Nele Demeyere
I head the Translational Neuropsychology Group , which forms part of the Oxford Cognitive Neuropsychology Centre.
I am happy to supervise research undergraduate and MSc projects relating to cognitive neuropsychology and lesion-symptom mapping. Please feel free to contact me via e-mail.
I am a stipendiary psychology lecturer with St. Anne's College. I teach prelims tutorials for Psychology and Biomedical Sciences, Psychology for Medicine, Part I option: Cognitive Neuroscience and Part 2 option: The Attentive Brain.
Nele Demeyere
MSc, PhD
Associate Professor of Experimental Psychology
- Stroke Association Lord Leonard and Lady Estelle Wolfson Foundation Lecturer
My principal research interests lie in the field of Cognitive Neuropsychology with links to health research and rehabilitation.
As head of the Translational Neuropsychology Group, I lead a programme of work on cognitive impairments in stroke and dementia, including investigating differential long-term outcomes and developing clinically applicable cognitive screening tools, such as the Oxford Cognitive Screen. I am Chief Investigator of three NIHR UK Clinical Research Network portfolio studies, and lead the Cognitive Screening programme at the John Radcliffe Hospital Acute Stroke Unit. My primary research interests are in cognitive neuropsychology, including the impact and nature of cognitive impairments post stroke, with a particular affinity for attentional and executive processes. I am now also investigating more severe cognitive impairments in advanced dementia and how neuropsychological profiles can link to assessments of mental capacity.
In my group we cover research along the translational axis, from fundamental studies into the mechanisms underlying visuo-spatial neglect over lesion-function mapping studies using large cohort clinical scans to applied studies on developing clinical tools for cognitive screening and assessment. Our post-stroke cognitive screening programme has been running continuously since 2012, gathering cognitive, stroke and demographic data at several time points in effort to highlight different trajectories. More broadly, we support nationwide cognitive screening of stroke patients through the implementation of our Oxford Cognitive Screen (OCS) into clinical settings.
In addition to my research role, I coordinate undergraduate admissions for the EP and PPL course across the 20 admitting colleges in Oxford, lead our widening access programme and undergraduate outreach and tutor as a lecturer for St Anne’s College. I supervise both undergraduate and postgraduate research projects, including on the Clinical Doctorate training programme.
Key publications
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Domain-specific versus generalized cognitive screening in acute stroke.
Journal article
Demeyere N. et al, (2016), J Neurol, 263, 306 - 315
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The Oxford Cognitive Screen (OCS): validation of a stroke-specific short cognitive screening tool.
Journal article
Demeyere N. et al, (2015), Psychol Assess, 27, 883 - 894
Recent publications
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The relationship between executive function, risky behaviour and HIV in young women from the HPTN 068 study in rural South Africa.
Journal article
Rowe K. et al, (2020), AIDS Care, 1 - 11
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Current practice and challenges in screening for visual perception deficits after stroke: a qualitative study.
Journal article
Vancleef K. et al, (2020), Disabil Rehabil, 1 - 10
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Dissociating spatial attention from neglect dyslexia: A single case study.
Journal article
Moore MJ. and Demeyere N., (2020), Cortex, 130, 246 - 256
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The association between communication impairments and acquired alexithymia in chronic stroke patients
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HOBSON H. et al, (2020), Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology
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Non-Spatial Impairments Affect False-Positive Neglect Diagnosis Based on Cancellation Tasks.
Journal article
Huygelier H. et al, (2020), J Int Neuropsychol Soc, 1 - 11
Oxford Cognitive Screen
For more information and downloads of the Oxford Cognitive Screen, please go to www.ocs-test.org