Stephen Kanne, PhD, ABPP

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Stephen Kanne, PhD, ABPP, is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Psychology. He received his bachelor’s degree and his doctoral degree in clinical psychology from Washington University in Saint Louis. He completed a clinical internship at the University of California, San Diego, followed by a post-doctoral fellowship in Pediatric Neuropsychology at the University of Missouri-Columbia. He then joined the staff at Saint Louis Children’s Hospital as a Pediatric Neuropsychologist, where he worked for the next 5 years. Dr. Kanne joined the MU faculty in December 2005.

Dr. Kanne’s clinical activities involve providing general outpatient pediatric neuropsychological services. He also specializes in the assessment of children suspected of having an Autistic Spectrum Disorder at the Thompson Center for Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders. His current research interests focus on children with Autistic Spectrum Disorders, targeting questions of assessment, diagnostic accuracy, and gaining a fundamental understanding of the disorder. Dr. Kanne is also actively involved in an interdisciplinary training program for professionals who work with children with special health care needs. He has published in the areas of cognitive neuropsychology, history of neuropsychology, and pediatric traumatic brain injury. Dr. Kanne is board certified in clinical neuropsychology.

Stephen Kanne, PhD, ABPP
Ellis Fischel Hospital
One Hospital Drive, DC 116.88
Columbia, MO 65212
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Publications

Craft, S., Newcomer, J., Kanne, S., Dagogo-Jack, S., Cryer, P., Sheline, Y., Luby, J., Dagogo-Jack, A., & Alderson, A. (1996). Memory improvement following induced hyperinsulinemia in Alzheimer’s disease. Neurobiology of Aging, 17 (1), 123-130.

Kanne, S., Balota, D., Spieler, D., & Faust, M. (1998). Explorations of Cohen, Dunbar, and McClelland’s (1990) Connectionist Model of Stroop Performance. Psychological Review, 108, 174-187.

Kanne, S., Balota, D., Storandt, M., McKeel, D., & Morris, J. (1998). Relating anatomy to function in Alzheimer’s Disease: Neuropsychological profiles predict regional neuropathology five years later. Neurology, 50, 979-985.

Kanne, S., & Finger, S. (1999). Konstantin M. Bykov and the discovery of the role of the corpus callosum. Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences, 54, 572-590.

Finger, S., & Kanne, S. (1999). The discovery and rediscovery of the role of the corpus callosum. Brain Research Bulletin, 50, 419-420.

Kanne, S. (2002). The role of semantic, orthographic, and phonological prime information in unilateral visual neglect. CognitiveNeuropsychology, 19, 245-261.

Farmer, J., Kanne, S., Haut, J., Johnstone, B., & Kirk, K. (2003). Memory functioning following a traumatic brain injury in children with and without prior learning problems. Developmental Neuropsychology, 22(2), 445-469.

Mahle, W., Visconti, K., Freier, M., Kanne, S., Hamilton, W, Sharkey, A., Chinnock, R. C, Jenkins, K., Isquith, P., Burns, T., &. Jenkins, P. (in press). Relationship of Surgical Approach to Neurodevelopmental Outcome in Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome, Pediatrics.

Selected Presentations:

Craft, S., Newcomer, J., Kanne, S., Dagogo-Jack, S., Cryer, P., Sheline, Y., Luby, J., Dagogo-Jack, A., & Alderson, A. (February, 1995). Hormonal effects on hippocampal function: Raising plasma insulin or glucose levels enhances declarative memory in patients with Alzheimer’s disease. Paper presented at the International Neuropsychological Society meetings, Seattle.

Kanne, S., Balota, D., Spieler, D., & Faust, M. (March, 1995). Explorations of Cohen, McClelland, and Dunbar’s (1990, Psychological Review) PDP Model of Stroop Interference Performance. Paper presented at the Cognitive Neuroscience meetings , San Francisco, CA, March 1995.

Kanne, S., Balota, D., Spieler, D., & Faust, M. (April, 1996). Extensions of Cohen’s Stroop Computational Model. Paper presented at the Third Annual Show Me Cognitive Psychology Conference, Columbia, MO, April 1996.

Kanne, S., Balota, D., Storandt, M., McKeel, D., & Morris, J. (April, 1997). Cored senile plaques predict neuropsychological profiles five years earlier. Paper presented at the Fourth Annual Show Me Cognitive Psychology Conference, Columbia, MO, April 1997.

Kanne, S., & Balota, D. (April, 1998). Unilateral visual neglect and the processing of visual codes. Paper presented at the 1998 Annual Cognitive Neuroscience meetings, San Francisco, CA., April 1998.

Kanne, S., & Finger, S. (June, 1998). Konstantin M. Bykov: Severing the corpus callosum in the pre-Sperry era. Paper presented at the 3rd meeting of the International Society for the History of the Neurosciences, Annapolis, Maryland, June 1998.

Kanne, S., Henninger, N., Fredrickson, J. L., LaVesser , P., & Cambell, C., (October, 2004) Language Screening in Autism: How Does the WPPSI-III Fare? Poster presented at the 51st Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

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