Publications

Castro, N., Hula, W. D., & Ashaie, S. A. (2023). Defining aphasia: Content analysis of six aphasia diagnostic batteries. Cortex. 

Quique, Y. M., Ashaie, S. A., Babbitt, E. M., Hurwitz, R., & Cherney, L. R. (2023). Fatigue influences social participation in aphasia: A cross-sectional and retrospective study using patient-reported measures. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 

Ashaie, S. A., Funkhouser, C. J., Jabbarinejad, R., Cherney, L. R., & Shankman, S. A. (2023). Longitudinal Trajectories of Post-Stroke Depression Symptom Subgroups. Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair, 37(1), 46-52.

Ashaie, S. A., Engel, S., & Cherney, L. R. (2022). Timing of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) combined with speech and language therapy (SLT) for aphasia: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials, 23(1), 1-10. 

Ashaie, S. A., & Castro, N. (2022). Complexity of Participation Post-Stroke: Longitudinal Assessment of Community Participation, Positive Affect, Social Support and Functional Independence. Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, 54, jrm00335-jrm00335. 

Funkhouser, C. J., Ashaie, S. A., Gameroff, M. J., Talati, A., Posner, J., Weissman, M. M., & Shankman, S. A. (2022). Prospectively Predicting Adult Depressive Symptoms from Adolescent Peer Dysfunction: A Sibling Comparison Study. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, 50(8), 1081-1093. 

Ashaie, S. A., Engel, S., & Cherney, L. R. (2022). Test–retest reliability of heart-rate variability metrics in individuals with aphasia. Neuropsychological rehabilitation, 1-25.

Ashaie, Sameer, and Nichol Castro. "Exploring the Complexity of Aphasia With Network Analysis." Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research 64.10 (2021): 3928-3941.

Riley, E. A Ashaie, S.., Hart, E., Preston, J. L., Wu, Y., & (2021). Pervasiveness of Speech-Language Disorders and Fatigue in Stroke: A Systematic Scoping Review. Journal of Communication Disorders, 106145.

Ashaie, S. A., & Cherney, L. R. (2021). Internal Consistency and Convergent Validity of Self-Report and By-Proxy Measures of Depression in Persons With Aphasia. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 64(6), 2047-2052.

Ashaie, S. A., Hung, J., Funkhouser, C. J., Shankman, S. A., & Cherney, L. R. (2021). Depression over time in persons with stroke: A network analysis approach. Journal of Affective Disorders Reports, 4, 100131.

Nikolaev, A., Higby, E., Hyun, J., Lehtonen, M., Ashaie, S., Hallikainen, M., ... & Soininen, H. (2020). Production of Inflected Novel Words in Older Adults With and Without Dementia. Cognitive Science, 44(8), e12879.

Ashaie, S. A., & Cherney, L. R. (2020). Eye Tracking as a Tool to Identify Mood in Aphasia: A Feasibility Study. Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair, 34(5), 463-471.

Nikolaev, A., Higby, E., Hyun, J., & Ashaie, S. (2019). Lexical decision task for studying written word recognition in adults with and without dementia or mild cognitive impairment. JoVE (Journal of Visualized Experiments), (148), e59753.

Ashaie, S. A., Hurwitz, R., & Cherney, L. R. (2019). Depression and subthreshold depression in stroke-related aphasia. Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation, 100(7), 1294-1299.

Nikolaev, A., Ashaie, S., Hallikainen, M., Hänninen, T., Higby, E., Hyun, J., ... & Soininen, H. (2019). Effects of morphological family on word recognition in normal aging, mild cognitive impairment, and Alzheimer's disease. cortex, 116, 91-103.

Nikolaev, A., Lehtonen, M., Higby, E., Hyun, J., & Ashaie, S. (2018). A facilitatory effect of rich stem allomorphy but not inflectional productivity on single-word recognition. Applied Psycholinguistics, 1-18.

