Vilija Petrauskas

Overview: The neuropsychology service at BC Children's Hospital evaluates the neuro-cognitive, emotional, and behavioral functioning of children with neurological conditions. Current research is focused on epilepsy surgery.
Publications: Latent Semantic Structure of the WMS-III Verbal Paired-Associates
Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology
Rachel T Furey and Vilija Petrauskas and Stephen C Bowden and Leonie C Simpson and Catherine E Meade and Brooke M Davis and Wendyl J D’Souza
DOI: 10.1093/arclin/acab093
2021
Exploring the Dimensionality of Digit Span
Assessment
Bowden, S.C. and Petrauskas, V.M. and Bardenhagen, F.J. and Meade, C.E. and Simpson, L.C.
DOI: 10.1177/1073191112457016
2013
Research: Neuropsychology Registry
I am a co-investigator on this project. It is currently approved by REB. This project aims to establish a prospective registry of neuropsychological data which can be combined with data from neurology and fMRI.
Retrospective Review
I am a co-investigator on this project. Data entry is well underway. I will be working together with our postdoctoral fellow to identify research questions related to examination of functioning in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy pre and post surgery.
In-silico childhood epilepsy surgery
I am involved in assisting with data collection. This is an ongoing study, well under way, where children have pre- and post-surgery neuropsychological evaluations.

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