Nicole Carvalho
PhD Student
About
I am a PhD student at the Center for Brain Recovery interested in fMRI and language processing in aphasia. I completed my undergraduate degree at the University of Miami, where my passion for neuroimaging developed. Following my undergraduate degree, I studied language using fMRI in people with frontotemporal dementias, including Alzheimer’s disease. As a neuroscientist at the CBR, I work to study the processing of language in stroke survivors with aphasia. In the future, I wish to set up my own lab so that I can continue to research language processing in populations with aphasia.
Research Interests: language processing, neuroimaging, aphasia
Social Media Handle, Twitter: @niccarvalho_
Peer Reviewed Publications:
Putcha, D., Carvalho, N., Dev, S., McGinnis, S. M., Dickerson, B. C., & Wong, B. (2022). Verbal Encoding Deficits Impact Recognition Memory in Atypical “Non- Amnestic” Alzheimer’s Disease. Brain Sciences, 12(7), 843. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12070843
Rezaii, N., Carvalho, N., Brickhouse, M., Loyer, E., Wolff, P., Touroutoglou, A., Wong, B., Quimby, M. and Dickerson, B.C. (2021). Neuroanatomical mapping of artifi- cial intelligence-based classification of language in PPA. Alzheimer’s Dement., 17: e055340. https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.055340
Putcha, D., Dev, S.I., Carvalho, N., Dickerson, B.C. and Wong, B. (2021), Recognition memory is impacted in atypical “non-amnestic” Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer’s Dement., 17: e056005. https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.056005
Brickhouse, M., Hanford, L., Carvalho, N., Eldaief, M.C., Mair, R., Nielsen, J., Touroutoglou, A., Buckner, R. and Dickerson, B.C. (2021), Toward higher-sensi- tivity, shorter-interval MRI measures of atrophy in neurodegenerative dementias. Alzheimer’s Dement., 17: e055557. https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.055557
McIntosh, R., Lobo, J. D., Carvalho, N., & Ironson, G. (2022). Learning to forget: Hip- pocampal–amygdala connectivity partially mediates the effect of sexual trauma severity on verbal recall in older women undiagnosed with posttraumatic stress disorder. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 35, 631– 643. https://doi.org/10.1002/ jts.22778
Eldaief, M.C., Brickhouse, M., Katsumi, Y., Carvalho, N., Rosen, H.J., Touroutoglou, A. and Dickerson, B.C. (2021). Atrophy in bvFTD spans multiple large-scale net- works in prefrontal and temporal cortex. Alzheimer’s Dement., 17: e055338. https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.055338
Quimby, M., Hochberg, D., Katsumi, Y., Carvalho, N., Brickhouse, M., Flaherty, R., Dickerson, B.C. and Touroutoglou, A. (2021). Neuroanatomical predictors of pro- gression to dementia in primary progressive aphasia. Alzheimer’s Dement., 17: e055004. https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.055004
Flaherty, R., Krivensky, S., Brickhouse, M., Carvalho, N., Eckbo, R., Salat, D.H., Dick- erson, B.C., Touroutoglou, A. and Putcha, D. (2021). The relationship between cortical grey to white matter signal contrast (GWC) and tau pathology in atypical AD. Alzheimer’s Dement., 17: e055799. https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.055799
Katsumi, Y., Wong, B., Barret, L. F., Cavallari, M., Fong, T., Alsop, D., Andreano, J. M., Carvalho, N., Brickhouse, M., Jones, R., Libermann, t., Marcantonio, E., Schmitt, E., Shafi, M., Pascual-Leone, A., Travison, T., Inouye, S. K., Dickerson, B. C., & Touroutoglou, A. for the SAGES Study Team (2022). Structural integrity of the anterior mid-cingulate cortex contributes to resilience to delirium in superaging. Brain Communications, 4(4), https://doi.org/10.1093/braincomms/fcac163
Presentations:
Carvalho, N., Lobo, J., Anting, C. & McIntosh, R. C. (2019, May). Learning to forget: sexual trauma-related deficits in verbal learning in older women is mediated by amygdala-hippocampal connectivity at rest. Poster presented at the meeting of the Social & Affective Neuroscience Society, Miami, FL.
Rezaii, N., Carvalho, N., Brickhouse, M., Loyer, E., Wolff, P., Touroutoglou, A., Wong, B., Quimby, M. & Dickerson, B. C. (2021, July). Neuroanatomical mapping of artificial intelligence-based classification of language in PPA. Poster presented at the meeting of the Alzheimer’s Association, Denver, CO.
Putcha, D., Dev, S. I., Carvalho, N., Dickerson, B. C. & Wong, B. (2021, July). Recognition memory is impacted in atypical “non-amnestic” Alzheimer’s disease. Poster presented at the meeting of the Alzheimer’s Association, Denver, CO.
Brickhouse, M., Hanford, L., Carvalho, N., Eldaief, M. C., Mair, R., Nielsen, J., Touroutoglou, A., Buckner, R. & Dickerson, B. C. (2021, July). Toward higher-sensitivi- ty, shorter-interval MRI measures of atrophy in neurodegenerative dementias. Poster pre- sented at the meeting of the Alzheimer’s Association, Denver, CO.
Lobo, J. D., Solberg, N., Carvalho, N. & McIntosh, R. C. (2019, May). Aging with grace: resting-state brain connectivity & association of sex with episodic memory in successful agers. Poster presented at the meeting of the Social & Affective Neuroscience Society, Miami, FL.
Eldaief, M. C., Brickhouse, M., Katsumi, Y., Carvalho, N., Rosen, H. J., Touroutoglou, A. & Dickerson, B. C. (2021, July). Atrophy in bvFTD spans multiple large-scale networks in prefrontal and temporal cortex. Poster presented at the meeting of the Alzheimer’s Association, Denver, CO.
Quimby, M., Hochberg, D., Katsumi, Y., Carvalho, N., Brickhouse, M., Flaherty, R., Dickerson, B. C. & Touroutoglou, A. (2021, July). Neuroanatomical predictors of progression to dementia in primary progressive aphasia. Poster presented at the meeting of the Alzheimer’s Association, Denver, CO.
Flaherty, R., Krivensky, S., Brickhouse, M., Carvalho, N., Eckbo, R., Salat, D. H., Dickerson, B. C., Touroutoglou, A. & Putcha, D. (2021, July). The relationship between cortical grey to white matter signal contrast (GWC) and tau pathology in atypical AD. Poster presented at the meeting of the Alzheimer’s Association, Denver, CO.
Wong, B., Katsumi, Y., Cavallari, M., Fong, T. G., Alsop, D. C., Andreano, J. M., Carvalho, N., Brickhouse, M., Jones, R. J., Libermann, T. A., Marcantonio, E. R., Schmitt, E. M., Shafi, M., Pascual-Leone, A., Travison, T. G., Barrett, L. F., Inouye, S. K., Dickerson, B. C., & Touroutoglou, A. (2022, July).
Structural integrity of the anterior mid-cingulate cortex contributes to resilience to delirium in SuperAging. Poster presented at the meeting of the Alzheimer’s Association, San Diego, CA.