CURRICULUM VITAE
Robert W. Thatcher, Ph.D.
I. EDUCATION
II. POSTDOCTORAL
TRAINING
III. ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
1973-1977 Assistant
Professor,
1977-1979 Associate
Professor,
1979-1989 Professor,
Department of Human Ecology, Director of the Applied Neuroscience Research
Institute,
1979-1991- Research
Professor and Director of the Applied Neuroscience Laboratory,
1981-1989- Director of the
QEEG Diagnostic and Prognostic Service,
1991-1993 - Special Expert
and Project Officer 128 Channel EEG System and Multimodal Neuroimaging: EEG,
PET, Spect and MRI, National Institutes of Neurological Disorders and Stroke,
Medical Neurology Branch, Clinical Neurosciences Program,
1993-2001- Director
Neuroimaging Lab and Director of EEG and MRI Defense and Veterans Head Injury
Program, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Bay Pines, St. Petersburg,
Florida
1995-2001-
Courtesy Professor of Neurology and Radiology, University of South Florida,
College of Medicine, Tampa, Fl (by invitation).
IV. CERTIFICATES
1977 Certified as an Expert in
Neurometrics and Clinical Electrophysiology New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York. Instructor Clinical Neurophysiology and
Neurometrics and Supervisor of Medical Residents and Ph.D. Clinicians from 1978
to Present
1992 Certificate
for course completion as Basic Project Officer, National Institutes of
Health.
1995 Certified
Neurotherapist, Academy of Certified Neurotherapists.
1997 Certified as Associate
Fellow in EEG Biofeedback, Biofeedback Certification Institute of America
(BCIA)
2000 Certified in
EEG/QEEG/Neurophysiology, EEG and Clinical Neuroscience (ECNS) as M.D./Ph.D.
Examination Curriculum Board member for EEG and Clinical Neuroscience
Society/Amer. Board of Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology
(ABEN) Certification Examination.
V. PROFESSIONAL
AFFILIATIONS
1992-1994 Chairman of
the committee for the integration of EEG/MEG into the "Human Brain-Map", as part
of the NIMH and NSF Human Brain Project.
1994-1996 Member of
Scientific Committee of the International Functional Brain Mapping
Society.
1995-1998 Member of
the Brain Map Advisory Board for the Human Brain Map Database.
1997-1998 Executive
Committee Member - American Psychiatric Electrophysiology Association and
American Medical EEG Society.
1998-1999 Elected
Executive Board Member, Society for the Study of Neuronal
Regulation.
1998-2001 Executive
Board Member, EEG and Clinical Neuroscience Society and Committee member to
revise the Conventional EEG exam for Ph.D.s
2000-2002 National
Institutes of Health Scientific Advisory Board member for the creation of a
Developmental MRI database, birth to age 18 years.
VI. OTHER PROFESSIONAL
ACTIVITIES
B. EDITORIAL REVIEW
BOARDS
1994- 2001 - Editorial Board of Neuroimaging
1998-2000 - Associate Editor Journal of Neurotherapy
1993-1997 - Associate Editor, Journal of Neuroimaging
1985 1988 - Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Learning
Disabilities
C. STUDY SECTION
REVIEWER
1996-01
National Institutes of Health SBIR Primary Reviewer (5); SBIR Secondary Reviewer(4); NIH-NIMH (4); NIH - Human
Brain Map (4).
1995- National
Institutes of Health SBIR Primary Reviewer (2); SBIR Secondary Reviewer(2).
1994- National
Institutes of Health RO1 Primary Reviewer (1)
1993- National
Institutes of Health SBIR Primary Reviewer (4)
1992- National
Institutes of Health RO1 Primary Reviewer (2)
1990- National
Institutes of Health RO1 Secondary Reviewer (2)
1989- National Science
Foundation Secondary Reviewer (1)
1980-1988 National Institutes of Health, National Science
Foundation
and Private Foundation Primary and Secondary Reviewer
VII. MEMBERSHIP IN SCIENTIFIC
SOCIETIES
1973-1981 American
Psychological Association
1973-2001 American
Association for the Advancement of Science
1972-1981 Society for
Neuroscience
1973-1994 New York
Academy of Science
1978-1988
International Society of Neuropsychology
1994-1997 Society of
Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
1997-1998
Society for Magnetic Resonance Imaging
1998-2001
Society for Neuronal Regulation
1998-2001 EEG and
Clinical Neuroscience Society
VIII. PROFESSIONAL AWARDS AND
HONORS
1963-1965 Interstate Tuition Scholarship, University of Oregon
1966-1968 Ontario Fellowship, University of Waterloo
1968-1970
National Research Council Scholarship, University of Waterloo
1970- Undergraduate Teaching
Fellowship, University of Waterloo
1971-1972
N.I.H. Postdoctoral Fellowship
1972-1973
N.I.H. Postdoctoral
Fellowship
1981- Outstanding Scientist of the Year Award, Science Digest Magazine,
December, 1981.
1982- Third Prize for a Scientific Exhibit, Congress of Neurological
Surgeons, Toronto, Canada, October, 1982.
1985- Chancellor's Award for Outstanding Research, University of Maryland
Eastern Shore, March 27, 1985.
1988- IBM Fulcrum Award For Advanced Education Project.
1991- Awarded Research Fellowship to the Center for Advanced Study,
Stanford University
1998- Life Time Achievement Award for Work in the Scientific Specialty of
QEEG, American Board of Certification of Quantitative Electroencephalography,
September, 1998.
IX. MAJOR RESEARCH INTERESTS AND
EXPERIENCE
Programing: Assembly language (IBM 360; PDP-12; PDP-11); Fortran,
Basic, 'C', MATLAB and IDL.
Mathematics: Taken courses in calculus, differential equations,
advanced calculus and complex analysis.
Have studied the history of mathematics, differential geometry, algebraic
topology and nonlinear dynamics.
Research Experience: Have published papers in developmental
neurobiology, Non-Linear Dynamics, learning, memory, cognitive neuroscience,
functional MRI, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), multimodal registration of
fMRI, PET, MRI and EEG, dipole analyses of EEG and evoked potentials,
intracellular and extracellular single unit analyses and multiunit
analyses. Experienced in MRI
segmentation and brain image classification analyses.
Clinical Experience: Have written over 5,000 clinic reports using
psychometrics or neuroimaging or electrophysiology. Founded and directed the Neurometric
Clinical Service at Shock Trauma, University of Maryland during which
approximately 1,500 head trauma patients were evaluated. Patient experience
includes children with learning disabilities and ADD/ADHD, adults with tumors,
strokes and mild and severe brain injury. Currently, computerized EEG evaluator
and report writer for Traumatic Brain Injured (TBI) patients as part of the
Department of Defense and Veterans Head Injury Program (DVHIP). Responsible for training of neurology
residents in clinical computerized EEG and clinical evoked potential analyses of
various types of neurological disorders.
Administrative Experience: Have administered public and private
grants, directed the Applied Neuroscience Institute at the University of
Maryland, directed the Neurometrics Clinical Service at Shock Trauma, University
of Maryland. Project officer for the NIH 128 channel EEG and EP system,
responsible for design and implementation. Project director for
multi-center EEG-MRI analyses of TBI patients in the VA and
Military.
X. BIBLIOGRAPHY _
A. BOOKS
Thatcher, R.W. and John, E.R. Functional Neuroscience, Vol. 1:
Foundations of Cognitive Processes, E.R. John and R.W. Thatcher, Editors.
L. Erlbaum Assoc., N.J., l977.
John, E.R. Functional Neuroscience, Vol. II: Neurometrics: Quantitative
Electrophysiological Analyses. E.R. John and R.W. Thatcher, Editors. L.
Erlbaum Assoc., N.J., l977.
Harmony, T. Functional Neuroscience, Vol. III: Neurometric Assessment
of Brain Dysfunction in Neurological Patients. E.R. John and R.W. Thatcher,
Editors. L. Erlbaum Assoc., N.J., l984.
John, E.R., Prichep, L.S., Ahn, H., Kaye, H., Brown, D., Easton, P.,
Karmel, B., Toro, A., and Thatcher, R. Neurometric Evaluation of Brain
Function in Normal and Learning Disabled Children. The University of
Michigan Press, Ann Arbor, Mich., 1989.
Thatcher, R.W., Hallet, M., Zeffiro, T., John, E.R. and Huerta, M.,
Editors. Functional Neuroimaging: Technical Foundations, New York,
Academic Press, 1994.
Thatcher, R.W.,Lyon, G.R., Rumsey, J. and Krasnegor, N. Editors.