Binney, R. J., Ashaie, S. A (Co-1st Author)., Zuckerman, B. M., Hung, J., & Reilly, J. (2018). Frontotemporal stimulation modulates semantically-guided visual search during confrontation naming: A combined tDCS and eye tracking investigation. Brain and language, 180, 14-23.

Binney, R. J., Zuckerman, B. M., Waller, H. N., Hung, J., Ashaie, S. A., & Reilly, J. (2018). Cathodal tDCS of the bilateral anterior temporal lobes facilitates semantically-driven verbal fluency. Neuropsychologia, 111, 62-71.

Ashaie, S., & Korytkowska, M. (2016). A Summary of the Updated Criteria for Alzheimer's Disease. Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups, 1(2).

Ashaie, S., & Obler, L. (2014). Effect of age, education, and bilingualism on confrontation naming in older illiterate and low-educated populations. Behavioural neurology, 2014.

Collier, A., Ashaie, S., & Obler, L. K. (2011). Language talent and brain activity. (Trends in applied linguistics 1).

* Asterisk indicates co-authorship

Selected Presentations

Cherney, L., Hitch, R., Hurwitz, R., & Ashaie, S.A. (2023, June). Does timing of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) relative to aphasia treatment impact outcomes? Poster presentation at the Clinical Aphasiology Conference, Atlantic City, NJ. USA 

Zwilling, M.G., Eyny, A.V., JungMoon, H., Rowland, A., & Ashaie, S. (2023, May). Depression in persons with aphasia: A systematic review. Poster presentation at the Clinical Aphasiology Conference, Atlantic City, NJ, USA. 

Ng, C., Ashaie, S., & Cherney, L. (2022). Measuring Usability of a Computer-Based Treatment for Aphasia using Eye-tracking. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 103(12), e90. 

Ng, C., Castro, N., & Ashaie, S. (2022). Network Analysis of Depression, Anxiety, and Social Participation in Individuals with Traumatic Brain Injury. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 103(12), e89-e90. 

Castro, N., & Ashaie, S. (2022, Oct).  A network science approach to capturing the complexity of aphasia. Academy of Aphasia, Philadelphia, PA, USA. 

Castro, N., & Ashaie, S. (2021, Oct). Positive Affect, Community Participation, Social Support, and Functional Independence in Stroke Survivors with and without Aphasia: A Network Approach. Academy of Aphasia, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

Castro, N., & Ashaie, S. (2021, Oct). Understanding the complexity of aphasia with network analysis of assessments. Complexity and Cognition, Lyon, France.

Ashaie, S., Engel, S., & Cherney, L., (2020, May). Heart Rate Variability in Individuals with Aphasia [Poster presentation]. Clinical Aphasiology Conference, Kohala Coast, HI, USA. (Conference canceled) 

Ashaie, S., Escalante, G., Waters, K., Cherney, L., (2020, May ). Eye-tracking as a tool to Identify Left Unilateral Spatial Neglect after an Acute Right Hemisphere Stroke. [Poster presentation]. Clinical Aphasiology Conference, Kohala Coast, HI, USA. (Conference canceled) Escalante, G., Waters, K., Cherney, L., Ashaie, S., (2020, March). "Using Eyetracking to  Identify Left Unilateral Spatial Neglect in Persons with an Acute Right Hemisphere Stroke. [Poster presentation]. American Occupational Therapy Association Conference, Boston, MA, USA. (Conference canceled)

Ashaie, S., McMenamin, K., & Cherney, L., (2019, October). Time Course of Visual Attention in Persons with Aphasia. Poster presented at the Academy of Aphasia, Hong Kong.

Ashaie, S., Hurwitz, R., & Cherney, L., (2019, November). Self-Report and By Proxy Measures of Depression in Aphasia. Poster presented at ASHA, Orlando, FL.

Ashaie, S., Baliki, M., Babbit, E., & Cherney, L., (2019, November). Aphasia Rehabilitation Research: Successes, Challenges and Promises. Panel discussion at ACRM, Chicago, IL.  

