Anthony C. Ruocco: Psychology

Clinical Neurosciences Laboratory

Director: Anthony C. Ruocco, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Affiliate Research Scientist, Centre for Addiction & Mental Health

Department of Psychology,
University of Toronto Scarborough

1265 Military Trail, Toronto, Ontario, M1C 1A4, Canada Tel.416 208 2762 e-mail aruocco@utsc.utoronto.ca

Selected publications

Referred Articles

• Ruocco, A. C., Medaglia, J. D., Ayaz, H., & Chute, D. L. (2010). Abnormal prefrontal cortical response during affective processing in borderline personality disorder. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, 182, 117-122.
• Ruocco, A. C., Medaglia, J. D., Tinker, J. R., Ayaz, H., Forman, E. M., Newman, C. F., Williams, J. M., Hillary F. G., Platek, S. M., Onaral, B., & Chute, D. L. (2010). Medial prefrontal cortex hyperactivation during social exclusion in borderline personality disorder. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, 181, 233-236.
• Ruocco, A. C., McCloskey, M. S., Lee, R., & Coccaro, E. F. (2009). Indices of orbitofrontal and prefrontal function in Cluster B and Cluster C personality disorders. Psychiatry Research, 170, 283-286.
• Ruocco, A. C., Swirsky-Sacchetti, T., Chute, D. L., Mandel, S., Platek, S. M., & Zillmer, E. A. (2008). Distinguishing between neuropsychological malingering and exaggerated psychiatric symptoms in a neuropsychological setting. The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 22, 547-564.
• Ruocco, A. C., Swirsky-Sacchetti, T., & Choca, J. P. (2007). Assessing personality and psychopathology after traumatic brain injury using the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-III. Brain Injury, 21, 1239-1250.
• Ruocco, A. C., & Swirsky-Sacchetti, T. (2007). Personality disorder symptomatology and neuropsychological functioning in closed head injury. Journal of Neuropsychiatry & Clinical Neurosciences, 19, 27-35.
• Irani, F., Platek, S. M., Bunce, S., Ruocco, A. C., & Chute, D. L. (2007). Functional near infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS): An emerging neuroimaging technology with important applications for the study of brain disorders. The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 21, 9-37.
• Ruocco, A. C., & Platek, S. M. (2006). Executive function and language deficits associated with aggressive-sadistic personality. Behavioral & Brain Sciences, 29, 239-240.
• Ruocco, A. C., (2005). The neuropsychology of borderline personality disorder: A meta-analysis and review. Psychiatry Research, 137, 191-202.
• Ruocco, A. C., (2005). Re-evaluating the distinction between Axis I and Axis II disorders: The case of borderline personality disorder. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 61, 1509-1523.

Book Chapters

• Ruocco, A. C., Kunchandy, E., & Lacy, M. (2010). Psychopathological conditions in adults. In S. J. Hunter & J. Donders (Eds.), Principles and practice of lifespan developmental neuropsychology (pp. 455-268). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
• Schatz, P., Ruocco, A. C., Medaglia, J. D., & Chute, D. L. (2008). Observing neural networking in vivo. In L. T. Benjamin, Jr. (Ed.), Favorite activities for the teaching of psychology (pp. 46-51). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Awards & Honours

• Dissertation Research Award, American Psychological Association
• Young Investigator Award, American Neuropsychiatric Association
• Student Research Award, Philadelphia Neuropsychology Society
• Postgraduate Doctoral Fellowship, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
• Postgraduate Masters Fellowship, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
• Dean’s Fellowship, College of Arts & Sciences, Drexel University
• Undergraduate Student Research Award, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada