia, 49, ) Hussey E*, Ally B. (2011). Examining the characteristics of episodic memory using event-related potentials in Alzheimer's disease. Journal of Visualized Experiments, 54, doi: /2715.

7 BRANDON A. ALLY 7 19) Deason RG*, Hussey EP*, Ally BA, Budson AE. (2012). Reliance upon familiarity leads to a liberal response bias: Evidence from young adults, older adults, and patients with Alzheimer's disease. Neuropsychology, 26, ) Deason RG*, Hussey EP*, Budson AE, Ally BA. (2012). Gist-based conceptual processing of pictures remains intact in patients with amnestic mild cognitive impairment. Neuropsychology, 26, ) Hussey EP*, Smolinsky JG*, Piryatinsky I*, Budson AE, Ally BA. (2012). Using mental imagery to improve memory in patients with Alzheimer's disease: Trouble inspecting or remembering the mind s eye? Alzheimer's Disease and Associated Disorders, 26, ) Embree LM*^, Budson AE, Ally BA. (2012). Familiarity remains intact for pictures but not for words in patients with amnestic mild cognitive impairment. Neuropsychologia, 50, ) Simmons-Stern NR*, Deason RG*, Brandler BJ, Frustace BS, O Connor MK, Ally BA, Budson AE. (2012). Music-based memory enhancement in Alzheimer s disease: Promise and Limitations. Neuropsychologia. 50, ) Ally BA. (2012). Using pictures and words to understand recognition memory deterioration in amnestic mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease: A review. Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports, 12, ) Deason RG*, Simmons-Stern NR*, Frustace BS, Ally BA, Budson AE. (2012). Music as a memory enhancer: Differences between healthy older adults and patients with Alzheimer's disease. Psychomusicology: Music, Mind, and Brain, 22, ) Ko PC*, Duda B*, Hussey EP, Ally BA. (2013). Electrophysiological distinctions between recognition memory with and without awareness. Neuropsychologia, 51, ) Rane S, Ally BA, Hussey EP, Wilson T, Thornton-Wells, Gore J, Donahue MJ. (2013). Inverse correspondence between hippocampal perfusion and verbal memory performance in healthy older adults. Hippocampus, 23, ) Ally BA, Hussey EP, Donahue MJ. (2013). Hyperthymesia: Rethinking the role of the amygdala in human memory. Neurocase, 19, ) Donahue MJ, Hussey EP, Rane S, Prochak T, van Osch M, Hartkamp N, Hendriske J, Ally BA. (in press). Vessel-encoded arterial spin labeling (VE-ASL) reveals elevated flow territory asymmetry in older adults with substandard verbal memory performance. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 30) Ally BA, Hussey EP, Ko PC*, Molitor RJ*. (in press). Pattern separation and pattern completion in Alzheimer s disease: evidence of rapid forgetting in amnestic mild cognitive impairment. Hippocampus. 31) Ko PC, Duda B, Hussey EP, Mason EJ, Molitor RJ, Woodman GF, Ally BA. (in press). Understanding agerelated reductions in visual working memory capacity: examining the stages of change detection. Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics. Manuscripts Submitted Rane S, Mason EJ, Hussey EP, Gore JC, Ally BA, Donahue MJ. (submitted). Functional connectivity analyses based on quantitative R2*: implications for cognitive neuroscience investigations.

8 BRANDON A. ALLY 8 Donahue MJ, Rane S, Hussey EP, Mason EJ, Pradhan S, Waddell K, Ally BA. (submitted). y-aminobutric acid (GABA) concentration inversely correlates with basal perfusion in human visual cortex. Molitor RJ, Ko PC, Hussey EP, Ally BA. Memory-related eye movements challenge behavioral measures of pattern completion and pattern separation. Manuscripts in Preparation Ko PC*, Duda B*, Hussey EP, Deason RG, Ally BA. (in prep). Re-conceptualizing object priming in Alzheimer's disease and amnestic mild cognitive impairment. Deason RG*, McKeever JD*, Budson AE, Waring JD*, Ally BA. (in revision). Parietal contributions to the subjective feeling of recollection. Deason RG*, Hussey EP*, Flannery S*, Ally BA. Limits to the interaction of the semantic network and implicit memory in patients with Alzheimer's disease. Ko PC*, Hussey EP*, Duda B, Simmons-Stern NS*, Deason RG*, Ally BA. Utilizing perceptual specific details to increase object identification in Alzheimer's disease. Ally BA, McKeever JD*, Addis DR, Hussey EP*, Schacter DL, Budson AE. Imagining the past and future share similar courses of time but not location with recalling autobiographical memories. Ko PC*, Hussey EP*, Costanza PP*, Budson, AE, Ally BA. Examining the neural correlates of single item versus multiple-choice recognition memory. Deason RG*, Flannery S., Hussey EP, Mithal PS, Crehan ER, Ally BA, Budson AE. Changes in response bias: Evidence from healthy older adults and patients with Alzheimer s disease. Book Chapters 1) Brandon A. Ally. (2011). Using EEG and MEG to understand brain physiology in Alzheimer s disease and other dementias. In Budson AE, & Kowall NW (Eds.) The Handbook of Alzheimer s Disease and Other Dementias. Blackwell Publishing. ISBN ) Philip C. Ko* and Brandon A. Ally. (2011). Visual Cognition in Alzheimer's disease and its Functional Implications. In De La Monte, S. (Ed.) The Clinical Spectrum of Alzheimer's Disease Comprehensive Diagnostic and Therapeutic Strategies. InTech Publishing. ISBN ) Emily J. Mason*, Manus J. Donahue, and Brandon A. Ally. (2012). Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Identification of Biomarkers in Alzheimer s Disease. In Zerr, I. (Ed.) Alzheimer's disease. InTech Publishing. ISBN Published Abstracts Pawlow LA, Jones GE, O Brein CL, Ally BA, and Eubanks CL. (2001). The impact of Abbreviated Progressive Muscle Relaxation on salivary IgA and salivary cortisol. Psychophysiology, S75. Ally, BA, Jones, GE, and Cole JA. (2004). P300 as a Diagnostic Tool in those with Alzheimer's disease and their First Generation Biological Offspring. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 10 (S1), p. 34.