Ashaie, S., Hurwitz, R., & Cherney, L., (2019, Jun). Depression and Subthreshold  Depression in Stroke-Related Aphasia. Poster presented at NR-SIG-WFNR conference, Granada, Spain. 

Ashaie, S., Cherney, L., (2018, May). Emotional Processing in Persons with Aphasia: An Eye-Tracking Investigation. Poster presented at the Clinical Aphasiology Conference, Austin. TX.

Hyun, J., Nikolaev , A.,  Liu, Y., Higby, E.,   Lehtonen, E.,  Ashaie, SA.,  Hänninen, T., Hallikainen, M.,  Soininen, S., (2017, May). Morpho-lexical Recognition Ability and Related Brain Regions in individuals with Mild Cognitive Impairment, Alzheimer’s Dementia, and cognitively normal elderly. Poster presented at the Society for the Neurobiology of Language, Baltimore, MD.

Nikolaev, A., Ashaie, SA., Hallikainen, M., Hänninen, T., Higby, E., Hyun, J., &  Soininen, H.  (2017, Jun). Stem allomorphy effects in word recognition in individuals with Alzheimer’s disease and mild cognitive impairment. Poster presentation at the International Morphological Processing Conference, Trieste, Italy.

Nikolaev, A., Lehtonen, M., Higby, E., Hyun, J., Ashaie, SA., Hallikainen, M., Hänninen, T., & Soininen, H. (2017, Oct). Influence of morphology on word recognition in Alzheimer’s disease. Oral presentation at the Meeting of the World Federation of Neurology Research Group on  Dementia, Aphasia, and Cognitive Disorders, Varenna, Italy.

Vogel-Eyny, A., Ashaie, SA., Galletta, E., Hamilton, R., & Obler, L.K. (2016, Nov). Treatment of dementia and aphasia: Future considerations in speech-language- pathology. Panel session presented at the American-Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Philadelphia, PA.

Zuckerman B., Binney R.J., Ashaie SA., & Reilly J. (2016, Aug). Cathodal tDCS of the bilateral anterior temporal lobe facilitates semantically driven word retrieval. Poster Presentation at the Society for the Neurobiology of Language. London, UK.

Ashaie, SA., Reilly, J., Zuckerman, B., & Binney, R. (2015, Oct). A combined tDCS-eye tracking investigation of the neural correlates of confrontation naming: investigating the necessity of the  anterior temporal lobe vs. the temporo-parietal junction. Poster Presentation at the Society for the  Neurobiology of Language. Chicago, IL.

Higby, E., Nikolaev, A., Lehtonen, M., Hyun, J., & Ashaie, SA. (2015, Oct). Effects of number of stem allomorphs on response latencies in a word recognition task. Poster presentation at the American International Morphology Meeting. Amherst, MA.

Nikolaev, A., Lehtonen, M., Higby, E., Hyun, J., Ashaie, SA., Hallikainen, M., Hänninen, T., & Soininen, H. ( 2015, Jun). Effects of morphological family on word recognition in Alzheimer’s disease. Oral presentation at the 9th International Morphological Processing Conference, Potsdam. Germany.

Obler, L., Ashaie, SA., Korytkowska, M., & Vonk, J. 2015, Apr). Language in Dementia: Update on Research and Clinical Practice. Oral Presentation at NYSHLA’s 55th Annual Convention. Rochester, NY.

Ashaie, SA., & Obler, L. (2012, Oct). Lexical Retrieval in Normal Aging: Effects of Education and Bilingualism? Poster Presentation at 8th International Conference on the Mental Lexicon, Montreal. Canada.

Ashaie, SA., & Obler, L. (2012, Oct). Lexical Retrieval in Illiterate and Low-Educated Adults: Age but not Education/Bilingualism Matters. Poster Presentation at 7th International Workshop on Language Production NYU. New York, NY.