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Bryan Freilich
@bryancephalon.bsky.social
Board-certified lifespan neuropsychologist
Montefiore-Einstein; Bronx, NY
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📢 Open call for applications! Are you a #neuropsychology trainee interested in a leadership position? The INS Student Liaison Committee has SIX open positions, applications are due June 30th! Check out the positions and requirements here: buff.ly/gWDtd7s
May 3, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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My post-doc mentor, Jared Benge, published a study featured on CNN about how using technology may reduce risk for dementia: www.cnn.com/2025/04/14/h...
Technology use may lower risk for dementia, study finds | CNN
Using technology may be linked with a lower risk of developing cognitive decline later in life, a new study has found.
www.cnn.com
April 14, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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How might AI change our brains?
Neuropsychology's readers were very interested in this question, which was posed in this frequently downloaded 2024 paper from Leon-Dominguez. @apajournals.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1037/neu0...
APA PsycNet
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April 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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New report shows that NIH grants fueled $95 billion in economic activity and 407,782 jobs in 2024.

That's not to mention the countless lives that biomedical research has saved.

Show me a better investment than that.
www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
NIH Grants Fueled $95 Billion In FY 2024 Economic Activity, Finds New Report
National Institutes of Health grants generated almost $95 billion in economic activity nationwide in FY 2024 according to a new report by United for Medical Research.
www.forbes.com
March 12, 2025 at 8:47 PM
🚨 Excited to share our new paper where we introduce the Montefiore Einstein Robust Geriatric Normative Project (MERGER-NP) and provide age and demographic norms for the RBANS and select neuropsych tests, including the TMT, BNT, and measures of verbal fluency. academic.oup.com/acn/advance-...
Montefiore Einstein Robust Geriatric Normative Project: Robust Age- and Regression-Based Demographic Norms for the Repeatable Battery for Neuropsychological Status and Select Neuropsychological Tests ...
AbstractObjective. This study introduces the Montefiore Einstein Robust Geriatric Normative Project (MERGER-NP), which provides robust normative data for o
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February 5, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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I had the pleasure of discussing neuropsychological test interpretation on the NavNeuro podcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n.... Hope you’ll check it out! Here are the highlights: 1/n
160| Introduction to Neuropsychological Test Interpretation and Regression-Based Norms – A Conversation With Dr. Andrew Kiselica
Podcast Episode · Navigating Neuropsychology · 02/01/2025 · 48m
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February 1, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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The spread of health misinformation and disinformation poses a serious threat to public health.

How can we respond to the danger and combat the tide of misinformation and disinformation to protect public health?

Find out more in our latest Editorial: tinyurl.com/mtf95p25
January 17, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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New to #bluesky and excited to share a new publication at the interface of my two main clinical interests in neuropsychiatry.

"New Framework for the Continuum of Concussion and Functional Neurological Disorder" with @silverberglab.bsky.social in BJSM. Thread below 🧵

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December 10, 2024 at 9:13 PM
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Grateful to @cnn.com for featuring our #NIA supported work at @uscpsychology.bsky.social linking financial vulnerability in older age and #Alzheimers disease. You can check out the video segment here, which also features my amazing lab running a brain MRI session:
www.cnn.com/2024/12/10/h...
‘That’s just not her’: New study shows falling for financial scams can predict Alzheimer’s | CNN
Researchers at USC say that falling for financial scams could be a first sign of early Alzheimer’s disease. Changes in how seniors value money can be a warning call for loved ones to get help for rela...
www.cnn.com
December 10, 2024 at 4:02 PM
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Hello Blue Sky! First time posting here ☺️🏡

Second Blog Post! An introduction to visualising test scores in neuropsychology - because we all like pretty plots right...?

@donbps.bsky.social
Visualising Test Scores in Neuropsychology – NeuroPsyTools
An introduction to visualising neuropsychological test data for the individual patient.
neuropsytools.com
November 29, 2024 at 8:13 AM
Question for my #neuropsychology colleagues. Do you prefer using regression-based demographic norms over traditional (e.g., age-stratified) norms? What are your reasons for favoring one over the other?
November 29, 2024 at 1:47 PM