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Professor Julie Henry
ARC Future Fellowship
Affiliate Professor
julie.henry@uq.edu.au
Henry is an ARC Future Fellow and Professor in the School of Psychology at The University of Queensland, and is also an Affiliate Professor at The Queensland Brain Institute as well as The Mater Research Institute. Henry is a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia, and of the Association for Psychological Science.
Henry leads a group that particularly focuses on how social cognition and prospection are disrupted by normal adult ageing and clinical illness. Social cognition broadly refers to the processing of social information, such as the ability to recognise facial emotions, and to appropriately attend to eye gaze cues. Prospection refers to future-oriented cognitions and behaviours, such as prospective memory and episodic foresight. Henry's work has provided important insights into when and why these critical cognitive abilities break down, and the types of interventions that can be used to generate meaningful gains in these cognitive abilities. Reflecting the importance of this work, Henry has published more than 180 peer‑reviewed papers in her career to date. These publications appear in high impact outlets that include Cognition, Cortex, Developmental Science, Psychology and Aging, Emotion, Brain, Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, and Nature Reviews Neurology. Henry's research has already been cited more than 12,000 times in Scopus with Google Scholar listing more than 23,000 citations.
Henry has also received continuous prestigious and highly competitive research funding: ~$7m to date. This has included leading seven major Australian Research Council Project Grants. Since 2016 alone, she has been the recipient of an ARC Future Fellowship ($965K), an ARC Discovery Project Grant ($645K), a UK Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) grant (£500K), an NHMRC Boosting Dementia Research grant ($700K), and an ARC Linkage Grant ($461K).
Between 2011 and 2017, Henry was Editor in Chief of the British Journal of Clinical Psychology. She is also currently an Associate Editor for Gerontology, and serves on a number of editorial boards. In 2016 Prof Henry was the recipient of the UQ Research Higher Degree Supervision Award from the Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences: competitive across the Faculty's six schools and three research centres. This was in recognition of the excellent outcomes her PhD students have achieved. This includes postdoctoral positions at Harvard Medical School (three recent graduates) and The University of Cambridge.
Research Report (1)
Kalokerinos, Elise K., von Hippel, William and Henry, Julie D. (2017). Social cognition and aging. Encyclopedia of geropsychology. (pp. 2168-2174) Singapore: Springer Singapore. doi: 10.1007/978-981-287-082-7_2
Kalokerinos, Elise K., von Hippel, William and Henry, Julie D. (2015). Social cognition and aging. Encyclopedia of geropsychology. (pp. 1-7) Singapore: Springer Singapore. doi: 10.1007/978-981-287-080-3_2-1
Phillips, Louise H., Slessor, Gillian, Bailey, Phoebe E. and Henry, Julie D. (2014). Older adults' perception of social and emotional cues. The Oxford Handbook of Emotion, Social Cognition, and Problem Solving in Adulthood. (pp. 9-25) edited by Paul Verhaeghen and Christopher K. Hertzog. New York, NY, USA: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199899463.001.0001
Crawford, John R. and Henry, Julie D. (2012). Assessment of executive dysfunction. The effectiveness of rehabilitation for cognitive deficits. (pp. 233-244) edited by Peter W. Halligan and Derick T. Wade. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198526544.003.0019
von Hippel, William and Henry, Julie D. (2012). Social cognitive aging. The SAGE handbook of social cognition. (pp. 390-411) edited by Susan T. Fiske and C. Neil Macrae. Los Angeles, CA, United States: Sage Publications. doi: 10.4135/9781446247631.n20
Phillips, Louise H. and Henry, Julie D. (2011). Adult aging and executive functioning. Executive Functions and the Frontal Lobes: A Lifespan Perspective. (pp. 57-79) Taylor and Francis. doi: 10.4324/9780203837863
von Hippel, William and Henry, Julie D. (2011). Aging and self-regulation. Handbook of self-Regulation: Research, theory, and applications. (pp. 321-335) edited by Kathleen D. Vohs and Roy F. Baumeister. New York, United States: Guilford Press.
Phillips, Louise H., Henry, Julie D. and Martin, Mike (2007). Adult aging and prospective memory: The importance of ecological validity. Prospective Memory: Cognitive, Neuroscience, Developmental, and Applied Perspectives. (pp. 161-185) New York, NY United States: Taylor and Francis. doi: 10.4324/9780203809945
Phillips, Louise H. and Henry, Julie D. (2005). An evaluation of the frontal lobe theory of cognitive aging. Measuring the Mind Speed, control, and age. (pp. 1-28) Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198566427.003.0008
Manchery, Nithin, Nangle, Matthew R., Grainger, Sarah A., Haines, Simon, Pradhan, Archana, Rendell, Peter G. and Henry, Julie D. (2021). Event-based but not time-based prospective memory is related to oral health in late adulthood. Gerontology, 1-9. doi: 10.1159/000511607
Kgolo, Tumelo, Grainger, Sarah A. and Henry, Julie D. (2020). Empathy and schizotypy following acquired brain damage. British Journal of Clinical Psychology bjc.12274. doi: 10.1111/bjc.12274
Grainger, Sarah A., Vanman, Eric J. and Henry, Julie D. (2020). Tears of sadness reduce others' gazing toward the eyes. Emotion. doi: 10.1037/emo0000926
Haines, Simon J., Randall, Susan E., Terrett, Gill, Busija, Lucy, Tatangelo, Gemma, McLennan, Skye N., Rose, Nathan S., Kliegel, Matthias, Henry, Julie D. and Rendell, Peter G. (2020). Differences in time-based task characteristics help to explain the age-prospective memory paradox. Cognition, 202 104305, 104305. doi: 10.1016/j.cognition.2020.104305
Grainger, Sarah A. and Henry, Julie D. (2020). Gaze patterns to emotional faces throughout the adult lifespan. Psychology and Aging, 35 (7), 981-992. doi: 10.1037/pag0000571
Henry, Julie D., Terrett, Gill, Grainger, Sarah A., Rose, Nathan S., Kliegel, Matthias, Bugge, Melissa, Ryrie, Clare and Rendell, Peter G. (2020). Implementation intentions and prospective memory function in late adulthood. Psychology and Aging, 35 (8), 1105-1114. doi: 10.1037/pag0000563
Chander, Russell J., Grainger, Sarah A., Crawford, John D., Mather, Karen A., Numbers, Katya, Cleary, Rhiagh, Kochan, Nicole A., Brodaty, Henry, Henry, Julie D. and Sachdev, Perminder S. (2020). Development of a short-form version of the Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test for assessing theory of mind in older adults. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 35 (11) gps.5369, 1322-1330. doi: 10.1002/gps.5369
Demichelis, Olivia P., Coundouris, Sarah P., Grainger, Sarah A. and Henry, Julie D. (2020). Empathy and Theory of Mind in Alzheimer's Disease: A Meta-analysis. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 26 (10), 1-15. doi: 10.1017/s1355617720000478
Pizarro-Campagna, Elizabeth, Terrett, Gill, Jovev, Martina, Rendell, Peter G., Henry, Julie D. and Chanen, Andrew M. (2020). Rapid facial mimicry responses are preserved in youth with first presentation borderline personality disorder. Journal of Affective Disorders, 266, 14-21. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2020.01.097
Hayes, Grace S., Mclennan, Skye N., Henry, Julie D., Phillips, Louise H., Terrett, Gill, Rendell, Peter G., Pelly, Rachel M. and Labuschagne, Izelle (2020). Task characteristics influence facial emotion recognition age-effects: a meta-analytic review. Psychology and Aging, 35 (2), 295-315. doi: 10.1037/pag0000441
Coundouris, Sarah P., Adams, Alexandra G. and Henry, Julie D. (2020). Empathy and theory of mind in Parkinson's disease: a meta-analysis. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 109, 92-102. doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2019.12.030
Grainger, Sarah A., Rakunathan, Vidhya, Adams, Alexandra G., Canty, Alana L. and Henry, Julie D. (2020). An assessment of age differences in theory of mind using the virtual assessment of mentalizing ability. Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition, 28 (1), 1-11. doi: 10.1080/13825585.2020.1713290
