Publications & Media

Featured Publications

Jauregui, R., Evens, A.M., Zekeridou, A., Steriade, C., Hudson, T., Voelbel, G.T., Rucker, J.C. (2025) Anti-RGS8 Paraneoplastic Syndrome Presenting with Skew Deviation and Mild Cerebellar Dysfunction. The Cerebellum, 24, 76, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12311-025-01827-w

Palumbo, A., Groves, K., Luna Munoz‑Vidal, E., Turry, A., Codio, R., Raghavan, P., Schambra, H., Voelbel, G.T., & Ripollés, P. (2024). Improvisation and live accompaniment increase motor response and reward during a music playing task. Scientific Reports, 14, 13112. https://doi-org.proxy.library.nyu.edu/10.1038/s41598-024-62794-6

Estelle, M.C.P. & Voelbel, G.T. (2024). The Effect of Processing Speed on Verbal and Visual Memory of Adults with a Chronic Acquired Brain Injury. Brain Injury, 38(3), 170-176. doi.org/10.1080/02699052.2024.2309250

Genova, H. M., Chen, M. H., Botticello, A., Voelbel, G., Kim, G., Elsayed, H. E., Myszko, Z., DeLuca, J., McGrath, R. E., Arnett, P., & Goverover, Y. (2023). An examination of positive and negative outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic among persons with multiple sclerosis. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 77, https://doi.org/10.5014/ajot.2023.050287

Kim, G.J., Kim, H., Fletcher, J. Voelbel, G.T., Goverover, Y., Chen, P., O'Dell, M.W., & Genova, H.M. (2022). The differential impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on healthcare utilization disruption for community-dwelling individuals with and without acquired brain injury. Archives of Rehabilitation Research and Clinical Translation, 4(1), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arrct.2021.100176

Goverover, Y., Kim, G., Chen, M., Voelbel, G.T., Rosenfeld, M., Botticello, A., DeLuca, J., Genova, H. (2022). The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on engagement in activities of daily living in persons with acquired brain injury. Brain Injury,1-8 https://doi.org/10.1080/02699052.2022.2043441

Lindsey, H.M., Lazar, M., Mercuri, G., Rath, J.F., Bushnik, T., Flanagan, S., and Voelbel, G.T. (2022) Functional Connectivity Following Plasticity-based Cognitive Training in Chronic TBI: A Resting state fMRI Study. NeuroRehabilitation, 51(1):133-150. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35404295. https://doi.org/10.3233/nre-210264

Goverover, Y. Chen, M. H., Botticello, A., Voelbel, G.T., Kim, G., DeLuca, J., & Genova, H.M. (2021). Relationships between changes in daily occupations and health-related quality of life in persons with multiple sclerosis during the COVID-19 pandemic. Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msard.2021.103339

Voelbel, G.T., Lindsey, H.M., Mercuri, G., Bushnik, T., & Rath, J. (2021). The Effects of Neuroplasticity-Based Auditory Information Processing Remediation in Adults with Chronic Traumatic Brain Injury. Neurorehabilitation,49(2), 267-278. https://doi.org/10.3233/NRE-218025

Liberta, T.A., Kagiwada, M., Ho, K., Spat-Lemus, J., Voelbel, G.T., Kohn, A., Perrine, K., Josephs, L., McLean, E.A., & Sacks-Zimmerman, A. (2020). An Investigation of Cogmed Working Memory Training for Neurological Surgery Patients. Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery, 21, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inat.2020.100786

Lee, C.D. & Voelbel, G.T. (2020). Occupational Therapy Intervention for Preventing Prescription Opioid Use Disorder in Older Adults. Special Interest Section Quarterly Practice Connection. https://www.aota.org/publications/sis-quarterly/productive-aging-sis/pasis-11-20

Newman, R.M., Alfano, C., Radomski, M.V., Pergolotti, M., Wolf, T, Sleight, A., Leak, A.B., Voelbel, G.T., de Moor, J., Nitkin, R., Daniels, E., Braveman, B., Walker, R.K., Williams, G., Winters-Stone, K.M., Cheville, A., Campbell, S., Lawlor, M., King, A., Ness, K., Srivastava, P., Lyons, K.D. (2019). Catalyzing Research to Optimize Cancer Survivors’ Participation in Work and Life Roles. OTJR: Occupation, Participation, and Health.39(4), 189-196, https://doi.org/10.1177/1539449219844749

Voelbel, G.T., Wu, Z., Tortarolo, C., & Bates, M.E. (2016). Executive Dysfunction and Processing Speed Predict Nonverbal Problem Solving Deficits in a Substance Use Disorder Population. International Journal of Brain Disorders and Treatment. 2(1), 1-5. http://doi.org/10.23937/2469-5866/1510011

Halkitis, P.N., D’Avanzo, P., Stults, C.B., Levy, M.D., Krause, K.D., Kupprat, S.A., Voelbel. G.T., Urbina, A.E., Kapadia, F. (2016). Neurocognitive functioning in an urban clinic-based sample of adults ages 50 and older living with HIV. Journal of HIV/AIDS & Social Service. 15(4), 428-449, DOI: 10.1080/15381501.2016.1224748

Stojanovic-Radic, J., Wylie, G., Voelbel, G.T., Chiaravalloti, N., & DeLuca, J. (2014). Neuroimaging and Cognition using functional near infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) in Multiple Sclerosis. Brain Imaging and Behavior. Published online June 11. 2014, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11682-014-9307-y

Bates, M.E., Buckman, J.F., Voelbel, G.T., Eddie, D., & Freeman, J. (2013). The mean and the individual: Integrating variable-centered and person-centered analyses of cognitive recovery in patients with substance use disorders. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 4, 177. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2013.00177

Voelbel, G.T., Genova, H.M., Chiaravalotti, N.D., & Hoptman, M.J. (2012). Diffusion Tensor Imaging of Traumatic Brain Injury Review: Implications for Neurorehabilitation. NeuroRehabilitation, 31(3), 281-293. https://doi.org/10.3233/nre-2012-0796

Yu, T.-Y., Hinojosa, J., Howe, T., & Voelbel, G.T. (2012). Contribution of Tactile and Kenesthetic Perceptions to Handwriting in Taiwanese Children in First and Second Grade. Occupational Therapy Journal of Research. http://dx.doi.org/10.3928/15394492-20111209-02

Voelbel, G. T., Goverover, Y., Gaudino, E. A., Moore, N. B., Chiaravalloti, N., & DeLuca, J. (2011). The Relationship between Neurocognitive Behavior of Executive Functions and the Executive Function Performance Test in Persons with Multiple Sclerosis. Occupational Therapy Journal of Research. 31(1), S30-S37. https://doi.org/10.3928/15394492-20101108-06

Barbour, R.L., Graber, H.L., Xu, Y., Pei, Y., Wylie, G.R., Voelbel, G.T., DeLuca, J., Medvedev, A.V. (2009). Systems and Strategies for Accessing the Information Content of fNIRS Imaging in Support of Noninvasive BCI Applications. HCI 16, 709-718. https://www.scribd.com/document/239221084/Professional-Program-in-Occupational-Therapy-Student-Research-Projects

Arango-Lasprilla, J. C., Charavalloti, N. D., Balzano, J., Voelbel, G. T., Rogers, H., Cuetos, F., DeLuca, J. (2009). Cognitive rehabilitation intervention: The usefulness of self-generation to improve learning and memory in Hispanics. Journal of Minority Disability Research and Practice 1(1), 47-71. https://www.scribd.com/document/740320007/Arango-2009-Cognitive-rehabilitation-intervention

Wylie, G. R., Graber, H. L., Voelbel, G. T., Kohl, A. D., DeLuca, J., Pei, Y., Xu, Y., Barbour, R. L. (2009). Using co-variations in the Hb signal to detect visual activation: A near infrared spectroscopic imaging study. NeuroImage, 47(2): 473-481. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2009.04.056

Genova, H. M., Sumowski, J. F., Chiaravalloti, N., Voelbel, G. T., & DeLuca, J. (2009). Cognitive dysfunction in multiple sclerosis: Major issues and the use of fmri to examine cognitive functioning. Frontiers in Bioscience, 14, 1730-1744. https://doi.org/10.2741/3336

Chiu, S., Widiaia, F., Bates, M. E., Voelbel, G. T., Pandina, G., Marble, J., Blank, J., Day, J., Brule, N., & Hendren, R. L. (2008). Anterior cingulate volume in pediatric bipolar disorder. Journal of Affective Disorders, 105(1-3), 93-9. https://www.scribd.com/document/239221084/Professional-Program-in-Occupational-Therapy-Student-Research-Projects

Voelbel, G. T., Bates, M. E., Buckman, J. F., Pandina, G., & Hendren, R. L. (2006). Caudate nucleus volume and cognitive performance: Are they related in childhood psychopathology? Biological Psychiatry, 60, 942-950. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2006.03.071

Bates, M. E., Voelbel, G. T., Buckman, J. F., Labouvie, E. W., & Barry, D. (2005). Short-term neuropsychological recovery in clients with substance use disorders. Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research, 29(3), 367-377. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.alc.0000156131.88125.2a

Bates, M. E., Barry, D., Labouvie, E. W., Buckman, J. F., Fals-Stewart, W., & Voelbel, G. T. (2004) Risk factors and neuropsychological recovery in clients with alcohol use disordered who were exposed to different treatments, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 72(6), 1073-1080. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/0022-006X.72.6.1073

Bates, M. E., Labouvie, E. W., Voelbel, G. T. (2002). Individual differences in latent neuropsychological abilities at addictions treatment entry. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 16(1), 35-46. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/0893-164X.16.1.35

Bates, M. E., Voelbel, G. T., Labouvie, E. W., McCrady, B. S., Blanchard, K. A., and Pinsky, I. (2001). Asymmetric patterns of relations between performance on six tests of executive function in persons seeking addictions treatment. Brain and Cognition, 47, 230-233.