Developmental Neuroimaging: Mapping the Development of Brain and
Behavior, Academic Press, Florida, 1996.
B. BOOK CHAPTERS
Thatcher, R.W. Neural space-time structures involved in the reconstruction
of an interval of time. In: Holography in Medicine, P.
Gregeus, (ed.), IPS Science and Technology Press, 1975.
Thatcher, R.W. and John, E.R. Information and mathematical quantification
of brain states. In: Behavior and Brain Electrical Activity, N.
Burch and H.L. Altchuler, (eds.) Plenum Press, 1975.
Thatcher, R.W. Electrophysiological diagnosis of the learning disabled
child. In: Proceedings of Panel on Basic Issues in Working with the
Learning Disabled Neurologically Handicapped Child, H. Blau, (ed.),
Blau Research Center, Inc., Queens, N.Y., pp. 21-26, 1975.
Thatcher, R.W. On the neural representation of experience and time. In:
Experience Forms: Their Cultural and Individual Place and Function, G.
Haydu (ed.), Mouton, Amsterdam, l976.
Thatcher, R.W. Electrophysiological correlates of animal and human memory.
In: The Neurobiology of Aging, R.D. Terry and S. Gershon (eds.), Raven
Press, 1976.
Thatcher, R.W. and April, R.S. Evoked potential correlates of semantic
information processing in normals and two aphasic patients. In: The
Neuropsychology of Language: Essays in Honor of Eric Lenneberg, R.W. Rieber,
(ed.) l976.
Thatcher, R.W. Evoked potential correlates of hemispheric lateralization
during semantic information processing, In: Lateralization of the Nervous
System, S. Harnad (ed.), Academic Press, l977.
Thatcher, R.W. Review of the Book: The Neurophysiological
Aspects of Human Mental Activity, 2nd Edition", N.P. Bekhtereva,
Cambridge University Press, 1977.
Kaye, H., Thatcher, R.W., and Karmel, B.Z. Electrophysiological approaches
to non-biased pupil assessment. In: Proceedings of the Multi Cultural
Colloquium on Non-Biased Pupil Assessment , L. Elm (ed.), U.S. Government
Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1978.
Thatcher, R.W. Electrophysiological analyses of cognition. In:
Proceedings of the Winter Brain Research Conference, C. Ying-Ling (ed.),
Brain Information service, UCLA, 1978.
Thatcher, R.W. Neurolinguistics: Evoked potential correlates of language
and cognition. In: Perspectives in Event-Related Brain Potential
Research, D. Otto (ed.), U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.,
l978.
Thatcher, R.W. Neuroelectric techniques in clinical neurology. In: The
Proceedings of the 17th Annual San Diego Biomedical Symposium, Academic
Press, 1978.
Thatcher. R.W. and Maisel, E.B. Functional landscapes of the brain: An
electrotopographic perspective. In: Evoked Brain Potentials and
Behavior, H. Begleiter (ed.), Plenum Press, l979.
Thatcher, R.W. Spatial synchronization of brain electrical activity
related to memory, logic and semantic information processing. In: The
Neurophysiological Mechanisms of Goal Directed Behavior and Learning, First
Joint Soviet-American Symposium in Psychology, R.F. Thompson (ed.), Academic
Press, 1980.
John, E.R., Prichep, L., Ahn, H., Brown, D., Easton, P., Karmel, B.,
Thatcher, R., and Toro, A. Neurometrics: Quantitative electrophysiological
analysis for diagnosis of learning disabilities and other brain dysfunctions.
In: Multi-disciplinary Perspectives in Event Related Brain Potential
Research, C. Otto (ed.), U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.,
l978.
John, E.R., Karmel, B., Corning, W., Easton, P., Brown, D., Ahn, H., John,
M., Harmony, T., Princhep, L., Toro, A., Gershon, I., Bartlett, F., Thatcher,
R., Kaye, H., Valdes, P., and Schwartz, E. Neurometrics: Computerized diagnosis
and remediation of brain dysfunctions. In: Health Handbook, G.K. Cracko,
(ed.), North Holland Publishing Co., 1979.
Thatcher, R.W., McAlaster, R., Horst, R.L. and Lester, M.L. Evoked
Potential Correlates of Cognitive Functioning in Children. In A. Rothenberger
(Ed.),Developments in Neurology, Vol. 6; Event Related Potentials in
Children, Elsevier Biomedical Press, Holland, 1982, pp. 337-344.
Horst, R.L., Thatcher, R.W., Lester, M.L. and McAlaster, R. Differential
Effects of Age on sensory Evoked Potentials in Children. In A. Rothenberger
(Ed.), Event Related Potentials in Children, Elsevier Biomedical Press,
Holland, 1982, pp. 71-76.
Fishbein, D. and Thatcher, R.W. Nutrition and electrophysiological indices
of maladaptive behavior. In: H. Lieberman and R. J. Wurtman (Eds.), Research
Strategies for Assessing the Behavioral Effects of Foods and Nutrients,
and Nutrients, Conference Proceedings, M.I.T., November 9, 1982.
Thatcher, R.W., McAlaster, R., Lester, M.L., Horst, R.L. and Cantor, D.S.
Hemispheric EEG Asymmetries Related to Cognitive Functioning in Children. In:
Cognitive Processing in the Right Hemisphere, A. Perecuman (Ed.), New
York: Academic Press, (1983).
Thatcher, R.W. Neurometrics: A Matter of Scale? In: R. Karrer and D. Otto
(Eds.), Sixth International Evoked Potential Conference: The Role of
ERPs in the Developing Brain: Aberrant Development, New York Academy of
Sciences, Vol. 336, 1983, pp. 321-325.
Thatcher, R.W. and Cantor, D.S. Electrophysiological techniques in the
assessment of malnutrition. In J.Brozek and B. Schurch (Eds.), Critical
Assessment of Key Issues in Research on Malnutrition and Behavior, Elsevier
Biomedical Press, Holland, 1984, pp. 116-136.
Ducker, T., Thatcher, R., McAlaster, R. and Cantor, D.S. Spinal Cord
Monitoring in Neurosurgery in the United States: An Update. Proceedings of
the Third International Spinal Cord Monitoring Conference, T. Ducker, R.
Cracco and T. Jones (Eds.), Plenum Press, New York, 1986.
McAlaster, R., Thatcher, R., Krause, P.J. and Geisler, F. Somatosensory
evoked potential measures of nerve conduction in spinal cord patients. In:
New Techniques in Spinal Cord Monitoring, T. Ducker and B. Randal (Eds.),
Plenum Press, 1987.
McAlaster, R., Thatcher, R., Krause, P.J. and Geisler, F. Diagnostic value
of evoked potentials in evaluating conversion syndrome in neurotrauma patients.
In: New Techniques in Spinal Cord Monitoring, T. Ducker and B. Randal
(Eds.), Plenum Press, 1987.
Thatcher, R.W. Brain stimulation of comatose patients: A chaos and
non-linear dynamics approach. In: Machinery of the Mind, Vol. II.
Birkhowser Pub. Co., Boston, Mass., 1991.
Fishbein, D. and Thatcher, R.W. Electrophysiological correlates of
maladaptive behavior. In: D. Dyson (Ed.), Neuropsychology and the Law,
Plenum Press: New York, 1991.
Thatcher, R.W. , Toro, C., Pflieger, M.E. and Hallett, M. Multimodal
registration of EEG, PET and MRI: Analyses of neural network switching,
Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine: Functional MRI of the Brain,
Berkeley, CA, 1993.
Thatcher, R.W. Cyclic Cortical Re-Organization: Origins of Human Cognitive
Development. In: G. Dawson and K. Fischer (Eds.), Human Behavior and the
Developing Brain. Guilford Press: New York, 1994.
Wang, B., Toro, C., Zeffiro, T., Thatcher, R. and Hallett, M. Integrating
electrophysiological data with brain images:I- Sources of event related
potentials, PET and MRI. In: R. Thatcher, M. Hallett, T. Zeffiro, E. John and M.
Huerta (Eds.), Functional Neuroimaging: Technical Foundations, Academic
Press: New York, 1994.
Thatcher, R., Wang, B., Toro, C. and Hallett, M. Human Neural Network
Dynamics Using Multimodal Registration of EEG, PET and MRI. In: R. Thatcher, M.
Hallett, T. Zeffiro, E. John and M. Huerta (Eds.), Functional Neuroimaging:
Technical Foundations, Academic Press: New York, 1994.
Thatcher, R.W. Functional analyses of human cyclic cortical
reorganization. In: R. Thatcher, M. Hallett, T. Zeffiro, E. John and M.
