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Consultant to the MEG/MSI Laboratory

Associate Professor
Department of Psychology
University of Crete, Greece
E-mail: psimos@psy.soc.uoc.gr

 

BIOGRAPHICAL

Date of Brith: November 9, 1967
Citizenship: Greek (U.S. Permanent Resident

 

EDUCATION

  • University of Crete, Greece - B.A., 1990 Psychology


  • Southern Illinois University - M.A., 1993 Psychology


  • Southern Illinois University - Ph.D., 1995 Experimental Psychology/Biopsychology


  • University of Texas-Houston - Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1995-1996 Human Neurophysiology

 

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

  • 2001-2003 Associate Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, The University of Texas-Houston, Medical School.
  • Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Crete, Greece.


  • Associate Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, The University of Texas-Houston, Medical School.


  • Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Rice University.


  • 1991-1995 Research Assistant, Department of Psychology, Southern Illinois University.


  • 1995-1996 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Texas-Houston.


  • 1996-2001 Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, The University of Texas-Houston, Medical School.

 

HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS


Division of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Texas-Houston, and Hermann-Memorial Hospital:

  • Intraoperative Electrophysiological Monitoring (1995-1996).


  • Microelectrode-assisted Pallidotolmy (1995-1998).


  • Presurgical mapping of somatosensory, motor, and language-specific cortex using Magnetic Source Imaging (1997-2003).


  • Presurgical localization of epileptogenic foci using Magnetic Source Imaging (1997-2003).

 

MEMBERSHIPS IN SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES

  • American Association for the Advancement of Science


  • International Neuropsychological Society


  • Society for Neuroscience


  • Hellenic Society for Neuroscience

 

HONORS AND AWARDS

  • 1991-1995 Research Assistantships, Department of Psychology, Southern Illinois University.


  • 1994-1995 Dissertation Research Award Fellowship, Graduate School, Southern Illinois University.


  • 1999 Invited Lecturer, Houston Neuropsyhological Society.


  • 1999 Invited Lecturer, Graduate Course in Psycholinguistics, University of Houston.


  • 2000 Invited Lecturer, Houston Branch of the International Dyskexia Association Conference, Houston, TX.


  • 2002 Invited Lecturer, 17th Meeting of the Hellenic Society for Neuroscience, Rethymno, Crete.


  • 2003 Invited Speaker, Symposium on Developmental Neurobiology of Oral and Written Language, Society for Research in Child Development, Orlando, FL.


  • 2003 Invited Speaker, Interdisciplinary Language and Cognition program: "Language Development and the Brain", Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.


  • 2003 Invited Speaker, University of Alabama Medical School, Epilepsy Program, Birmingham, AL.


  • 2003 Invited Speaker, Workshop on Prevention, intervention, and treatment of developmental dyslexia, The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.


  • 2004 Invited Speaker, Ετήσια Συνάντηση για το Μεταπτυχιακό Πρόγραμμα Εγκέφαλος και Νους, Τμήμα Ιατρικής, Πανεπιστήμιο Κρήτης: «Λειτουργική Απεικόνιση του Εγκεφάλου με τη Μέθοδο της Μαγνητοεγκεφαλογραφίας».


  • 2004 Invited Speaker, ΠΡΩΤΟ Πανελληνιο συνεδριο ψυχολογιας της υγειας: «Νευροψυχολογική Αξιολόγηση στην Κλινική Πρακτική»

EDITORIAL POSITIONS


Editorial Board Member:

  • Developmental Neuropsychology

Ad Hoc Reviewer:

  • Brain and Cognition


  • Brain and Language


  • Learning and Memory


  • Neuroreport


  • Learning Disabilities Quarterly


  • Psychologia (Greece)


  • Brain Research


  • Cognitive Brain Research


  • Brain Research Bulletin


  • Learning Disabilities: A Contemporary Journal


  • Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society


  • Neuropsychologia


  • Epilepsia


  • Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience


  • Israel Science Foundation (Grant Reviews)


  • Special Emphasis Review Panel, Child Development and Behavior Branch at the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

 

COMMITTEE RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Faculty interviewer. The University of Texas-Houston, Medical School, 6431 Fannin Street, Houston, Texas 77030. Academic years: 1997-1998, 2000-2002.


  • Dissertation Committee Member: DongWook Lee, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Elli Pachou, University of Crete, Greece, Medical School, Vasiliki Tsirka, University of Crete, Greece, Medical School.


  • Director, Graduate Program in Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Crete, December 2003-present.


  • Director, Graduate Programs in Health and School Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Crete, June 2004-present.


  • Member, Supervising Committee for the Rethymno Campus Counceling Service. June 2004-present.


  • Assistant Chair, Department of Psychology, University of Crete, June 2004-present.
     

FUNDED RESEARCH PROJECTS

  • Principal Investigator - RFA-NS-02-011, “Integration of MSI/fMRI Studies of Reading". RFA-NS-02-011 National Institute of Neurological Dosorders and Stroke, Direct costs $978,681 (9/30/02 - 6/30/05).