Pallone, N. J., Hennessy, J. J., and Voelbel, G.T. (1998). Identifying pedophiles “eligible for community notification under Megan’s law: A multivariate model for actuarially-anchored decisions. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 28(1/2), 41-60. https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2003-88118-033

Pallone, N. J., and Voelbel, G. T. (1998). Limbic system dysfunction and inventoried psychopathology among incarcerated pedophiles. Current Psychology: Developmental, Learning, Personality, Social, 17, 57-74. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12144-998-1021-8

Presentations & Talks

Computerized Cognitive Training, Neuroplasticity, and Cognitive Improvement in Adults with a Chronic Traumatic Brain Injury: Processing speed & information processing at the Brain Injury Alliance of New Jersey Youth Sports Concussion Committee, 2024.

Computerized Cognitive Training, Neuroplasticity, and Cognitive Improvement in Adults with a Chronic Traumatic Brain Injury presented at the Global Neuropsychology Congress, Porto, Portugal July 3-5, 2024.

Neuroplasticity Driven Brain Changes: The next frontier in brain injury cognitive rehabilitation. Presented at the International Neuropsychological Society Annual Conference, New York, NY, February 14-17, 2024.

Neuroplasticity Driven Brain Changes: The next frontier in brain injury cognitive rehabilitation (Symposium Chair and Presenter) Presented at the American Congress of Rehabilitative Medicine. October 2023. Atlanta, GA.

Neuroplasticity Driven Brain Changes: The next frontier in brain injury cognitive rehabilitation. Presented at the 75th Rusk Rehabilitation Research. September, 2023. New York, NY.

Repairing the Broken Brain: Breaking the Myth with Neuroplasticity. Presented at Washington College, Chestertown, MD, November 12, 2021.

Prospective Longitudinal Investigation of Reduced White Matter Integrity in First Time Concussions: A Diffusion Tensor Imaging Study. (Symposium Chair and Presenter) Presented at 4th Federal Interagency Conference on Traumatic Brain Injury. June 2018. Washington DC.

Effects of Technology Based Cognitive Intervention in Chronic Traumatic Brain Injury Adults. Presented at the Rusk Research Day, 2017.

The Benefits of Technology Enhanced Cognitive Remediation in Adults with Traumatic Brain Injury: A model of neuroplasticity training. Presented at the Rusk Rehabilitation Psychology Division Series. May 25th, 2017.

Technology Based Cognitive Interventions: Current Evidence-Based Approaches To Cognitive Remediation. Presented at the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, Dallas, TX. October 25 -30, 2015.

Train Your Brain. Presented at the Laura and Isaac Perlmuter Cancer Center Survivorship Lecture Series, New York University Medical Center. October, 2014.

Gaming, Cognitive Rehabilitation and Harnessing Neuroplasticity. Presented at the Consortium for Research and Evaluation of Advanced Technologies in Education (CREATE), New York University, October, 2014.

Computerized Auditory Training Improves Verbal Processing Speed in Adults with Traumatic Brain Injury: A model of neuroplasticity training. Presented at the Baycrest Medical Center/Rotman Research Institute Research Rounds, September, 2014, Toronto, Canada.

Auditory Processing Training for Adults with Traumatic Brain Injury Increases Processing Speed and Verbal Memory: A neuroplasticity approach to cognitive remediation. Presented at the NeuroTalk Neuroscience Conference 2014, May, 2014, Nanjing, China.

Technology Based Cognitive Interventions: Current evidence based approaches to cognitive remediation. (Symposium Chair and Presenter). Presented at the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine Annual Conference, November 12th-16th, 2013.

Auditory Processing Speed Intervention Study of Adults with a Traumatic Brain Injury: A pilot study using a technology based intervention. Presented at the North American Brain Injury Society Annual Conference. September 18th – 21st, 2013.

What? I can hear you, but you're talking too fast: An auditory processing speed intervention study of adults with a traumatic brain injury. Presented at the Entertainment Software and Cognitive Neurotherapeutics Society 2.0, March 14th – 17th, 2013.

Cognitive Rehabilitation. (Webinar), Presented at the Brain Injury Association of America, May 8th, 2013.

Translational cognitive rehabilitation: From functional neuroimaging to functional performance. (Symposium Chair). Presented at the American Psychological Association, August, 2007.

Functional neuroimaging: Can functional near infrared spectroscopy impact cognitive remediation? Presented at the American Psychological Association, August, 2007.

Shining light on Near Infrared Spectroscopy. Presented at the St. Christopher’s Pediatric Hospital, March, 2007.

Mild traumatic brain injury: A Functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy study. Presented at the Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation, September, 2006.

Window into the brain: Structural and functional neuroimaging techniques. Presented at the Liberty Science Center's Summer Teacher Institute Lecture Series, July, 2006.