Professor

0131 651 3242

F6 (7GS)

Interests in cognitive neuropsychology, in particular in amnesia, visuo-spatial and representational neglect, apraxia and the cognitive deficits of Alzheimer's Disease.

Representative Publications

1. Della Sala, S. (Ed.) Tall Tales about the Mind and Brain. Oxford University Press.
2. Della Sala, S. & Anderson, M. (Eds.) Neuroscience in Education: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly. Oxford University Press.
3. Della Sala, S., Cocchini, G., Logie, R.H., & MacPherson, S.E. (2010) Dual task during encoding, maintenance and retrieval in Alzheimer disease and healthy ageing. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 19: 503-515.
4. McKinlay, A., McVittie, C. & Della Sala, S. (2010) Imaging the future: Does a qualitative analysis add to the picture? Journal of Neuropsychology, 4: 1-13.
5. Parra, M.A., Della Sala, S., Logie, R.H. & Abrahams, S. (2010) Selective impairment in visual short-term memory binding. Cognitive Neuropsychology, 26:(7) 583-605.
6. Della Sala, S., Darling, S. & Logie, R.H. (2010) Items on the left are better remembered. The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 63:(5) 848-855.
7. Della Sala, S., Foley, J.A., Beschin, N., Allerhand, M. & Logie, R.H. (2010) Assessing Dual-Task Performance Using a Paper-and-Pencil Test: Normative Data. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 25: 410-419.
8. Della Sala, S., van der Meulen, M., Bestelmeyer, P. & Logie, R.H. (2010) Evidence for a workspace model of working memory from semantic implicit processing in neglect. Journal of Neuropsychology, 4: 147-166.
9. Parra, M.A., Cubelli, R. & Della Sala, S. (2011) Lack of color integration in visual short-term memory binding. Memory and Cognition, 39: 1187-1197.
10. Dewar, M., Pesallaccia, M., Cowan, N., Provinciali, L. & Della Sala, S. (2012) Insights into spared memory capacity in amnestic MCI and Alzheimer's Disease via minimal interference. Brain and Cognition, 78: 189-199.

Publications

• Latest research publications

Grants/projects

• Latest research grants/projects

Tests

Paper & Pencil Dual Task

• Instructions and Digit Span (Word doc)
• Test-Visual Motor Tracking (JPG)
• Practice-Visual Motor Tracking (JPG)

Apraxia Battery: British Version

• Production of intransitive gestures in visual modality Test (Zip file)
• Imitation of meaningless gestures (Zip file)
• Recognition of intransitive gestures (Zip file)
• Recognition of pantomimes (Zip file)
• Identification of intransitive gestures (Zip file)
• Identification of pantomimes (Zip file)

Prospective and Retrospective Memory Questionnaire (PRMQ)

• Prospective and Retrospective Memory Questionnaire (PRMQ)

Previous Projects

• Dual-task impairment in alzheimer disease: an investigation on specificity and development of a clinical tool.
• Working memory as a mental workspace: Evidence from implicit processing and representational deficits in unilateral neglect.