  • Principal Investigator - RO1 HD30885, “Biological and Behavioral Variation in the Language Development of Spanish-Speaking Children" Project 6. National Institute of Child Health and Development. Direct costs $785,000 (09/01/01 –08/31/05).


  • Co-Principal Investigator - BCS-0116150, “Acquisition of Magnetic Source Imaging System for Cognitive and Educational Neuroimaging”. National Science Foundation. $2,000,000 (09/01/2001 – 08/31/2004).


  • Co-Investigator – RO1 HD38346-01, “Brain Activation Profiles in Dyslexia: A MEG Study” National Institute of Child Health and Development. Total award: $1,685,813 (7/01/2000 – 6/30/2004).


  • Co-Investigator - RO1 NS37941-01, “Contributions of MEG to the Surgical Management of Epilepsy.” National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. Total award: $2,674,447 (12/01/1999 – 11/30/2003).


  • Co-Investigator - REC-9979968, “Early Development of Reading Skills: A Cognitive Neuroscience Approach.” Project 2: “Brain Mapping with MEG.” National Science Foundation. Total award: $1,035,062 (10/1/99-9/30/02).

 

PUBLICATIONS

 

Manuscripts Submitted for Review:

1. Pataraia, E., Simos, P.G., Billingsley, R.L., Sarkari, S., Castillo, E.M., Swank, P.R., Breier, J.I., Maggio, V., Wheless, J.M., & Papanicolaou AC. Does MEG improve standard noninvasive electrophysiological methods in presurgical epilepsy evaluation?

2. Valaki CE, Maestu F, Simos PG, Zhang W, Fernandez A, Amo C, Ortiz T, Papanicolaou AC. Cortical organization for receptive language functions in chinese: A Cross-Linguistic Study Using MEG

3. Simos PG, Fletcher, JM, Sarkari S, Billingsley, RL, Francis DJ, Castillo EM, Denton C & Papanicolaou AC. Early development of neurophysiological processes involved in normal reading and reading disability.

4. Papanicolaou AC, Simos PG, Castillo EM, Breier JI, Sarkari S, Pataraia E, Billingsley RL, Wheless J, Maggio V, Maggio WW. Magnetocephalography: A non-invasive alternative to the Wada procedure.

5. Maestu F, Simos, P.G., Campo, C., Paul, N., Capilla, A., Fernandez, S., Fernández, A., Amo, C., González-Marqués, J., Ortiz, T. Prefrontal brain magnetic activity: effects of memory task demands.

6. Billingsley. R.L, Simos, P.G., Castillo, E.M., Sarkari, S., Breier, J.I., Pataraia, E., & Papanicolaou, A.C. Spatio-temporal cortical dynamics of phonological and semantic fluency.

7. Castillo EM, Simos, P.G., Wheless J, Baumgartner E.J., Breier, J.I., Billingsley. R.L, Sarkari, S., & Papanicolaou, A.C. Integrating sensory and motor mapping in a comprehensive MEG protocol. Clinical validity and replicability.

8. Maestú F, López-Ibor MI, Fernandez A, Simos PG, Rodriguez-Palancas A, Campo P, Amo C, Capilla A, Ortiz T. Profiles of brain magnetic activity during a memory task in Alzheimer´s disease and non-demented elderly subjects, with or without depression.

9. Castillo EM, Simos, P.G., Breier, J.I., Fizgerald, M., & Papanicolaou, A.C. Temporal dynamics of medial temporal lobe activation associated with learning and recognition of verbal and non-verbal material.

10. Billingsley. R.L, Simos, P.G., Castillo, E.M., Sarkari, S., & Papanicolaou, A.C. Functional brain imaging methods: Validity and reliability considerations.

 

Referred Original Articles in Journals:

1. Micheloyanis, I., Sakkalis, V., Vourkas, M., Stam, J.C., & Simos, P.G. Cortical networks involved in mathematical thinking: Evidence from linear and non-linear analysis of electroencephalographic activity. Neuroscience Letters, 373:212-7, 2005.

2. Valaki C., Maestu F, Simos P, & Papanicolaou A. Contributions of Magnetoencephalography to Neurolinguistics. Evidence from Cross-linguistic Studies. Hellenic Journal of Psychology, in press.

3. Pataraia, E., Billingsley-Marshall, R.L., Simos, P.G., Breier, J.I., Sarkari, S., Castillo, E.M., Fitz-gerald, M., Clear, T., Papanicolaou, A.C. Organization of receptive language-specific cortex before and after left temporal lobectomy. Neurology, 64: 481-7, 2005.

4. Simos PG, Fletcher, JM, Sarkari S, Billingsley-Marshall, RL, Francis DJ, Castillo EM, Denton C & Papanicolaou AC. Early development of neurophysiological processes involved in normal reading and reading disability. Neuropsychology, In press.

