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Terri L. (Horowitz) Copans, Ph.D.

Area of Specialty: Neuropsychology

Professional Appointments: Staff Neuropsychologist,
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute, Center for Head Injuries, Edison ,
New Jersey.

Graduate Education: Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Neuropsychology, JFK Medical Center, Edison , NJ, 1999-2001; Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology with Specialization in Neuropsychology, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, 2000; Pre-Doctoral Internship in Neuropsychology, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park, NY, 1997-1998; M.S. in Clinical Psychology with Specialization in Neuropsychology, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, 1996; B.A. in Behavioral Neuroscience, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, 1993.

Research Interests: Neuropsychological Assessment in Epilepsy and Epilepsy Surgery; Intracarotid Sodium Amytal Testing; Nonverbal Learning Disability (NVLD); Asperger's Syndrome; Learning Differences in Children.

Professional Memberships: National Academy of Neuropsychology.

Honors and Awards: Graduate Student Research Poster Award, Pennsylvania Psychological Association, 1996; Honorable Mention for Graduate Student Research, American Society on Aging, 1996.

Representative Publications:  

Horowitz, T. L., Giacino, J. T., & Isenberg, N. (2002). Neurodegenerative biopercular disease: A rare case of Foix-Chavany-Marie Syndrome. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the National Academy of Neuropsychology . Published abstract in Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology .

Horowitz, T. L., Barr, W.B., Ney, G., & Schaul, N. (1998). Reevaluating the use of fine motor tests in determining seizure focus: Receiver operating characteristic curve analysis. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the National Academy of Neuropsychology . Published abstract in Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology .

Horowitz, T. L., & Caplan, B. (1997). Using the Trail Making Test with the Nondominant Hand: Is it OK? Poster presented at the annual meeting of the National Academy of Neuropsychology . Published abstract in Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology .