College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Daniel Tranel
F. Wendell Miller Professor (Psychological & Brain Sciences/Neurology)
Education:
Ph.D., University of Iowa, 1982
Office:
2155 RCP and 374 PBSB
Office Phone:
319-384-6050
Fax Number:
319-335-0191
Curriculum Vitae:
Personal Website
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
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.