Manchery, Nithin, Henry, Julie D. and Nangle, Matthew R. (2019). A systematic review of oral health in people with multiple sclerosis. Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, 48 (2) cdoe.12512, 89-100. doi: 10.1111/cdoe.12512
Domínguez D, Juan F., Nott, Zoie, Horne, Kristina, Prangley, Tarran, Adams, Alexandra G., Henry, Julie D. and Molenberghs, Pascal (2019). Structural and functional brain correlates of theory of mind impairment post-stroke. Cortex, 121, 427-442. doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2019.09.017
Gautam, Shalini, Suddendorf, Thomas, Henry, Julie D. and Redshaw, Jonathan (2019). A taxonomy of mental time travel and counterfactual thought: Insights from cognitive development. Behavioural Brain Research, 374 112108, 112108. doi: 10.1016/j.bbr.2019.112108
Coundouris, Sarah P., Terrett, Gill, Laakso, Liisa, Schweitzer, Daniel, Kneebone, Anthony, Rendell, Peter G. and Henry, Julie D. (2019). A meta-analytic review of prospection deficits in Parkinson's disease. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 108, 34-47. doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2019.10.016
Michaelian, Johannes C., Mowszowski, Loren, Guastella, Adam J., Henry, Julie D., Duffy, Shantel, McCade, Donna and Naismith, Sharon L. (2019). Theory of mind in mild cognitive impairment-relationship with limbic structures and behavioural change. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 25 (10), 1023-1034. doi: 10.1017/S1355617719000870
Grainger, Sarah A., Crawford, John D., Kochan, Nicole A., Mather, Karen A., Chander, Russell J., Draper, Brian, Brodaty, Henry, Sachdev, Perminder S. and Henry, Julie D. (2019). An investigation into early-life stress and cognitive function in older age. International Psychogeriatrics, 32 (11), 1-5. doi: 10.1017/s1041610219001583
Terrett, Gill, Mercuri, Kimberly, Pizarro-Campagna, Elizabeth, Hugrass, Laila, Curran, H. Valerie, Henry, Julie D. and Rendell, Peter G. (2019). Social cognition impairments in long-term opiate users in treatment. Journal of Psychopharmacology, 34 (2), 026988111987598-263. doi: 10.1177/0269881119875981
Adams, Alexandra G., Henry, Julie D., Molenberghs, Pascal, Robinson, Gail A., Nott, Zoie and von Hippel, William (2019). The relationship between social cognitive difficulties in the acute stages of stroke and later functional outcomes. Social Neuroscience, 15 (2) 17470919.2019.1668845, 1-12. doi: 10.1080/17470919.2019.1668845
Coundouris, Sarah P., Adams, Alexandra G., Grainger, Sarah A. and Henry, Julie D. (2019). Social perceptual function in Parkinson's disease: a meta-analysis. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 104, 255-267. doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2019.07.011
Nangle, Matthew R., Henry, Julie D., von Hippel, Courtney and Kjelsaas, Kathleen (2019). An empirical study of how emotion dysregulation and social cognition relate to occupational burnout in dentistry. British Dental Journal, 227 (4), 285-290. doi: 10.1038/s41415-019-0620-0
Henry, Julie D., Moore, Phillipa, Terrett, Gill, Rendell, Peter G. and Scott, James G. (2019). A comparison of different types of prospective memory reminders in schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research, 210, 89-93. doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2019.06.002
Adams, Alexandra G., Schweitzer, Daniel, Molenberghs, Pascal and Henry, Julie D. (2019). A meta-analytic review of social cognitive function following stroke. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 102, 400-416. doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2019.03.011
Grainger, Sarah A., Vanman, Eric J., Matters, Gabriella and Henry, Julie D. (2019). The influence of tears on older and younger adults' perceptions of sadness. Psychology and Aging, 34 (5), 665-673. doi: 10.1037/pag0000373
Varcin, Kandice J., Grainger, Sarah A., Bailey, Phoebe E., Richmond, Jenny L. and Henry, Julie D. (2019). Empathy for others' pain is disrupted at the neurophysiological level in schizophrenia. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 58 (4) bjc.12220, 406-426. doi: 10.1111/bjc.12220
Terrett, Gill, Horner, Katherine, White, Roxanne, Henry, Julie D., Kliegel, Matthias, Labuschagne, Izelle and Rendell, Peter G. (2019). The relationship between episodic future thinking and prospective memory in middle childhood: mechanisms depend on task type. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 178, 198-213. doi: 10.1016/j.jecp.2018.10.003
Bulley, Adam, Miloyan, Beyon, Pepper, Gillian V., Gullo, Matthew J., Henry, Julie D. and Suddendorf, Thomas (2019). Cuing both positive and negative episodic foresight reduces delay discounting but does not affect risk-taking. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 72 (8), 1747021818819777-2017. doi: 10.1177/1747021818819777
Varcin, Kandice J., Grainger, Sarah A., Richmond, Jenny L., Bailey, Phoebe E. and Henry, Julie D. (2019). A role for affectivity in rapid facial mimicry: an electromyographic study. Social Neuroscience, 14 (5), 1-10. doi: 10.1080/17470919.2018.1564694
Labuschagne, Izelle, Pedder, David J., Henry, Julie D., Terrett, Gill and Rendell, Peter G. (2019). Age differences in emotion regulation and facial muscle reactivity to emotional films. Gerontology, 66 (1), 1-11. doi: 10.1159/000501584
Lyons, Amanda D., Henry, Julie D., Robinson, Gail, Rendell, Peter G. and Suddendorf, Thomas (2019). Episodic foresight and stroke. Neuropsychology, 33 (1), 93-102. doi: 10.1037/neu0000495
Nangle, Matthew R., Riches, Julia, Grainger, Sarah A., Manchery, Nithin, Sachdev, Perminder S. and Henry, Julie D. (2019). Oral health and cognitive function in older adults: a systematic review. Gerontology, 65 (6), 1-14. doi: 10.1159/000496730
Varcin, Kandice J., Nangle, Matthew R., Henry, Julie D., Bailey, Phoebe E. and Richmond, Jenny L. (2018). Intact spontaneous emotional expressivity to non-facial but not facial stimuli in schizophrenia: an electromyographic study. Schizophrenia Research, 206, 37-42. doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2018.12.019
Grainger, Sarah A., Henry, Julie D., Steinvik, Henriette R. and Vanman, Eric J. (2018). Intranasal oxytocin does not alter initial perceptions of facial trustworthiness in younger or older adults. Journal of Psychopharmacology , 33 (2), 026988111880630-254. doi: 10.1177/0269881118806303
Grainger, Sarah, Steinvik, Henriette, Henry, Julie D. and Phillips, Louise (2018). The role of social attention in older adults' ability to interpret naturalistic social scenes. The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 72 (6), 174702181879177-1343. doi: 10.1177/1747021818791774
Mercuri, Kimberly, Terrett, Gill, Henry, Julie D., Curran, H. Valerie, Elliott, Morgan and Rendell, Peter G. (2018). Episodic foresight deficits in regular, but not recreational, cannabis users. Journal of Psychopharmacology, 32 (8), 269881118776672-882. doi: 10.1177/0269881118776672
Lee, T., Thalamuthu, A., Henry, J. D., Trollor, J. N., Ames, D., Wright, M. J., Sachdev, P. S. and OATS Research Team (2018). Genetic and environmental influences on language ability in older adults: findings from the older australian twins study. Behavior Genetics, 48 (3), 187-197. doi: 10.1007/s10519-018-9897-z
Roberts, Stefanie, Henry, Julie D. and Molenberghs, Pascal (2018). Immoral behaviour following brain damage: a review. Journal of Neuropsychology, 13 (3), 564-588. doi: 10.1111/jnp.12155
Grainger, Sarah A., Henry, Julie D., Steinvik, Henriette R., Vanman, Eric J., Rendell, Peter G. and Labuschagne, Izelle (2018). Intranasal oxytocin does not reduce age-related difficulties in social cognition. Hormones and Behavior, 99, 25-34. doi: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2018.01.009
Henry, Julie D., von Hippel, William, Nangle, Matthew R. and Waters, Michele (2018). Age and the experience of strong self-conscious emotion. Aging and Mental Health, 22 (4), 497-502. doi: 10.1080/13607863.2016.1268094
Grainger, Sarah A., Henry, Julie D., Naughtin, Claire K., Comino, Marita S. and Dux, Paul E. (2018). Implicit false belief tracking is preserved in late adulthood. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 71 (9), 174702181773469-1987. doi: 10.1177/1747021817734690
