Natalie Denburg
Research Interests
- Cognitive neuroscience of aging
- Real-world decision-making
- Individual differences
- Elder abuse
- Psychophysiology of emotion
- Demential syndromes
- Cancer survivorship
Training Areas
Representative Publications
Denburg, N. L., Buchanan, T. W., Tranel, D., & Adolphs, R. (2003). Evidence for preserved emotional memory in normal elderly persons. Emotion, 3, 239-253.
Denburg, N. L., Tranel, D., & Bechara, A. (2005). The ability to decide advantageously declines prematurely in some normal older persons. Neuropsychologia, 43, 1099-1106.
Denburg, N. L., Recknor, E. C., Bechara, A., & Tranel, D. (2006). Psychophysiological anticipation of positive outcomes promotes advantageous decision-making in normal older persons. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 61, 19-25.
Denburg, N. L., Cole, C. A., Hernandez, M., Yamada, T. H., Tranel, D., Bechara, A., & Wallace, R. B. (2007). The orbitofrontal cortex, real-world decision-making, and normal aging. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1121, 480-498.
Denburg, N. L., Jones, R. D., & Tranel, D. (2009). Recognition without awareness in a patient with simultanagnosia. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 72, 5-12. PMCID PMC2688652
Denburg, N. L., & Harshman, L. A. (2009). Why so many seniors get swindled: Brain anomalies and poor decision-making in older adults. Cerebrum: Emerging Ideas in Brain Science (Dana Foundation).
Ramchandran, K., Nayakankuppam, D. J., Berg, J., Tranel, D., & Denburg, N. L. (2011). Can the market protect the aging brain? Neuropsychologia, 49, 2533-2540. PMCID: PMC3139399.
Harshman, L. A., Barron, S., Button, A. M., Smith, B. J., Link, B. K., Lynch, C. F., & Denburg, N. L. (2012). Population-based exploration of academic achievement outcomes in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia survivors. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 37, 458-466. PMCID PMC3334536
Shivapour, S. K., Nguyen, C. M., Cole, C. A., & Denburg, N. L. (2012). Effects of age, sex, and neuropsychological performance on financial decision-making. Frontiers in Decision Neuroscience, 6, 82. PMCID PMC3375479
Bauer, A., Timpe, J., Edmonds, E. C., Bechara, A., Tranel, D., & Denburg, N. L. (2013). Myopia for the future or a positivity bias? Performance of older adults on two versions of the Iowa Gambling Task. Emotion, 13, 19-24.
Nguyen, C. M., Yamada, T. H., Beglinger, L. J., Cavanaugh, J. E., Denburg, N. L., & Schultz, S. K. (2013). Cognitive features ten or more years after successful breast cancer survival: Comparisons across types of cancer interventions. Psycho-Oncology, 22, 862-868.
Weller, J. A., Buchanan, T. W., Shackleford, C., Morganstern, A., Hartman, J., Yuska, J., & Denburg, N. L. (2014). Diurnal cortisol rhythm is associated with increased risky decision-making in older adults. Psychology and Aging, 29, 271-283.
Halfmann, K., Hedgcock, W., Bechara, A., & Denburg, N. L. (2014). Functional neuroimaging of the Iowa Gambling Task in older adults. Neuropsychology, 28, 870-880.
Denburg, N. L., & Hedgcock, W. (2015). Age-associated executive dysfunction, the prefrontal cortex, and complex decision making (pp. 79-101). In T. Hess, C. Loeckenhoff, & J. Strough (Eds.), Aging and Decision-Making: Empirical and Applied Perspectives. New York: Elsevier.
Koestner, B., Hedgcock, W., Halfmann, K., & Denburg, N. L. (2016). The role of the ventromedial prefrontal cortex in purchase intent among older adults. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 8, 189. doi: 10.3389/fnagi.2016.0018