5. Simos, P.G., Billingsley-Marshall, R.L., Sarkari, S., Pataraia, E., & Papanicolaou AC. Brain mechanisms supporting distinct languages. Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 20: 31-38, 2005.

6. Maestu F, Simos, P.G., Campo, C., Paul, N., Capilla, A., Fernandez, S., Fernández, A., Amo, C., González-Marqués, J., & Ortiz, T. Prefrontal brain magnetic activity: effects of memory task de-mands. Neuropsychology, in press.

7. Pataraia E, Simos PG, Castillo EM, Billingsley-Marshall RL, McGregor AL, Breier JI, Sarkari S, Papanicolaou AC. Reorganization of language-specific cortex in patients with lesions or mesial temporal epilepsy. Neurology, 63, 1825-32, 2004.

8. Σίμος, Π., Μουζάκη, A., & Παπανικολάου, A. Η Λειτουργία της Ανάγνωσης και οι Διαταραχές της: Η Συμβολή Μεθόδων Λειτουργικής Απεικόνισης του Εγκεφάλου (The contribution of brain imaging methods to the understanding of reading and dyslexia). Hellenic Journal of Psychology, 2004.

9. Valaki CE, Maestu F, Simos PG, Zhang W, Fernandez A, Amo C, Ortiz T, Papanicolaou AC. Cor-tical organization for receptive language functions in Chinese: A Cross-linguistic study using MEG. Neuropsychologia, 42:967-79, 2004.

10. Pataraia, E., Simos, P.G., Billingsley, R.L., Sarkari, S., Castillo, E.M., Swank, P.R., Breier, J.I., Maggio, V., Wheless, J.M., & Papanicolaou AC. Does MEG improve standard noninvasive electro-physiological methods in presurgical epilepsy evaluation? Neurology, 62, 943-948, 2004.

11. Papanicolaou AC, Simos PG, Castillo EM, Breier JI, Sarkari S, Pataraia E, Billingsley RL, Wheless J, Maggio V, Maggio WW. Magnetoencephalography: A non-invasive alternative to the Wada pro-cedure. Journal of Neurosurgery, 100, 867-76, 2004.

12. Wheless JW, Castillo E, Maggio V, Kim HL, Breier JI, Simos PG, & Papanicolaou AC. Magne-toencephalography (MEG) and Magnetic Source Imaging (MSI). Neurologist, 10, 138-53, 2004.

13. Maestú F, López-Ibor MI, Fernandez A, Simos PG, Rodriguez-Palancas A, Campo P, Amo C, Capilla A, Ortiz T. Profiles of brain magnetic activity during a memory task in Alzheimer´s disease and non-demented elderly subjects, with or without depression. Journal of Neurology, Neurosur-gery, & Psychiatry, 75, 1160-2, 2004.

14. Castillo EM, Simos, P.G., Wheless J, Baumgartner E.J., Breier, J.I., Billingsley. R.L, Sarkari, S., & Papanicolaou, A.C. Integrating sensory and motor mapping in a comprehensive MEG protocol. Clinical validity and replicability. NeuroImage, 21:973-83, 2004.

15. Billingsley, R.L., Simos, P.G., Sarkari, S., Fletcher, J.M., Papanicolaou, A.C. Spatio-temporal brain activation profiles associated with line bisection judgments and double simultaneous visual stimula-tion. Behavioural Brain Research, 152, 97-107, 2004.

16. Billingsley. R.L, Simos, P.G., Castillo, E.M., Sarkari, S., & Papanicolaou, A.C. Reliability and va-lidity of functional neuroimaging techniques for identifying language-critical areas in children and adults. Developmental Neuropsychology, 26, 541-63, 2004.

17. Billingsley, R.L, Simos, P.G., Castillo, E.M., Sarkari, S., Breier, J.I., Pataraia, E., & Papanicolaou, A.C. Spatio-temporal cortical dynamics of phonological and semantic fluency. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 26, 1031-43, 2004.

18. Zhang, W., Simos, P.G., Ishibashi, H., Castillo, E.M., Wheless, J.W., Breier, J.I., Baumgartner, J.E., Fitzgerald, M., Papanicolaou, A.C. The neuroimaging features of linear epidermal nevus syn-drome (A report of three cases). American Journal of Neuroradiology, 24:1468-70, 2003.

19. Castillo, E.M., Simos, P.G., Davis, R.N., Breier, J.I., Fitzgerald, M.E., & Papanicolaou, A.C. Tem-poral dynamics of medial temporal lobe activation during encoding and recognition. Spanish Re-view of Neuropsychology, 5, 99-120. 2003.

20. Zhang, W., Simos, P.G., Ishibashi, H., Castillo, E.M., Wheless, J.W., Breier, J.I., Baumgartner, J.E., Fitzgerald, S., Papanicolaou, A.C. Multimodality neuroimaging evaluation improves detection of subtle cortical dysplasia in seizure patients. Neurological Research, 25, 53-57: 2003.

21. Valaki C, Maestu F, Simos PG, Ishibashi H, Fernández A, Amo C, Ortiz T. Do different writing systems involve distinct profiles of brain activation? A Magnetoencephalography study. Journal of Neurolinguistics, 16: 429-438, 2003.

22. Papanicolaou, A.C., Simos, P.G., Castillo, E.M., Breier, J.I., Davis, R.N., Diehl, R.L. Differential brain activation patterns during perception of voice and tone onset time series: a MEG study. NeuroImage, 18, 448-59: 2003.

23. Papanicolaou, A.C., Simos, P.G., Breier, J.I., Fletcher, J.M., Foorman, B.R., Francis, D.J., Castillo, E.M., Davis, R. Brain mechanisms for reading in children with and without dyslexia: A review of studies of normal development and plasticity. Developmental Neuropsychology, 24, 593-612: 2003.

24. Micheloyannis S, Vourkas M, Bizas, M, Simos, PG, & Stam CJ. Changes in linear and non-linear EEG measures as a function of task complexity: Evidence for local and distant signal synchroniza-tion. Brain Topography, 15:239-247, 2003.

25. Maestú, F., Arrazola, J., Fernández, A., Simos, P.G., Amo, C., Gil-Gregorio, P., Fernandez, S., Ro-driguez, R., Papanicolaou, P.G., & Ortiz, T. Do cognitive-patterns of brain magnetic activity corre-late with cerebral atrophy in Alzheimer´s disease? Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, & Psychia-try, 74, 208-212: 2003.

26. Maestu, F, Simos, PG, Fernández, A, Amo, C, Paul, N, González-Marqués, J, & Ortiz, T. Modula-tion of brain magnetic activity by different verbal learning strategies. NeuroImage, 20. 1110-1121, 2003.

27. Breier, JI, Simos, PG, Fletcher, JM, Castillo, EM, Zhang, W, & Papanicolaou, AC. Abnormal acti-vation of temporoparietal areas in children with dyslexia during speech processing, Neuropsychol-ogy, 17:610-21, 2003.

28. Billingsley RL, Simos PG, Castillo EM, Maestú, F, Sarkari, S, Breier, JI, Papanicolaou AC. Func-tional brain imaging of language: Criteria for scientific merit and supporting data from magnetic source imaging. Journal of Neurolinguistics, 16:255-275, 2003.

29. Wheless, J.W, Simos, P.G., & Butler, I.J. Language dysfunction in epileptic conditions. Seminars in Pediatric Neurology, 9, 218-28:2002.

30. Simos, P.G., Papanikolaou, E., Sakkalis, E., & Micheloyannis, S. Modulation of gamma-band spec-tral power by cognitive task complexity. Brain Topography, 14:191-6, 2002.

31. Simos, P.G., Papanicolaou, A.C., Breier, J.I., Fletcher, J.M., Wheless, J.W., Maggio, W.W. & Con-stantinou, J.C. (2001). Aproximacion a la function cerebral a traves de la imagen de fuente mag-netica: aplicationes clinical y experimentales (Insights into Brain Function though Magnetic Source Imaging: A Review of Research and Clinical Applications). Revista de Neurología, 34, 871-876: 2002.

32. Simos, P.G., Fletcher, J.M., Foorman, B.R., Francis, D.J., Castillo, E.M., Davis, R.N., Fitzgerald, M., Mathes, P.G., Denton, C., & Papanicolaou, A.C. Brain activation profiles during the early sta-ges of reading acquisition. Journal of Child Neurology, 17:159-63, 2002.

33. Simos, P.G., Fletcher, J.M., Bergman, E., Breier, J.I., Foorman, B.R., Castillo, E.M., Davis, R.N., Fitzgerald, M., & Papanicolaou, A.C. Dyslexia-specific brain activation profile become normal fol-lowing successful remedial training. Neurology, 58:1203-13, 2002.

34. Simos, P.G., Breier, J.I., Fletcher, J.M., Foorman, B.R., Castillo, E.M., & Papanicolaou, A.C. Brain mechanisms for reading words and pseudowords: An integrated approach. Cerebral Cortex, 12:297-305: 2002.

35. Sarkari, S., Simos, P.G., Fletcher, J.M., Castillo, E.M., Breier, J.I., & Papanicolaou, A.C. Contribu-tions of magnetic source imaging to the understanding of dyslexia. Seminars in Pediatric Neurol-ogy, 9, 227-236: 2002.

36. Papanicolaou, A.C., Simos, P.G., Castillo, E.M., Breier, J.I., & Katz, J.S., & Wright, A.A. The hip-pocampus and memory of verbal and pictorial material. Learning and Memory, 9:99-104, 2002.