Sutcliffe, Ryan, Rendell, Peter G., Henry, Julie D., Bailey, Phoebe E. and Ruffman, Ted (2017). Music to my ears: Age-related decline in musical and facial emotion recognition. Psychology and Aging, 32 (8), 698-709. doi: 10.1037/pag0000203
Datyner, Amy, Henry, Julie D and Richmond, Jenny L (2017). Rapid facial reactions in response to happy and angry expressions in 7-month-old infants. Developmental Psychobiology, 59 (8), 1046-1050. doi: 10.1002/dev.21575
Nangle, Matthew R., Bailey, Phoebe E., Henry, Julie D., Khlentzos, Georgina S., Varcin, Kandice J. and Whitton, Alexis E. (2017). Age invariance in rapid facial affective reactions to emotionally valenced stimuli. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Pyschology, 71 (8), 1-37. doi: 10.1080/17470218.2017.1345960
Bulley, Adam, Henry, Julie D. and Suddendorf, Thomas (2017). Thinking about threats: memory and prospection in human threat management. Consciousness and Cognition, 49, 53-69. doi: 10.1016/j.concog.2017.01.005
Thompson, Claire L., Henry, Julie D., Rendell, Peter G., Withall, Adrienne, Kochan, Nicole A. , Sachdev, Perminder and Brodaty, Henry (2017). Prospective memory function and cue salience in mild cognitive impairment: findings from the Sydney Memory and Ageing Study. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 39 (10), 1-13. doi: 10.1080/13803395.2017.1281382
von Hippel, Courtney, Henry, Julie D. , Terrett, Gill, Mercuri, Kimberly, Mcalear, Karen and Rendell, Peter G. (2017). Stereotype threat and social function in opioid substitution therapy patients. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 56 (2), 160-171. doi: 10.1111/bjc.12128
Ziaei, Maryam, Burianova, Hana, von Hippel, William, Ebner, Natalie C., Phillips, Louise H. and Henry, Julie D. (2016). The impact of aging on the neural networks involved in gaze and emotional processing. Neurobiology of Aging, 48, 182-194. doi: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2016.08.026
Redshaw, Jonathan, Henry, Julie D. and Suddendorf, Thomas (2016). Disentangling the effect of event-based cues on children's time-based prospective memory performance. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 150, 130-140. doi: 10.1016/j.jecp.2016.05.008
Imuta, Kana, Henry, Julie D., Slaughter, Virginia, Selcuk, Bilge and Ruffman, Ted (2016). Theory of mind and prosocial behavior in childhood: a meta-analytic review. Developmental Psychology, 52 (8), 1192-1205. doi: 10.1037/dev0000140
Molenberghs, Pascal, Johnson, Halle, Henry, Julie D. and Mattingley, Jason B. (2016). Understanding the minds of others: a neuroimaging meta-analysis. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 65, 276-291. doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2016.03.020
Mercuri, Kimberly, Terrett, Gilll, Bailey, Phoebe E., Henry, Julie D., Curran, Helen Valerie and Rendell, Peter G. (2016). Deconstructing the nature of episodic foresight deficits associated with chronic opiate use. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 55 (4), 401-413. doi: 10.1111/bjc.12110
Henry, Julie D., Addis, Donna Rose, Suddendorf, Thomas and Rendell, Peter G. (2016). Introduction to the special issue: prospection difficulties in clinical populations. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 55 (1), 1-3. doi: 10.1111/bjc.12108
Bulley, Adam, Henry, Julie and Suddendorf, Thomas (2016). Prospection and the present moment: the role of episodic foresight in intertemporal choices between immediate and delayed rewards. Review of General Psychology, 20 (1), 29-47. doi: 10.1037/gpr0000061
Ruffman, Ted, Wilson, Marc, Henry, Julie D., Dawson, Abigail, Chen, Yan, Kladnitski, Natalie, Myftari, Ella, Murray, Janice, Halberstadt, Jamin and Hunter, John A. (2016). Age differences in right-wing authoritarianism and their relation to emotion recognition. Emotion, 16 (2), 226-236. doi: 10.1037/emo0000107
Pedder, David J., Terrett, Gill, Bailey, Phoebe E., Henry, Julie D., Ruffman, Ted and Rendell, Peter G. (2016). Reduced facial reactivity as a contributor to preserved emotion regulation in older adults. Psychology and Aging, 31 (1), 114-125. doi: 10.1037/a0039985
Henry, Julie D., Castellini, Julieta, Moses, Ernestina and Scott, James G. (2016). Emotion regulation in adolescents with mental health problems. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 38 (2), 197-207. doi: 10.1080/13803395.2015.1100276
Terrett, Gill, Lyons, Amanda, Henry, Julie D., Ryrie, Clare, Suddendorf, Thomas and Rendell, Peter G. (2016). Acting with the future in mind is impaired in long-term opiate users. Psychopharmacology, 234 (1), 1-10. doi: 10.1007/s00213-016-4442-3
Perez-Zapata, Daniel, Slaughter, Virginia and Henry, Julie D. (2016). Cultural effects on mindreading. Cognition, 146, 410-414. doi: 10.1016/j.cognition.2015.10.018
Henry, Julie D., von Hippel, William, Molenberghs, Pascal, Lee, Teresa and Sachdev, Perminder S. (2016). Clinical assessment of social cognitive function in neurological disorders. Nature Reviews Neurology, 12 (1), 28-39. doi: 10.1038/nrneurol.2015.229
Shahaeian, Ameneh, Henry, Julie D., Razmjoee, Maryam, Teymoori, Ali and Wang, Cen (2015). Towards a better understanding of the relationship between executive control and theory of mind: an intra-cultural comparison of three diverse samples. Developmental Science, 18 (5), 671-685. doi: 10.1111/desc.12243
Ziaei, Maryam, von Hippel, William, Henry, Julie D. and Becker, Stefanie I. (2015). Are age effects in positivity influenced by the valence of distractors?. PLoS One, 10 (9) e0137604, 1-15. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0137604
Lyons, Amanda D., Henry, Julie D., Rendell, Peter G., Robinson, Gail and Suddendorf, Thomas (2015). Episodic foresight and schizophrenia. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 55 (2), 107-122. doi: 10.1111/bjc.12092
Slaughter, Virginia, Imuta, Kana, Peterson, Candida C. and Henry, Julie D. (2015). Meta-analysis of theory of mind and peer popularity in the preschool and early school years. Child Development, 86 (4), 1159-1174. doi: 10.1111/cdev.12372
Terrett, Gill, Rose, Nathan S, Henry, Julie D, Bailey, Phoebe E, Altgassen, Mareike, Phillips, Louise H, Kliegel, Matthias and Rendell, Peter G (2015). The relationship between prospective memory and episodic future thinking in younger and older adulthood. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 69 (2), 310-323. doi: 10.1080/17470218.2015.1054294
Henry, Julie D., Moses, Ernestina, Castellini, Julieta and Scott, James (2015). Mental health problems in adolescence and the interpretation of unambiguous threat. PLoS ONE, 10 (6) e0127167, 1-11. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0127167
Henry, Julie D., Joeffry, Sebastian, Terrett, Gill, Ballhausen, Nicola, Kliegel, Matthias and Rendell, Peter G. (2015). Prospective memory function in late adulthood: affect at encoding and resource allocation costs. PL o S One, 10 (4) e0125124, 1-11. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0125124
Mercuri, Kimberly, Terrett, Gill, Henry, Julie D., Bailey, Phoebe E., Curran, H. Val and Rendell, Peter G. (2015). Episodic foresight deficits in long-term opiate users. Psychopharmacology, 232 (7), 1337-1345. doi: 10.1007/s00213-014-3772-2
Kalokerinos, Elise K., von Hippel, Courtney and Henry, Julie D. (2015). Job attitudes are differentially associated with bridge employment and phased retirement among older Australian employees. Working, Aging and Retirement, 1 (2), 190-201. doi: 10.1093/workar/wau014
Thompson, C. L., Henry, J. D., Rendell, P. G., Withall, A. and Brodaty, H. (2015). How valid are subjective ratings of prospective memory in mild cognitive impairment and early dementia?. Gerontology, 61 (3), 251-257. doi: 10.1159/000371347
Habota, Tina, McLennan, Skye N., Cameron, Jan, Henry, Julie D., Ski, Chantal F., Thompson, David R. and Rendell, Peter G. (2015). Prospective memory impairment in chronic heart failure. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 21 (3), 183-192. doi: 10.1017/S1355617715000119
Henry, Julie D., Cowan, David G., Lee, Teresa and Sachdev, Perminder S. (2015). Recent trends in testing social cognition. Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 28 (2), 133-140. doi: 10.1097/YCO.0000000000000139
