By Associate Professor Fiona Kumfor

Journal articles

Gressie K; Kumfor F; Teng H; Foxe D; Devenney E; Ahmed RM; Piguet O, 2024, 'Error profiles of facial emotion recognition in frontotemporal dementia and Alzheimer's disease', International Psychogeriatrics, 36, pp. 455 - 464, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1041610223000297

Landin-Romero R; Kumfor F; YS Lee A; Leyton C; Piguet O, 2024, 'Clinical and cortical trajectories in non-fluent primary progressive aphasia and Alzheimer's disease: A role for emotion processing', Brain Research, 1829, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.brainres.2024.148777

Kumfor F; Wei G; Ries N; Bennett H; D'Mello M; Kaizik C; Piguet O; Hodges JR, 2024, 'Examining the propensity and nature of criminal risk behaviours in frontotemporal dementia syndromes and Alzheimer's disease', Alzheimer's and Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment and Disease Monitoring, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/dad2.12577

Devenney EM; Tse NY; O’Callaghan C; Kumfor F; Ahmed RM; Caga J; Hazelton JL; Carrick J; Halliday GM; Piguet O; Kiernan MC; Hodges JR, 2024, 'An attentional and working memory theory of hallucination vulnerability in frontotemporal dementia', Brain Communications, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/braincomms/fcae123

Lee D; Boulton KA; Sun C; Phillips NL; Munro M; Kumfor F; Demetriou EA; Guastella AJ, 2024, 'Attention and executive delays in early childhood: a meta-analysis of neurodevelopmental conditions', Molecular Psychiatry, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41380-024-02802-3

Guastella A; Lee I; Sedozai A; Sun C; Philips N; Munro M; Kumfor F; Demetriou E; Boulton K, 2024, '286. The Emergent Transdiagnostic Phenotype of Attention and Executive Function Delay in Neurodevelopmental Conditions', Biological Psychiatry, 95, pp. S217 - S217, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2024.02.785

Monroe P; Halaki M; Luscombe G; Kumfor F; Ballard KJ, 2023, 'Phase I trial of the MuSic to CONnect (MuSiCON) protocol: feasibility and effect of choir participation for individuals with cognitive impairment', Brain Impairment, 24, pp. 732 - 749, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/BrImp.2022.32

Wong S; Rawson G; Dixon A; Wei G; Piguet O; Kumfor F, 2023, 'Clinical Manifestations', Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association, 19, pp. e078050, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/alz.078050

Franzen S; Nuytemans K; Bourdage R; Caramelli P; Ellajosyula R; Finger E; Illán-Gala I; Loi SM; Morhardt D; Pijnenburg Y; Rascovsky K; Williams MM; Yokoyama JS; Alladi S; Ayhan Y; Broce I; Castro-Suarez S; Coleman K; de Souza LC; Dacks PA; de Boer SCM; de Leon J; Dodge S; Grasso S; Gupta V; Gupta V; Ghoshal N; Kamath V; Kumfor F; Matias-Guiu JA; Narme P; Nielsen TR; Okhuevbie D; Piña-Escudero SD; Garcia RR; Scarioni M; Slachevsky A; Suarez-Gonzalez A; Tee BL; Tsoy E; Ulugut H; Babulal GM; Onyike CU, 2023, 'Gaps in clinical research in frontotemporal dementia: A call for diversity and disparities–focused research', Alzheimer's and Dementia, 19, pp. 5817 - 5836, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/alz.13129

Wei G; Piguet O; Kumfor F, 2023, 'A Psychosocial Intervention for Carers of Individuals Diagnosed with Dementia in Social Isolation', Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders Extra, 13, pp. 48 - 56, http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000535207

Quang H; Le Heron C; Balleine B; Nguyen TV; Nguyen TQ; Nguyen MN; Kumfor F; McDonald S, 2023, 'Reduced Sensitivity to Background Reward Underlies Apathy After Traumatic Brain Injury: Insights From an Ecological Foraging Framework', Neuroscience, 528, pp. 26 - 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2023.07.026

Hazelton JL; Devenney E; Ahmed R; Burrell J; Hwang Y; Piguet O; Kumfor F, 2023, 'Hemispheric contributions toward interoception and emotion recognition in left-vs right-semantic dementia', Neuropsychologia, 188, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2023.108628

Van den Stock J; Bertoux M; Diehl-Schmid J; Piguet O; Rankin KP; Pasquier F; Ducharme S; Pijnenburg Y; Kumfor F, 2023, 'Current Potential for Clinical Optimization of Social Cognition Assessment for Frontotemporal Dementia and Primary Psychiatric Disorders', Neuropsychology Review, 33, pp. 544 - 550, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11065-022-09554-3

