I received my Ph.D. degree in Clinical Psychology from the University of Virginia in 2005 after completing a pre-doctoral internship in Neuropsychology and Rehabilitation Medicine at Eastern Virginia Medical School. Before joining the Clinical Psychology faculty at UT Austin, I spent two years as a Dementia Research Fellow at Brown University, and a visiting research fellow at the Center for Neurological Imaging at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston.
My research examines the biological underpinnings of cognitive impairment associated with aging and dementia. As a clinical neuropsychologist, I am interested in studying the neural substrates of memory, language and executive function in clinical populations, in vivo, by utilizing functional neuroimaging (fMRI) and neurospectroscopy (1H MRS). I also conduct work to determine how disturbances in glucose metabolism, hormonal regulation, and cardiovascular functioning contribute to changes in cognition, brain morphology, and energy metabolism. My goal is to bridge knowledge from basic and clinical neuroscience with the aim of improving how we understand, predict, and treat age- and disease-related cognitive impairment.
Haley, A.P., Eagan, D.E., Gonzales, M.M., Biney, F.O., Cooper, R.A. (2011) fMRI of working memory reveals frontal hypoactivation in middle-aged adults with cognitive complaints. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, Sep;17(5):915-24.
*Tarumi, T., Shah, F., Tanaka, H., Haley, A.P. (2011) Association between central artery stiffness and cerebral perfusion in deep subcortical gray and white matter. American Journal of Hypertension, 24(10):1108-13.
*Gonzales MM, Tarumi T, Eagan D, Tanaka H, Biney, F.O., Haley A.P. (2011) Current serum lipoprotein levels and fMRI Response to working memory in midlife. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders, 31(4):259-267.
Hoth, K.F., Gonzales, M.M., Tarumi, T., Miles, S.C., Tanaka, H., Haley, A.P. (2011) fMRI evidence of altered functional activation in Metabolic Syndrome. American Journal of Neuroradiology, 32(3):451-547.
Haley, A.P., Gonzales, M.M., Tarumi, T., Miles, S., Goudarzi, K., Tanaka, H. (2010) Elevated cerebral glutamate and myo-inositol levels in cognitively normal middle-aged adults with Metabolic Syndrome. Metabolic Brain Disease. 25(4), 397-405.
*Gonzales, M.M., Tarumi, T., Miles, S., Tanaka, H., Shah, F., Haley A.P. (2010) Insulin sensitivity as a mediator of the relationship between BMI and working memory-related brain activation. Obesity, 18, 2131-2137.
Haley, A.P., Tarumi, T., Gonzales, M.M., Sugawara, J., Tanaka, H. (2010) Subclinical atherosclerosis is related to lower neuronal integrity in middle-aged adults. Brain Research, 1344, 54-61. PMCID: PMC2900442
*Gonzales, M.M., Tarumi, T., Tanaka, H., Sugawara, J., Swann-Sternberg, T., Goudarzi, K., Haley, A.P. (2010) Functional imaging of working memory and peripheral endothelial function in middle-aged adults. Brain and Cognition, 73, 146-151. PMCID: PMC2891094
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