Dr. Lindy Fields, clinical neuropsychologist at Nebraska Medicine and assistant professor at UNMC in Omaha, shares her passion of neuropsychology and the strange experiences like ‘tip of the tongue’ and imagination inflation on the PRCcast, Mondays With Mel. Both incidents are functions stemmed from the most complex organ in the human body: the brain!  

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Resources related to sports-related concussion and sports neuropsychology: 

1. Lindy Fields, Nyaz Didehbani, John Hart, Jr., & C Munro Cullum (2019) No linear association between number of concussions or years played and cognitive outcomes in retired NFL players, Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology https://doi.org/10.1093/arclin/acz008 

2. Jeff Schaffert, Christian LoBue, Lindy Fields, Kristin Wilmoth, Nyaz Didehbani, John Hart Jr. & C. Munro Cullum (2020) Neuropsychological functioning in ageing retired NFL players: a critical review, International Review of Psychiatry, 32, 71-88, DOI: 10.1080/09540261.2019.1658572

3. Sports Neuropsychology Society

4. Wall Street Journal article featuring our study on borrowing personal memories 

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