Skeggs A; Wei G; Landin-Romero R; Hodges JR; Piguet O; Kumfor F, 2023, 'The influence of culture and cognitive reserve on the clinical presentation of behavioural-variant frontotemporal dementia', Journal of Neurology, 270, pp. 3192 - 3203, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00415-023-11638-w

Hazelton JL; Fittipaldi S; Fraile-Vazquez M; Sourty M; Legaz A; Hudson AL; Cordero IG; Salamone PC; Yoris A; Ibañez A; Piguet O; Kumfor F, 2023, 'Thinking versus feeling: How interoception and cognition influence emotion recognition in behavioural-variant frontotemporal dementia, Alzheimer's disease, and Parkinson's disease', Cortex, 163, pp. 66 - 79, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2023.02.009

Wong S; Wei G; Husain M; Hodges JR; Piguet O; Irish M; Kumfor F, 2023, 'Altered reward processing underpins emotional apathy in dementia', Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience, 23, pp. 354 - 370, http://dx.doi.org/10.3758/s13415-022-01048-2

Filipčíková M; Balleine B; Kumfor F; McDonald S, 2023, 'Action control and selection in social disinhibition following severe TBI: a pavlovian-to-instrumental transfer and outcome devaluation study', Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 45, pp. 825 - 839, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13803395.2024.2313257

Sun J; De Winter FL; Kumfor F; Stam D; Vansteelandt K; Peeters R; Sunaert S; Vandenberghe R; Vandenbulcke M; Van den Stock J, 2023, 'Neural compensation in manifest neurodegeneration: systems neuroscience evidence from social cognition in frontotemporal dementia', Journal of Neurology, 270, pp. 538 - 547, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00415-022-11393-4

Li R; Filipcikovä M; Xu Y; Quang H; Kumfor F; McDonald S, 2023, '6 Why Do Cultures Affect Facial Emotion Perception? - A Systematic Review', Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 29, pp. 520 - 520, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1355617723006707

Quang H; Mencevski F; Piguet O; Husain M; Landin‐Romero R; Kumfor F, 2023, 'Apathy, empathy and depression in Alzheimer’s disease and frontotemporal dementia: Examining the constructs and white matter correlates', Alzheimer's & Dementia, 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/alz.077102

Monroe P; Halaki M; Luscombe G; Kumfor F; Ballard KJ, 2023, 'Phase I trial of the MuSic to CONnect (MuSiCON) protocol: feasibility and effect of choir participation for individuals with cognitive impairment', Brain Impairment, 24, pp. 732 - 732, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ib23045

Kumfor F, 2023, 'Pre-recorded: Apathy, anhedonia and impulsivity in frontotemporal dementia', Journal of the Neurological Sciences, 455, pp. 121026 - 121026, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2023.121026

Wei G; Diehl-Schmid J; Matias-Guiu JA; Pijnenburg Y; Landin-Romero R; Bogaardt H; Piguet O; Kumfor F, 2022, 'The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on neuropsychiatric symptoms in dementia and carer mental health: an international multicentre study', Scientific Reports, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-05687-w

Quang H; Kumfor F; Balleine B; Nguyen TV; Nguyen TQ; Nguyen MN; McDonald S, 2022, 'Contributions of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Reward Sensitivity to Apathy: Evidence From Traumatic Brain Injury', Neuropsychology, 36, pp. 791 - 802, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/neu0000858

Eggins P; Wong S; Wei G; Hodges JR; Husain M; Piguet O; Irish M; Kumfor F, 2022, 'A shared cognitive and neural basis underpinning cognitive apathy and planning in behavioural-variant frontotemporal dementia and Alzheimer's disease', Cortex, 154, pp. 241 - 253, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2022.05.012

Johnson EG; Kuiper W; Ahmed RM; Halliday GM; Burrell JR; Hodges JR; Guastella AJ; Piguet O; Kumfor F, 2022, 'Plasma Oxytocin Is Not Associated with Social Cognition or Behavior in Frontotemporal Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease Syndromes', Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders, 51, pp. 241 - 248, http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000525087

El-Wahsh S; Balandin S; Bogaardt H; Kumfor F; Ballard KJ, 2022, 'Managing communication changes in persons with multiple sclerosis: Findings from qualitative focus groups', International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 57, pp. 680 - 694, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1460-6984.12717

Chen Y; Landin-Romero R; Kumfor F; Irish M; Dobson-Stone C; Kwok JB; Halliday GM; Hodges JR; Piguet O, 2022, 'Cerebellar integrity and contributions to cognition in C9orf72-mediated frontotemporal dementia', Cortex, 149, pp. 73 - 84, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2021.12.014

