School of Psychological Science

		Professor Glynda Kinsella Professor Coordinator Professional Programs in Clinical Neuropsychology		Phone: +61 3 9479 2409 Fax: +61 3 9479 1956 g.kinsella@latrobe.edu.au Room 406 George Singer Building
		Dip. Physio (Lond); M.Sc. (Lond); PhD (Surrey)

Before joining La Trobe University, I was a lecturer in the Department of Psychology, University of Melbourne. I joined the School of Psychological Science, La Trobe University in 1981 and became appointed to the grade of Reader and Associate Professor in 1992. In 1990 I convened the first intake of postgraduate students into the professional training degrees in Clinical Neuropsychology, and co-ordinated these programs until 1999 and again in 2003. My research focus relates to Clinical Neuropsychology and the consequences of neuropsychological impairment for the individual and his/her caregivers, using a framework of cognitive neuropsychology.

A direction of my research is to understand models of cognitive skill that account for an individual’s ability to develop and use strategies of compensation and to identify abilities and resources that promote good adjustment over time and optimal response to interventions. My recent research projects have centred on neuropsychological changes in healthy aging and in age-related disorders.

My current research programs include:

• Prospective Remembering and Working Memory in (i) Healthy Older Adults and Early Alzheimer’s disease; and, (ii) Traumatic Brain Injury (in collaboration with Dr Ben Ong, Psychological Science LTU, Prof Elsdon Storey Neuroscience Monash University, and A/Prof David Ames Psychiatry University of Melbourne).
• Neuropsychological performance following Traumatic Brain Injury in Older Adults: Impact of Aging in Prediction of Functional Outcome (in collaboration with A/Prof John Olver, Neurological Rehabilitation, Alfred Hospital & Caulfield General Medical Centre, Professor Thomas Kossmann, Trauma Services, Alfred Hospital, Dr Ben Ong, Psychological Science LTU, & Dr Lina Forlano, Clinical Neuropsychology, Alfred Hospital).
• Neuropsychological function in cerebellar disorder and older males with premutation in fragile X gene ( in collaboration with Prof Elsdon Storey, Neuroscience Monash University, Dr Danuta Loesch, Psychological Science, LTU, & Prof Cook, St Vincent’s Hospital).
• Intervention strategies for memory impairment in (i) Alzheimer’s disease (in collaboration with Elizabeth Mullaly & Elizabeth Rand, Cognitive Dementia and Memory Service Caulfield General Medical Centre, Margaret Phillips, Cognitive Dementia and Memory Service Bundoora Extended Care Centre, Dr Carol Burton & Dr Ben Ong, Psychological Science La Trobe University, Prof Elsdon Storey Neuroscience Monash University); and, (ii) Traumatic Brain Injury (in collaboration with Dr Marina Hayward, Deakin University).
• Working Memory and everyday activities in healthy aging, early Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and Traumatic Brain Injury.
  

	Recent Publications
	Postgraduate Research Projects		Grants

Memberships and Associations

Member, Australian Psychological Society (APS)
Full Member, College of Clinical Neuropsychologists, APS
Member, British Psychological Society (BPS)
Full Member, Division of Neuropsychology, BPS
Member, International Neuropsychological Society
Registered as a Clinical Neuropsychologist, Psychologist Registration Board, Victoria

Recent Publications (last 5 years)

Refereed Journal Articles

Cooper, B., Kinsella, G.J., & Picton, C. Development and Validation of a Family Appraisal of a Caregiving Questionnaire for Palliative Care. Journal of Palliative Care (submitted)

Germano, C. & Kinsella, G.J. (in press). Working memory and learning in early Alzheimer’s disease. Neuropsychological Reviews (accepted for publication February 2004)

Hester, R., Kinsella, G.J & Ong, B. (2004). Effect of Age on Forward and Backward Spatial Span Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 10, 1-7

Hester, R.L., Kinsella, G.J., Ong, B., & McGregor, J. (2004). Demographic Influences on Baseline and Derived Scores from the Trail Making Test in Healthy Older Australian Adults. The Clinical Neuropsychologist,18, 1-9.

Hester, R.L., Kinsella, G.J. Ong, B. & Turner, M. (2004). The Hopkins Verbal Learning Test: Normative data for older Australian adults. Australian Psychologist, 39, 251-255.

Jones, K., Kinsella, G.J., Ong, B., & Scheinkestel, C. (2004). Supervisory Attentional Control following Carbon Monoxide Poisoning. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 10, 1-8.

Clark, C., Prior, M. & Kinsella, G. (2002). The relationship between executive function abilities, adaptive behaviour, and academic achievement in children with externalising behaviour problems. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 43, 785-796.

Storey, E., Slavin, M.J & Kinsella, G.J. (2002). Pattern of Cognitive impairment in Alzheimer's disease: Assessment and Differential Diagnosis. Frontiers in Bioscience: Special Edition, 7, 155-184.

Storey, E., Kinsella, G.J. & Slavin, M.J. (2001). The Neuropsychological Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, 3, 261-285.

Barson,.F.P., Kinsella,.G.J, Ong, B., & Mathers, S.E. (2000). A Neuropsychological Investigation of Dementia in MND. Journal of Neurological Sciences, 180, 107-113.

Bravin, J., Kinsella.,G.J., Ong, B., & Vowels, L. (2000). A study of performance of delayed intentions in Multiple Sclerosis. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 22, 3,418-429.

Clark, C., Prior, M., & Kinsella, G.J. (2000). Do executive function deficits differentiate between adolescents with ADHD and Oppositional Defiant/Conduct Disorder? A neuropsychological study using the Six Elements Test and Hayling Sentence Completion Test. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology,28, 5, 403-414.

Danckert, J., Maruff, P., Ymer, C., Kinsella, G., Yucel,.M., de Graaf, S., & Currie, J. (2000). Goal-directed selective attention and response competition monitoring: Evidence from unilateral parietal and anterior cingulate lesions. Neuropsychology, 14, 1, 16-28

Drury, J.L, Kinsella,G.J., & Ong, B. (2000). Age differences in explicit and implicit memory for pictures. Neuropsychology, 14, 1, 93-101.

Kinsella, G.J., Picton, C., Cooper, B., & Murtagh, D. (2000). Factors influencing outcomes for family caregivers of persons receiving palliative care: Towards an integrated model. Journal of Palliative Care, 16, 3, 46-54.

Perlesz, A., Kinsella, G.J., & Crowe, S. (2000). Psychological Distress and Family Satisfaction following Traumatic Brain Injury: Injured Individuals and their Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Carers. The Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, 15, 3, 909-929.

Perlesz, A., Kinsella, G.J., & Crowe, S. (1999). Impact of Traumatic Brain Injury on the Family: A critical review. Rehabilitation Psychology, 44, 1, 6-35.

Danckert, J., Maruff, P., Kinsella, G., & de Graaff, S. (1999). Attentional modulation of implicit processing of information in spatial neglect. NeuroReport, 10, 1077-1083.

Goldie, P.A., Matyas, T.A., Kinsella, G.J., Galea,.M.P., Evans,.O.M., & Bach,.T.M. (1999). Prediction of Gait Velocity in Ambulatory Stroke Patients during Rehabilitation. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 80, 415-20.

Kinsella, G.J., Ong, B., Murtagh, D., Prior, M., Sawyer, M. (1999). The Role of the Family for Behavioural Outcome in Children and Adolescents Following Traumatic Brain Injury. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 67, 1,116-123.

Conference Proceedings (refereed)

Simm, L. A., Jamieson, R. D., Kinsella, G. J., & Garner, M. W. J. (2002). Alzheimer’s disease and sense of self. International Biennial Conference Self Concept Research: Conference Proceedings. Sydney: Self Research Centre.

Mandalis, A., Kinsella, G., & Ong, B. (2001). Working Memory and Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury. Brain and Cognition, 47 (Rotman Institute Conference Proceedings), 1, 210-213.

Danckert, J., Maruff,.P., Kinsella,G., de Graaff,.S. & Currie, J. (2000). Form and Colour processing in a patient with a striate lesion: Action without Perception. In K.M.B.Bennett & S.J.Gregory (Eds) Perception and Cognition for Action:Proceedings from the III Annual Perception for Action Conference (1998), pp. 75-93. Melbourne: La Trobe University.

Conference Abstracts
Kinsella, G.J & Ong, B. (1998). Behavioural outcome following Traumatic Brain Injury: The role of the family. Abstract of paper presented at the International Neuropsychological Society Conference, Budapest, Hungary, July 8-11. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 4, 3, 226.

Sheridan, P., Kinsella,.G., Ong,.B & Vowels, L. (1998). Self-report of memory functioning and compensatory strategy use in Multiple Sclerosis. Abstract of paper presented at the 4th Annual Conference of the APS College of Clinical Neuropsychologists, Lorne, October 8 –11. Australian Journal of Psychology, 50, supplement, 145.

Barson, F, Kinsella, G., Mathers, S & Ong, B. (1998). Frontotemporal dementia and motor neurone disease. Abstract of paper presented at the 4th Annual Conference of the APS College of Clinical Neuropsychologists, Lorne, October 8 –11. Australian Journal of Psychology, 50, supplement, 133.

Danckert,J., Maruff,P., Kinsella,G., de Graaf,.S., & Currie,J. (1998). Active selection of information in the neglected visual field of a patient with a right cortical stroke. Abstract of paper presented at the 4th Annual Conference of the APS College of Clinical Neuropsychologists, Lorne, October 8 –11. Australian Journal of Psychology, 50, supplement, 137.

Hester,.R., Kinsella, G.J., & Ong, B. (1999). Abstract of paper presented at the 5th Annual Conference of the APS College of Clinical Neuropsychologists, Blue Mountains, October XX-XX. Australian Journal of Psychology, 51, supplement, 153.

Kinsella, G.J., Ong, B., & Hester, R.L. (2000). Age-effects in Prospective Remembering using a prose reading task. Abstract of the 23rd Annual Brain Impairment Conference, 12-14 May, Melbourne. Brain Impairment, 1, 1, 89-90.

Barson, F., Kinsella, G., Ong, B & Mathers, S. (2000). A neuropsychological investigation of dementia in motor neurone disease. Abstract of paper presented at the 23rd Annual Brain Impairment Conference, 12-14 May, Melbourne. Brain Impairment, 1, 1, 80-81.

Kinsella, G.J., Ong, B., Hester, R.L. & Storey, E. (2000). Naturalistic prospective remembering in aging and dementia: Neuropsychological aspects. Paper presented at the 1st International Conference on Prospective Memory, July, Hertfordshire, UK.

Beavis, C, Kinsella, G., & Ong, B. (2000). Performance of everyday delayed intentions in healthy ageing. Abstract of paper presented at the 6th Annual Conference of the APS College of Clinical Neuropsychologists, Hunter Valley, 12-15 October . Australian Journal of Psychology, 52, supplement, 125-126.

Kinsella, G.J., Ong, B & Riddoch, J. (2001). Object-based neglect in visual imagery: Response to stimulus properties. Abstract of paper presented at the 28th Annual Experimental Psychology Conference, Melbourne, 20-22 April. Australian Journal of Psychology, 53, supplement, 55-56.

Kinsella, G.J & Ong, B. (2001). The Impact of Brain Injury within the Family. Invited paper at the 4th World Congress on Brain Injury, 5-9 May, Turin, Italy.

Germano, C. & Kinsella, G.J. (2001). Prospective Remembering and Aging: Attentional Demand and Speed. Abstract of poster presented at the 7th Annual Conference of the APS College of Clinical Neuropsychologists, Melbourne, 4-6 October. Australian Journal of Psychology, 53, supplement, 191.

Hester, R., Kinsella, G.J & Ong, B. (2001). Effect of age on forward and backward spatial span task performance. Abstract of poster presented at the 7th Annual Conference of the APS College of Clinical Neuropsychologists, Melbourne, 4-6 October. Australian Journal of Psychology, 53, supplement, 192.

