Laurie A Carr

• MA, Cognitive Psychology
• Research Associate at IQVIA

This article presents data from focus groups conducted with traditionally underrepresented groups with spinal cord injury (SCI), specifically women and African American men. The narratives are first-hand accounts of encounters with the health care system and providers and offer insights into how the delivery and quality of health care and the subse...

An important research question is whether Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is related to early- or late-stage attentional control mechanisms and whether this differentiates a nonhyperactive subtype (ADD). This question was addressed in a sample of 145 ADD/ADHD and typically developing comparison adolescents (aged 13-17). Attentional...

Studies of cognitive control in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have emphasized the ability to suppress motor responses (i.e., behavioral inhibition) rather than the ability to actively suppress prepotent mental representations (i.e., cognitive inhibition). Further, working memory deficits are suspected in ADHD, yet their distinctio...

Faulty inhibition is theorized to be a central feature in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), but it remains unclear whether inhibitory impairments encompass both motoric and attentional domains. Further, characterization of inhibitory deficits in adults with ADHD is needed. We experimentally assessed adults who met diagnostic criteria...

Objective: To identify the emerging clinical precursors that indicate the early onset of Huntington disease (HD) in a reliable and gene-specific manner. This information is critical for the development of therapeutic trials aimed at postponing clinical onset in HD gene carriers. Methods: Between July 1999 and January 2004, 1001 adults at 50-50 r...

How do we empathize with others? A mechanism according to which action representation modulates emotional activity may provide an essential functional architecture for empathy. The superior temporal and inferior frontal cortices are critical areas for action representation and are connected to the limbic system via the insula. Thus, the insula may...

In this chapter, we review the body of work performed in our laboratory and reviewed in the literature that attempts to isolate different kinds of putative inhibitory control in relation to attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and, to a lesser extent, other forms of impulsive psychopathology. ADHD is a disorder usually identified in chil...