Contact

juliana@ebire.org

Education

• Ph.D., Psychology 1997
  University of California, Berkeley
• M.A., Psychology 1993
  University of California, Berkeley
• B.S., Psychobiology 1991
  University of California, Los Angeles

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Juliana V. Baldo, PhD.

Research Neuropsychologist

Research Interests

My research interests have centered on gaining a better understanding of the neural basis of cognition in the healthy brain by studying patients with neurologic injuries. Specifically, one focus of my research has been the investigation of higher-level cognitive abilities such as reasoning, problem solving, and planning. I have published a series of articles characterizing the scope of such executive functioning deficits in patients with frontal lobe injuries and have shown that these deficits are often related to lower-level deficits in attention and working memory. More recently, I have also been investigating the role that language plays in mediating such executive processes. Our studies have demonstrated the presence of non-linguistic, executive deficits in patients with aphasia (e.g., deficits in non-verbal reasoning), which are often overlooked due to the focus on language rehabilitation. In my work, I have utilized techniques such as MRI, PET, and voxel-based lesion symptom mapping (VLSM) to better understand these cognitive processes as well as their neurologic underpinnings. It is hoped that our research will lead to an improved understanding of the brain basis of cognition and will ultimately facilitate improvements in patient treatment and rehabilitation.

Publications

• Michael N. Bates, Timothy J. Herron, Sandy J. Lwi & Juliana V. Baldo (2021). BCG vaccination at birth and COVID-19: a case-control study among U.S. military Veterans Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics

• Juliana V. Baldo, Krista Schendel, Sandy J. Lwi, Timothy J. Herron, Denise G. Dempsey, James Muir, Brian C. Curran, Selvi Paulraj, Jas Chok, Michael A. Cole (2021). Mindfulness‑Based Stress Reduction Intervention in Chronic Stroke: a Randomized, Controlled Pilot Study Mindfulness

• Dronkers, N. F., Ivanova, M. V., Baldo, J. V.(2017).What Do Language Disorders Reveal about Brain–Language Relationships? From Classic Models to Network Approaches Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

• Baldo, J. V., Kacinik, N., Ludy, C., Paulraj, S., Moncrief, A., Piai, V., ... & Dronkers, N. F. (2018). Voxel-based lesion analysis of brain regions underlying reading and writing. Neuropsychologia, 115, 51-59.

• Paulraj, S. R., Schendel, K., Curran, B., Dronkers, N. F., & Baldo, J. V.(2018).Role of the left hemisphere in visuospatial working memory. Journal of Neurolinguistics

• Baldo, Juliana V., Kacinik, Natalie A., Moncrief, Amber; Beghin, Francesca; Dronkers, Nina F. (2015).You may now kiss the bride: Interpretation of social situations by individuals with right or left hemisphere injury Neuropsychologia. In Press

• Arevalo, A., Baldo, J. V., Gonzalez-Perilli, F., & Ibanez, A. (2015). Editorial: What can we make of theories of emdodiment and the role of the human mirror neuron system? Fronteirs in Human Neuroscience. Sep.;500(9)

• Baldo, J. V., Paulraj, S. R., Curran, B.C., & Dronkers, N. F. (2015). Impaired reasoning and problem-solving in individuals with language impairment due to aphasia or language delay Fronteirs in Psychology. Oct;1523(6)

• Baldo, J. V., Arevalo, A., Patterson, J. P., & Dronkers, N. F. (in press). Grey and white matter correlates of picture naming: Evidence from a voxel-based lesion analysis of the Boston Naming Test. Cortex.

• Baldo, J. V., Wilson, S., & Dronkers, N. F. (2012). Uncovering the neural substrates of language: A voxel-based lesion symptom mapping approach. To appear in M. Faust (Ed.): Advances in the Neural Substrates of Language: Toward a Synthesis of Basic Science and Clinical Research. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.

• Arévalo AL, Baldo JV, Dronkers NF. (2012) What do brain lesions tell us about theories of embodied semantics and the human mirror neuron system? Cortex.Feb;48(2):242-54.