Huerta (Eds.), Functional Neuroimaging: I- Technical Foundations,
Academic Press: New York , 1994.
Toro, C., Wang, B., Zeffiro, T., Thatcher, R.W. and Hallett, M. Cortical
activation accompaning self-paced finger movements: Integration of equivalent
dipole sources with MR and PET images. In: R. Thatcher, M. Hallett, T. Zeffiro,
E. John and M. Huerta (Eds.), Functional Neuroimaging: I- Technical
Foundations, Academic Press: New York, 1994.
Thatcher, R.W., Neuroimaging of cyclic cortical reorganization during
human development, In: Thatcher, R.W.,Lyon, G.R., Rumsey, J. and Krasnegor, N.
Editors. Developmental Neuroimaging: Mapping the Development of Brain and
Behavior, Academic Press, Florida, 1996.
Thatcher, R.W. Multimodal assessments of developing neural networks:
Integrating PET, MRI and EEG, In: Thatcher, R.W.,Lyon, G.R., Rumsey, J. and
Krasnegor, N. Editors. Developmental Neuroimaging: Mapping the Development of
Brain and Behavior, Academic Press, Florida, 1996.
Thatcher, R.W. Human frontal lobe development: A theory of cyclic cortical
reorganization. In: Krasnegor, N., Lyon, R. and Goldman-Rakic, P. Editors.
Development of the Prefrontal Cortex: Evolution, Neurobiology, and
Behavior, Brooks Press, Boston, 1997.
Thatcher, R.W. A predator-prey model of human cerebral development. In: K.
Newell and P. Molenaar Editors, Dynamical Systems in Development, L.
Erlbaum Assoc, New Jersey, 1998.
Thatcher, R.W. EEG database guided neurotherapy. In: J.R. Evans and A.
Abarbanel Editors, Introduction to Quantitative EEG and Neurofeedback,
Academic Press, San Diego, 1999.
C. JOURNAL ARTICLES:
Thatcher, R.W. and Kimble, D.P. Effect of amygdaloid lesions on retention
of an avoidance response in overtrained and non-overtrained rats. Psychon.
Sci., 6(1), :9-10, l966.
Thatcher, R.W. and Cadell, T.E. A demonstration of time dependent
processes associated with recall. Proc. 77th Annual Conv. APA, 1969.
Thatcher, R.W. and Purpura, D.P. Maturational status of inhibitory and
excitory synaptic activities of thalamic neurons in neonatal kittens. Brain
Research, 44, :661-665, l972.
Thatcher, R.W. and Purpura, D.P. Postnatal development of thalamic
synaptic events underlying evoked recruiting responses and electrocortical
activation. Brain Research, 60, :2l-24, 1973.
Thatcher. R.W. Evoked potential correlates of delayed letter matching.
Behav. Biol., 19: 1-23, l977.
John, E.R. Karmel, B., Corning, W. Easton, P., Brown, D., Ahn, H., John,
M., Harmony, T., Prichep, L., Toro, A., Gerson, I., Bartlett, F., Thatcher, R.,
Kaye, H., Valdes, P., Schwartz, E. Neurometrics: Numerical taxonomy identifies
different profiles of brain functions within groups of behaviorally similar
people. Science, l96, :1393-1410, l977.
Thatcher, R.W. Neurolinguistics: Theoretical and evolutionary
perspectives. Brain and Language, 11, :235-260, 1980.
Thatcher, R.W., Lester, M.L., McAlaster, R., and Horst, R. Effects of Low
Levels of Cadmium and Lead on Cognitive Functioning in Children, Archives of
Environmental Health, 37: 159-166, 1982.
Lester, M.L., Thatcher, R.W. and Monroe-Lord, L. Refined Carbohydrate
Intake, Hair Cadmium Levels and Cognitive Functioning in Children. Journal of
Nutrition and Behavior, 1: 3-13, 1982.
Vance, H.B., Lester, M.L. and Thatcher, R.W. Interscorer reliability of
MPDT-R. Psychology in Schools, 20: 13-17, 1983.
Thatcher, R.W. and Lester, M.L. Anatomically-related variations in trace
metal concentrations in hair. Journal Clinical Chemistry, 29(9): 1691,
1983.
Thatcher, R.W., Lester, M.L., McAlaster, R., Horst, R., and Ignasias, S.W.
Intelligence and Lead Toxins in Rural Children, Journal of Learning
Disabilities, 16: 355-359, 1983.
Thatcher, R.W., McAlaster, R. and Lester, M.L. Evoked Potentials Related
to Hair Cadmium and Lead. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences,
Vol. 425: 23 - 31, 1984.
Thatcher, R.W. and Fishbein, D.H. Computerized EEG, nutrition and
behavior. Journal of Applied Nutrition, 36: 81-102", 1984.
Thatcher, R.W., Lester, M.L., McAlaster, R. and Cantor, D.S. Comparisons
among Nutrition, EEG and Trace Elements in Predicting Reading Ability in
Children. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Vol. 433: 87 - 96,
1985.
Thatcher, R.W., and Lester, M.L. Nutrition, Environmental Toxins and
Computerized EEG: A Mini-Max Approach to Learning Disabilities. Journal of
Learning Disabilities, 18: 287 - 297, 1985.
Cantor, D.S., Thatcher, R. W. and Ozand, P. Choline Supplementation in
Downs Syndrome: A Case Study Psychological Reports, 58: 207 - 217, 1986.
Thatcher, R.W., Krause, P and Hrybyk, M. Corticocortical Association
Fibers and EEG Coherence: A Two Compartmental Model. Electroencephalog.
Clinical Neurophysiol., 64: 123 - 143, 1986.
Lester, M., Horst, R., and Thatcher, R.W. Protective effects of calcium
and zinc against lead and cadmium toxicity in children. Nutrition and
Behavior, 3: 145 - 161, 1986.
Cantor DS, Thatcher RW, Hrybyk M, Kaye H. Computerized EEG analyses of
autistic children. J. Autism Dev. Disord., 16(2):169-87,
1986.
Fishbein, D. and Thatcher, R.W. New Diagnostic Methods in Criminology:
Assessing Organic Sources of Behavioral Disorders. Research on Crime and
Delinquency, 23 (3): 240 - 267, 1986.
Cantor, D.S., Thatcher, R.W. and Kaye, H. Computerized EEG Analyses of
Autistic Children. Int. J. Autism, 114: 21-36, 1987.
Thatcher, R.W., Walker, R.A. and Guidice, S. Human cerebral hemisphers
develop at different rates and ages. Science, 236: 1110-1113,
1987.
Thatcher, R.W., Walker, R.A., Gerson, I. and Geisler, F. EEG discriminant
analyses of mild head trauma. EEG and Clin. Neurophysiol., 73: 93-106,
1989.
Wolff, T. and Thatcher, R.W., Cortical reorganization in deaf children.
J. of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 12: 209-221,
1990
Fishbein, D., Thatcher, R.W. and Cantor, D.S. Ingestion of carbohydrates
varying in complexity produce differential brain responses. Clinical EEG,
43: 21-36, 1990.
Thatcher, R.W., Cantor, D.S., McAlaster, R., Geisler, F. and Krause, P.
Comprehensive predictions of outcome in closed head injury: The development of
prognostic equations. Annals New York Academy of Sciences, 620: 82-104,
1991.
Thatcher, R.W. Maturation of the human frontal lobes: Physiological
evidence for staging. Developmental Neuropsychology, 7(3): 370-394,
1991.
Johnstone, J. and Thatcher, R.W. Quantitative EEG analysis and
rehabilitation issues in mild traumatic brain injury. J. Ins. Med., 19:
32-48, 1992.
Thatcher, R.W. Cyclic cortical reorganization during early childhood.
Brain and Cognition, 20: 24-50, 1992.
Thatcher, R.W. Are rhythms of human cerebral development "traveling
waves"? Behavior and Brain Sciences, 14(4): 575, 1992.
Thatcher, R.W. New Advances in Neuroimaging - Associate Editor's Note.
Journal of Neuroimaging, 4(2): 121, 1994.
Toro, C., Deuschl, G., Thatcher, R.W., Sato, S., Kufts, C. and Hallett, M.
Event related desynchronization with voluntary movements in humans: Subdural and
scalp recordings and their relation to movement-related cortical potentials.
EEG and Clin. Neurophysiol. ,93(5):380-389, 1994.
Thatcher, R.W. Psychopathology of Early Frontal Lobe Damage: Dependence on
Cycles of Postnatal Development. Developmental Pathology, 6: 565-596,
1994.