Ballhausen, Nicola, Rendell, Peter G., Henry, Julie D., Joeffry, Sebastian and Kliegel, Matthias (2015). Emotional valence differentially affects encoding and retrieval of prospective memory in older adults. Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition: A Journal on Normal and Dysfunctional Development, 22 (5), 544-559. doi: 10.1080/13825585.2014.1001316
Altgassen, Mareike, Rendell, Peter G., Bernhard, Anka, Henry, Julie D., Bailey, Phoebe E., Phillips, Louise H. and Kliegel, Matthias (2015). Future thinking improves prospective memory performance and plan enactment in older adults. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 68 (1), 192-204. doi: 10.1080/17470218.2014.956127
Grainger, Sarah A., Henry, Julie D., Phillips, Louise H., Vanman, Eric J. and Allen, Roy (2015). Age deficits in facial affect recognition: the influence of dynamic cues. Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 72 (4), 622-632. doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbv100
Lyons, Amanda D., Henry, Julie D., Rendell, Peter G., Corballis, Michael C. and Suddendorf, Thomas (2014). Episodic foresight and aging. Psychology and Aging, 29 (4), 873-884. doi: 10.1037/a0038130
Henry, Julie D., Terrett, Gill, Altgassen, Mareike, Raponi-Saunders, Sandra, Ballhausen, Nicola, Schnitzspahn, Katharina M. and Rendell, Peter G. (2014). A Virtual Week study of prospective memory function in autism spectrum disorders. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 127, 110-125. doi: 10.1016/j.jecp.2014.01.011
Phillips, Louise H., Henry, Julie D., Nouzova, Eva, Cooper, Clare, Radlak, Bogumila and Summers, Fiona (2014). Difficulties with emotion regulation in multiple sclerosis: links to executive function, mood, and quality of life. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 36 (8), 831-842. doi: 10.1080/13803395.2014.946891
Kalokerinos, Elise K., von Hippel, William, Henry, Julie D. and Trivers, Robert (2014). The aging positivity effect and immune function: positivity in recall predicts higher CD4 counts and lower CD4 activation. Psychology and Aging, 29 (3), 636-641. doi: 10.1037/a0037452
Terrett, Gill, McLennan, Skye N., Henry, Julie D., Biernacki, Kathryn, Mercuri, Kimberly, Curran, H. Valerie and Rendell, Peter G. (2014). Prospective memory impairment in long-term opiate users. Psychopharmacology, 231 (13), 2623-2632. doi: 10.1007/s00213-014-3432-6
Whitton, Alexis E., Henry, Julie D. and Grisham, Jessica R. (2014). Cognitive and psychophysiological correlates of disgust in obsessive-compulsive disorder. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 54 (1), 16-33. doi: 10.1111/bjc.12058
Slessor, Gillian, Bailey, Phoebe E., Rendell, Peter G., Ruffman, Ted, Henry, Julie D. and Miles, Lynden K. (2014). Examining the time course of young and older adults' mimicry of enjoyment and nonenjoyment smiles. Emotion, 14 (3), 532-544. doi: 10.1037/a0035825
Whitton, Alexis E., Henry, Julie D. and Grisham, Jessica R. (2014). Moral rigidity in obsessive-compulsive disorder: do abnormalities in inhibitory control, cognitive flexibility and disgust play a role?. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 45 (1), 152-159. doi: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2013.10.001
Whitton, Alexis E., Henry, Julie D., Rendell, Peter G. and Grisham, Jessica R. (2014). Disgust, but not anger provocation, enhances levator labii superioris activity during exposure to moral transgressions. Biological Psychology, 96 (1), 48-56. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2013.11.012
Henry, Julie D., Phillips, Louise H. and Von Hippel, Courtney (2014). A meta-analytic review of theory of mind difficulties in behavioural-variant frontotemporal dementia. Neuropsychologia, 56 (1), 53-62. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2013.12.024
Suddendorf, Thomas and Henry, Julie (2013). Proximate and ultimate perspectives on memory. Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, 2 (4), 246-247. doi: 10.1016/j.jarmac.2013.10.005
Terrett, Gill, Rendell, Peter G., Raponi-Saunders, Sandra, Henry, Julie D., Bailey, Phoebe E. and Altgassen, Mareike (2013). Episodic Future Thinking in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 43 (11), 2558-2568. doi: 10.1007/s10803-013-1806-y
Henry, Julie D., Phillips, Louise H., Ruffman, Ted and Bailey, Phoebe E. (2013). A Meta-Analytic Review of Age Differences in Theory of Mind. Psychology and Aging, 28 (3), 826-839. doi: 10.1037/a0030677
Mioni, Giovanna, Rendell, Peter G., Henry, Julie D., Cantagallo, Anna and Stablum, Franca (2013). An investigation of prospective memory functions in people with traumatic brain injury using Virtual Week. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 35 (6), 617-630. doi: 10.1080/13803395.2013.804036
Whitton, Alexis E. and Henry, Julie D. (2013). The relationship between sub-clinical obsessive-compulsive symptoms and social cognition in chronic schizophrenia. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 52 (2), 115-128. doi: 10.1111/bjc.12004
Lee, Teresa, Lipnicki, Darreb M., Crawford, John D., Henry, Julie D., Trollnor, Julian N., Ames, David and Wright, Margaret J. (2013). Leisure activity, health, and medical correlates of neurocognitive performance among monzygotic twins: The Older Australian Twins Study. The Journals of Gerontology. Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 69 (4), 514-522. doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbt031
von Hippel, Courtney, Kalokerinos, Elise K. and Henry, Julie D. (2013). Stereotype threat among older employees: relationship with job attitudes and turnover intentions. Psychology and Aging, 28 (1), 17-27. doi: 10.1037/a0029825
Kliegel, Matthias, Mahy, Cailin E.V., Voigt, Babett, Henry, Julie D., Rendell, Peter G. and Aberle, Ingo (2013). The development of prospective memory in young schoolchildren: The impact of ongoing task absorption, cue salience, and cue centrality. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 116 (4), 792-810. doi: 10.1016/j.jecp.2013.07.012
Rendell, Peter G., Bailey, Phoebe E., Henry, Julie D., Phillips, Louise H., Gaskin, Shae and Kliegel, Matthias (2012). Older adults have greater difficulty imagining future rather than atemporal experiences. Psychology and Aging, 27 (4), 1089-1098. doi: 10.1037/a0029748
Lee, Teresa, Crawford, John D., Henry, Julie D., Trollor, Julian N., Kochan, Nicole A., Wright, Margaret J., Ames, David, Brodaty, Henry and Sachdev, Perminder S. (2012). Mediating effects of processing speed and executive functions in age-related differences in episodic memory performance: a cross-validation study. Neuropsychology, 26 (6), 776-784. doi: 10.1037/a0030053
McCarrey, Anna C., Henry, Julie D., von Hippel, William, Weidemann, Gabrielle, Sachdev, Perminder S., Wohl, Michael J. A. and Williams, Mark (2012). Age differences in Neural Activity during Slot Machine Gambling: an fMRI study. Plos One, 7 (11 Article No.e49787) e49787, e49787-1-e49787-5. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0049787
Henry, Julie D., Thompson, Claire, Rendell, Peter G., Phillips, Louise H., Carbert, Jessica, Sachdev, Perminder and Brodaty, Henry (2012). Perception of biological motion and emotion in mild cognitive impairment and dementia. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 18 (5), 866-873. doi: 10.1017/S1355617712000665
Lee, Teresa, Mosing, Miriam A., Henry, Julie D., Trollor, Julian N., Ames, David, Martin, Nicholas G., Wright, Margaret J., Sachdev, Perminder S. and OATS Research Team (2012). Genetic influences on four measures of executive functions and their covariation with general cognitive ability: The Older Australian Twins Study. Behavior Genetics, 42 (4), 528-538. doi: 10.1007/s10519-012-9526-1
Bailey, Phoebe E., Henry, Julie D. and Varcin, Kandice J. (2012). Right frontal cortical lesions disrupt anger mimicry. Neuropsychologia, 50 (7), 1632-1638. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2012.03.017
Rendell, Peter G., Henry, Julie D., Phillips, Louise H., de la Piedad Garcia, Xochitl, Booth, Patricia, Phillips, Patricia and Kliegel, Matthias (2012). Prospective memory, emotional valence and mulitple sclerosis. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 34 (7), 738-749. doi: 10.1080/13803395.2012.670388