• Baldo JV, Katseff S, Dronkers NF.(2012). Brain regions underlying repetition and auditory-verbal short-term memory deficits in aphasia: Evidence from voxel-based lesion symptom mapping Aphasiology. 26(3-4):338-54

• Buchsbaum BR, Baldo J, Okada K, Berman KF, Dronkers N, D'Esposito M, Hickok G. (2011). Conduction aphasia, sensory-motor integration, and phonological short-term memory - an aggregate analysis of lesion and fMRI data. Brain Lang.119(3):119-28.

• Paluy Y, Gilbert AL, Baldo JV, Dronkers NF, Ivry RB.(2011). Aphasic patients exhibit a reversal of hemispheric asymmetries in categorical color discrimination. Brain Lang.116(3):151-6.

• Paluy Y, Gilbert AL, Baldo JV, Dronkers NF, Ivry RB.(2011). Aphasic patients exhibit a reversal of hemispheric asymmetries in categorical color discrimination. Brain Lang.116(3):151-6.

• Baldo JV, Wilkins DP, Ogar J, Willock S, Dronkers NF.(2011). Role of the precentral gyrus of the insula in complex articulation. Cortex. 2011 47(7):800-7.

• Baldo JV, Schwartz S, Wilkins D, Dronkers NF.(2011). Double dissociation of letter and category fluency following left frontal and temporal lobe lesions Aphasiology.24(12):1593-1604.

• Baldo, J. V., Bunge S. A., Wilson S. M., Dronkers N. F. (2010). Is relational reasoning dependent on language? A voxel-based lesion symptom mapping study. Brain and Language, 113, 59-64.

• Turken, A. U., Herron, T. J., Kang, X.-J., O'Connor, L. E., Sorensen, D., Baldo, J. V., & Woods, D. L. (2009). Multimodal surface-based morphometry reveals diffuse cortical cortical atrophy in traumatic brain injury. Biomed Central Medical Imaging, 9:20.

• Baldo, J. V., Arevalo, A., Wilkins, D. P., & Dronkers, N. (2009). Voxel-based lesion analysis of category-specific naming on the Boston Naming Test. Center for Research in Language Technical Report, University of California, San Diego, 21, 1-2.

• Yochim, B., Baldo, J., Kane, K., & Delis, D. (2009). D-KEFS Tower test performance in patients with lateral prefrontal cortex lesions: the importance of error monitoring. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 31, 658-663.

• Baldo, J., Ruff, R., & Patterson, J. (2008). Blast exposure and mild traumatic brain injury: a neuropsychologist’s perspective. California Speech-Hearing-Language Association Magazine.

• Baldo, J., Klosterman, E., & Dronkers, N. (2008). It's either a cook or a baker: patients with conduction aphasia get the gist but lose the trace. Brain and Language, 105, 134-140.

• Turken, A., Whitfield-Gabrieli, S., Bammer, R., Baldo, J., Dronkers, N., & Gabrieli, J. (2008). Cognitive processing speed and the structure of white matter pathways: convergent evidence from normal variation and lesion studies. NeuroImage.

• Baldo, J., Wilson, S., & Dronkers, N. (in press). Uncovering the neural substrates of language: a voxel-based lesion symptom mapping approach. To appear in M. Faust (Ed.): Advances in the Neural Substrates of Language: Toward a Synthesis of Basic Science and Clinical Research.

• Dronkers, N.F. & Baldo, J.V. (in press). Broca's Area. In P. Hogan (Ed.), The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the Language Sciences.

• Dronkers, N.F. & Baldo, J.V. (in press). Language: Aphasia. In L.R. Squire (Ed.) The New Encyclopedia of Neuroscience. Oxford: Elsevier.

• Yochim B, Baldo J, Nelson A, Delis DC.(2007). D-KEFS Trail Making Test performance in patients with lateral prefrontal cortex lesions. J Int Neuropsychol Soc.13(4):704-9.

