Daniel Tranel
Research Interests
Clinical and experimental neuropsychology; Cognitive neuroscience; Lesion method and functional neuroimaging (MRI); Neural basis of higher cognitive functions and personality
Primary Research Area
Clinical Psychology
Training Areas
Behavioral & Cognitive Neuroscience
Representative Publications
Asp, E., Ramchandran, K., & Tranel, D. (2012). Authoritarianism, religious fundamentalism, and the human prefrontal cortex. Neuropsychology, 26, 414-421. PMCID PMC3389201.
Damasio, A., Damasio, H., & Tranel, D. Persistence of feelings and sentience after bilateral damage of the insula. Cerebral Cortex, (in press), Advance online
Gläscher, J., Adolphs, R., Damasio, H., Bechara, A., Rudrauf, D., Calamia, M., Paul, L.K., & Tranel, D. (2012). Lesion mapping of cognitive control and value-based decision-making in the prefrontal cortex. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 109, 14681-14686. PMCID PMC Journal – In Process.
Lezak, M. D., Howieson, D., Bigler, E., & Tranel, D. (2012). Neuropsychological assessment (5th ed.). New York: Oxford University Press.
- Brain Imaging
- Clinical Science
- Cognitive Neuroscience
- Executive Function
- Health
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Language and Communication
- Learning and Memory
- Neural Plasticity
- Neuropsychology
- Perception
- Psychopathology
- Social Cognition
