Entry Year

2021

Major Area of Study

Neuropsychology

Mentor

Paul Gilbert, PhD / Jody Corey-Bloom, MD, PhD

E-mail

shughes014@gmail.com

Research Interests

My primary research interest is understanding cognitive changes in neurodegenerative conditions, specifically movement disorders, such as Huntington’s disease and Parkinson’s disease.

Representative Publications

  • Considine, C.M., Hughes, S., Sellers Gibson, J., Isaacs, D., McDonell, K., Darby, R.R., Claassen, D.O., (in press). Anosognosia and Memory Encoding in Huntington’s Disease. Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology.

  • van Wouwe, N.C., Neimat, J., van den Wildenberg, W.P.M., Hughes, S.B., Lopez, A., Phibbs, F.T., Schall, J., Rodriguez, W., Bradley, E.B., Dawant, B., Wylie, S.A. (2020, in press). Subthalamic Nucleus Subregion Stimulation Modulates Inhibitory Control. Cereb Cortex Commun. 2020,1(1), tgaa083. doi: 10.1093/texcom/tgaa083. Epub 2020 Nov 4. PMID: 33381760; PMCID: PMC7750129.

  • Aumann, M. A., Stark, A. J., Hughes, S. B., Lin, Y. C., Kang, H., Bradley, E., . . . Claassen, D. O. (2020). Self-reported rates of impulsivity in Parkinson’s Disease. Annals Clinical Translational Neurology. doi:10.1002/acn3.51016

  • Hughes, S., Claassen, D. O., van den Wildenberg, W. P. M., Phibbs, F. T., Bradley, E. B., Wylie, S. A., & van Wouwe, N. C. (2018). Action Control Deficits in Patients With Essential Tremor. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 1-9. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30501660.doi:10.1017/S1355617718001054

Grants/Awards
  • San Diego State University Graduate Fellowship, 2021-2022