Quang H; Sin K; Kumfor F; McDonald S, 2022, 'Adaptation, Validation and Preliminary Standardisation of the Frontal Systems Behaviour Scale - Apathy Subscale and the Dimensional Apathy Scale in Vietnamese Healthy Samples', Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 28, pp. 300 - 310, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S135561772100031X

Boeve BF; Boxer AL; Kumfor F; Pijnenburg Y; Rohrer JD, 2022, 'Advances and controversies in frontotemporal dementia: diagnosis, biomarkers, and therapeutic considerations', The Lancet Neurology, 21, pp. 258 - 272, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1474-4422(21)00341-0

Kumfor F; Liang CT; Hazelton JL; Leyton CE; Kaizik C; Devenney E; Connaughton E; Langdon R; Mioshi E; Kwok JB; Dobson-Stone C; Halliday GM; Piguet O; Hodges JR; Landin-Romero R, 2022, 'Examining the presence and nature of delusions in Alzheimer's disease and frontotemporal dementia syndromes', International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 37, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/gps.5692

Quang H; McDonald S; Huynh-Le P; Nguyen TV; Le NA; Lam-Nguyen NT; Kumfor F, 2022, 'Apathy in a High Prevalence Population of Moderate to Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: An Investigation in Vietnam', Neuropsychology, 36, pp. 94 - 102, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/neu0000781

Carnemolla SE; Kumfor F; Liang CT; Foxe D; Ahmed RM; Piguet O, 2022, 'Olfactory Bulb Integrity in Frontotemporal Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease', Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 89, pp. 51 - 66, http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/JAD-220080

El-Wahsh S; Layfield C; Bogaardt H; Kumfor F; Ballard KJ, 2022, 'Perspectives from the patient: A content analysis of communication changes, impact, and strategies to facilitate communication in multiple sclerosis', International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 24, pp. 173 - 189, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17549507.2021.1973101

Quang H; Kumfor F; Tuong-Vu N; Truc-Quynh N; My-Ngan N; Balleine B; Mcdonald S, 2021, 'Altered intrinsic and extrinsic reward sensitivity underpins apathy: Evidence from moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury', JOURNAL OF THE NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES, 429, pp. 187 - 187, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2021.119231

Ricciardiello A; Mowszowski L; LaMonica H; Kumfor F; Wassing R; D’Rozario A; Naismith S, 2021, 'P120 The Relationship Between Sleep Architecture And Cognition In Late-Life Depression', SLEEP Advances, 2, pp. A60 - A60, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/sleepadvances/zpab014.161

Dominke C; Wei G; Piguet O; Kumfor F; Diehl-Schmid J, 2021, 'Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on neuropsychiatric symptoms of patients with dementia and the mental health of their caregivers', Nervenheilkunde, 40, pp. 861 - 869, http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/a-1548-4602

Hutchings R; Palermo R; Hazelton JL; Piguet O; Kumfor F, 2021, 'Considering hemispheric specialization in emotional face processing: An eye tracking study in left-and right-lateralised semantic dementia', Brain Sciences, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/brainsci11091195

Quang H; Wong S; Husain M; Piguet O; Hodges JR; Irish M; Kumfor F, 2021, 'Beyond language impairment: Profiles of apathy in primary progressive aphasia', Cortex, 139, pp. 73 - 85, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2021.02.028

Ricciardiello A; Naismith S; D’Rozario A; Kumfor F; Wassing R, 2021, '033 The effect of sleep disturbance on cognition in late-life depression', Sleep, 44, pp. A15 - A15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/sleep/zsab072.032

El-Wahsh S; Heard R; Bogaardt H; Kumfor F; Ballard KJ, 2021, 'Variables Associated with Self-reported Language Impairment in Multiple Sclerosis', International Journal of MS Care, 23, pp. 85 - 92, http://dx.doi.org/10.7224/1537-2073.2020-096

