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Dr. Vessela Stamenova, PhD
Research Focus
My main research interest is in developing and examining the effectiveness of various cognitive rehabilitation approaches for older adults, stroke patients and patients suffering from dementia. In my previous postdoctoral fellowship, I examined the effectiveness of a recollection memory training paradigm in older adults and stroke patients. In my current postdoctoral fellowship, I am examining whether structural neuroimaging can serve is a predictor of the effectiveness of a cognitive training. I am also examining the effects of brief cardiac arrest on the brain through functional and structural neuroimaging, as well as behavioral assessments of memory and attention.
I am also interested in a cognitive deficit called limb apraxia, which presents itself as deficits in the ability to perform skilled purposeful movements following brain damage. Limb apraxia is usually assessed by asking patients to perform gestures to verbal command (pantomime) and imitation, as well as examining their knowledge of gestures and tools. Limb apraxia can affect patients' ability to perform activities of daily living and affect functional independence.
Publications
| Title | Source (Journal/Book/Conference) | Authors/Presenters | Published On | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cognitive heterogeneity among community-dwelling older adults with cerebral small vessel disease | Neurobiology of Aging | Dey AK, Stamenova V, Bacopulos A, Jeyakumar N, Turner GR, Black SE, Levine B | 1546664400 | Journal Article |
| Effectiveness of goal management training® in improving executive functions: A meta-analysis | Neuropsychological Rehabilitation | Stamenova V, Levine B | 1519880400 | Journal Article |
| The effect of focal cortical frontal and posterior lesions on recollection and familiarity in recognition memory | Cortex | Stamenova V, Gao F, Black SE, Schwartz ML, Kovacevic N, Alexander MP, Levine B | 1496289600 | Journal Article |
| Progression of limb apraxia in corticobasal syndrome: neuropychological and functional neuroimaging report of a case series | Neurocase | Stamenova V, Roy EA, Szilagyi G, Honjo K, Black SE, Masellis M | 1420088400 | Journal Article |
| Frontal contributions to recollection and familiarity: a focal lesion study | Canadian Partnership for Stroke Recovery Annual Meeting: Advances in Stroke Recovery, Ottawa, Ontario. | Stamenova V, Alexander MP, Levine B | 1402286400 | Presentation |
| Changes in cognition following Goal Management Training in a small vessel disease sample: study protocol and preliminary results | Canadian Partnership for Stroke Recovery Annual Meeting: Advances in Stroke Recovery, Ottawa, Ontario. | Dey AK,Stamenova V, Bacopulos A, Jeyakumar N, Turner G, Black SE, Levine B | 1402286400 | Presentation |
| Domain- Specific Impairments in Source Memory: A Focal Lesion Study | 24th Annual Rotman Research Institute Conference | Stamenova V, Levine B | 1394510400 | Presentation |
| Source and destination memory: Two sides of the same coin? | Memory (Hove, England) | Lindner I, Drouin H, Tanguay AF, Stamenova V, Davidson PS | 1388552400 | Journal Article |
| Training recollection in healthy older adults: clear improvements on the training task, but little evidence of transfer | Frontiers in human neuroscience | Stamenova V, Jennings JM, Cook SP, Walker LA, Smith AM, Davidson PS | 1388552400 | Journal Article |
| A model-based approach to limb apraxia in Alzheimer's disease | Journal of neuropsychology | Stamenova V, Roy EA, Black SE | 1357016400 | Journal Article |
| An update on the Conceptual-Production Systems model of apraxia: evidence from stroke | Brain and cognition | Stamenova V, Black SE, Roy EA | 1325394000 | Journal Article |
| Limb apraxia in corticobasal syndrome | Cortex | Stamenova V, Roy EA, Black SE | 1302580800 | Journal Article |
| Associations and dissociations of transitive and intransitive gestures in left and right hemisphere stroke patients | Brain and Cognition | Stamenova V, Roy EA, Black SE | 1302580800 | Journal Article |