• Baldo, J., & Dronkers, N. (2007). Neural correlates of arithmetic and language comprehension: a common substrate? Neuropsychologia, 45, 229-235.

• Baldo, J. V., Schwartz, S., Wilkins, D., & Dronkers, N. F. (2006). Role of frontal versus temporal cortex in verbal fluency as revealed by voxel-based lesion symptom mapping. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 12, 1-5.

• Baldo, J., & Dronkers, N. (2006). The Role of Inferior Parietal and Inferior Frontal Cortex in Working Memory. Neuropsychology, 20, 529-538.

• Ogar, J., Willock, S., Baldo, J, Wilkins, D., Ludy, C., & Dronkers, N. (2006). Clinical and anatomical correlates of apraxia of speech. Brain and Language, 97, 343-350.

• Katrina Keil, Juliana Baldo, Edith Kaplan, Joel Kramer, and Dean C. Delis (2005). Role of frontal cortex in inferential reasoning: Evidence from the Word Context Test. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society (2005), 11, 426-33.

• Baldo, J.V., Dronkers, N. F., Wilkins, D., Ludy, C., Raskin, P., & Kim, J. (2005). Is problem solving dependent on language? Brain and Language, 92, 240-250.

• Baldo, J. V., Delis, D., Wilkins, D., & Shimamura, A.P. (2004). Is it bigger than a breadbox? Performance of patients with prefrontal lesions on a new executive function test. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 19, 407-419.

• Schwartz, S., Baldo, J., Graves, R. & Brugger, P. (2003). Pervasive influence of semantics in letter and category fluency: a multidimensional approach. Brain and Language, 87, 400-411.

• Evered, L., Ruff, R., Baldo, J. V., & Isomura, A. (2003). Emotional risk factors and postconcussional disorder. Assessment, 10, 420-427.

• Baldo, J. V., Delis, D., Kramer, J., & Shimamura, A. P. (2002). Memory performance on the California Verbal Learning Test-II: Findings from patients with focal frontal lesions. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 8, 539-546.

• Stricker, J. L., Brown, G. G., Wixted, J., Baldo, J. V., & Delis, D. (2002). New semantic and serial clustering indices for the California Verbal Learning Test-Second Edition: Background, rationale, and formulae. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 8, 425-435.

• Baldo, J. V. & Shimamura, A. P. (2002). Frontal lobes and memory. Handbook of Memory Disorders? nd Edition. John Wiley & Co: England.

• Baldo, J. V., Ahmad, L., & Ruff, R. (2002). Neuropsychological performance in patients following mold exposure. Applied Neuropsychology, 9, 193-202.

• Baldo, J. V., Shimamura, A. P., Delis, D., Kramer, J., & Kaplan, E. (2001). Design and verbal fluency in patients with frontal lobe lesions. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 7, 586-596.

• Dronkers, N. F. & Baldo, J. V. (2001). Neural basis of speech production.International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences, pp. 14875-14879.

• Schwartz, S. & Baldo, J. V. (2001). Distinct patterns of word retrieval in right and left frontal lobe patients: A multidimensional perspective. Neuropsychologia, 39, 1209-1217.

• Nordahl, T., Carter, C., Salo, R., Kraft, L., Baldo, J. V., Salamat, S., Robertson, L., & Kusubov, N. (2001). Anterior cingulate metabolism correlates with Stroop errors in paranoid schizophrenia patients. Neuropsychopharmacology, 25, 139-148.

• Baldo, J. V. & Shimamura, A. P. (2000). Spatial and color working memory in patients with lateral prefrontal cortex lesions. Psychobiology, 28, 156-167.

• Baldo, J. V., Shimamura, A. P., & Prinzmetal, W. (1998). Mapping symbols to response modalities: interference effects on Stroop-like tasks. Perception & Psychophysics, 60, 427-437.

• Ivry, R. B. & Baldo, J. V. (1992). Is the cerebellum involved in learning and cognition? Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 2, 212-216.