Catherine Price

Associate Professor University of Florida

  • Gainesville FL

Catherine Price studies the neuropsychology of older adults with and without dementia and neuroanatomical changes.

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Biography

Catherine Price’s career has been devoted to studying the neuropsychology of older adults with and without dementia and neuroanatomical changes and their effects on older adults’ cognitive functioning and cognitive change. She assesses individuals who are concerned about memory, problem-solving or thinking changes, cognitive decline, dementia and cognitive complications following various medical procedures.

Areas of Expertise

Parkinson's
Dementia
Brain Imaging
Neuroscience and the Brain
Cognitive Ageing
Movement Disorders
Neurodegenerative Diseases

Media Appearances

Could COVID delirium bring on dementia?

nature  online

2020-12-02

If the pandemic can be said to have a silver lining, says Inouye, it has been to spur interest in how delirium can lead to dementia — and vice versa. What’s more, says Catherine Price, a neuropsychologist at the University of Florida in Gainesville, the spread of COVID-19 “has highlighted the blurring of the lines between delirium and dementia, especially with more older adults in our populace”.

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Loneliness, delirium and mental decline: How the COVID-19 pandemic affects local seniors

The Independent Florida Alligator  online

2020-10-25

Depending on the conditions of a person’s isolation, a lack of stimulation can have negative effects on a person’s cognition, said UF neuropsychologist Catherine Price. She described the brain as a “sensory input system” that needs cognitive stimulation to remain healthy. She said this comes in a variety of forms, including stimulating all five senses and fostering different types of social interaction.

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UF research looks at pre-, post-surgery changes

Gainesville Sun  online

2018-07-22

Back in 2002, when Dr. Catherine Price began work as a University of Florida medical resident, she was stunned by a mentor’s research showing that orthopedic patients had more problems with cognitive change after surgery than other types of surgical patients.

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Relationships Between Chronic Pain Stage, Cognition, Temporal Lobe Cortex, and Sociodemographic Variables

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Jared J. Tanner, et al.

2021-04-20

Non-Hispanic black (NHB) individuals have increased risk of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) relative to non-Hispanic whites (NHW). Ethnicity/race can serve as a proxy sociodemographic variable for a complex representation of sociocultural and environmental factors. Chronic pain is a form of stress with high prevalence and sociodemographic disparities. Chronic pain is linked to lower cognition and accelerated biological aging.

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A qualitative analysis of clinicians’ communication strategies with family members of patients experiencing hospital-acquired delirium

Geriatric Nursing

Greenberry B. Taylor

2021-04-05

Identify doctors’ and nurses’ perceptions of effective communication strategies when talking with family members of patients with hospital-acquired delirium.

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Resilience, pain, and the brain: Relationships differ by sociodemographics

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Jared J. Tanner, et al.

2021-02-19

Chronic musculoskeletal (MSK) pain is disabling to individuals and burdensome to society. A relationship between telomere length and resilience was reported in individuals with consideration for chronic pain intensity. While chronic pain associates with brain changes, little is known regarding the neurobiological interface of resilience.

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