Daniel Tranel, PhD
Introduction
Neuropsychological and neuroanatomical correlates of complex human behavior. My research deals with the following topics: visual recognition; face recognition; verbal and nonverbal learning and retrieval; nonconscious cognitive processing; acquired disorders of social conduct; emotional processing; psychophysiology. The work is aimed at understanding brain-behavior relationships in humans, at systems level. Two main approaches are used: (1) the lesion method, in which brain-damaged patients are studied with neuropsychological procedures to determine how certain lesion sites are related to certain cognitive and behavioral deficits; and (2) functional imaging, including PET and fMRI, in which the brain activation in normal subjects is measured while the subjects are performing various tasks. My research has been continuously and fully funded for three decades. I have about a thousand square feet of laboratory space in the Department of Neurology in the University of Iowa Hospitals.
Current Positions
- Professor of Neurology
- Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences
- Associate Dean of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies
- Senior Director of Clinical Neuropsychology Fellowship
- Specialty: Cognitive Neuroscience
Education
- BA in Psychology, Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States
- MA in Clinical Psychology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
- PhD in Clinical Psychology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
- Fellow in Behavioral Neurology, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
- Postdoctoral Fellow in Clinical Neuropsychology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
Graduate Program Affiliations
Center, Program and Institute Affiliations
Research Interests
- Cognitive neuroscience at systems level
- Psychophysiology
- Clinical and experimental neuropsychology
Licenses & Certifications
- Specialty Board Certification: Diplomate in Clinical Neuropsychology, The American Board of Professional Psychology/American Board of Clinical Neuropsychology (ABPP/ABCN)
- Provider in Psychology, National Health Service
- Professional Psychology, State of Iowa, Iowa
Selected Publications
- Ukueberuwa, D., Nguyen, C. & Tranel, D. (In Press). Ethics, legal standards, and policy. In C. Block (Ed.), The neuropsychology roadmap: A complete training guide. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association (in press).
- Nikolas, M., Markon, K. & Tranel, D. (In Press). Psychopathology: Neurobiological and genetic mechanisms. In J.E. Maddux & B.A. Winstead (Eds.), Psychopathology: Foundations for a contemporary understanding (5th ed., pp. xx-xx). New York: Routledge/Taylor & Francis (in press).
- Pennycook, G., Tranel, D., Warner, K. & Asp, E. (In Press). Beyond reasonable doubt: Cognitive and neuropsychological implications for religious disbelief. In A. Coles (Ed.), Neurology of religion. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press (in press).
- Reber, J. & Tranel, D. (In Press). Emotions are important for advantageous decision-making: A neuropsychological perspective. In A. Fox, R. Lapate, A. Shackman, & R. Davidson (Eds.), The nature of emotion (2nd ed.). New York: Oxford University Press (in press).
- Bigler, E., Tranel, D. & Shear, P. (In Press). Lezak’s neuropsychological assessment (6th ed.). New York: Oxford University Press (in preparation)
. - Jones, R. & Tranel, D. (In Press). Houston Conference. In J.S. Kreutzer, J. DeLuca, & B. Caplan (Eds.), Encyclopedia of clinical neuropsychology. New York: Springer (in press). DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-56782-2_9259-1.
- Anderson, S. & Tranel, D. (In Press). The Iowa-Benton approach to neuropsychological assessment. In W. Barr & L. Bieliauskas (Eds.), Oxford History of clinical neuropsychology. New York: Oxford University Press (in press).
- Reber, J. & Tranel, D. (In Press). Neuropsychological syndromes. In J. Grafman & M. D’Esposito (Eds.), The frontal lobes (Handbook of Clinical Neurology). Amsterdam: Elsevier (in press)
. - Warren, D. E., Denburg, N. L., Power, J. D., Bruss, J., Waldron, E. J., Sun, H., Petersen, S. E. & Tranel, D. (2017). Brain Network Theory Can Predict Whether Neuropsychological Outcomes Will Differ from Clinical Expectations. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology: The Official Journal of the National Academy of Neuropsychologists 32 (1) 40–52. DOI: 10.1093/arclin/acw091. PMID: 27789443.
- King, M. & Tranel, D. (2017). Stable psychological functioning after surgery for epilepsy: An informant-based perspective. Epilepsy and Behavior 69 110–115. DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2017.01.028.