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David Tucker, Adjunct Associate Professor
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David Tucker completed his graduate studies in Clinical Psychology, with an emphasis in neuropsychology, at the University of Georgia. He completed a specialty internship in clinical neuropsychology at the West Haven VAMC. He was an associate professor in the departments of Neurology, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and Psychology and was Director of Neuropsychology Services at the University of Missouri Medical School. He moved to Austin in 1990, joining Austin Neurological Clinic and the psychology faculty at UT as an adjunct associate professor. He teaches graduate courses in the area of clinical neuropsychology and also supervises neuropsychology clinical training with practicum experiences available at the Austin Neurological Clinic, the Austin State Hospital (where he is also Director of Neuropsychological Services) and other local major medical and rehabilitation hospitals. Dr. Tucker is a Diplomate in Clinical Neuropsychology from the American Board of Professional Psychology and the American Board of Clinical Neuropsychology. His current research interests include recovery of function following neurological injury, neuropsychological subtypes of ADHD, and mechanisms of and outcome from mild traumatic brain injury. Selected Publications:Tucker, D. M., Roeltgen, D. P., Hartmann, J., Tulley, R., & Boxell, C. (1988). Memory dysfunction following unilateral transection of the fornix: A hippocampal disconnection syndrome. Cortex, 24,465-472. Tucker, D. M., Roeltgen, D. P., Wann, P. D. & Wertheimer, R. I (1988). Memory dysfunction in Myasthenia Gravis: Evidence for central cholinergic effects. Neurology, 38, 1173-1177. |
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