Research Projects and Postgraduate student projects for the last 3 years

PhD

Carmela Germano
Working Memory and Learning in Early Alzheimer’s disease
(Awarded a Commonwealth Postgraduate Research Scholarship)
2004 PhD in progress

Louise Simms
Sense of Self in Dementia
(Awarded a Jack Brockhoff scholarship)
2004 PhD in progress
Co-supervised with Dr. R. Jamieson

Kerry Jones
Subcortical dysfunction following carbon monoxide poisoning
(Awarded an Alfred Hospital Postgraduate Student Research Scholarship)
2003 PhD awarded
Co-supervised with Dr. B. Ong

Robert Hester
Spatial imagery in ageing
2003 PhD awarded
Co-supervised with Dr Ben Ong

Anna Mandalis
Working memory following paediatric traumatic brain injury
(Awarded a Commonwealth Postgraduate Research Scholarship)
2002 PhD awarded
Co-supervised with Dr. B. Ong

Cheryl Clark
Executive function in adolescents with hyperactivity and conduct disorder
(Awarded a Commonwealth Postgraduate Research Scholarship)
2002 PhD awarded
Co-supervised with Prof M. Prior

Fiona Barson
A neuropsychological investigation of motor neurone disease
(Awarded a Bethlehem Griffiths Research Foundation Medical Research Scholarship)
2002 PhD awarded
Co-supervised with Dr. B. Ong & Dr S. Mathers

Doctor of Clinical Neuropsychology

Bethan Plowright
Cognitive recovery and outcome following mild traumatic brain injury in older adults
2004 – in progress
Co-supervised with A/Prof John Olver, Professor Thomas Kossmann, & Dr Ben Ong

Josie Sinni
Working Memory, Everyday activities and Parkinson’s Disease.
2004 – in progress
Co-supervised with Prof Robert Iansek.

Brooke Froud
Traumatic Brain Injury in Older Adults
2003 – in progress
Co-supervised with A/Prof John Olver, Professor Thomas Kossmann, & Dr Ben Ong

Kathleen Leach
Post-traumatic amnesia – how do we know when it ends?
2003 - in progress
Co-supervised with Mr Martin Jackson

Clare Ramsden
Action Disorganisation Syndrome, Working Memory and Alzheimer’s Disease
2004 DPsych awarded.
Co-supervised with Dr Ben Ong

Jodie McGregor
Competence and executive skills in aging
(Awarded an Australian Women’s University Scholarship)
2003 D. Psych awarded
Co-supervised with Dr Ben Ong

Catherine Beavis
Prospective memory, strategies and ageing
2001 D. Psych awarded
Co-supervised with Dr Ben Ong

Master of Psychology (Clinical Psychology)

Jodie Tucker
Prospective remembering in Traumatic Brain Injury
2003 – In progress
Co-supervised with Dr Ben Ong

Andrea Maben
Family stress and learning disability
2003 M. Psych awarded
Co-supervised with Prof C Pratt

Master of Psychology (Clinical Neuropsychology)

Marina Haywood
Errorless learning and Multiple Sclerosis
2003 – In progress
Co-supervised with Dr Lindsay Vowels

Grants (awarded in the last 3 years)

2001-2
Faculty of Science, Technology & Engineering Grant, La Trobe University $12,000
to A/Prof G. Kinsella
Prospective Remembering

2002
Rotary Health Research Fund $20,000
to A/Prof G. Kinsella, Prof. E. Storey & Dr. B. Ong
Brief intervention for memory complaints in Alzheimer’s dementia

2003
NH&MRC Project grant $197,500
to Prof E. Storey, A/Prof M. Cook, & A/Prof G. Kinsella
Cognition in Cerebellar degeneration.

Faculty of Science, Technology & Engineering Grant, La Trobe University $10,000
to A/Prof G. Kinsella & Dr. B. Ong
Memory in aging and dementia

2005
NH&MRC project grant (for 3 years) $196,450
to Dr D. Loesch, Dr R.Gardner, Prof M.Cook, A/Prof R.Huggins &
A/Prof G.Kinsella & Dr F.Tassone
Clinical, genetic and prevalence study of older males with movement disorders and permutation n a fragile X gene.