Resume

• 1989

  Ph. D.

  Psychology

  Washington State University

• 1987

  B. A.

  Psychology

  The University of Texas at San Antonio

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  Effect of Sports-Related Repetitive Head Impacts on Memory Processes: Memory-guided Saccades

  Presented at Stout Research Day

  2013. \n\nSaccades are rapid

  accurate eye movements used to scan the visual environment on a daily basis. The accuracy of saccades exists until late in life despite the possibility of physical or neurological damage. With the prevalence/increase of concussions in adolescent athletics

  there has been little study how saccades are affected by non-concussive repetitive head impacts. The memory-guided saccade task allows examination of saccade characteristics including accuracy

  velocity

  latency and gain. This study is designed to explore the consequences of sport-related repetitive head impacts on a person’s ability to keep information active in short-term memory (via short-term memory updating). It is expected that students who participated in contact sports (i.e. Football) during high school will show deficits in the memory-guided saccade task

  in comparison to students who participated in non-contact sports (i.e. Cross Country). In addition

  the longer an individual played a contact sport

  the larger a deficit should be observed. \n

  Jo Hopp

  Cody Zimmerman

  Effect of Sports-Related Repetitive Head Impacts on Memory Processes: Memory-guided Saccades

  Presented at Stout Research Day

  2013. \n\nSaccades are rapid

  accurate eye movements used to scan the visual environment on a daily basis. The accuracy of saccades exists until late in life despite the possibility of physical or neurological damage. With the prevalence/increase of concussions in adolescent athletics

  there has been little study how saccades are affected by non-concussive repetitive head impacts. The memory-guided saccade task allows examination of saccade characteristics including accuracy

  velocity

  latency and gain. This study is designed to explore the consequences of sport-related repetitive head impacts on a person’s ability to keep information active in short-term memory (via short-term memory updating). It is expected that students who participated in contact sports (i.e. Football) during high school will show deficits in the memory-guided saccade task

  in comparison to students who participated in non-contact sports (i.e. Cross Country). In addition

  the longer an individual played a contact sport

  the larger a deficit should be observed. \n

  Jo Hopp

  Cody Zimmerman

  Football and Head Impact: To Play or Not to Play

  Presented at the 2014 Annual Midwestern Psychological Association Conference. \n\nMale undergraduates who played sports during high school performed a three-tone

  auditory oddball task

  in which they had to discriminate between different tones while their neural activity was measured using EEG. Data indicated that non-concussive repetitive impacts negatively affect attention and working memory.

  Jo Hopp

  Nate Olinger

  Matthew McNutt

  Kyle Slawson

  Timothy Pastika

  Taylor Adams

  Daniel Comstock

  Michael M. P. Donnelly

  To Play or Not to Play: Long-term Neurological Changes Associated with Sports-Related

  Non-Concussive

  Repetitive Head Impacts Received During Adolescence

  Studies show long-term detrimental cognitive effects if sports-related concussions. Few studies have assessed the effects of repetitive

  non-concussive head impacts

  especially in adolescents

  when developing brains may be more vulnerable. Male college students who played American football (contact sport) were compared to those who were in non-contact sports (ex: Cross Country/Track and Field) during the ages of 14-18. Participants performed goal-directed cognitive tasks including an Auditory Oddball and memory-guided saccade task.

  Cody Zimmerman

  Timothy Pastika

  Nate Olinger

  Taylor Adams

  Matthew McNutt

  Micheal Donnelly

  Jo Hopp

  Daniel Comstock

  To Play or Not to Play: Long-term Neurological Changes Associated with Sports-Related

  Non-Concussive

  Repetitive Head Impacts Received During Adolescence

  Studies show long-term detrimental cognitive effects if sports-related concussions. Few studies have assessed the effects of repetitive

  non-concussive head impacts

  especially in adolescents

  when developing brains may be more vulnerable. Male college students who played American football (contact sport) were compared to those who were in non-contact sports (ex: Cross Country/Track and Field) during the ages of 14-18. Participants performed goal-directed cognitive tasks including an Auditory Oddball and memory-guided saccade task.

  Cody Zimmerman

  Timothy Pastika

  Nate Olinger

  Taylor Adams

  Matthew McNutt

  Micheal Donnelly

  Jo Hopp

  Daniel Comstock

  Desiree

  University of Wisconsin-Stout

  Morehead State University

  University of Wisconsin-Stout

  Psychology Department

  Morehead State University