Pardo, Patricia, Ph.D.

Principal Investigator, Brain Sciences Center, Minneapolis, MN 
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry, University of Minnesota
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Psychology, University of Minnesota, Cognitive & Biological Division

Contact Information

pjpardo@umn.edu
http://www.brainsciencescenter.org

Mailing address:
Brain Sciences Center
One Veterans Drive 11-B
Minneapolis, MN 55417

Phone:  (612) 467-1896
Fax: (612) 725-2291

Specialties

Using magnetoencephalography (MEG) and cognitive psychology to elucidate dysfunctional cognitive brain mechanisms in schizophrenia and neurodevelopment.

Education

Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Magnetoencephalography (Jyrki Mäkelä & Riitta Hari, Supervisors), Brain Research Unit, Low Temperature Laboratory, Helsinki University of Technology, Espoo, Finland

Ph.D. Cognitive Psychology (Michael I. Posner, Thesis Advisor), Washington University, St. Louis, MO.

B.A. Chemistry; Psychology, (Paul Tavernier, Mentor) Bethel University, St. Paul, MN.

Selected Publications

Pardo, P.J., Knesevich, M.A., Vogler, G.P., Pardo, J.V., Towne, B.J., Cloninger, C.R., Robins, L.N., and Posner, M.I. (2000) Genetic and state variables of neurocognitive dysfunction in schizophrenia: A twin study. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 26: 459-477.

Wilson, T.W., Leuthold, A.C., Lewis, S.M., Georgopoulos, A.P., and Pardo, P.J.  (2005) The time and space of lexicality:  A neuromagnetic view. Experimental Brain Research 162:1-13. 3081-3086.

Wilson, T.W., Leuthold, A.C., Lewis, S.M., Georgopoulos, A.P., and  Pardo, P.J.  (2005) Cognitive dimensions of orthographic stimuli affect occipitotemporal dynamics. Experimental Brain Research 167: 141-147.

Pardo, J.V., Pardo, P.J., Humes, S.W. and Posner, M.I. (2006) Neurocognitive dysfunction in antidepressant-free, non-elderly patients with unipolar depression: Alerting and covert orienting of visuospatial attention. Journal of Affective Disorders 92(1): 71-78.

Stephane, M., Hagen, M.C., Lee, J.T., Uecker, J., Pardo, P.J., Kuskowski, M.A., and Pardo, J.V. (2006) About the mechanisms of auditory verbal hallucinations: A positron emission tomographic study Journal of Psychiatry & Neuroscience 31(6): 396-405.

Wilson, T.W. , Leuthold, .A.C. Moran, J.E., Pardo, P.J., Lewis, S.M, and Georgopoulos A.P. (in press, online 2007 at journal website) Reading in a deep orthography:  Neuromagnetic evidence for dual-mechanisms. Experimental Brain Research.