Parra MA; Baez S; Sedeño L; Gonzalez Campo C; Santamaría-García H; Aprahamian I; Bertolucci PHF; Bustin J; Camargos Bicalho MA; Cano-Gutierrez C; Caramelli P; Chaves MLF; Cogram P; Beber BC; Court FA; de Souza LC; Custodio N; Damian A; de la Cruz M; Diehl Rodriguez R; Brucki SMD; Fajersztajn L; Farías GA; De Felice FG; Ferrari R; de Oliveira FF; Ferreira ST; Ferretti C; Figueredo Balthazar ML; Ferreira Frota NA; Fuentes P; García AM; Garcia PJ; de Gobbi Porto FH; Duque Peñailillo L; Engler HW; Maier I; Mata IF; Gonzalez-Billault C; Lopez OL; Morelli L; Nitrini R; Quiroz YT; Guerrero Barragan A; Huepe D; Pio FJ; Suemoto CK; Kochhann R; Kochen S; Kumfor F; Lanata S; Miller B; Mansur LL; Hosogi ML; Lillo P; Llibre Guerra J; Lira D; Lopera F; Comas A; Avila-Funes JA; Sosa AL; Ramos C; Resende EDPF; Snyder HM; Tarnanas I; Yokoyama J; Llibre J; Cardona JF; Possin K; Kosik KS; Montesinos R; Moguilner S; Solis PCL; Ferretti-Rebustini REDL; Ramirez JM; Matallana D; Mbakile-Mahlanza L; Marques Ton AM; Tavares RM; Miotto EC; Muniz-Terrera G; Muñoz-Nevárez LA; Orozco D; Okada de Oliveira M; Piguet O; Pintado Caipa M; Piña Escudero SD; Schilling LP; Rodrigues Palmeira AL; Yassuda MS; Santacruz-Escudero JM; Serafim RB; Smid J; Slachevsky A; Serrano C; Soto-Añari M; Takada LT; Grinberg LT; Teixeira AL; Barbosa MT, 2021, 'Dementia in Latin America: Paving the way toward a regional action plan', Alzheimer's and Dementia, 17, pp. 295 - 313, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/alz.12202

Moguilner S; García AM; Perl YS; Tagliazucchi E; Piguet O; Kumfor F; Reyes P; Matallana D; Sedeño L; Ibáñez A, 2021, 'Dynamic brain fluctuations outperform connectivity measures and mirror pathophysiological profiles across dementia subtypes: A multicenter study', NeuroImage, 225, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.117522

Visser M; Wong S; Simonetti S; Hazelton JL; Devenney E; Ahmed RM; van Langenhove T; Parker D; Burrell JR; Hodges JR; Kumfor F, 2020, 'Using a second-person approach to identify disease-specific profiles of social behavior in frontotemporal dementia and Alzheimer's disease', Cortex, 133, pp. 236 - 246, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2020.09.011

Carnemolla SE; Hsieh JW; Sipione R; Landis BN; Kumfor F; Piguet O; Manuel AL, 2020, 'Olfactory dysfunction in frontotemporal dementia and psychiatric disorders: A systematic review', Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 118, pp. 588 - 611, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2020.08.002

Wong S; Irish M; Husain M; Hodges JR; Piguet O; Kumfor F, 2020, 'Apathy and its impact on carer burden and psychological wellbeing in primary progressive aphasia', Journal of the Neurological Sciences, 416, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2020.117007

Kumfor F; Tracy LM; Wei G; Chen Y; Domínguez D. JF; Whittle S; Wearne T; Kelly M, 2020, 'Social and affective neuroscience: An Australian perspective', Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 15, pp. 965 - 980, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/scan/nsaa133

Chen Y; Landin-Romero R; Kumfor F; Irish M; Hodges JR; Piguet O, 2020, 'Cerebellar structural connectivity and contributions to cognition in frontotemporal dementias', Cortex, 129, pp. 57 - 67, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2020.04.013

El-Wahsh S; Bogaardt H; Kumfor F; Ballard K, 2020, 'Development and validation of the communication and language assessment questionnaire for persons with multiple sclerosis (CLAMS)', Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders, 43, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.msard.2020.102206

Ducharme S; Dols A; Laforce R; Devenney E; Kumfor F; van den Stock J; Dallaire-Théroux C; Seelaar H; Gossink F; Vijverberg E; Huey E; Vandenbulcke M; Masellis M; Trieu C; Onyike C; Caramelli P; de Souza LC; Santillo A; Waldö ML; Landin-Romero R; Piguet O; Kelso W; Eratne D; Velakoulis D; Ikeda M; Perry D; Pressman P; Boeve B; Vandenberghe R; Mendez M; Azuar C; Levy R; Le Ber I; Baez S; Lerner A; Ellajosyula R; Pasquier F; Galimberti D; Scarpini E; van Swieten J; Hornberger M; Rosen H; Hodges J; Diehl-Schmid J; Pijnenburg Y, 2020, 'Erratum: Recommendations to distinguish behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia from psychiatric disorders (Brain (2020) 143 DOI: 10.1093/brain/awaa018)', Brain, 143, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/brain/awaa112

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