University of HoustonDepartment of Psychology
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Paul J. Massman

Associate Professor

Paul J. Massman
Paul J. Massman
Doctorate: University of Texas at Austin
Undergraduate: Marquette University


My current research is focused on the measurement and correlates of progression of neuropsychological deficits in Alzheimer's disease. I utilize the database of the Baylor College of Medicine Alzheimer's Disease Clinic, and collaborate with its director, Dr. Rachelle Doody, as well as other investigators from Baylor and the University of Texas Health Science Center. There are over 1600 patients in this database, and active patients continue to return for annual follow-up visits. Neuropsychological test data (e.g., Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale, Wechsler Memory Scale subtests, Boston Naming Test) is collected, as well as information about patients' personal and medical history, current neurological and general physical functioning, apolipoprotein E genotype, and medication usage.


Research Interests
  • Progression and Heterogeneity of Neuropsychological Deficits in Alzheimer's and Other Dementias
  • Neuropsychology of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Neurodegenerative Disorders

Teaching

  • PSYC 3341: Physiological Psychology (undergraduate)
  • PSYC 4321: Abnormal Psychology (undergraduate)
  • PSYC 4354: Brain and Behavior (undergraduate)
  • PSYC 6331: Cognitive and Clinical Neuropsychology (graduate)
  • PSYC 6397: Neuropsychology of Psychopathology (graduate)
  • PSYC 7335: Dementia (graduate)
 
E-mail:  PMassman@UH.EDU
 
Selected Publications
 
Hoyt, B. D., Massman, P. J., Schatschneider, C., & Doody, R. S. (2005). Individual growth curve analysis of APOE e4-associated cognitive decline in Alzheimer’s disease. Archives of Neurology, 62, 454-459.

Doody, R. S., Pavlik, V., Massman, P. J., Kenan, M., Yeh, S., Powell, S., Cooke, N., Dyer, M.D., & Demirovic, J. (in press). Changing patient characteristics and survival experience in an Alzheimer’s Center patient cohort. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders.

Massman, P. J., Doody, R. S., Davis, R. N., & Dyer, C. (submitted). The Baylor Assessment of Alzheimer’s Patients—Caregiver Questionnaire (BAAP-CQ): Reliability and validity studies in a large patient sample.

Pavlik, V., Doody, R. S., Massman, P. J. et al. (submitted). The influence of premorbid IQ and education on progression of Alzheimer’s disease.

Atchison, T. B., Bradshaw, M., & Massman, P. J. (2004). Investigation of profile differences between Alzheimer’s disease patients declining at different rates: Examination of baseline neuropsychological data. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 19, 1007-1015.

Davis, R. N., Massman, P. J., & Doody, R. S. (2003). Effects of blood pressure on neuropsychological functioning in Alzheimer’s disease. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 18, 19-32.

Davis, R. N., Massman, P. J., & Doody, R. S. (2003). WAIS-R factor structure in Alzheimer’s disease patients: A comparison of alternative models and assessment of their generalizability. Psychology and Aging, 18, 836-843.

Doody, R. S., Massman, P. J., & Dunn, J. K. (2001). A method for estimating progression rates in Alzheimer's disease. Archives of Neurology, 58, 449-454.

Wefel, J. S., Hoyt, B. D., & Massman, P. J. (1999). Neuropsychological functioning in depressed versus nondespressed Alzheimer's patients. The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 13, 249-257.

Doody, R. S., Vacca, J. L., Massman, P. J., & Liao, T.-y. (1999). The influence of handedness on the clinical presentation and neuropsychology of Alzheimer's disease. Archives of Neurology, 56, 1133-1137.

Sherman, A. H., & Massman, P. J. (1999). Prevalence and correlates of category versus letter fluency discrepancies in Alzheimer's disease. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 14, 411-418.

Doody, R. S., Massman, P. J., Mawad, M., & Nance, M. (1998). Cognitive consequences of subcortical magnetic resonance imaging changes in Alzheimer's disease: Comparison to small vessel ischemic vascular dementia. Neuropsychiatry, Neuropsychology, and Behavioral Neurology, 11, 191-199.

Strite, D., Massman, P. J., Cooke, N., & Doody, R. S. (1997). Neuropsychological asymmetry in Alzheimer's disease: Verbal versus visuoconstructional deficits across stages of dementia. Journal of The International Neuropsychological Society, 3, 420-427.

Massman, P. J., Sims, J., Cooke, N., Haverkamp, L. J., Appel, V., & Appel, S. H. (1996). Prevalence and correlates of neuropsychological deficits in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry, 61, 450-455.

Massman, P. J., Kreiter, K. T., Jankovic, J., & Doody, R. S. (1996). Neuropsychological functioning in cortical-basal ganglionic degeneration: Differentiation from Alzheimer's disease. Neurology, 46, 720-726.

Massman, P. J., & Doody, R. S. (1996). Hemispheric asymmetry in Alzheimer's disease is apparent in motor functioning. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 18, 110-121.

Massman, P. J., Delis, D. C., Filoteo, J. V., Butters, N., Salmon, D. P., & Demadura, T. L. (1993). Mechanisms of spatial impairment in Alzheimer's disease subgroups: Differential breakdown of directed attention to global-local stimuli. Neuropsychology, 7, 172-181.

Massman, P. J., Delis, D. C., & Butters, N. (1993). Does impaired primacy recall equal impaired long- term storage?: Serial position effects in Huntington's disease and Alzheimer's disease. Developmental Neuropsychology, 9, 1-15.