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Desirée White

Title: Associate Professor of Psychology
Degree: PHD, Washington University in St. Louis
Degree: MA, Washington University in St. Louis
Degree: BS, University of North Carolina - Charlotte
Dept: Philosophy, Neuroscience, & Psychology
Dept: Psychology
Office: Psychology Building 321A

Phone: (314) 935-6511
E-mail: dawhite@wustl.edu
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Courses Taught:
Developmental Neuropsychology

Research Interests:
Professor White examines the neurocognitive consequences of brain damage in children and adults. She has focused her investigations on working memory and the use of long-term memory strategies by individuals who have experienced damage to the frontal and frontostriatal regions of the brain.

Selected Publications:

Christ, S., White, D. A., & DeBaun, M. (2002). Inhibitory control in children with sickle cell disease. International Neuropsychological Society, Toronto, Canada.

Christ, S., Holt, D., White, D., & Green, L. (2003). Inhibitory abilities in children with autism. International Neuropsychological Society, Honolulu, HI.

McAuley, T., Yap, M., Christ, S. E., & White, D. A. (2004). Age-related changes in inhibitory control across the life-span. International Neuropsychological Society, Balitmore, MD.

Brandling-Bennett, E., White, D., Armstrong, M., & DeBaun, M. (2004). Semantic fluency in children with frontal stroke related to sickle cell disease. International Neuropsychological Society, Balitmore, MD.

King, A., White, D., Armstrong, M., McKinstry, R., Noetzel, M., & DeBaun, M. (2004). An educational remediation program benefits children with sickle cell disease and cerebral infarcts. Midwest Society for Pediatric Research, St. Louis, MO.

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