| A model-based approach to long-term recovery of limb apraxia after stroke | Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology | Stamenova V, Black SE, Roy EA | 1293858000 | Journal Article |
| The early stages of gesture production (response selection and image generation) are dissociated between transitive and intransitive gestures: a case study | Stamenova V, Roy EA, Black SE | 1288238400 | Presentation | |
| The early stages of gesture production (response selection and image generation) are dissociated between transitive and intransitive gestures: a case study | STROKE | Stamenova V, Roy EA, Black SE | 1277956800 | Abstract |
| Conduction apraxia can arise from damage to either hemisphere and the deficit is associated with impaired ability to imitate meaningless gestures | STROKE | Stamenova V, Black SE, Roy EA | 1277956800 | Abstract |
| Limb apraxia in left vs. right hemisphere presentation patients with Corticobasal Syndrome | Stamenova V, Roy EA, Black SE | 1273896000 | Presentation | |
| Verbal, visual and tactile effects on the ability to pantomime transitive gestures in left vs. right hemisphere presentation Corticobasal Syndrome (CBS) | Stamenova V, Roy EA, Black SE | 1257397200 | Presentation | |
| Tool and gesture knowledge in left and right hemisphere stroke patients with or without apraxia | Gravely M, Stamenova V, Park N, Black SE, Roy E | 1244692800 | Presentation | |
| Degree of limb apraxia recovery varies in acute and chronic stroke patients within production and conceptual domains | Stamenova V, Roy EA, Hebert D, McIlroy W, Black SE | 1237608000 | Presentation | |
| A model-based approach to understanding apraxia in corticobasal syndrome | Neuropsychology Review | Stamenova V, Roy EA, Black SE | 1235883600 | Journal Article |
| Imitation deficits in Corticobasal syndrome are due to problems in translating visual gestural information into movement and not in processing that information | BRAIN AND COGNITION | Roy EE, Stamenova V, Masellis M, Black SE | 1219464000 | Abstract |
| Disentangling indirect (semantic) and direct (visual-motor) routes to action in Corticobasal Syndrome | BRAIN AND COGNITION | Stamenova V, Roy EA, Masellis M, Black SE | 1216094400 | Abstract |
| Gesture imitation in stroke: Analysis of two routes to action | BRAIN AND COGNITION | Vorontsova Z, Clark A, Roy EA, Desmarais G, Black SE, Stamenova V, Park N | 1212292800 | Abstract |
| The role of vision in meaningless gesture imitation: Differences observed in right and left hemisphere stroke | BRAIN AND COGNITION | Bradley NL, Roya EA, Stamenova V, Black SE, Park N, Dixon M, Desmarais G, Almeida Q | 1172725200 | Abstract |
| Hemispheric differences in the production and recognition of gesture errors | BRAIN AND COGNITION | Stamenova V, Almeida QA, Black SE, Dixon M, Park N, Desmarais G, Roy EA | 1172725200 | Abstract |
| Brain injury in a forensic psychiatry population | Brain injury : [BI] | Colantonio A, Stamenova V, Abramowitz C, Clarke D, Christensen B | 1167627600 | Journal Article |
| Tool-related and communicative gestures in apraxia: Evidence for separate semantic representations? | Scapps 2006 | Clark AJ, Roy EA, Desmarais G, Black SE, Stamenova V, Almeida Q, Dixon M, Park N, Danckert J | 1160884800 | Presentation |
| Tactile information in gesture performance in patients with right hemisphere stroke | BRAIN AND COGNITION | Mamolo CM, Desmarais G, Roy EA, Black SE, Almeida QJ, Stamenova V, Dixon MJ, Park NW | 1143867600 | Abstract |
Education
- 2010: PhD, Rehabilitation Science/Neuroscience, University of Toronto Toronto, ON
- 2003: BSc., Psychology/Neuroscience, University of Toronto at Scarborough Toronto, ON
Academic Appointments
- 2009–2012: Lecturer, School of Psychology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON
- 2010–2012: Lecturer, Department of Psychology, Carleton University
Distinctions and Awards
- 2013: Paul & Lea Reichmann Canadian Young Investigator Merit Award
Research Projects
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Contact
3560 Bathurst StToronto, ON
M6A 2E1 Phone: 416 785 2500 x3439 Email: vstamenova
research.baycrest.org