Thatcher, R.W. Tomographic EEG/MEG. Journal of Neuroimaging, 5,
35-45, 1995.
Clarke, L.P., Velthuizen, R.P., Camacho, M.A., Heine, J.J., Vaidyanathan,
M., Hall, L.O., Thatcher, R.W. and Silbiger, M.L. Review of MRI segmentation:
Methods and applications. J. Magnetic Res. Imaging 13(3): 343-368,
1995.
Thatcher, R.W., Camacho, M., Salazar, A., Linden, C., Biver, C. and
Clarke, L. (1997). Quantitative mri of the gray-white matter distribution in
traumatic brain injury. J. Neurotrauma, 14: 1-14,
1997.
Thatcher, R.W. Neural coherence and the content of consciousness.
Consciousness and cognition, 6: 42-49, 1997.
Green, J.B., Bialy, Y., Sora, E. and Thatcher, R.W. An
electroencephalographic study of imagined movement. Arch. Phys. Med. &
Rehab., 78: 578-581, 1997.
Green, J.B., Thatcher, R.W. Sora, E., Bialy, Y., and Ricamato, A. An
electroencephalographic study of cerebral reorganization after spinal cord
injury. Neurology, 28: A414 (Supplement), 1997.
Green, J.B., Sora, E., Bialy, Y., Ricamato, A. and Thatcher, R.W. Cortical
sensorimotor reorganization after spinal cord injury: An electroencephalographic
study. Neurology , 50:1115-1121, 1998.
Thatcher, R. W., Biver, C., Camacho, M., McAlaster, R and Salazar, A.M.
Biophysical linkage between MRI and EEG amplitude in traumatic brain injury.
NeuroImage, 7, 352-367, 1998.
Thatcher, R. W., Biver, C., McAlaster, R and Salazar, A.M. Biophysical
linkage between MRI and EEG coherence in traumatic brain injury.
NeuroImage, 8(4), 307-326, 1998.
Thatcher, R.W. EEG normative databases and EEG biofeedback. J. of
Neurotherapy, 2(4): 8 39, 1998.
Daniel, J.C., Olesniewicz, M., Reeves, D.L., Tam, D., Bleiberg, J.,
Thatcher, R.W. and Salazar, A.M. Recovery from concussion in adolescent
athletes: Is "return to baseline" enough? J. of Adolescent Health,U (In
Press).
Daniel, J.C., Olesniewicz, M., Reeves, D.L., Tam, D., Bleiberg, J.,
Thatcher, R.W. and Salazar, A.M. Repeated measures of cognitive processing
efficiency in adolescent athletes: Implications for monitoring recovery from
concussion. Neuropsychiatry, Neuropsychol and Behav. Neurol., 12(3),: 167-169,
1999.
Thatcher, R.W., Moore, N., John, E.R., Duffy, F., Hughes, J. and Krieger,
M. QEEG and traumatic brain injury: Rebuttal of the American Academy of
Neurology 1997 Report by the EEG and Clinical Neuroscience Society. Clinical
EEG 30(3): 94-98, 1999.
Thatcher, R.W. EEG Operant Conditioning (Biofeedback) and Traumatic Brain
Injury. . Clinical EEG, 31(1): 38-44, 2000.
Green, J.B., Sora, E., Bialy, Y., Ricamato, A. and Thatcher, R.W. Cortical
motor reorganization after paraplegia: an EEG study. Neurology,
11;53(4):736-43, 1999.
Hoffman, D.A., Lubar, J.F., Thatcher, R.W., Sterman, B.M., Rosenfeld,
P.J., Striefel, S., Trudeau, D., and Stockdale, S. Limitation of the American
Academy of Neurology and American Clinical Neurophysiology Society Paper on
QEEG. J of Neuropsychia. and Clin. Neurosciences; 11(3) :401-407,
1999.
Thatcher, R.W. QEEG and traumatic brain injury: Present and future.
Brain Injury, 12: 13-21, 1999.
Thatcher R.W., Gomez-Molina J.F., Biver. C., North, D., Curtin, R. and
Walker, R.W.,
Two Compartmental Model of EEG Coherence and MRI Biophysics. Behavior
and Brain Sciences, 23(3): 412, 2000.
Thatcher, R.W., North, D., Curtin, R., Walker, R.A., Biver, C., J.F. Gomez
M., and Salazar, A. An EEG Severity Index of Traumatic Brain Injury, J.
Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, 13(1): 77-87,
2001.
Gomez, J. and Thatcher, R.W. Frequency domain equivalence between
potentials and currents using LORETA. Int. J. of Neuroscience, 107:
161-171, 2001.
Thatcher R.W., Biver, C.L., Gomez-Molina J.F., North, D., Curtin, R. and
Walker, R.W., and Salazar, A. Estimation of the EEG Power Spectrum by MRI T2
Relaxation Time in Traumatic Brain Injury. Clinical Neurophysiology, 112:
1729-1745, 2001.
XI- ABSTRACTS: _
Thatcher, R.W. Neuroanatomical correlates of time reconstruction in the
rat. (abstr.) 1st Annual Neuroscience Convention, Washington, D.C., l97l.
Thatcher, R.W. and Purpura, D.P. Intracellular studies of synchronizing
synaptic events in immature thalamic neurons. (abstr.) Amer. Physiol.
Soc., 1972.
Bartlett, F., Hudspeth, W.J. and Thatcher, R.W. Anatomical correlates of
information retrieval. (abstr.) International Conference on
Bioholography, 1973.
John, E.R., Easton, P. and Thatcher, R.W. Automatic evaluation of
electrocortical activity in the newborn child. Symposium on Developmental
Psychobiology and Psychiatry, Soc. of Biol. Psychiatry, 29th Annual Meeting
(abstr.), Boston, Mass., l974.
Thatcher, R.W. Evoked potential correlates of human short-term memory.
(abstr.) Fourth Annual Neurosciences Convention, l974.
Thatcher, R.W. A quantitative electrophysiological analysis of human
memory, (abstr.), Symposium on Mechanisms of Memory, Eastern
Psychological Assoc., Philadelphia, PA, l974.
Thatcher, R.W. The application of electrophysiological test batteries to
evaluate brain function. (abstr.). Symposium on: Basic Issues in Learning
Disabled and Neurologically Handicapped Children, 52nd Annual Conf. for
Exceptional Children, N.Y., l974.
Thatcher, R.W. Evoked potential correlates of semantic information
processing. (abstr.) Fifth Annual Neuroscience Convention, N.Y., l975.
Thatcher, R.W. Riemannian geometry and the neurological representation of
time. (abstr.) Presented at Conference on Nonlinearity and the Biological
Sciences, Columbia University, l977.
Thatcher, R.W. Computer analyses of the late components of Evoked
Responses. (abstr.) Amer. Electroenceph. Society 31st Annual Meeting,
Miami, Florida, l977.
Thatcher, R.W. and Maisel, E.B. Evoked potential correlates of logic:
Negation and equivalence. (abstr.) Seventh Annual Neuroscience
Convention, Anaheim, CA, l977.
Maisel, E.B. and Thatcher, R.W. Evoked potential correlates of delayed
matching in adults and children. (abstr.) Seventh Annual Neuroscience
Convention, Anaheim, CA, l977.
Thatcher, R.W., Lester, M.L., Ignasias, S.W. and McAlaster, R. Trace
Element Assessment of Learning Disabled Children (abstract). Proceedings of
the Ninth Annual Meeting of the Orton Society, October, 1980.
Thatcher, R.W., Lester, M.L., Ignasias, S.W. and McAlaster, R. Relations
between Lead and Cadmium Toxins and Intelligence in Rural Children (abstract).
Proceedings of the USDA Cooperative Research Symposium, Atlanta, Georgia,
November, 1980.
Thatcher, R.W., Lester, M.L., Ignasias, S.W. and McAlaster, R.
Electrophysiological Assessment of Brain Development and Nutrition in Rural
Children (abstract). Proceedings of the USDA Cooperative Research
Symposium, Atlanta, Georgia, November, 1980.
Thatcher, R.W., Lester, M.L., and McAlaster, R. Electrophysiological and
Trace Element Assessment of Learning Disabled Children (Abstract).
Proceedings of The Ninth Annual Meeting of The International Neuropsychology
Society. Atlanta, Georgia, Feb. 15-22, 1981.
Thatcher, R.W., Lester, M.L., and McAlaster, R. Electrophysiological
Analysis of Interhemispheric Coordination in Learning Disabled Children.
Proceedings of Symposium on Cognitive Processing in the Right Hemisphere.