37. Micheloyannis, S., Papanikolaou, E., Bizas, E., Stam, C.J., & Simos, P.G. Ongoing electroencepha-lographic signal study of simple arithmetic using linear and non-linear measures, International Journal of Psychophysiology, 44:231-238, 2002.

38. Leon-Carion, J., Simos, P.G., Breier, J.I., & Zouridakis, G., Papanicolaou, A.C.: Imagenes de acti-vacion functional cerebral a traves de medidas de fuentes magneticas: Applicationes de la magne-toencephalografia a la Neuropsicologia (Functional brain imaging through magnetic fields: Applica-tions of Magnetoencephalography in neuropsychology) Revista de Psichologia General y Aplicada (Spain), 55, 105-112: 2002.

39. Ishibashi, H., Simos, P.G., Wheless, J.W., Zhang, W., Baumgartner, J.E., Castillo, E.M., & Pa-panicolaou, A.C. Somatosensory evoked magnetic fields in hemimegalencephaly. Neurological Re-search, 24:459-462, 2002.

40. Ishibashi, H., Simos, P.G., J.M., Wheless, J.W., Baumgartner, J., Castillo, E.M., & Papanicolaou, A.C. Localization of ictal and interictal bursting epileptogenic activity in focal cortical dysplasia: Agreement of magnetoencephalography and electrocorticography. Neurological Research, 24, 525-530: 2002.

41. Ishibashi, H., Simos, P.G., J.M., Wheless, J.W., Baumgartner, J., Kim, H.L., Davis, R.N., Zhang, W., & Papanicolaou, A.C. Multimodality functional imaging evaluation in a patient with Rasmus-sen’s encephalitis, Brain and Development, 24:239-244, 2002.

42. Ishibashi, H., Simos, P.G., J.M., Castillo, E.M., Maggio, W.W., Wheless, J.W., Kim, H.L., Venkataraman, V., Sanders, D.K., Breier, J.I., Zhang, W., Davis, R.N., & Papanicolaou, A.C. De-tection and significance of focal, interictal slow wave activity for localization of the primary epilep-togenic region using Magnetoencephalography. Journal of Neurosurgery, 96:724-30, 2002.

43. Simos, P.G., Castillo, E.M., Fletcher, J.M., Francis, D.J., Maestu, F., Breier, J.I., Maggio, W.W., & Papanicolaou, A.C.: Mapping of receptive language cortex in bilinguals using Magnetic Source Im-aging. Journal of Neurosurgery, 95, 76-81: 2001.

44. Simos, P.G., Breier, J.I., Fletcher, J.M., Foorman, B.R., Mouzaki, A., & Papanicolaou, A.C. Age-related changes in regional brain activation during phonological decoding and printed word recogni-tion. Developmental Neuropsychology, 19, 191-210:2001.

45. Papanicolaou, A.C., Simos, P.G., Breier, J.I.,Wheless, J.W., Mancias, P. Baumgartner, J.E., Maggio, W.W., Gormley, W., Constantinou, J.E.C., Butler, I.I.: Brain plasticity for sensory and lin-guistic functions: A functional imaging study using MEG with children and young adults. Journal of Child Neurology, 16: 241-252: 2001.

46. Maestú, F., Fernández, A., Simos, P.G., Gil-Gregorio, P., Amo, C., Rodriguez, R., Arrazola, J., & Ortiz, T. Spatio-temporal patterns of brain magnetic activity during a memory task in Alzheimer´s disease. Neuroreport, 12, 3917-3922, 2001.

47. Castillo, E.M., Simos, P.G., Venkataraman, V., Breier, J.I., & Papanicolaou, A.C.: Mapping of ex-pressive language cortex using Magnetic Source Imaging. Neurocase, 7, 419-422: 2001.

48. Castillo, E.M., Simos, P.G., Davis, R.N., Breier, J.I., Fitzgerald, M., & Papanicolaou, A.C.: Levels of word processing and incidental memory: dissociable mechanisms in the temporal lobe. Neurore-port, 12, 3561-3566, 2001.

49. Breier, J.I., Simos, P.G., Wheless, J.W., Constantinou, J.E.C., & Papanicolaou, A.C. Hemispheric language dominance in children determined by magnetic source imaging. Journal of Child Neurol-ogy 16: 124-130, 2001.

50. Zouridakis, G., Papanicolaou, A.C., & Simos, P.G.: Intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring: Part VI: Cranial surgery. Journal of Clinical Engineering, 25, 54-65: 2000.

51. Zouridakis, G., Papanicolaou, A.C., & Simos, P.G.: Intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring: Part VII: Artifacts and troubleshooting. Journal of Clinical Engineering, 25, 65-72: 2000.

52. Simos, P.G., Papanicolaou, A.C., Breier, J.I., Fletcher, J.M., Foorman, B.R., Bergman, E., Fishbeck, K., & Papanicolaou, A.C.: Brain activation profiles in dyslexic children during nonword reading: A magnetic source imaging study. Neuroscience Letters, 290, 61-65: 2000.

