Selected Publications

Edgin, J.O., Mason, G. Spano, G., Fernandez, A. & Nadel, L. (in press). Human and mouse model cognitive phenotypes in Down syndrome: Implications for Assessment, Progress in Brain Research.

Breslin, J.H., Edgin, J.O., Bootzin, R.R., Goodwin, J.L., & Nadel, L (2011). Parental report of sleep problems in Down Syndrome, Journal of Intellectual Disability Research. DOI : 10.1111/j.1365-2788.2011.01435.x.

Edgin, J.O., Spano, G., Nadel. L. (2011). Advances in clinical endpoints for neurocognitive rehabilitation in Down syndrome. In J.A. Rondal, J. Perera, L. & Spiker, D. (Eds.) Neurocognitive Rehabilitation of Down Syndrome, The Early Years. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

Edgin, J.O., Kumar, A., Spano, G. & Nadel L. (2011). Neuropsychological effects of second language exposure in children with Down syndrome, Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 55 (3), 351-356.

Edgin, J.O., Mason, G., Allman, M., Capone, G., DeLeon, I., Maslen, C., Reeves, R.H., Sherman, S., and & Nadel L. (2010). Development and validation of the Arizona Cognitive Test Battery for Down Syndrome. Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders, 2 (3), 149-164.

Edgin, J.O., Pennington, B.F., & Mervis, C. B. (2010). Neuropsychological components of intellectual disability: The role of immediate, working and associative memory, Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 54 (5), 406-417.

Fidler, D. J. & Nadel, L. (2007). Education and children with Down syndrome: Neuroscience, development, and intervention. Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews, 13 (3), 262-271.

Nadel, L. Neuropsychological Aspects of Down Syndrome, in Rondal, J.A and Perera, J.  (Eds.)  Down Syndrome Neurobehavioral Specificity, pp. 67-83, John Wiley & Sons, London, 2006.

Pennington, B.F., Moon, J., Edgin, J., Stedron, J. and Nadel, L. The neuropsychology of Down syndrome: Evidence for hippocampal dysfunction. Child Development, 74: 75-93, 2003.

Nadel, L. Down’s syndrome: a genetic disorder in biobehavioral perspective. Genes, Brain and Behavior, 2: 156-166, 2003.

Nadel, L. Learning and memory in Down syndrome. In Perera, J., Rondal, J. & Nadel, L. (Eds.) Down’s Syndrome: A review of current knowledge, 1999, Whurr Publications: UK.

Nadel, L Down syndrome in cognitive neuroscience perspective. Tager-Flusberg, H. (Ed.) Neurodevelopmental disorders: Contributions to a new framework from the cognitive neurosciences. Pp. 187-221, Cambridge, MA., MIT Press, 1999.

Nadel, L. Learning, memory and neural function in Down syndrome. In J.A. Rondal, J. Perera, L. Nadel and A. Comblain, (Eds.) Down syndrome: Psychological, psychobiological and socio-educational perspectives. Whurr Publications, London, 1996.

Uecker, A., Obrzut, J.E. and Nadel, L. Mental rotation performance by learning disabled and Down’s syndrome children: A study of imaginal development. Developmental Neuropsychology, 10: 395-411, 1994.

Nadel, L. Neural and cognitive development in Down syndrome. In L. Nadel and D.M. Rosenthal (Eds.) Down syndrome: Living and Learning in the Community, Wiley-Liss, New York, 1994.

Uecker, A., Mangan, P.A., Obrzut, J.E. and Nadel, L. Down syndrome in neurobiological perspective: An emphasis on spatial cognition. Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, 22: 266-276, 1993.

Nadel, L. Learning and cognition in Down Syndrome. In I.T. Lott and E.E. McCoy (Eds.) Down syndrome: Advances in medical care, New York: Wiley-Liss, 1992.

Nadel, L. Afterthoughts: Psychobiological perspectives on Down syndrome. In L. Nadel (Ed.) The psychobiology of Down syndrome. Cambridge, MA: Bradford Books/MIT Press, 1988.

Nadel, L. Down syndrome in neurobiological perspective. In C.J. Epstein (Ed.) The neurobiology of Down Syndrome. Pp. 239-251, New York: The Raven Press, 1986.

Down Syndrome Research Group
Department of Psychology
Phone: 520-626-0244
Email: jedgin@email.arizona.edu