9 BRANDON A. ALLY 9 Ally, BA, Jones, GE, and Cole JA. (2005). The endogenously evoked P50 potential in patients with Alzheimer's disease and their biological children. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 11 (S1), p. 94. Ally, BA, Beth, EH, Waring, JD, and Budson, AE. (2007) Memorial Response Bias in Patients with Alzheimer s Disease. Journal of International Neuropsychological Society. Ally, BA, Waring, JD, Beth, EH, and Budson, AE. (2007) The effect of pictures on the neural correlates of recognition memory. Journal of International Neuropsychological Society. Beth EH, Ally BA, Waring JD, Budson AE. (2007). Response bias in Alzheimer's disease: Examining pictures versus words. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. McKeever JD, Ally BA, Beth EH, Budson AE. (2007). Dissociating the neural correlates of recognition memory in healthy older adults using pictures and words. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. Gold CA, Ally BA, Budson AE. (2007). Recollection and familiarity in Alzheimer's disease: An evaluation using receiver operating characteristic analyses. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. Ally BA, Waring JD, Beth EH, Budson AE. (2007). Using high-density event-related potentials to understand the memorial power of pictures and the dynamics of recognition memory. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. Ally BA, Waring JD, Beth EH, McKeever JD, Budson AE. (2007). The effect of age on the neural correlates of recognition memory: Dissociations using pictures and words. Brain and Cognition. Addis DR, Sacchetti DC, Ally BA, Beth EH, Schacter DL, Budson AE. (2008). Simulation of future events is impaired in mild Alzheimer's disease. Brain and Cognition. Quiroz YT, Ally BA, Stern CE, Lopera F, McKeever JD, Ruiz A, Budson (2009). AE. Using high-density eventrelated potentials to study recognition memory in pre-symptomatic individuals with familial Alzheimer's disease due to E280A presenilin-1 mutation. International Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Ally BA, Costanza PP, McKeever JD, Budson AE. (2010). The neural correlates of single-item and multiple-choice recognition. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. Smolinsky JG, Adames HY, Budson AE, Ally BA. (2010). The neural correlates of varying degrees of imagability. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. Deason RG, Ally BA, Budson AE. (2010). Errorless learning of new flexible knowledge in patients with Alzheimer's disease. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. Porchak T, Thornton-Wells T, Ally B, Hussey E, Smith S, Cobb J, Dula A, Rane S, Welch B, Anderson A, Gore J, Donahue M. (2011). Novel High-Filed MRI Applied to the Early Detection of Alzheimer's Disease Related Pathology. International Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders. Ko PC, Duda B, Hussey E, Ally BA. (2012). Implicit memory provides perceptual and conceptual information for explicit memory decisions. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. Ko PC, Duda B, Hussey EP, Mason EJ, Ally BA. (2012). Neural correlates of item- and category-level priming in object identification. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. Hussey, EP, Ko, PC, Duda, B, Simmons-Stern, N, Deason, RG, Ally, BA. (2012). The role of perceptual and conceptual priming in object identification in Alzheimer s disease. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience.