53. Simos, P.G., Breier, J.I.,Wheless, J.W., Maggio, W.W., Fletcher, J.M., Castillo, E.M, Papanicolaou, A.C.: Brain mechanisms for reading: The role of the superior temporal gyrus in word and pseu-doword naming. Neuroreport, 11, 2443-7: 2000.

54. Simos, P.G., Breier, J.I., Fletcher, J.M., Wheless, J.W., Maggio, W.W. Gormley, W., Constantinou, J.C., & Kramer, L.: Insights into brain function and neural plasticity using Magnetic Source Imag-ing. Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology, 17, 143-162: 2000.

55. Simos, P.G., Breier, J.I., Fletcher, J.M., Bergman, E., & Papanicolaou, A.C.: Cerebral mechanisms involved in word reading in dyslexic children: A Magnetic Source Imaging approach. Cerebral Cor-tex, 10, 809-816: 2000.

56. Simos, P.G. & Papanicolaou, A.C.: Applications of Magnetoencephalography for imaging brain activation associated with language function. Psychologia (Greece), 7, 239-256: 2000.

57. Breier, J.I., Simos, P.G., Zouridakis, G., & Papanicolaou, A.C.: Lateralization of activity associated with language function using magnetoencephalography: A reliability study. Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology, 17, 503-510: 2000.

58. Zouridakis, G., Simos, P.G., Breier, J.I., & Papanicolaou, A.C. Magnetic Source Imaging: Introduc-tion and Application Examples. Journal of Clinical Engineering, 24, 51-59: 1999.

59. Zouridakis, G., Papanicolaou, A.C., & Simos, P.G.: Intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring: Part V: Surgery for spinal disorders. Journal of Clinical Engineering, 24, 372-379: 1999.

60. Simos, P.G., Papanicolaou, A.C., Breier, J.I., Wilmore, L.J., Wheless, J.W., Constantinou, J.C., Gormley, W., & Maggio, W.W.: Localization of language-specific cortex using MEG and intraop-erative stimulation mapping, Journal of Neurosurgery, 91, 787-796: 1999.

61. Simos, P.G., Breier, J.I., Maggio, W.W., Gormley, W., Zouridakis, G., Wilmore, L.J., Wheless, J.W., & Papanicolaou, A.C.: Atypical temporal lobe language representation revealed by MEG and intraoperative stimulation mapping. Neuroreport, 10, 139-142: 1999.

62. Papanicolaou, A.C., Simos, P.G., Zouridakis, G., & Kataki, M.: Mapping of receptive language mechanisms using magnetoencephalography. Egephalos (Greece), 36, 120-135: 1999.

63. Papanicolaou, A.C., Simos, P.G., Breier, J.I., Zouridakis, G., Wilmore, L.J., Wheless, J.W., Con-stantinou, J.C., Gormley, W., & Maggio, W.W.: Magnetoencephalographic mapping of the lan-guage-specific cortex. Journal of Neurosurgery, 90, 85-93: 1999.

64. Breier, J.I., Simos, P.G., Zouridakis, G., Wheless, J.W., Wilmore, L.J., Constantinou, J.C., & Pa-panicolaou, A.C.: A MEG study of cortical plasticity. Neurocase, 5, 277-284: 1999.

65. Breier, J.I., Simos, P.G., Zouridakis, G., & Papanicolaou, A.C.: Lateralization of cerebral activation in verbal and non-verbal recognition memory tasks using magnetoencephalography, Brain Topog-raphy, 12, 89-97: 1999.

66. Breier, J.I., Simos, P.G., Zouridakis, G., & Papanicolaou, A.C.: Temporal course of regional activa-tion associated with phonological decoding. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychol-ogy, 21, 465-476: 1999.

67. Breier, J.I., Simos, P.G., Papanicolaou, A.C., Zouridakis, G., Wilmore, L.J., Wheless, J.W., Con-stantinou, J.C., & Maggio, W.W.: Language dominance determined by magnetic source imaging: A comparison with the Wada Procedure. Neurology, 22, 938-945: 1999.

68. Bizas, E., Simos, P.G., Stam, C.J., Arvanitis, S., Terzakis, D. & Micheloyannis, S.: EEG correlates of cerebral engagement in reading tasks. Brain Topography, 12, 99-105: 1999.

69. Zouridakis, G., Simos, P.G., Breier, J.I., & Papanicolaou, A.C.: Functional hemispheric asymmetry assessment in a visual language task using MEG. Brain Topography, 11, 57-65: 1998.

70. Zouridakis, G., Simos, P.G., & Papanicolaou, A.C.: Multiple bilaterally asymmetric cortical sources account for the auditory N1m component. Brain Topography, 10, 183-189: 1998.