Institute for Research in Behavioral Neuroscience, New York University School of
Medicine, New York, November, 1980.
Harland, B.F., Thatcher, R.W. and Lester, M.L. Hair Mineral Concentrations
and Learning Disabilities (abstract). Proceedings of the Twelfth Annual
Meeting of the Trace Element Society, Melbourne, Australia, July, 1981.
Thatcher, R.W., Lester, M.L., McAlaster, R., and Horst, R. EEG Correlates
of Intelligence in Children (abstract). Proceedings of the Society for
Neuroscience Annual Meeting. Los Angeles, California, November, 1981.
Lester, M.L., Thatcher, R.W., Monroe-Lord, L. and McAlaster, R. Trace
Mineral and Dietary Correlates of Childrens' Mental Performance (abstract).
Proceedings of the International Conference of the Association for Children
and Adults with Learning Disabilities, Chicago, March, 1982.
Cantor, D.S., Thatcher, R.W., McAlaster, R., Lester, M.L. and Horst, R.L.
Topographic Distribution of EEG Hemispheric Coherence Related to Cognitive
Functioning in Children. Abstract submitted to: Society for Research in Child
Development, (December, 1981).
Thatcher, R.W., McAlaster, R., Horst, R.L., and Lester, M.L. Evoked
Potential Correlates of Cognitive Functioning in Children. (Abstract).
Symposium on Event Related Potentials in Children - Basic Concepts and
Clinical Applications, Essen. Germany, June 11-13, l982.
Horst, R.L., Thatcher, R.W., Lester, M.L., McAlaster, R. Differential
Effects of Age on Sensory Evoked Potentials in Children. (Abst.) Symposium on
Event Related Potentials in Children - Basic Concepts and Clinical
Applications, Essen. Germany, June 11-13, 1982.
Ducker, T.B., Thatcher, R. W., Cantor, D. L., Meyer, W. and McAlaster, R.
Comprehensive Assessment of Coma in Neurotrauma Patients. 32nd Annual
International Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Toronto, Canada, October,
1982.
Cantor, D.S., McAlaster, R.,Meyer, W.I., Thatcher, R., and Ducker, T.B.
Electrophysiological prognostic indices for recovery from head injury.
American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Washington, D.C., 1983.
Thatcher, R.W., McAlaster, R. and Lester, M.L. Hair cadmium and lead and
evoked potential measures in children. USDA Fourth Biennial Cooperative
Research Symposium, Orlando, Fl., Oct. 4, 1982 (Abstract).
Lester, M.L., Thatcher, R.W. and McAlaster, R. Hair mineral status and
cognitive functioning in rural children. USDA Fourth Biennial Cooperative
Research Symposium, Orlando, Fl., Oct. 4, 1982 (Abstract).
Krause, P., Walker, R., Lester, M.L. and Thatcher, R.W. Relations between
two dietary recall instruments and hair mineral and metal concentrations
(abstract). Twelfth Annual MBS Symposium, Wash. D.C., April, 1983.
Purnell, K., Krause, P., Lester, M. and Thatcher, R.W. Interreliability
and validity of 24hr recall vs long term food frequency surveys for nutritional
assessment of children (abstract). Twelfth Annual MBS Symposium, Wash.
D.C., April, 1983.
Fishbein, D. and Thatcher, R.W. An Appraisal of the Nutrition-Behavior
Relationship (abstract). Proceedings of the 22nd Annual American Correctional
Association, August 1983.
Thatcher, R.W., Lester, M.L., McAlaster, R. and Cantor, D.S.
Electrophysiological Correlates of Intelligence in Children Proceedings of
the International Neuropsychological Society, Lisbon, Portugal, June 14,
1983.
Krause, P.J., Lester, M.L. and Thatcher, R.W. Hair element norms for
normal and gifted children (abstract). Presented to the Eighth Annual
Mid-Atlantic MBS Conference, Petersburg Virginia, November, 1983.
Hunter, S.M., Lester, M.L. and Thatcher, R.W. Biological, nutritional and
ecological factors affecting children's growth (abstract). Eighth Annual
Mid-Atlantic MBS Conference, Petersburg Virginia, November, 1983.
Thatcher, R.W., Cantor, D.S., McAlaster, R., Geisler, F., Meyer, W. and M.
Salcman. Comparisons between EEG, CT-Scan and Glasgow Coma Scale Predictors of
Recovery of Function in Neurotrauma Patients. Annual Meeting of American
Association for Neurological Surgeons, San Francisco, April, 1984.
Krause, P.J., Lester, M.L., and Thatcher, R.W. Hair element norms for
children. NIH/MBS National Research Symposium, Washington, D.C., April,
1984.
Cassidy, T.S., Cantor, D.S., Lester, M.L., and Thatcher, R.W. Predictive
ability of ABSEP's in recovery from traumatic head injury. NIH/MBS National
Research Symposium, Washington, D.C., April, 1984.
Hunter S.M., Lester, M.L., and Thatcher, R.W. Predictive validity and
factor structure of the Minnesota Perceptual Diagnostic Test (MPDT-R).
NIH/MBS National Research Symposium, Washington, D.C., April, 1984.
Cantor, D.S. and Thatcher, R.W. Computerized EEG analyses of autistic
children (Abstr). American Psychological Association Conference, Toronto,
Canada, August, 1984.
Cantor, D.S. and Thatcher, R.W. Effects of low levels of lead and cadmium
on EEG and children (Abstr). International Society of Developmental
Psychobiology, Baltimore, MD, October, 1984
Cantor, D.S. and Thatcher, R.W. Relations between EEG and hair trace
elements: zinc, calcium, cadmium, lead and aluminum. USDA Seventh Biennial
Cooperative Research Symposium, 1985 (Abstract).
Cantor, D.S. and Thatcher, R.W. Effects of dietary choline supplementation
on behavior, EEG and block
constituents.USDA Seventh Biennial Cooperative Research Symposium,
1985 (Abstract).
Lester, M.L. and Thatcher, R.W. Protective effects of zinc and calcium
against heavy metal impairment of cognitive development. USDA Seventh
Biennial Cooperative Research Symposium, 1985 (Abstract).
Lester, M.L., Giudice, S. and Thatcher, R.W. The math education crisis in
rural America, USDA Seventh Biennial Cooperative Research Symposium, 1985
(Abstract).
Cantor, D.S. and Thatcher, R.W. EEG correlates of lead and cadmium
toxicity in children. Easter American Psychological Association Meetings,
(Abstract), Wash. D.C., March, 1985
Thatcher, R.W. and Walker, R.A. EEG coherence and intelligence in
children. 11th International Congress of Electroencephalography and Clinical
Neurophysiology, 1985.
Thatcher, R.W., Cantor, D.S., Krause, P., McAlaster, R. and Geisler, F.
Practical prognostic indicators for neurotrauma patients. American
Association of Neurological Surgeons, Chicago, Ill., 1985.
Wolff, T., Cantor, D.S. and Thatcher, R.W. Electrophysiological
discrimination of different etiologies of deafness. Eastern Psychological
Association, Wash. D.C., November, 1985.
Wolff, T., Cantor, D.S., Thatcher, R.W., Gardner, J. and Kammerer, B.
Neurophysiological differences between deaf and hearing children. Journal of
Clin. & Exp. Neuropsych., 8: 129, 1986.
Cantor, D.S. and Thatcher, R.W. Neurophysiological Correlates of Hair
Trace Elements in Children. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 1, (1)
40 - 41, 1986.
Thatcher, R.W. Relations between trace elements, food intake and brain
functions. Symposium on Trace Elements and Reproduction. Society for Trace
Elements and Health. University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, September, 1986.
McAlaster, R., Thatcher, R., Krause, P.J. and Geisler, F. Diagnostic value
of evoked potentials in evaluating conversion syndrome in neurotrauma patients.
Proceedings of International Spinal Cord Monitoring Conf., Baltimore,
Maryland, September, 1986.
McAlaster, R., Thatcher, R., Krause, P.J. and Geisler, F. Somatosensory
evoked potential measures of nerve conduction in spinal cord patients.
Proceedings of International Spinal Cord Monitoring Conf., Baltimore,
Maryland, September, 1986.
Thatcher, R., Walker, R. and S. Giudice. Ontogenetic development of the
brain as measured by EEG coherence in children. In: Proceedings of the South
Eastern Research Conference on Child Development, Baltimore, Maryland, May,
1987.
Thatcher, R., Walker, R. and S. Guidice. Ontogenetic development of the
brain as measured by Neurometrics. In: Symposium on Neurometric Quantitative
EEG in Clinical Psychiatry, American Psychiatric Association, May, 1987
(accepted).
