Dr. Rebecca J. Shisler Marshall

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University of Georgia
Communication Sciences & Disorders
Associate ProfessorAppointed: 2000
Athens Regional Medical Center
Mind Body Institute
Research AssociateAppointed: 2006
Medical College of Georgia
Medicine
Neurology
Adjunct ResearcherAppointed: 2004
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Mailing Address

Communication Sciences & Disorders
570F Aderhold Hall
University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia 30602
United States

Contact Information

Phone: (706) 583-0737
Fax: (706) 542-5348
rshisler@uga.edu

Qualifications

Ph.D., University of South Carolina, Experimental Cognitive Psychology, 1999.
M.S.P., University of South Carolina, Speech-Language Pathology, 1998.
M.A., University of South Carolina, Experimental Cognitive Psychology, 1996.
B.A., University of South Carolina, Psychology, 1994.

Expertise and Research Interests

The neuropsychology of attention following left or right hemisphere stroke and in non brain damaged aging indivdiduals. Tasks such as Double Simultaneous Stimulation tasks to study Auditory Extinction have been the focus for several years. Behavioral and imaging (fMRI) paradigms to look further at auditory attention in indivdiuals with aphasia as well as these processes in normal againg have also been utilized. Current research includes interventions for patients with Aphasia regarding langauge or attention deficits involving Complementary and Alternative treatment approaches such as Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction and Yogic breathing techniques.

Other Expertise

Primary Emotional Energy Release training and Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction training.

Future Research

Complementary and Alternative Medicine approaches for the treatment of patients with Aphasia and Right Hemisphere Disorder.

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Brain, Elderly Patients, Experimental Psychology, Neurology, Neuropsychology, Pharmacology, Pharmacotherapy, Speech and Language Disorders, Speech Pathology, Stroke.

Additional Terms:

Aging, Aphasia, Attention, Auditory Extinction, Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Mindfulness.

Memberships

Academy of Neurologic Communication Disorders and Sciences
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Cognitive Neuroscience Society
Georgia Speech-Language-Hearing Association
International Neuropsychological Society

Previous Positions

1999-2000, Speech-Language Pathologist, HeathSouth Rehabilitation Hospital
1999-2000, Speech-Language Pathologist, Dorn VA Medical Center, Columbia, SC
1999-2000, Adjunct Professor, Medical University of South Carolina, Rehabilitation Sciences, Communication Sciences & Disorders

Funding Received

  • Georgia Gerontology Consortium Seed Grant Program: Aphasia and Attention: the Role of Binding in Language after Stroke, $4,970, Sep 2000 to Apr 2001.
  • MCG-UGA Joint Intramural Program Grant: Behavioral and Imaging Paradigms for Determining the Role of Binding in Aphasia and Attention., $72,757, Oct , 2001 to Sep, 2002.
  • NIDCD: Attention and Aphasia: Identifying the Role of Binding, $144,000, July 1, 2003 to 2006.
  • UGA College of Education Early Career Faculty Grant Program: Auditory Extinction and Attention in Aphasia, $5,875, Jan 2002 to Dec 2002.
  • UGARF Research Fund Award: University of Georgia Human Neuroimaging Facility., $347,465, Jan 2001 to Dec 2004.
  • UGA Faculty Research Grants Program: Visual Attention and Aphasia, $6,400, Jan 2001 to Dec 2001.
  • Georgia Gerontology Consortium Seed Grant Program: Auditory attention after stroke: does looking help listening?, $4,975, Aug 2002 to May 2003.
  • Shepherd Medical Center: Group Treatment and Aphasia: Assessment of Functional Communication, 2004 to 2005.

Publications

  • Wright HH, Shisler RJ, Working Memory in Aphasia: Theory, Measures, and Clinical Implications., American Journal of Speech-language Pathology / American Speech-language-hearing Association., 14(2), 107-18, May 2005 Abstract
  • Linebaugh, C., Shisler, R.J., & Lehner, L., Cueing Hierarchy in Aphasia:Classic Papers in Aphasiology, Aphasiology, 2005
  • Shisler, R. J., Aphasia and Auditory Extinction: Preliminary Evidence of Binding., Aphasiology, 2005
  • Laures J, Shisler R, Complementary and Alternative Medical Approaches to Treating Adult Neurogenic Communication Disorders: a Review., Disability and Rehabilitation, 26(6), 315-25, Mar 2004 Abstract
  • Shisler RJ, Gore CL, Baylis GC, Auditory Extinction: the Effect of Stimulus Similarity and Task Requirements., Neuropsychologia, 42(6), 836-46, 2004 Abstract
  • Wright, H.H., Shisler, R.J., & Rau, B.A., Maintenance of Communication Abilities Following Seizures: a Clinical Report, Journal of Medical Speech-Language Pathology, 2003
  • Baylis, G.C., Gore, C.L., Rodriguez, P.D., & Shisler, R.J., Visual extinction and awareness: the importance of binding dorsal and ventral pathways, Visual Cognition, 8(3), 359-379, 2001
  • Shisler, R.J., Baylis, G.C., and Frank, E.M., Pharmacological approaches to aphasia, Aphasiology, 14(12), 1163-1186, 2000
  • Conway AR, Tuholski SW, Shisler RJ, Engle RW, The effect of memory load on negative priming: an individual differences investigation, Memory and Cognition, 27(6), 1042-50, November 1999 Abstract
  • Engle R.W., Conway A.R.A., Tuholski S.W., Shisler, R.J., A resource account of inhibition, Psychological Science, 6, 122-125, 1995
  • Marshall, Rebecca Shisler, Barnes, Jennifer, The impact of directed vision in auditory extinciton: Preliminary evidence in aphasia, Aphasiology, In Press

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