Faculty Profile
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| University of Southern California, 1982 Professor, Human Development and Family Studies Interests:Cognitive modeling of perception, memory, and language as they relate to the underlying structure and neural circuitry of the human brain Investigation of the specialized functions of the left and right cerebral hemispheres and how they serve as the neurological basis for individual differences in higher-order thinking processes, particularly, hemispheric differences as a function of handedness, sex, and mathematical giftedness The study of neurologically brain-damaged individuals and how their impairments reveal fundamental principles of brain development and neuro-cognitive functioning. Recent Publications:Silk, T.J., Rinehart, N., Bradshaw, J.L., Tongue, B., Egan, G., O'Boyle, M.W., Cunnington, R. (2006). Visuospatial processing and the function of prefrontal-parietal networks in autism spectrum disorders: A functional MRI study. American Journal of Psychiatry, 163, 1440-1443. O'Boyle, M.W., Cunnington, R., Silk, T., Vaughan, D., Jackson, G., Syngeniotis, A., & Egan, G. (2005). Mathematically gifted male adolescents activate a unique brain network during mental rotation. Cognitive Brain Research, 25, 583-587. Silk, T., Vance, A., Rinehart, N., Egan, G., O'Boyle, M.W., Cunnington, R. (2005). Frontal-parietal activation in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, combined type: Functional magnetic resonance imaging study. British Journal of Psychiatry,187, 282-283. Singh, H. & O'Boyle, M. W. (2004). Differences in interhemispheric interaction during global/local processing in mathematically gifted adolescents, average ability youth and college students. Neuropsychology, 18, 371-377. Gill, H.S. & O'Boyle, M.W. (2003). Generating an image from an ambiguous visual input: An electroencepha-lographic (EGG) investigation. Brain and Cognition, 51, 287-293. Recent Grants:South Plains Mathematics Scholars Project. Co-PI, National Science Foundation, S-STEM Grant, 2007-2012, $571,580. Neuropsychological and cognitive sequelae of binge drinking. Co-PI, Texas Tech University-Texas Tech Health Sciences Center, Joint Initiative Grant, 2008-2009, $253,342. |