Thatcher, R.W. An Electrophysiological Window into the Ontogenetic
Development of the Human Brain. In: Conference Proceedings of Window on the
Brain: Technological Frontiers in Neuropsychology, Mount Sinai Medical
Center, New York, New York, October, 1987
Thatcher, R.W. and Hudspeth, W.J. Brain mechanisms of human development:
The physiological bases of Piaget staging. Symposium, Western Psychological
Association, May, 1987.
Hudspeth, W.J., Thatcher, R.W. and Petersen, L. Neurobiological Mechanisms
of Human Glucose Intolerance, Western Psychological Association, San
Francisco, April, 1988.
Thatcher, R.W. Maturation of the human frontal lobes: Physiological
evidence for staging. International Neuropsychology Society Annual
Meeting, Orlando, Florida, February 16, 1990.
Thatcher, R.W. EEG discriminant analyses of mild head injury.
International Society for Brain Electromagnetism, Toronto, Canada, July
27, 1991.
Thatcher, R.W. Multimodal registration of dipole histories using EEG
coherence, PET and MRI. Nat. Inst. of Health Research Symposium, May,
1992.
Thatcher, R.W. Nonlinear dynamic model of human cerebral development.
Soc. for Research in Child Development, New Orleans, March,
1993.
Thatcher, R.W. Advances in multimodal registration using EEG, MRI and PET.
Workshop on: Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging, NIH,
1993.
Thatcher, R.W., Toro, C., Hallett, M. Human neural network switching
during voluntary finger movements. International Society of Clinical
Electrophysiology, Vancover, BC, 1993.
Toro, C., Thatcher, R.W. and Hallett, M. Dynamics of rolandic ECoG
frequency changes to self-paced movements using the ERD technique. Program for
the Annual Meeting and Courses of the American Electroencephalographic Society,
New Orleans, LA, 1993: 113-114.
Thatcher, R.W. Dynamics of cortical connectivity: Cyclic reorganization
during development. Symposium on Dynamic Modeling of Developmental Processes,
Jean Piaget Society Chicago, June 2, 1994.
Thatcher, R.W. Cyclic cortical reorganization during postnatal human
development. Symposium on Brain Maturation and Cognitive Development,
International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development, XIIIth
Biennial Meeting, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 28 - July 2,
1994.
Thatcher, R.W. Cyclic reorganization of prefrontal cortex during human
postnatal development. National Institutes of Health Conference on The
Prefontal Cortex: Evolution, Neurobiology and Behavioral Development.
September, 19-20, 1994.
Thatcher, R., Pflieger, M., Toro, C. and Hallett, M. Human Neural Network
Dynamics Using Multimodal Registration of EEG, PET and MRI. First
International Conference on Functional Mapping of the Human Brain, Paris,
France, June 26-20, 1995.
Thatcher, R. W., Camacho, M., Walker, R.A., Salazar, A.M., Gosche, K. and
Biver, C. Comparison of Brain Imaging and QEEG Findings in Patients with Brain
Injury: A Multisite Qantitative Study. Abstract for the Association for
Applied Psychology and Biofeedback 27th Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, N.M.,
March, 1996.
Green, J.B., Thatcher, R.W.. Bialy, Y. and E. Sora. Movement related
cortical potentials (MRCPs) without movement. 47th Annual Meeting of the
American Academy of Neurology, San Francisco, CA, May
1994.
Thatcher, R. W., Biver, C., Camacho, M., Salazar, A.M., and Walker, R.A.
Multimodal Integration of MRI and EEG Coherence in Trauamtic Brain Injured
Patients. Second International Conference on Functional Mapping of the Human
Brain, Boston, MA, June 26-20, 1996.
Green, J.B., Bialy, Y., Sora, E., Ricamato, A. and Thacher, R.W. The
spatial distribution of the cortical motor potentials and generators change
after spinal cord injury. Third International Conference on Functional
Mapping of the Human Brain, Copenhagen, Denmark, May 19-23,
1997.
Thatcher, R. W., Biver, C., Camacho, M., McAlaster, R and Salazar, A.M. A
demonstration of a biophysical linkage between MRI, EEG and Cognition in
traumatic brain injury. Third International Conference on Functional Mapping
of the Human Brain, Copenhagen, Denmark, May 19-23, 1997.
Thatcher, R. W., Biver, C., Camacho, M., McAlaster, R and Salazar, A.M.
Biophysical linkage between MRI, EEG and Cognition in traumatic brain injury.
14th Internal Congress of EEG and Clinical Neurophysiology, Florence,
Italy, August 24-30, 1997.
Thatcher, R. W., Biver, C., and Salazar, A.M. Biophysical Integration of
MRI, EEG and Cognition in TBI Patients. Society of Neuronal Regulation Annual
Meeting, Aspen, Colorado, September 16-21, 1997.
Thatcher, R. W., Biver, C., and Salazar, A.M. Bloch Equation MRI
Simulation for the Evaluation of Brain Injury in TBI Patients. Fiftheenth
Annual Meeting, National Neurotrauma Society, New Orleans, Louisiana,
October 24-25, 1997.
Thatcher, R. W., Biver, C., and Salazar, A.M. Biophysical Linkage Between
MRI, EEG Coherence and Cognition in TBI Patients. Fiftheenth Annual Meeting,
National Neurotrauma Society, New Orleans, Louisiana, October 24-25,
1997.
Thatcher, R. W., Bierley, R., Biver, C., Drake, A. and Salazar, A.M. QEEG
Correlates of Memory Scanning Speed in Traumatic Brain Injury. Ninth Annual
Meeting American Neuropsychiatric Association, Honolulu, Havaii, February
1-3, 1998.
Thatcher, R. W., Biver, C., and Salazar, A.M. 3-Dimensional Volume
analysis of MRI Relaxometry and EEG Amplitude in Closed Head Injury. Twenty
First Annual Meeting of the American Society of Neuroimaging. February 25 to
28, 1998, Orlando, Florida.
Thatcher, R. W., Biver, C., McAlaster, R and Salazar, A.M. Biophysical
linkage between MRI and EEG amplitude in traumatic brain injury.
4th International Conference on Functional Mapping of the Human
Brain, Montreal, Quebec, June 7 12, 1998.
Thatcher, R. W., Biver, C., McAlaster, R and Salazar, A.M. Biophysical
linkage between MRI and EEG coherence in normals and traumatic brain injury.
4th International Conference on Functional Mapping of the Human
Brain, Montreal, Quebec, June 7 12, 1998.
Thatcher, R. W., New data on quantitative EEG and Quantitative MRI
findings in traumatic brain injury: Implications for neurotherapy. Society of
Neuronal Regulation Annual Meeting, Austin, Texas, September 16-21,
1998.
Thatcher, R. W., Neural dynamics of traumatic brain injury. Sixth Annual
Future Health Congress, Palm Springs, California, February 5 11,
1999.
Thatcher, R.W., Biver, C., J. Gomez M, and Salazar, A.M. 3-Dimensional
vector analysis of MRI relaxometry and current source localization (LORETA) of
EEG in traumatic brain injury. 5th International Conference
on Functional Mapping of the Human Brain, Dusseldorf, Germany, June 7 12,
1999.
Thatcher, R.W. Frontal Lobe Consequences of Traumatic Brain Injury.
Florida Psychological Association, 1999 Summer Convention, Palm Beach,
Florida, July 8-11, 1999.
Thatcher, R.W. Biophysical Linkage Between MRI, EEG and Cognition in
Traumatic Brain Injury. Florida Psychological Association, 1999 Summer
Convention, Palm Beach, Florida, July 8-11, 1999.
Thatcher, R.W., Gomez, J., Biver, C. and Salazar, A. Capacitive effects
and the EEG. 10th International Society for Brain
Electromagnetism, Adelaid, Australia, October, 1999.
Thatcher, R.W., Biver, C., J. Gomez M, and Salazar, A.M. 3-Dimensional
vector analysis of MRI relaxometry and current source localization (LORETA) of
EEG in traumatic brain injury. NeuroImage, 9(6), S110,
2000.
XII. INVITED PRESENTATIONS AND
SEMINARS
Krause, P., Walker, R., Lester, M.L. and Thatcher, R.W. Relations between
two dietary recall instruments and hair mineral and metal concentrations. Poster
presentation at the Twelfth Annual MBS Symposium, Wash. D.C., April, 1983
(abstract).