Lee, Teresa, Mosing, Miriam A., Henry, Julie D., Trollor, Julian N., Ames, David, Martin, Nicholas G., Wright, Margaret J. and Sachdev, Perminder S. (2012). Genetic Influences on Four Measures of Executive Functions and Their Covariation with General Cognitive Ability: The Older Australian Twins Study (vol 42, pg 528, 2012). Behavior Genetics, 42 (4), 539-540. doi: 10.1007/s10519-012-9536-z
Henry, Julie and Startup, Mike (2012). Editorial. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 51 (1), 1-3. doi: 10.1111/j.2044-8260.2011.02030.x
Lee, Teresa, Mosing, Miriam A., Henry, Julie D., Trollor, Julian N., Lammel, Andrea, Ames, David, Martin, Nicholas G., Wright, Margaret J. and Sachdev, Perminder S. (2012). Genetic influences on five measures of processing speed and their covariation with general cognitive ability in the elderly: The older Australian twins study. Behavior Genetics, 42 (1), 96-106. doi: 10.1007/s10519-011-9474-1
Henry, Julie D., Rendell, Peter G., Rogers, Phoebe, Altgassen, Mareike and Kliegel, Matthias (2012). Prospective memory in schizophrenia and schizotypy. Cognitive Neuropsychiatry, 17 (2), 133-150. doi: 10.1080/13546805.2011.581536
Perry, Yael, Henry, Julie D., Nangle, Matthew R. and Grisham, Jessica R. (2012). Regulation of negative affect in schizophrenia: The effectiveness of acceptance versus reappraisal and suppression. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 34 (5), 497-508. doi: 10.1080/13803395.2012.661405
Henry, Julie D., von Hippel, William, Thompson, Claire, Pulford, Polly, Sachdev, Perminder and Brodaty, Henry (2012). Social behavior in mild cognitive impairment and early dementia. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 34 (8), 806-813. doi: 10.1080/13803395.2012.683855
Henry, Julie D., Rendell, Peter G., Phillips, Louise H., Dunlop, Leigh and Kliegel, Matthias (2012). Prospective memory reminders: a laboratory investigation of initiation source and age effects. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 65 (7), 1274-1287. doi: 10.1080/17470218.2011.651091
McDonald, Skye, Rosenfeld, Julia, Henry, Julie D., Togher, Leanne, Tate, Robyn and Bornhofen, Cristina (2011). Emotion perception and alexithymia in people with severe traumatic brain injury: one disorder or two? a preliminary investigation. Brain Impairment, 12 (3), 165-178. doi: 10.1375/brim.12.3.165
Perry, Yael, Henry, Julie D., Sethi, Nisha and Grisham, Jessica R. (2011). The pain persists: How social exclusion affects individuals with schizophrenia. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 50 (4), 339-349. doi: 10.1348/014466510X523490
Thompson, Claire L., Henry, Julie D., Withall, Adrienne, Rendell, Peter G. and Brodaty, Henry (2011). A naturalistic study of prospective memory function in MCI and dementia. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 50 (4), 425-434. doi: 10.1111/j.2044-8260.2010.02004.x
Rendell, Peter G., Phillips, Louise H., Henry, Julie D., Brumby-Rendell, Tristan, de la Piedad Garcia, Xochitl, Altgassen, Mareike and Kliegel, Matthias (2011). Prospective memory, emotional valence and ageing. Cognition and Emotion, 25 (5), 916-925. doi: 10.1080/02699931.2010.508610
Perry, Yael, Henry, Julie D. and Grisham, Jessica R. (2011). The habitual use of emotion regulation strategies in schizophrenia. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 50 (2), 217-222. doi: 10.1111/j.2044-8260.2010.02001.x
Altgassen, Mareike, Henry, Julie D., Burgler, Stefanie and Kliegel, Matthias (2011). The influence of emotional target cues on prospective memory performance in depression. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 33 (8), 910-916. doi: 10.1080/13803395.2011.574607
Bedford, A, Watson, R, Henry, JD, Crawford, JR and Deary, IJ (2011). Mokken scaling analyses of the Personal Disturbance Scale (DSSI/sAD) in large clinical and non-clinical samples. Personality and Individual Differences, 50 (1), 38-42. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2010.08.017
Schnitzspahn, Katharina M., Ihle, Andreas, Henry, Julie D., Rendell, Peter G. and Kliegel, Matthias (2011). The age-prospective memory-paradox: An exploration of possible mechanisms. International Psychogeriatrics, 23 (4), 583-592. doi: 10.1017/S1041610210001651
Philips, Louise H., Henry, Julie D., Scott, Clare, Summers, Fiona, Whyte, Maggie and Cook, Moira (2011). Specific impairments of emotion perception in multiple sclerosis. Neuropsychology, 25 (1), 131-136. doi: 10.1037/a0020752
Weiner, L., Baratta, A., Henry, J. and Di Santi, C. (2010). The contribution of neuropsychology-oriented approaches to autism diagnosis in adults: A case-study Apport des approches inspirées de la neuropsychologie au diagnostic d'autisme chez l'adulte: une étude de cas. Annales Medico-Psychologiques, 168 (10), 782-791. doi: 10.1016/j.amp.2010.09.016
McDonald, Skye, Hunt, Christopher, Henry, Julie D., Dimoska, Aneta and Bornhofen, Cristina (2010). Angry responses to emotional events: The role of impaired control and drive in people with severe traumatic brain injury. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 32 (8), 855-864. doi: 10.1080/13803391003596405
Henry, Julie D., Bailey, Phoebe E., von Hippel, Courtney, Rendell, Peter G. and Lane, Adam (2010). Alexithymia in schizophrenia. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 32 (8), 890-897. doi: 10.1080/13803391003596462
Henry, JD, von Hippel, C, Ruffman, T, Perry, Y and Rendell, PG (2010). Threat perception in schizophrenia-spectrum disorders. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 16 (5), 805-812. doi: 10.1017/S1355617710000640
Lee, Teresa, Henry, Julie D., Trollor, Julian N. and Sachdev, Perminder S. (2010). Genetic influences on cognitive functions in the elderly: A selective review of twin studies. Brain Research Reviews, 64 (1), 1-13. doi: 10.1016/j.brainresrev.2010.02.001
Varcin, Kandice J., Bailey, Phoebe E. and Henry, Julie D. (2010). Empathic deficits in schizophrenia: The potential role of rapid facial mimicry. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 16 (4), 621-629. doi: 10.1017/S1355617710000329
McCarrey, Anna C., Henry, Julie D. and Luszcz, Mary (2010). Potential mechanisms contributing to decision-making difficulties in late adulthood. Gerontology, 56 (4), 430-434. doi: 10.1159/000275060
Waters, Allison M., Henry, Julie, Mogg, Karin, Bradley, Brendan P. and Pine, Daniel S. (2010). Attentional bias towards angry faces in childhood anxiety disorders. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 41 (2), 158-164. doi: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2009.12.001
Bailey, Phoebe E., Henry, Julie D., Rendell, Peter G., Phillips, Louise H. and Kliegel, Matthias (2010). Dismantling the "age-prospective memory paradox": The classic laboratory paradigm simulated in a naturalistic setting. The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 63 (4), 646-652. doi: 10.1080/17470210903521797
Henry, JD, von Hippel, C and Shapiro, L (2010). Stereotype threat contributes to social difficulties in people with schizophrenia. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 49 (1), 31-41. doi: 10.1348/014466509X421963
Bailey, Phoebe E. and Henry, Julie D. (2010). Separating component processes of theory of mind in schizophrenia. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 49 (1), 43-52. doi: 10.1348/014466509X425086
Phillips, Louise H., Scott, Clare, Henry, Julie D., Mowat, Donald and Bell, J. Stephen (2010). Emotion perception in Alzheimer's disease and mood disorder in old age. Psychology and Aging, 25 (1), 38-47. doi: 10.1037/a0017369
Grisham, Jessica R., Henry, Julie D., Williams, Alishia D. and Bailey, Phoebe E. (2010). Socioemotional deficits associated with obsessive-compulsive symptomatology. Psychiatry Research, 175 (3), 256-259. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2009.01.028
Altgassen, Mareike, Phillips, Louise H., Henry, Julie D., Rendell, Peter G. and Kliegel, Matthias (2010). Emotional target cues eliminate age differences in prospective memory. The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 63 (6), 1057-1064. doi: 10.1080/17470211003770920
Thompson, Claire, Henry, Julie D., Rendell, Peter G., Withall, Adrienne and Brodaty, Henry (2010). Prospective memory function in mild cognitive impairment and early dementia. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 16 (2), 318-325. doi: 10.1017/S1355617709991354
