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Publications

Refereed Articles and Book Chapters:

  • Depue, B. E., Banich, M. T., Burgess, G. C., Bidwell, L. C., &  Willcutt, E. G. (In press.) Grey matter reductions in the right inferior frontal gyrus predict behavioral performance in young adults with combined type ADHD. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging.
  • Depue, B.E., Burgess, G.C., Willcutt, E.G., Bidwell, L. C., Hitt-Laustsen, S., Ruzic, L. & Banich, M.T. (In press.) Symptom-correlated brain regions in adult ADHD: Their organization, variability, and relation to behavioral performance. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging.
  • Willcutt, E. G. & Bidwell L. C. The neuropsychology of ADHD: Implications for assessment and treatment. In Steven Evans & Betsy Hoza (ed.), Treating Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Civic Research Institute: Kingston, NJ.
  • Banich, M. T, Burgess, G. C., Depue, B. E., Ruzik, L., Bidwell, L. C., Hitt-Laustsen, S., Du Y. P., & Willcutt, E. G. (2009). The neural basis of sustained and transient attentional control in young adults with ADHD. Neuropsychologia, 47 (13), 3095-3104.[PDF]
  • Chen, Y., Grossman, E., Bidwell, L. C., Yurgelun-Todd, D., Gruber, S., Levy, D. L., Nakayama, K. & Holzman, P. S. (2008). Differential activation patterns of occipital and prefrontal cortices during motion processing: Evidence from normal and schizophrenic brains. Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience, 8 (3), 293-303. [PDF]
  • Bidwell, L. C., Willcutt, E. G., DeFries, J. C. & Pennington, B. F. (2007). Testing for neuropsychological endophenotypes in siblings discordant for ADHD. Biological Psychiatry, 62, 991-8. [PDF]
  • Chen, Y., Bidwell, L. C. & Norton, D. (2006). Trait vs. state markers for schizophrenia: identification and characterization through visual processes. Current Psychiatry Reviews, 2, 431-438. [PDF]
  • Bidwell, L. C., Chen, Y. & Holzman, P. S. (2005). Aging and motion discrimination in normal adults and schizophrenia patients. Psychiatry Research, 145, 1-8. [PDF]
  • Chen, Y., Bidwell, L. C. & Holzman, P. S. (2005). Visual motion integration in schizophrenia patients, their first degree relatives, and patients with bipolar disorder. Schizophrenia Research, 74, 271-81. [PDF]

Selected conference presentations and published abstracts:

  • Bidwell, L. C., Garret, M., McClernon, F. J., Fuemmeler, B. F., Williams, R., Ashley-Koch, A., & Kollins, S. H. (February, 2010). Adolescents’ positive reactions to cigarettes are associated with DRD2 and SLC12A4 genes in the presence of ADHD symptoms. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, Baltimore, Maryland.
  • Bjornsson, A., Bidwell, L. C., Brosse A., Hauser, M., Mackiewicz, K., Schulz-Heik, R. J., Weatherley, D., Craighead W. E. (2009). Cognitive-behavioral group treatment compared to non-specific group treatment in a sample of socially anxious college students: A randomized clinical trial. In A. Bjornsson (Chair), Is it too early to give up on group CBT for social anxiety and other anxiety disorders?  Symposium presented at the annual meeting of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America, Tamaya, New Mexico.
  • Bidwell, L. C., Willcutt, E. G., McQueen, M. B., DeFries, J. C., & Pennington, B. F. (2009). A family-based association study of DRD4 and statistically-derived endophenotypes of ADHD. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the International Society for Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, Seattle, Washington.
  • Willcutt, E. G., Bidwell, L. C., Betjemann, R., Pennington, B. F. Olson, R.K., & DeFries, J. C. (2009). Etiology and neuropsychology of comorbidity between ADHD and LDs. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the International Society for Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, Seattle, Washington.
  • Bidwell, L. C., Willcutt, E. G., McQueen, M. B., DeFries, J. C., Smith, S. D., Olson, R. K. & Pennington, B. F. (2009). DRD4 and Quantitative Phenotypes of ADHD. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Denver, CO.
  • Bjornsson, A., Bidwell, L. C., Brosse A., Hauser, M., Mackiewicz, K., Schulz-Heik, R.J., Weatherley, D., Craighead W.E. (2008). Cognitive-behavioral group treatment compared to non-specific group treatment in a sample of socially anxious college students: A randomized clinical trial. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Orlando, FL.
  • Bidwell, L. C., McHaffie, G. R., Burgess, G. C., Depue, B. E., Banich, M. T, Willcutt, E. G. (2008). Functional and neuropsychological impairment in adult attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Kansas Conference in Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, Lawrence, KS.
  • Bidwell, L. C., Willcutt, E. G., DeFries, J. C., Olson, R. K., Smith, S. D. & Pennington, B. F. (2008). Genetic association with neuropsychological endophenotypes in ADHD. Poster submitted for presentation at the annual meeting of the American Academy for Clinical Neuropsychology, Boston, MA.
  • Bidwell, L. C., Willcutt, E. G., Hartung, C., Shanahan, M., Santerre-Lemmon L., Barnard, H. & Pennington, B. F. (2007). Neuropsychological performance in ADHD subtypes. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Institute for Behavioral Genetics, University of Colorado at Boulder
  • Bidwell, L. C., Willcutt, E. G., Hartung, C., Shanahan, M., Santerre-Lemmon, L., Barnard, H. & Pennington, B. F. (2007). Neuropsychology of ADHD. Poster presented at the biannual meeting of the International Society for Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, London, England.
  • Bidwell, L. C., Willcutt, E. G., Hartung, C., Shanahan, M., Santerre-Lemmon L., Barnard, H. & Pennington, B. F. (2007). Comparing neuropsychological theories of ADHD. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy for Clinical Neuropsychology, Denver, CO.
  • Bidwell, L. C., Willcutt, E. G. & Pennington, B. F. (2006). Executive functions are a promising intermediate phenotype for ADHD. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Chicago, IL.
  • Brodsky, K. L., Bidwell, L. C., Ross, R. & Willcutt, E. G. (2006). Cognitive correlates of ADHD and child onset schizophrenia. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Chicago, IL.
  • Willcutt, E. G., Chhabildas, N., Bidwell, L. C. & Pennington, B. F. (2006). Association between executive functions and ADHD. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, San Diego, CA
  • Bidwell, L. C., Willcutt, E. G., Brodsky, K. L. & Pennington, B. F. (2006). Neuropsychological performance in twins with and without ADHD. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, San Diego, CA.
  • Willcutt, E. G., Chhabildas, N., Bidwell, L. C. & Pennington, B. F. (2006). Etiology of executive functions and ADHD. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Boston, MA.
  • Bidwell, L. C., Willcutt, E. G. & Pennington, B. F. (2005). Executive functions in dizygotic twins discordant for ADHD. Poster presented at the biannual meeting of the International Society for Research in Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, New York, NY.
  • Brodsky, K. L., Bidwell, L. C. & Willcutt, E. G. (2005). An exploration of potential endophenotypes in ADHD and Schizophrenia. Poster presented at the biannual meeting of the International Society for Research in Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, New York, NY.
  • Bidwell, L. C., Willcutt, E. G. & Pennington, B. F. (2005). Response inhibition in dizygotic twins discordant for ADHD. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Institute for Behavioral Genetics, University of Colorado at Boulder.
  • Bidwell, L. C., Holzman, P. S., Levy, D. L. & Chen, Y. (2005). Characterization of a co-familial trait of schizophrenia: The role of contrast in velocity discrimination deficits in relatives of schizophrenia patients. Poster presented at the annual World Congress on Psychiatric Genetics, Boston, MA.
  • Chen, Y., Bidwell, L. C. & Holzman, P. S. (2005). Trait vs. state markers in schizophrenia: The case of visual motion processing. Poster presented at the annual World Congress on Psychiatric Genetics, Boston, MA.
  • Chen, Y., Grossman, E., Bidwell, L. C., Yurgelun-Todd, D., Gruber, S., Levy, D. L., Nakayama, K. & Holzman, P. S. (2004). Cortical activations during motion processing are reorganized in schizophrenia. Neuropsychopharm. 29 (Supplement 1):s42.
  • Bidwell, L. C., Chen, Y. & Holzman, P. S. (2004). Visual motion integration compared with motion discrimination in schizophrenia patients and their biological relatives. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Biological Psychiatry, New York, NY.
  • Bidwell, L. C., Chen, Y. & Holzman, P. S. (2004). Aging and visual motion discrimination in schizophrenia patients and normal adults. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Biological Psychiatry, New York, NY.
  • Bidwell, L. C. & Chen, Y. (2003). Short-term learning for motion processing in schizophrenia. Poster presented at the annual Psychiatry Research Day, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.