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Research Profile - Geunyeong Pyo  
   
Department/Division:     Email Address:
Psychiatry gpyo@siumed.edu
Office Location:     Location of Laboratory:
901 W Jefferson Springfield    
Office Phone Number:     Laboratory Phone Number:
(217) 545-7661      
Willing to mentor medical students and / or residents? Yes
Research Interests: Alzheimer's disease, developmental disability, mental retardation, behavior modification
Techniques and Methodologies: neuropsychological testing

Equipment:

 
Current Collaborators:
Dr. Robert Pary, Dr. Rod Curtis
Current and Pending Awards:
CRC grant: Early signs of Alzheimer Disease in individuals with moderate or severe mental retardation (Primary investigator)
Publications:    

Publications in Peer-Reviewed Journals
1. Pyo, G.Y. (1994). Automatic Processing Deficit in Schizophrenic patients: Focused on the Influence of Category Differences on Automatic Process. Journal of Korean Clinical Psychology, 113 (1), 46-55.

2. Pyo, G.Y. (1992). Information Processing Deficit of Schizophrenia: Automatic Process and Controlled Process. Mental Health Research, 11, 74-96.

3. Pyo, G.Y., and Ahn, C.Y. (1992). The Impact of Distraction of Perceptual Organization in Schizophrenic Patients. Korean Journal of Clinical Psychology, 11 (1), 115-131.

4. Pyo, G.Y., and Ahn, C.Y. (1992). Search Asymmetry in Schizophrenic Patients. Korean Journal of Clinical Psychology, 11 (1), 132-144.

5. Pyo, G.Y. (1985). Associative Interference Effect in Schizophrenic Patients. Mental Health Research, 3, 55-59.

Published Abstracts
1. Zec, R.F., Ghobrial, M., Wang, Z., Ala, T., Pyo, G.Y., and Elble, R.(2003). Cognitive and MRI findings in an autopsy-confirmed case of Pick‚s disease nine years prior to death. Fourteenth Annual Meeting of the American Neuropsychiatric Association, Honolulu, Hawaii, 2003, Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

2. Zec, R.F. and Pyo, G.Y.(2003). A Case Study of the Transition from Normal Memory and Cognition to MCI to DAT, Thirty First Annual International Neuropsychological Society Meeting, Hawaii, 2003. Abstract published in Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 9 (2), February, 2003, 225.

3. Zec, R., Pyo, G.Y., Burkett, N., and Markwell, S. (2002). Well-Preserved Visual Object Recognition Memory in the Majority of Patients with DAT in the Mild to Moderate Stages. National Academy of Neuropsychology, Miami Beach, Florida, Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology. 2002, 17, 738-739.

4. Zec, R., Markwell, S., Pyo, G.Y., Elble, R., Ala, T., and McManus, D. (2002). Variability Among Three Neurologists in Assigning Diagnoses of Alzheimer Disease. National Academy of Neuropsychology, Miami Beach, Florida. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 2002, 17, 738.

5. Zec, R.F., Pyo, G.Y., McCann-Stone, N., and McManus, D.Q. (1998). A Comparison of Different Types of Memory Measures in Early Alzheimer Disease. Ninth Annual Meeting of the American Neuropsychiatric Association, Honolulu, Hawaii. Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical
Neurosciences.


Presentations in major national meetings
1. Zec, R., Burkett, N., Pyo, G., and Markwell, S. (2004). Well-Preserved Visual Object Recognition Memory in Patients with Amnestic MCI. American Psychological Society, Chicago, Illinois.

2. Zec, R.F., Ghobrial, M., Wang, Z., Ala, T., Pyo, G.Y., Burkett, N. and Elble, R.(2003). Cognitive, behavioral, and MRI findings in an autopsy-confirmed case of Pick‚s disease during the incipient stages of dementia nine years prior to death. 4th Leonard Berg Symposium: Early Detection of Alzheimer‚s Disease: Structural, Functional & Molecular Neuroimaging, September 19, 2003, St. Louis, Missouri.

3. Zec, R.F., Markwell, S., Burkett, N. and Pyo, G.Y.(2003). Effects of Age, Education, and Gender on the Boston Naming Test in a Large Elderly Normative Sample. 23rd Annual Meeting of the National Academy of Neuropsychology, 2003, Dallas, Texas.

4. Zec, R.F., Pyo, G.Y., and Markwell, S. (1998). Sensitivity and Specificity of Subtests of the Extended ADAS in Early AD. American Psychological Society Meeting, Washington D.C.

5. Zec, R.F., Pyo, G.Y., and Markwell, S. (1998). The extended Alzheimer Disease Assessment Scale: Normative data in elderly control subjects and optimal cutoff scores and correct Classification rates for the detection of early Alzheimer dementia.Midwest Neuropsychological Group Meeting, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1998.

6. Zec, R.F., Pyo, G.Y., and Markwell, S. (1998). The extended Alzheimer Disease Assessment Scale: Optimal cutoff scores and correct classification rates for the detection of early Alzheimer dementia. SIU School of Medicine Research Symposium, 1998.

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