Bailey, Phoebe E. and Henry, Julie D. (2009). Subconscious facial expression mimicry is preserved in older adulthood. Psychology and Aging, 24 (4), 995-1000. doi: 10.1037/a0015789
Will, Christine M., Rendell, Peter G., Ozgis, Sesil, Pierson, Jane M., Ong, Ben and Henry, Julie D. (2009). Cognitively impaired older adults exhibit comparable difficulties on naturalistic and laboratory prospective memory tasks. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 23 (6), 804-812. doi: 10.1002/acp.1514
Henry, Julie D., Mazur, Magdalena and Rendell, Peter G. (2009). Social-cognitive difficulties in former users of methamphetamine. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 48 (3), 323-327. doi: 10.1348/000712609X435742
Henry, Julie D., Thompson, Claire, Ruffman, Ted, Leslie, Felicity, Withall, Adrienne, Sachdev, Perminder and Brodaty, Henry (2009). Threat perception in mild cognitive impairment and early dementia. The Journals of Gerontology. Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 64 (5), 603-607. doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbp064
Crawford, John R., Garthwaite, Paul H., Lawrie, Caroline J., Henry, Julie D., MacDonald, Marie A., Sutherland, Jane and Sinha, Priyanka (2009). A convenient method of obtaining percentile norms and accompanying interval estimates for self-report mood scales (DASS, DASS-21, HADS, PANAS, and sAD). British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 48 (2), 163-180. doi: 10.1348/014466508X377757
Rendell, Peter G. and Henry, Julie D. (2009). A review of virtual week for prospective memory assessment: Clinical implications. Brain Impairment, 10 (1), 14-22. doi: 10.1375/brim.10.1.14
Waters, Allison M., Henry, Julie and Neumann, David L. (2009). Aversive Pavlovian conditioning in childhood anxiety disorders: impaired response inhibition and resistance to extinction. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 118 (2), 311-321. doi: 10.1037/a0015635
Henry, Julie D., Green, Melissa J., Restuccia, Corrine, de Lucia, Amber, Rendell, Peter G., McDonald, Skye and Grisham, Jessica R. (2009). Emotion dysregulation and schizotypy. Psychiatry Research, 166 (2-3), 116-124. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2008.01.007
Rendell, Peter G., Mazur, Magdalena and Henry, Julie D. (2009). Prospective memory impairment in former users of methamphetamine. Psychopharmacology, 203 (3), 609-616. doi: 10.1007/s00213-008-1408-0
Henry, JD, von Hippel, W and Baynes, K (2009). Social Inappropriateness, Executive Control, and Aging. Psychology and Aging, 24 (1), 239-244. doi: 10.1037/a0013423
Kehoe, E. James, Bednall, Timothy C., Yin, Leon, Olsen, Kirk N., Pitts, Claudia, Henry, Julie D. and Bailey, Phoebe E. (2009). Training adult novices to use computers: Effects of different types of illustrations. Computers in Human Behavior, 25 (2), 275-283. doi: 10.1016/j.chb.2008.12.005
Phillips, Louise H., Saldias, Amber, McCarrey, Anna, Henry, Julie D., Scott, Clare, Summers, Fiona and Whyte, Maggie (2009). Attentional lapses, emotional regulation and quality of life in multiple sclerosis. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 48 (1), 101-106. doi: 10.1348/014466508X379566
Ozgis, Sesil, Rendell, Peter G. and Henry, Julie D. (2009). Spaced retrieval significantly improves prospective memory performance of cognitively impaired older adults. Gerontology, 55 (2), 229-232. doi: 10.1159/000163446
Bailey, Phoebe E., Henry, Julie D. and Nangle, Matthew R. (2009). Electromyographic evidence for age-related differences in the mimicry of anger. Psychology and Aging, 24 (1), 224-229. doi: 10.1037/a0014112
Henry, Julie D., Rendell, Peter G., Scicluna, Amanda, Jackson, Michelle and Phillips, Louise H. (2009). Emotion experience, expression, and regulation in Alzheimer's disease. Psychology and Aging, 24 (1), 252-257. doi: 10.1037/a0014001
Bailey, Phoebe E., Henry, Julie D. and Reed, Elizabeth J. (2009). Schizophrenia and the display of embarrassment. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 31 (5), 545-552. doi: 10.1080/13803390802348018
Henry, Julie D., Phillips, Louise H., Beatty, William W., McDonald, Skye, Longley, Wendy A., Joscelyne, Amy and Rendell, Peter G. (2009). Evidence for deficits in facial affect recognition and theory of mind in multiple sclerosis. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 15 (2), 277-285. doi: 10.1017/S1355617709090195
Neumann, David L., Waters, Allison M., Westbury, H. Rae and Henry, Julie (2008). The use of an unpleasant sound unconditional stimulus in an aversive conditioning procedure with 8- to 11-year-old children. Biological Psychology, 79 (3), 337-342. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2008.08.005
Bailey, Phoebe E. and Henry, Julie D. (2008). Growing less empathic with age: Disinhibition of the self-perspective. The Journals of Gerontology. Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 63 (4), P219-P226. doi: 10.1093/geronb/63.4.P219
Bailey, Phoebe E., Henry, Julie D. and Von Hippel, William (2008). Empathy and social functioning in late adulthood. Aging and Mental Health, 12 (4), 499-503. doi: 10.1080/13607860802224243
Von Hippel, W, Henry, JD and Matovic, D (2008). Aging and social satisfaction: Offsetting positive and negative effects. Psychology and Aging, 23 (2), 435-439. doi: 10.1037/0882-7974.23.2.435
Henry, Julie D., Rendell, Peter G., Green, Melissa J., McDonald, Skye and O'Donnell, Maryanne (2008). Emotion regulation in schizophrenia: Affective, social and clinical correlates of suppression and reappraisal. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 117 (2), 473-478. doi: 10.1037/0021-843X.117.2.473
Waters, Allison M., Neumann, David L., Henry, Julie, Craske, Michelle G. and Ornitz, Edward M. (2008). Baseline and affective startle modulation by angry and neutral faces in 4-8-year-old anxious and non-anxious children. Biological Psychology, 78 (1), 10-19. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2007.12.005
Henry, Julie D., Ruffman, Ted, McDonald, Skye, Peek O'Leary, Marie-Andree, Phillips, Louise H., Brodaty, Henry and Rendell, Peter G. (2008). Recognition of disgust is selectively preserved in Alzheimer's disease. Neuropsychologia, 46 (5), 1363-1370. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2007.12.012
Altgassen, Mareike, Kliegel, Matthias, Rendell, Peter, Henry, Julie D. and Zöllig, Jacqueline (2008). Prospective memory in schizophrenia: The impact of varying retrospective-memory load. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 30 (7), 777-788. doi: 10.1080/13803390701779552
Rendell, Peter G. and Henry, Julie D. (2008). Prospective-memory functioning is affected during pregnancy and postpartum. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 30 (8), 913-919. doi: 10.1080/13803390701874379
Phillips, Louise H., Henry, Julie D., Hosie, Judith A. and Milne, Alan B. (2008). Effective regulation of the experience and expression of negative affect in old age. The Journals of Gerontology. Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 63 (3), 138-145. doi: 10.1093/geronb/63.3.P138
Bailey, Phoebe E., Henry, Julie D. and Rendell, Peter G. (2008). Empathy, social functioning and schizotypy. Psychiatry Research, 160 (1), 15-22. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2007.04.014
Ruffman, Ted, Henry, Julie D., Livingstone, Vicki and Phillips, Louise H. (2008). A meta-analytic review of emotion recognition and aging: Implications for neuropsychological models of aging. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 32 (4), 863-881. doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2008.01.001
Rendell, Peter J., Gray, Timothy G., Henry, Julie D. and Tolan, Anne (2007). Prospective memory impairment in 'ecstasy' (MDMA) users. Psychopharmacology, 194 (4), 497-504. doi: 10.1007/s00213-007-0859-z
Nash, Scott, Henry, Julie D., McDonald, Skye, Martin, Ingerith, Brodaty, Henry and Peek-O'Leary, Marie-Andree (2007). Cognitive disinhibition and socioemotional functioning in Alzheimer's disease. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 13 (6), 1060-1064. doi: 10.1017/S1355617707071184
