Brianne Magouirk Bettcher, M.A.

Email: bettcher@temple.edu

Lab Webpage: http://www.temple.edu/cogneurolab/index.htm

Bio: I am interested in studying error patterns and error monitoring processes in individuals diagnosed with a dementia. More specifically, I would like to elucidate how deficits in error monitoring affect an individual's capacity to carry out activities of daily living and function autonomously. Finally, I would also like to examine error performance and neurocognitive functioning in older adults with limited access to geriatric health care. In my spare time I enjoy kickboxing and camping, though rarely at the same time.

Representative Publications:

Bettcher, B. Magouirk, Giovannetti, T., MacMullen, L.  (2008). Error Detection and Correction in Dementia: A Breakdown of Error Monitoring Processes and their Neuropsychological Correlates. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 14. 199-208.

Giovannetti, T., Bettcher, B. Magouirk, Brennan, L., Libon, D.J., Kessler, R.K., Duey, K.(2008).  Coffee with jelly or unbuttered toast: Omissions and commissions are dissociable aspects of everyday action impairment in Alzheimer’s disease. Neuropsychology, 22, 235 – 245.