Non-Invasive Neuromodulation
Thakkar, V. J., Crupper, J. E., Engelhart, A. S., & Centanni, T. M. (2025). Parameter optimization of non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation for second language learning in typically developing young adults. Journal of Neurolinguistics, 73, 101225. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneuroling.2024.101225
LoBue, C., McClintock, S. M., Chiang, H-S., Helphrey, J., Thakkar, V. J., & Hart, J. (2024). A critical review of noninvasive brain stimulation technologies in Alzheimer's dementia and primary progressive aphasia. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 100(3), 743-760. http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/JAD_230230
Thakkar, V. J., Richardson, Z. A., Dang, A., & Centanni, T. M. (2023). The effect of non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation on memory recall in reading: A pilot study. Behavioural Brain Research, 438, 114164. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2022.114164
Thakkar, V. J., Engelhart, A. S., Khodaparast, N., Abadzi, H. & Centanni, T. M. (2020). Transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation enhances learning of novel letter-sound relationships in adults. Brain Stimulation, 13, 1813-1820. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brs.2020.10.012
Reading, Language, and Dyslexia
Roark, C. L., Thakkar, V. J., Chandrasekaran, B., & Centanni, T. M. (2024). Auditory category learning in children with dyslexia. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 67(3), 974-988. https://doi.org/10.1044/2023_JSLHR-23-00361
Learning and Education
Thakkar, V. J., Toups, M., & dela Cruz, A. M. (2025). Skills acquisition and engagement with the use of a structured journal club curriculum. Academic Psychiatry, 49(2), 147-151. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40596-024-02079-2
Tauber, S. K., Thakkar, V. J., & Pleshek, M. A. (2022). How does expecting to teach impact students' self-regulated learning?. Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, 11(1), 106-119. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jarmac.2021.08.002
Psychiatry/Psychology Research as a Biostatistician
Kromenacker, B., Yassin, W., Keshavan, M., Parker, D., Thakkar, V. J., Pearlson, G., Keedy, S., McDowell, J., Gershon, E., Ivleva, E., Hill, S. K., Clementz, B. A., & Tamminga, C. (2025). Evaluating the exposome score for schizophrenia in a transdiagnostic psychosis cohort: Associations with psychosis risk, symptom severity, and personality traits. Schizophrenia Bulletin. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sbae219
McClintock, S. M., Deng, Z. D., Husain, M. M., Thakkar, V. J., Bernhardt, E., Weiner, R. D., Luber, B., & Lisanby, S. H. (2025). Comparing the neurocognitive effects of right-unilateral ultra-brief electroconvulsive therapy and magnetic seizure therapy for the treatment of major depressive episode. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, 10(2), 175-185. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpsc.2024.10.016
Druffner, N., Egan, D., Ramamurthy, S., Folsom Davis, A., Jack, J., O'Brien, J., Symester, D., Thomas, K., Palka, J. M., Thakkar, V. J., & Brown, E. S. (2024). IQ in high school as a predictor of mid-life alcohol drinking patterns. Alcohol and Alcoholism, 59(4), agae035. https://doi.org/10.1093/alcalc/agae035
Barth, T. M., Lord, C. G., Thakkar, V. J., & Brock, R. N. (2020). Effects of resilience strength training on constructs associated with moral injury among veterans. Journal of Veterans Studies, 6(2), 101-113. https://doi.org/10.21061/jvs.v6i2.199
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