71. Zouridakis, G., Papanicolaou, A.C., & Simos, P.G.: Intraoperative electrophysiological monitoring. IV. Analysis of evoked activity. Journal of Clinical Engineering, 24, 309-319: 1998.

72. Zouridakis, G., Papanicolaou, A.C., & Simos, P.G.: Intraoperative electrophysiological monitoring. III. Analysis of spontaneous activity. Journal of Clinical Engineering, 23, 223-231: 1998.

73. Simos, P.G., Diehl, R., Breier, J.I., Molis, M., Zouridakis, G., & Papanicolaou, A.C.: MEG corre-lates of categorical perception of a voice onset continuum in humans. Cognitive Brain Research, 7, 215-219: 1998.

74. Simos, P.G., Breier, J.I., Zouridakis, G., & Papanicolaou, A.C.: Identification of language-related brain activity using magnetoencephalography. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychol-ogy, 20, 706-720: 1998.

75. Simos, P.G., Breier, J.I., Zouridakis, G., & Papanicolaou, A.C.: Assessment of cerebral dominance for language using magnetoencephalography. Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology, 15, 364-372: 1998.

76. Simos, P.G., Breier, J.I., Zouridakis, G., & Papanicolaou, A.C.: MEG correlates of categorical-like temporal cue perception in humans. Neuroreport, 9, 2475-2479: 1998.

77. Simos, P.G., Breier, J.I., Zouridakis, G., & Papanicolaou, A.C.: Magnetic fields elicited by a tone onset time continuum in humans. Cognitive Brain Research, 6, 285-294: 1998.

78. Breier, J.I., Simos, P.G., Zouridakis, G., J.C., & Papanicolaou, A.C.: Relative timing of cortical activation during a word recognition task. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 20, 782-790: 1998.

79. Zouridakis, G., Papanicolaou, A.C. & Simos, P.G.: Intraoperative electrophysiological monitoring. I. General overview. Journal of Clinical Engineering, 22, 316-319: 1997.

80. Zouridakis, G., Papanicolaou, A.C. & Simos, P.G.: Intraoperative electrophysiological monitoring. II. Neurophysiological background. Journal of Clinical Engineering, 22, 321-327: 1997.

81. Simos, P.G., Molfese, D.L., & Brenden, R.A.: Electrophysiological indices of voicing-cue dis-crimination in the newborn infant: laterality patterns and development. Brain and Language, 57, 122-150: 1997.

82. Simos, P.G., Basile, L.F.H., & Papanicolaou, A.C.: Source localization of the N400 response in a sentence-reading paradigm using evoked magnetic fields and magnetic resonance imaging. Brain Research, 762, 29-39: 1997.

83. Simos, P.G. & Molfese, D.L.: Event-related potentials in a two-choice task involving within-form comparisons of pictures and words. International Journal of Neuroscience, 90, 233-254: 1997.

84. Simos, P.G. & Molfese, D.L.: Electrophysiological responses from a tone onset continuum in the newborn infant. Neuropsychologia, 35, 89-98: 1997.

85. Basile, L.F.H, Rogers, R.L., Simos, P.G., & Papanicolaou, A.C.: Magnetoencephalographic evi-dence for common sources of long-latency fields to rare target and rare novel visual stimuli. Inter-national Journal of Psychophysiology, 25, 123-137: 1997.

86. Gupta, L., Molfese, D.L., Tammana, R., & Simos, P.G.: Non-linear alignment and averaging for estimating the evoked response potential. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 43, 1-9: 1996.

87. Basile, L.F.H., Simos, P.G., Tarkka, I.M., Brunder, D.G., Papanicolaou, A.C.: Task-specific mag-netic fields from the left human frontal cortex. Brain Topography, 9, 31-37: 1996.

88. Papanicolaou, A.C. & Simos, P.G.: Evoked potential and dichotic listening correlates of right hemi-sphere involvement in language restitution following left hemisphere injury. Psychological Issues (Greece) 3, 5-25: 1990.

 

Book Chapters:

1. Dash, P.K., Runyan, J.D., Blum, S., Hebert, A.E., Simos, P.G., & Papanicolaou, A.C. Putative brain mechanisms of the various memory functions. In A.C. Papanicolaou, The Amnesias: A clini-cal textbook of the disorders of memory and their neurophysiological causes. Oxford University Press, in press.

2. Economou, A., Simos, P.G., & Papanicolaou, A.C. Age–related memory decline. In A.C. Papani-colaou, The Amnesias: A clinical textbook of the disorders of memory and their neurophysiologi-cal causes. Oxford University Press, in press.

3. Simos, P.G., Billingsley-Marshall, R.L., Sarkari, S., & Papanicolaou, A.C. Single-Word Reading: Perspectives from Magnetic Source Imaging. In E. Grigorenko (Ed.), Single word reading, Cogni-tive, Behavioral, and Biological Perspectives. Lawrence Erlbaum Publisher, in press.