Henry, Julie D., Green, Melissa J., de Lucia, Amber, Restuccia, Corinne, McDonald, Skye and O'Donnell, Maryanne (2007). Emotion dysregulation in schizophrenia: Reduced amplification of emotional expression is associated with emotional blunting. Schizophrenia Research, 95 (1-3), 197-204. doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2007.06.002
Henry, Julie D., Rendell, Peter G., Kliegel, Matthias and Altgassen, Mareike (2007). Prospective memory in schizophrenia: Primary or secondary impairment?. Schizophrenia Research, 95 (1-3), 179-185. doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2007.06.003
Henry, Julie D., Phillips, Louise H., Crawford, John R., Kliegel, Matthias, Theodorou, Georgia and Summers, Fiona (2007). Traumatic brain injury and prospective memory: influence of task complexity. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 29 (5), 457-466. doi: 10.1080/13803390600762717
Rendell, Peter G., Jensen, Fiona and Henry, Julie D. (2007). Prospective memory in multiple sclerosis. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 13 (3), 410-416. doi: 10.1017/S1355617707070579
Bailey, Phoebe E. and Henry, Julie D. (2007). Alexithymia, somatization and negative affect in a community sample. Psychiatry Research, 150 (1), 13-20. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2006.05.024
Williams, Beth T., Henry, Julie D. and Green, Melissa J. (2007). Facial affect recognition and schizotypy. Early Intervention in Psychiatry, 1 (2), 177-182. doi: 10.1111/j.1751-7893.2007.00023.x
Henry, Julie D. and Rendell, Peter G. (2007). A review of the impact of pregnancy on memory function. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 29 (8), 793-803. doi: 10.1080/13803390701612209
Henry, Julie D., Phillips, Louise H., Maylor, Elizabeth A., Hosie, Judith, Milne, Alan B. and Meyer, Caroline (2006). A new conceptualization of alexithymia in the general adult population: Implications for research involving older adults. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 60 (5), 535-543. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2005.09.008
Phillips, L. H., Henry, J. D., Hosie, J. A. and Milne, A. B. (2006). Age, anger regulation and well-being. Aging and Mental Health, 10 (3), 250-256. doi: 10.1080/13607860500310385
Crawford, John R., Henry, Julie D., Ward, Aileen L. and Blake, John (2006). The Prospective and Retrospective Memory Questionnaire (PRMQ): Latent structure, normative data and discrepancy analysis for proxy-ratings. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 45 (1), 83-104. doi: 10.1348/014466505X28748
Henry, Julie D. (2006). A meta-analytic review of Wisconsin Card Sorting Test and verbal fluency performance in obsessive compulsive disorder. Cognitive Neuropsychiatry, 11 (2), 156-176. doi: 10.1080/13546800444000227
Henry, Julie D., Phillips, Louise H., Crawford, John R., Iestwaart, Magdalena and Summers, Fiona (2006). Theory of mind following traumatic brain injury: The role of emotion recognition and executive dysfunction. Neuropsychologia, 44 (10), 1623-1628. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2006.03.020
Henry, Julie D. and Phillips, Louise H. (2006). Covariates of production and perseveration on tests of phonemic, semantic and alternating fluency in normal aging. Aging, Neuropsychology and Cognition, 13 (3 & 4), 529-551. doi: 10.1080/138255890969537
Henry, Julie D. and Beatty, William W. (2006). Verbal fluency deficits in multiple sclerosis. Neuropsychologia, 44 (7), 1166-1174. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2005.10.006
Henry, Julie D., Phillips, Louise H., Crawford, John R., Theodorou, Georgia and Summers, Fiona (2006). Cognitive and psychosocial correlates of alexithymia following traumatic brain injury. Neuropsychologia, 44 (1), 62-72. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2005.04.011
Henry, Julie D. and Crawford, John R. (2005). The short-form version of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS-21): Construct validity and normative data in a large non-clinical sample. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 44 (2), 227-239. doi: 10.1348/014466505X29657
Henry, Julie D., Crawford, John R. and Phillips, Louise H. (2005). A Meta-Analytic Review of Verbal Fluency Deficits in Huntington's Disease. Neuropsychology, 19 (2), 243-252. doi: 10.1037/0894-4105.19.2.243
Bedford, Alan, Henry, J. D. and Crawford, J. R. (2005). Personal disturbance scale: Factor structure confirmed in a large nonclinical sample. Psychological Reports, 96 (1), 107-108. doi: 10.2466/pr0.96.1.107-108
Henry, Julie D. and Crawford, John R. (2005). A meta-analytic review of verbal fluency deficits in depression. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 27 (1), 78-101. doi: 10.1080/138033990513654
Henry, Julie D. and Crawford, John R. (2005). A meta-analytic review of verbal fluency deficits in schizophrenia relative to other neurocognitive deficits. Cognitive Neuropsychiatry, 10 (1), 1-33. doi: 10.1080/13546800344000309
Henry, Julie D. and Crawford, John R. (2004). A meta-analytic review of verbal fluency performance in patients with traumatic brain injury. Neuropsychology, 18 (4), 621-628. doi: 10.1037/0894-4105.18.4.621
Crawford, John R. and Henry, Julie D. (2004). The Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS): Construct validity, measurement properties and normative data in a large non-clinical sample. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 43 (3), 245-265. doi: 10.1348/0144665031752934
Henry, Julie D. and Crawford, John R. (2004). Verbal fluency deficits in Parkinson's disease: A meta-analysis. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 10 (4), 608-622. doi: 10.1017/S1355617704104141
Amieva, Hélène, Phillips, Louise H., Della Sala, Sergio and Henry, Julie D. (2004). Inhibitory functioning in Alzheimer's disease. Brain, 127 (5), 949-964. doi: 10.1093/brain/awh045
Henry, Julie D. and Crawford, John R. (2004). A meta-analytic review of verbal fluency performance following focal cortical lesions. Neuropsychology, 18 (2), 284-295. doi: 10.1037/0894-4105.18.2.284
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Sunday Morning Coffee — January 17, 2021 — Murphy's Law, Vegas Icons, 'Bama, A Bad Beat and …….
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From the post-holiday Sunday Morning Coffee grab bag of nothing in particular:
Ever wonder what Barron Trump is thinking?
If your grandkids ever want to know the definition of Murphy's Law have them Google the Trump presidency.
Poor Mike Pence. Just as he was on the verge of completing a four-year term as the best lapdog in American history, now every time he turns around he is flattened by a right hook from everybody including his master. Some of the blows are hard enough to knock a fly off a guy's head.
As customary, in his final act as president, will President Trump leave President Biden a handwritten personal note in the Oval Office desk? It's never too late to take the high road Mr. President.
Tourism numbers in Las Vegas were off 50% in November. Sports books won a record $62 million that same month. So, do you really think you have a chance?
Reportedly, things were so slow out here the week before Christmas that a cocktail server at Wynn made $6 in tips for an eight-hour shift.
Last week was supposed to be one of the busiest and most exciting of the year in Vegas. It turned out to be one of the saddest since COVID checked in. The CES— Consumer Electronics Show — deposits about 180,000 guests on our shores annually during the second week of January with an economic impact of $300 million. This year was also going to introduce a billion-dollar exhibition hall expansion and a $53 million underground people mover for the conventioneers. Instead, the Las Vegas Convention Center is closed; hotels are virtually empty and getting a dinner table with a Strip view is no problem.
All things being equal and safe, CES plans to be back in 2022. Meanwhile, the published rates for some of the Strip hotels this week are eye opening. Bellagio, normally $722 a night during CES is now $110; Aria reduced from $850 to $101; Cosmopolitan from $863 to $103 and Wynn, the best value at $99, normally gets $1032 during CES week. At the lower end, the real lower end, The Strat cut from $442 to $25 and Circus Circus from $309 to $17. Both are still grossly overpriced.
Remembering two Las Vegas icons.