Purnell, K., Krause, P., Lester, M. and Thatcher, R.W. Interreliability
and validity of 24hr recall vs long term food frequency surveys for nutritional
assessment of children
Poster presentation at the Twelfth Annual MBS Symposium, Wash.
D.C., April, 1983 (abstract).
Hunter, S.M., Lester, M.L., and Thatcher, R.W. Genetic, nutritional and
ecological factors affecting children's growth. Eighth Mid-Atlantic Regional
MBRS Symposium, Virginia State University, Va., November, 1983 (Paper
presentation and abstract).
Krause, P.J., Lester, M.L., and Thatcher, R.W. Hair element norms for
children of normal intelligence. Eighth Mid-Atlantic Regional MBRS
Symposium, Virginia State University, Va., November, 1983 (Paper
presentation and abstract).
Thatcher, R.W., Cantor, D.S., McAlaster, R., Geisler, F., Meyer, W. and
Salcman M. Comparisons between EEG, CT-Scan and Glasgow Coma Scale Predictors of
Recovery of Function in Neurotrauma Patients. Proceedings of the American
Association for Neurological Surgeons, San Francisco, April, 1984.
Krause, P.J., Lester, M.L., and Thatcher, R.W. Hair element norms for
children. NIH/MBS National Research Symposium, Washington, D.C., April,
1984.
Cassidy, T.S., Cantor, D.S., Lester, M.L., and Thatcher, R.W. Predictive
ability of ABSEP's in recovery from traumatic head injury. NIH/MBS National
Research Symposium, Washington, D.C., April, 1984.
Hunter S.M., Lester, M.L., and Thatcher, R.W. Predictive validity and
factor structure of the Minnesota Perceptual Diagnostic Test (MPDT-R).
NIH/MBS National Research Symposium, Washington, D.C., April, 1984.
Fishbein, D., Thatcher, R.W., Lester, M.L. and Cantor D.S. Nutrition,
trace elements and EEG in predicting behavior. Annual Convention of the
American Society of Criminology,
Denver, Colorado, November, 1983.
Thatcher, R.W. EEG Coherence: A Physiological Model, Presented at the
Frontiers in Research Seminar Series, University of Maryland Eastern
Shore, October 31, 1984.
Thatcher, R.W. Nutrition Environmental Toxins, and the use of
Computerized EEG Analysis for Learning Disabled Children, Children, Keynote
address of the ACLD Conference on Learning Disabilities, Phoenix, AZ, Oct. 12,
1984.
Thatcher, R.W. Predictive Diagnosis of Head Trauma Patients. Shock
Trauma Grand Rounds, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Dec. 3, 1984.
Thatcher, R.W. Dietary Protective Agents Against Environmental Toxins in
Children and Adolescents, Psychiatry Grand Rounds, University of Maryland
School of Medicine, Dec. 4, 1984.
Thatcher, R.W. Mathematics and Brain Mechanism of Aesthetics.
Invited Lecturer: Facultad de Psycologia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de
Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico, Nov. 12, 1984.
Thatcher, R.W. The use of Factor Analysis to Describe Evoked Potentials in
Children, Invited Lecturer: Facultad de Psycologia, Universidad Nacional
Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico, Nov. 13, 1984.
Thatcher, R.W. EEG Coherence and Intelligence in Children, Invited
Lecturer: Facultad de Psycologia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de
Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico, Nov. 14, 1984.
Thatcher, R.W. Nutrition, Environmental Toxins and Computerized EEG of
Learning Disabled Children, Invited Lecturer: Facultad de Psycologia,
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico, Nov. 15, 1984.
Thatcher, R.W. Predicting recovery of function in neurotrauma patients.
International Neuropsychology Society Meeting, Denver, Colorado, February
1986.
Thatcher, R.W. Nutrition and Environmental Toxins: A Mini-Max Approach To
Learning Disabilities. 39th Annual Association For Children With Learning
Disabilities Conference. New York, New York, March, 1986.
Thatcher, R.W. Relations between trace elements, food intake and brain
functions. Symposium on Trace Elements and Reproduction. Society for Trace
Elements and Health. University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, September, 1986.
Thatcher, R.W. Diagnostic value of evoked potentials in evaluating
conversion syndrome in neurotrauma patients. Presented at the International
Spinal Cord Monitoring Conf., Baltimore, Maryland, September, 1986.
Thatcher, R.W. Somatosensory evoked potential measures of nerve conduction
in spinal cord patients. Presented at the International Spinal Cord
Monitoring Conf., Baltimore, Maryland, September, 1986.
Thatcher, R.W. Aesthetics, Mathematics and Brain Function,
Colloquium speaker, Department of Mathematics, Salisbury State College, October,
1986.
Thatcher, R.W., Walker, R.A. and Guidice, S. Ontogenetic development of
the brain as measured by EEG coherence in children. In: Proceedings of the
South Eastern Research Conference on Child Development, Baltimore, Maryland,
May, 1987.
Thatcher, R.W. An Electrophysiological Window into the Ontogenetic
Development of the Human Brain. In: Conference Proceedings of Window on the
Brain: Technological Frontiers in Neuropsychology, Mount Sinai Medical
Center, New York, New York, October, 1987
Thatcher, R.W. and Hudspeth, W.J. Brain mechanisms of human development:
The physiological bases of Piaget staging. Symposium, Western Psychological
Association, May, 1987.
Hudspeth, W.J., Thatcher, R.W. and Petersen, L. Neurobiological Mechanisms
of Human Glucose Intolerance, Western Psychological Association, San
Francisco, April, 1988.
Thatcher, R.W. EEG measures of cerebral development, Key Note Speaker,
Institute for Training and Research in Auditory Conceptualization, Kansas
City, November 21-22, 1988.
Thatcher, R.W. A phase-space model of human cerebral development.
Harvard School of Graduate Education, Cambridge, Mass., February 22,
1989.
Thatcher, R.W. Non-linear dynamics of human cerebral development. First
International Workshop on Machinery of the Mind, Havana, Cuba, February 28 -
March 3, 1989.
Thatcher, R.W. Brain stimulation of comatose patients: Chaos and
Non-linear dynamics of consciousness. First International Workshop on
Machinery of the Mind, Havana, Cuba, February 28 - March 3,
1989.
Thatcher, R.W. Frontal lobe maturation: EEG coherence and phase measures.
Symposium on the Role of Frontal Lobe Maturation in Cognitive and Social
Development, Institute of Applied Human Development, Brock University, St.
Catherines, Ontario, Canada, May 12, 1989.
Thatcher, R.W. Two compartmental model of human EEG coherence.
Presentation at NIH Neurodynamics laboratory, February 21,
1990.
Thatcher, R.W. Maturation of the human frontal lobes: Physiological
evidence for staging. International Neuropsychology Society Annual
Meeting, Orlando, Florida, February 16, 1990.
Thatcher, R.W. Electrophysiological analyses of brain development.
Presentation at the U.S.D.A. Human Nutrition Institute, San Francisco,
Calif., June 14, 1990.
Thatcher, R.W. EEG discriminant analyses of mild head injury.
International Society for Brain Electromagnetism, Toronto, Canada, July
27, 1991.
Thatcher, R.W. Mathematical analyses of EEG coherence. Human Motor
Control Section, National Institutes of Health, September,
1991.
Thatcher, R.W. Cyclic cortical reorganization: Origins of human
development. Presented at merge meeting, Human Motor Control Section,
National Institutes of Health, March, 1992.
Thatcher, R.W. Multimodal registration of EEG, PET and MRI. Presented at
the Interagency Committee for the Human Brain Project, National Institutes of
Mental Health, June, 1992.
Thatcher, R.W. Multimodal registration of dipole histories using EEG
coherence, PET and MRI. Presented at conference entitled Advances in
Functional Neuroimaging, NIMH, NLM and NICHD sponsors, September,
1992.
Thatcher, R.W. Neural network switching during voluntary finger movement,
Presented at NINDS Council meeting, December, 1992.
Thatcher, R.W. Advances in Multimodal registration of techniques.
Presented at Neuroscan Workshop, McClain Va., January,
1993.
Thatcher, R.W. Neurophysiological foundations of the human EEG. Presented
at workshop, Lexicor Medical Technologies, Atlanta, Ga., February,
1993.
Thatcher, R.W. Cyclic Cortical Reorganization during human development.
Presentation at Center for Advanced Studies in Behavioral Sciences,
Stanford, Calif, February, 1993.
Thatcher, R.W. Cyclic Cortical Morphogenesis: A nonlinear dynamical model
of human development. Presented at Society for Research in Child
Development, New Orleans, La., March, 1993.
Thatcher, R.W. Comprehensive predicitions of outcome in head injured
patients. Presented at workshop by Department of Defense Program on
Rehabilitation of Head Injuries, Walter Reed Hospital, March,
1993.
Thatcher, R.W. , Toro, C., Pflieger, M.E. and Hallett, M. Multimodal
registration of EEG, PET and MRI: Analyses of neural network switching,
Proceedings of Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine: Functional MRI of
the Brain, Arlington, VA, June 17-19, 1993.
Thatcher, R.W. The Multimodality Measurement of Brain Activity: An
Overview of Critical Conceptual and Technical issues Related to the Application
of Functional MRI, PET, SPECT and EEG. The Frontiers in Neuroimaging
Workshop, National Institutes of Child Development, Bethesda, MD, July
14-16, 1993.
Thatcher, R.W. Developmental Neuroimaging and Cyclic Cortical Development.
Invited lecture at the Brain & Behavioral Group of Harvard
University, Cambridge, Mass., March 15, 1994.
Thatcher, R.W. Tomographic EEG/MEG. An invited lecture at the 46th
Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology, Washington, D.C., May
2, 1994.
Thatcher, R.W. and Camacho, M. The Neurotrauma Digital Imaging Project,
Invited presentation at the Center for Engineering and Medical Image Analysis
(CEMIA), University of South Florida, Tampa, FL., May 16,
1994.
Thatcher, R.W. Human neural network switching using co-registration of
EEG, PET and MRI. Presented at Workshop On Multimodal Registration,
Neuroscan and the University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill, June 24-25,
1994.
Thatcher, R.W. Cyclic reorganization of prefrontal cortex during human
postnatal development. Presented at worshop on The Prefontal Cortex:
Evolution, Neurobiology and Behavioral Development, National Institutes of
Child Health and Development, Bethesda, Md, September 19-20,
1994.
Thatcher, R.W. Human neural network switching during motor movements.
Presented at the University of South Florida College of Medicine, Department
of Physiology and Biophysics Seminar, Oct. 10, 1994.
Thatcher, R.W. A nonlinear dynamical model of human cerebral development.
Presented at Conference on Dynamical Systems in Development, The
Pennsylvania State University, October 20-21, 1994.
Thatcher, R.W. Human Neural Network Dynamics Using Multimodal Registration
of EEG, PET and MRI. Neurology Grand Rounds Presentation, University of
South Florida College of Medicine, February 9, 1995.
Thatcher, R.W. Human Neural Network Dynamics Using Multimodal Registration
of EEG, PET and MRI. Department of Rehabilitation Medicine Grand Rounds
Presentation, Hines VA Medical Center and Chicago Loyola University,
February 17, 1995.
Thatcher, R.W. Applications of EEG Normative Data Bases and Discriminant
Functions in Biofeedback. Twenty-Sixth Annual Meeting of the Association for
Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback, Cincinnati, Ohio, March 12,
1995.
Thatcher, R.W. Human neural network switching using co-registration of
EEG, PET and MRI. Presented at Workshop On Advancements in
Electrophysiology, Neuro Scan, ACCSA, Mexico City, Mexico, March,
1995.
Thatcher, R.W. Cyclic reorganization of prefrontal cortex during human
postnatal development. National Institutes of Health Conference on The
Prefontal Cortex: Evolution, Neurobiology and Behavioral Development.
September, 19-20, 1994.
Thatcher, R., Pflieger, M., Toro, C. and Hallett, M. Human Neural Network
Dynamics Using Multimodal Registration of EEG, PET and MRI. First
International Conference on Functional Mapping of the Human Brain, Paris,
France, June 26-20, 1995.
Thatcher, R. W., Camacho, M., Walker, R.A., Salazar, A.M., Gosche, K. and
Biver, C. Comparison of Brain Imaging and QEEG Findings in Patients with Brain
Injury: A Multisite Qantitative Study. Abstract for the Association for
Applied Psychology and Biofeedback 27th Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, N.M.,
March, 1996.
Thatcher, R.W. Human neural network switching using co-registration of
EEG, PET and MRI. Presented at Workshop On Advancements in
Electrophysiology, Neuro Scan, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, May
1996.
Thatcher, R. W., Biver, C., Camacho, M., Salazar, A.M., and Walker, R.A.
Multimodal Integration of MRI and EEG Coherence in Trauamtic Brain Injured
Patients. Second International Conference on Functional Mapping of the Human
Brain, Boston, MA, June 26-20, 1996.
Thatcher, R.W. Quantiative MRI Analyses in Alzheimers patients and
traumatic brain injured patients. University of South Florida College of
Medicine Neurology Grand Round Conference, April 29,
1997.
Thatcher, R. W., Biver, C., Camacho, M., McAlaster, R and Salazar, A.M.
Biophysical linkage between MRI, EEG and Cognition in traumatic brain injury.
14th Internal Congress of EEG and Clinical Neurophysiology, Florence,
Italy, August 24-30, 1997.
Thatcher, R.W. Zero Phase Locking, Volume Conduction and Measures of
Neural Network Switching in Human Subjects. Presented at Workshop On
Advancements in Electrophysiology, Neuro Scan, Munich, German, September 12,
1997.
Thatcher, R. W., Biver, C., and Salazar, A.M. Biophysical Integration of
MRI, EEG and Cognition in TBI Patients. Society of Neuronal Regulation Annual
Meeting, Aspen, Colorado, September 16-21, 1997.
Thatcher, R.W. Molecular Neurobiology of Child Development. University
of South Florida College of Medicine Psychiatry Grand Round Conference,
March 13, 1998.
Thatcher, R.W. Combined Computerized MRI and Computerized EEG Analyses of
Traumatic Brain Injury. Key Note Speaker: Association for Applied
Psychophysiology and Biofeedback, April 1 to 5, 1998, Orlando,
Florida.
Thatcher, R.W., Biophysical Linkage Between MRI and EEG in Closed Head
Injury. Presented at Workshop On Advancements in Multimodal Neuroimaging,
Neuro Scan, Nat. Inst. of Health, Bethesda, Md, April 17 to 19,
1998.
Thatcher, R.W., Multimodal Registration: Dynamics of Human Neural
Networks. Key Note Speaker: The Sixth Annual Meeting of the American
Psychiatric Electrophysiology Association, May 30 to 31, 1998, Toronto,
Canada.
Thatcher, R.W., Applications of Multimodal Integration of EEG, fMRI, PET,
SPEC and MRI. Key Note Speaker: The Fourth International Conference on
Functional Mapping of the Human Brain. June 7-12, 1998, Montreal, Quebec,
Canada.
Thatcher, R.W. Neural Dynamics of Traumatic Brain Injury. Key Note
Speaker, Sixth National Future Health Workshop. February 9, 1999, Palm Springs,
California.
Thatcher, R.W., Biver, C., J. Gomez M, and Salazar, A.M. 3-Dimensional
Vector Analysis of MRI Relaxometry and Current Source Localization (LORETA) of
EEG in Traumatic Brain Injury. 5th International Conference
on Functional Mapping of the Human Brain, Dusseldorf, Germany, June 7 12,
1999.
Thatcher, R.W. Frontal Lobe Consequences of Traumatic Brain Injury.
Florida Psychological Association, 1999 Summer Convention, Palm Beach,
Florida, July 8-11, 1999.
Thatcher, R.W. Biophysical Linkage Between MRI, EEG and Cognition in
Traumatic Brain Injury. Florida Psychological Association, 1999 Summer
Convention, Palm Beach, Florida, July 8-11, 1999.
Thatcher, R.W. Key Note Speaker - Clinical Applications of EEG Coherence,
10th World Congress of the International Society for Brain
Electromagnetic Topography, Oct. 10-13th, 1999, Adelaide South
Australia.
Thatcher, R.W. Key Note Speaker A Cyclic Cortical Reorganization Theory
of Brain Development, 4th Annual Meeting of the Australian Society
for Neuronal Regulation, Cairns, Australia June 2000.
Thatcher, R.W. Neurophysiological Foundations of the Human EEG.
Presentation, Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback,
July 26th, 2000, Denver Colorado.
Thatcher, R.W. Key Note Speaker EEG Severity Index of Traumatic Brain
Injury., Society for Neuronal Regulation, Minneapolis, MN, September 23,
2000.
Thatcher, R.W. 3-Dimensional EEG Biofeedback using LORETA., Society
for Neuronal Regulation, Minneapolis, MN, September 23,
2000.
Thatcher, R.W. EEG Severity Index of Traumatic Brain Injury, VA Medical
Center Research Day, Bay Pines, Fl, April 17, 2001.