10 BRANDON A. ALLY 10 Ezzati A, Mitchell MB, Shirk SD, Mclaren DG, Ally BA, Atri A. (2012). Neural correlates of face-name encoding using simultaneous eye-tracking and ERP. Annals of Neurology. Invited Presentations and Symposia ^ - denotes peer reviewed 2004 International Neuropsychological Society, Invited Symposium, Dementia Risk, Using event-related potentials to identify individuals at high risk for Alzheimer's disease ^ (2/5) 2006 Harvard Medical School and Boston VAMC Geriatric Neuropsychology Laboratory, The memorial power of pictures: Dissociating the neural correlates of recognition memory (3/6) Charles River Association for Memory, Recent Memory Findings, Role of parietal cortex in memory retrieval (11/1) 2007 Boston University Alzheimer s Disease Research Center seminar series, Parietal contributions to recollection: Evidence from aging and lesion data (10/31) Boston University Alzheimer s Disease Research Center seminar series, Understanding memory for pictures in Alzheimer's disease (12/1) Louisiana Alzheimer s Association Annual Meeting, Updates in Alzheimer's Disease Research (12/4) 2008 Keynote Speaker, Alzheimer s Services of Cape Cod and the Islands, 11 th Annual Alzheimer s Awareness Conference, The worth of pictures in Alzheimer s disease: More than 1,000 words (7/12) Memory Research Disorders Society, Symposium, What is the parietal lobe contribution to memory?, Parietal contributions to recollection: ERP and lesion studies ^ (9/5) Massachusetts Neuropsychological Society, Annual Laird Cermak Lecture, Understanding the picture superiority effect in healthy and diseased memory (11/11) Bedford VA Neuropsychology Seminar Series, Understanding human memory and memory disorders Keynote Speaker, Louisiana Alzheimer s Association Dementia Care Conference, Lafayette, LA, Using research to inform our clinical interventions (12/4) Louisiana Alzheimer s Association Dementia Care Conference, Lafayette, LA, Understanding human memory and memory dysfunction (12/4) Louisiana Alzheimer s Association Dementia Care Conference, Lake Charles, LA, A research update on the risk for Alzheimer s disease (12/5) Louisiana Alzheimer s Association Dementia Care Conference, Lake Charles, LA, Understanding human memory and memory dysfunction (12/5) 2009 Bedford VA Psychology Research Seminar, Bedford, MA Parietal involvement in episodic memory

11 BRANDON A. ALLY 11 Boston University Alzheimer s Disease Center and Carleton-Willard Village Memory Fair, Bedford, MA, Using pictures to improve memory in healthy and diseased aging (7/16) 2010 Boston University panel discussion on Alzheimer's disease and art, I remember when I paint. Panelist (1/12) Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women s Hospital Behavioral Neuroscience Seminar, The cognitive and neural correlates of picture memory in Alzheimer's disease (2/11) Newton Symphony Orchestra, The Healing Power of Music, Music and the aging and Alzheimer brain (2/27) Harvard University Department of Psychology, The cognitive and neural correlates of picture memory in Alzheimer's disease (3/5) Vanderbilt University Neurology Grand Rounds The cognitive and neural correlates of picture memory in Alzheimer's disease (4/2) Massachusetts Alzheimer s Association Recent research on the arts and Alzheimer s (4/15) Boston University Neurology Grand Rounds Understanding memory for pictures and words in Alzheimer's disease (5/4) Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital, Cognitive Neurology Grand Rounds, The cognitive and neural correlates of picture memory in Alzheimer's disease (5/5) Boston University Alzheimer s Disease Research Center seminar series, The cognitive and neural correlates of picture memory in Alzheimer's disease (6/2) Vanderbilt University Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience colloquium series, The role of parietal cortex in memorial recollection (9/24) Vanderbilt University Clinical Brown Bag series, Using stimulus format to understand memory dysfunction in Alzheimer's disease (11/2) 2011 Louisiana Association for Medical Psychologists, Memory Disorders: Diagnosing and Treatment (3/18) Vanderbilt Neuroscience Retreat, Understanding memory dysfunction in patients with Alzheimer's disease (9/19) Gerontological Society of America Annual Scientific Meeting, Boston, MA, Music and the Aging Brain Symposium, Music as a Memory Enhancer in Alzheimer's disease (11/18)^ 2012 Vanderbilt University Department of Neurology, Spring Research Dinner, Hyperthymesia: Rethinking the role of the amygdala in autobiographical memory (3/29) Memory Disorders Research Society, Annual Meeting, Recognition without awareness: A model for Alzheimer's disease? (9/7) Vanderbilt Memory and Alzheimer s Center, Community Outreach Event, Memory in normal and diseased aging. (11/3) Vanderbilt University Department of Psychiatry, Grand Rounds, The intersection of visual perception and memory in Alzheimer's disease (12/20)

12 BRANDON A. ALLY Vanderbilt University Department of Neurology, Grand Rounds, The intersection of visual perception and memory in Alzheimer s disease (2/15) Contemporary Clinical Neurology Symposium, Hilton Head, An Introduction to Memory and Memory Loss (7/17) Contemporary Clinical Neurology Symposium, Hilton Head, Diagnosis of MCI and early AD: Neuropsychological Aspects (7/17) Vanderbilt Memory and Alzheimer s Center, Community Outreach Event, Memory in normal and diseased aging. (11/2) Vanderbilt University Department of Neurology, Stroke Symposium, Neuropsychological Assessment in Stroke (11/8)