4. Billingsley-Marshall, R.L., Simos, P.G., & Papanicolaou, A.C. Limbic amnesias. In A.C. Papani-colaou, The Amnesias: A clinical textbook of the disorders of memory and their neurophysiologi-cal causes. Oxford University Press, in press.

5. Simos, P.G. & Papanicolaou, A.C. Transient global amnesia. In A.C. Papanicolaou, The Amnesias: A clinical textbook of the disorders of memory and their neurophysiological causes. Oxford Uni-versity Press, in press.

6. Papanicolaou AC., Simos, P.G., & Sarkari, S. Magnetoencephalography. In Whittaker, H. (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics. Elsevier Science, In press.

7. Papanicolaou, A.C. & Simos, P.G. Transient global amnesia. In A.C. Papanicolaou (Ed.), Memory and the Amnesias. Oxford University Press, in press.

8. Sarkari, S., Billingsley-Marshall, R.L., Simos, P.G., & Papanicolaou AC. Magnetic Source Imag-ing: Applications for Neurology.

9. Fletcher, J.M., Simos, P.G., Papanicolaou, A.C., & Denton, D. Neuroimaging in Reading Re-search. In N.K. Duke & M. Mallette (Eds), Literacy Research Methods. New York: Guilford Pub-lications, In press.

10. Simos, P.G., Papanicolaou, A.C. Functional brain imaging with magnetoencephalography: Basic concepts and applications in developmental neuropsychology. In D.L. Molfese & V.A. Molfese (Eds.) Handbook of Developmental Neuropsychology. Lawrence Erlbaum, in Press.

11. Papanicolaou, A.C., Pugh, K.C., Simos, P.G., & Mencl, W.E. (2004). Functional brain imaging: An introduction to concepts and applications. In McCardle and Chhabra (Eds) The Voice of Evi-dence: Bringing Research to Classroom Educators.

12. Papanicolaou, A.C., Simos, P.G., Fletcher, J.M., Foorman, B.F., Castillo, E.M., & Sarkari, S. Early development and plasticity of neurophysiological processes involved in reading. (2003). in B. Foorman (Ed.), Preventing and Remediating Reading Difficulties: Bringing Science to Scale. Ti-monium, MD: York Press.

13. Papanicolaou, A.C., Davis, R.N., Valaki, C.E. & Simos, P.G. Brain mechanisms for language among polyglots: The contributions of clinical and functional neuroimaging studies. In F. Wood (Ed.), Brain and languages: The challenge to reading education. York Press: Timonium, MD, in press.

14. Wheless JW, Venkataraman V, Breier JI, Simos PG, Zouridakis G, Papanicolaou AC. Functional Brain Mapping with Magnetoencephalography (MEG). (2001). In Kayama T (Ed.): Advanced Technology: Brain Tumor Surgery: Clinical application of advanced technologies, Japanese Brain Tumor Congress, Japan, 100-115.

15. Wheless JW, Venkataraman V, Kim H, Breier JI, Simos PG, Zouridakis G, Papanicolaou AC. As-sessing Normal Brain Function with Magnetoencephalography (MEG), in press.

16. Fletcher, J.M., Simos, P.G., Shaywitz, B.A., Shaywitz, S.E., Pugh, K.R., & Papanicolaou, A.C. (2000). Neuroimaging, language, and reading: The interface of brain and environment. Washing-ton DC: Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs.

17. Papanicolaou, A.C., Simos, P.G., & Basile, L.F.H. (1998). Applications of magnetoencephalogra-phy to neurolinguistic research. In B. Stemmer & H.A. Whitaker (Eds.), The Handbook of Neurol-inguistics. Academic Press.

18. Molfese, D.L., Murray, K., Martin, T., Peters, C., Tan, A., Gill, L.A., & Simos, P.G. (1996). Coor-dinating a research team: maintaining and developing a good working laboratory. In F.T.L. Leong & J. Austin (Eds.), The Psychology Research Handbook: A Primer for Graduate Students and Re-search Assistants. Sage Books.

19. Molfese, D.L., Gill, L.A., Simos, P.G., & Tan, A. (1994). Implications for biological factors on development. In L. DiLalla & S.M. Clancy (Eds.), The Assessment of Biological Mechanisms Across the Lifespan. Hillsdale: Erlbaum.

20. Molfese, D. L., Simos, P. G., & Sarkari, S. (1995). Electrophysiological correlates of orthographic and phonological processing using the probe procedure. In G. Berninger (Ed.), The Varieties of Or-thographic Knowledge: Theoretical and Developmental Issues. Kluwer Academic Publishers.

 

Books:

Simos, P.G. Vision in the brain: Organization and plasticity in the visual system. Lisse, The Netherlands: Swets & Zeitlinger Publishers, 2001.

Simos, P.G. & Komilis, E. Research Methods in Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience. Athens, Greece: Papazisis, 2003.
 


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