The precursor to the CES show was COMDEX, the computer dealers' expo that was launched in 1979 by Sheldon Adelson, a Boston kid who grew up without two nickels to scrape. Mr. Adelson died last Tuesday at the age of 87 as one of the richest men in the world. He was chairman and CEO of Las Vegas Sands Corp., the globe's largest gaming corporation with properties from Las Vegas to Macau to Singapore. In Vegas he owned The Venetian and Palazzo and the Sands Expo Center. In business he was reported to be tough and gruff yet he was one of the world's foremost philanthropists. When COVID shut down Vegas tourism he kept all 10,000 of his employees on full salary and benefits. Though a Patriots fan, he was instrumental in early negotiations and financing guarantees to coax the Oakland Raiders to Las Vegas because it was good for the city. When he was 12, he borrowed $200 from an uncle to purchase a license to sell newspapers on a Boston street corner. He must have liked it so much that in 2015 he paid $140 million to buy the daily Las Vegas Review-Journal, which he kept relevant in a down industry. Forbes estimates he died with a net worth estimated of $36 billion. He was a major benefactor to his adopted land of Israel where he was buried Friday in Jerusalem.
The lights on the Strip also got a little dimmer last Thursday with the passing of illusionist Siegfried Fischbacher, at age 81, from pancreatic cancer. His partner, Roy Horn, died in May. Siegfried & Roy dazzled Vegas audiences since 1967, achieving their greatest success at the Mirage where they had been headliners since 1990.
Earlier this month, Mexico became the third country in the world to legalize marijuana joining Canada and of course, Uruguay. Word is Mexico will use the new found tax money to pay for the wall.
From my Pittsburgh buddy Dave Merison— "If all the social media platforms had banned Donald Trump three years ago he would have won re-election in a landslide."
Who would have thought the COVID vaccination program would resemble a Seinfeld episode? At least here in Nevada, and I'm guessing a bunch of other states, it does. Remember the scene when Jerry and Elaine went to pick up the rental car but there was no car? "You know how to take the reservation; you just don't know how to hold the reservation." Spin that to today. "You know how to manufacture a vaccine; you just don't know how to distribute a vaccine."
Is the Alabama football team that tore through Ohio State last Monday the greatest college football team ever? Who knows? Polls of the sort rank the 2001 Miami Hurricanes, who gave up 10 points a game and beat five Top-15 opponents by the combined score of 236-72, the best ever. You can also make that case for LSU last year, Clemson two years ago or any of a dozen teams over the past half century. However, this Alabama team may be the best collection of individual talent blended into a team ever. It's projected to have six number one picks and 13 selections over-all in the April NFL draft. Bama had three of the top five in the Heisman voting— the winner DeVonta Smith, a game changer on any level. Finishing third was quarterback Mac Jones, the model of game day efficiency. Not too long ago he was the third quarterback on the depth chart behind Jalen Hurts and Tua Tagovailoa, both now starting on Sundays. Jones will also be a number one NFL QB in a few years with his Chad Pennington type of game. And fifth place in the Heisman voting was hard charging running back Najee Harris, a steal for someone on draft night. Through the years there may have been better sideline tacticians than Nick Saban but there has never been a better football CEO. His calling card is seven national championships and he's probably not done. Caesars has made them the 3-1 favorite to repeat in '21. Alabama opens next season in Atlanta against Miami. Roll Tide.
Don't tell me Ohio State didn't deserve to be in the championship game. Yes they did. Though they played a short schedule, they beat everyone healthy enough to play them and then beat a good, not great, Clemson team in the playoff to earn the spot against Alabama. Plus, college football is always more enjoyable when Ohio State gets trounced like they did on Monday night.
How about the Atlantic Coast Conference which sent two teams to this year's football final four—Clemson and Notre Dame—finishing the bowl season at 0-6. Its teams were outscored 223-152.
Here's a good gig if you can get it: become the head football coach at Auburn University. Last month the Tigers fired coach Gus Malzahan and gave him a $21 million check to go away. That's even better than a $600 stimulus payment.
Got an extra $2.5 billion under the mattress? That's what it will cost to get an NBA expansion franchise when the league opens up the process. Bet on two franchises to be awarded. Seattle will get one and Vegas the other.
Sound familiar? Seattle and Vegas were the last two cities to get NHL expansion teams.
What we didn't see much of this year: quarterbacks walking to the line of scrimmage with arms raised asking the crowd for quiet.
Happy belated birthdays to Dick Van Dyke, who turned 95 and can still make me laugh. Sandy Koufax is 84 and probably still unhittable.
Life during a pandemic just got a little better. Hockey's back.
There is not a better sports studio host than the NFL Red Zone's Scott Hanson.
Last Sunday's Coffee featured the image of the J-E-T-S mug, Just End The Suffering. Another favorite among Jets fans is Just End The Season. Reader Matt Strader commented he longs for the day when we have one that says Just Entered The Super Bowl. Stay patient Matt, I'm going on 52 years.
To get us to the promised land, on Thursday the J-E-T-S hired 49ers defensive coordinator Robert Saleh to a five-year deal as head coach. Play the under.
I like Aaron Rodgers as a quarterback. As a game show host, I'm not sure his personality, or lack of, will resonate. However, the producers of Jeopardy! see the scouting report differently. Rodgers will tape episodes as a guest host once his football season ends. "I'll take Discount Double Check for $600, Aaron."
Hugh and Phil. Separated at birth?
CNN's special on the influence of music during the Carter administration, Jimmy Carter, Rock & Roll President, is worth a watch. Also on HBO Max, The Undoing with Nicole Kidman, Donald Sutherland and Hugh Grant, only six episodes, but terrific.
And speaking of Grant, every time I see him, I see Phil Mickelson.
Here's one all of us 'Canes never thought we'd see — a University of Miami grad selected the 'most likeable person in the world' by The Profile, a business and consumer newsletter. Congratulations and thank you Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson.
The Knicks are off to a nice NBA start with a 5-8 record. Don't chuckle. The Knicks got five wins in a month, it normally takes half a season to do that. But the Knicks will always be the Knicks. At their home opener on December 27 two players took the court wearing the same number.
Since Nevada went to mandatory masks at the gym, there's plenty of prime parking available. And it amazes me, now more than ever, the people who use exercise machines and don't have the courtesy to wipe them off for the next user.
You probably won't remember this but last year, four days before the NBA shutdown validating that this COVID thing was for real, the pro tennis tournament in Indian Wells, California, canceled its event scheduled for the following week. That was a real attention getter for what was to come. Indian Wells just canceled their March event this year, too.
I'm really not sure what Joe Biden and Kamala Harris did to earn the Time Magazine People of the Year for 2020. What I really want to see is Biden and Harris become the 2021 Time People of the Year.
Tommy LaSorda's passing leaves Willie Mays as the oldest living Hall of Famer. Willie will be 90 in May.
Gerry Marsden, of the 60s British band Gerry and the Pacemakers, passed last week at 78. He brought us such staples in our teen years as Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying and Ferry Cross the Mersey.
The NFL regular season finished with Buffalo and Miami the best against the point spread at 11-5. Las Vegas and Tennessee were the best 'over' teams at 12-3-1.
Tonight, it's Brees vs. Brady. A combined 85 years of quarterback talent, head-to-head, for what will probably be the last time. Savor it.
Finally, in sports gambling parlance, a 'bad beat' is when you lose a bet after seemingly guaranteed a victory. The year is barely three weeks old and already some gamblers have suffered what will probably stand up to be the worst bad beat of 2021. Four years ago anyone that layed big odds and wagered on 'under' 1.5 impeachments for Donald Trump felt they were on the way to the cashier window. Then two weeks ago Team Trump fumbled. Make no mistake, it was a perfect fumble, everyone who saw it said so. However, it was recovered by Team Pelosi. With Trump finally out of time outs, all quarterback Pelosi needed to do was take a knee and just run out the clock. Instead, she decided to put the ball in the air and run up the score. 'Under' players tossed their losing tickets in amazement and disgust. These things have a way of coming back to haunt. Will this one too?
Let's have a safe, healthy week and a peaceful transition of office.
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Ken Rich says:
Wow; as always a lot to think about. Great coffee cup by the way. Let's hope the inauguration goes without incident. Good luck getting the vaccine.
Noa Artzi-Weill says:
What a super post. Your question about Barron is particularly poignant. He goes to a school where he must hear the most awful things about his Dad – it must be agonizing. I understand that he is "on the spectrum," anyway – but he is certainly adored by his mother. I think we all wonder how long Melania (and Barron) will stay with DT…
Ron Lonicki says:
I've got my sundaay morning coffee fix…now I know it's going to be a great week!
Paul Alter says:
Great Post Roy!!! Hats off to Bill Belichick for turning down Trump's award!!! At least with Biden as president, championship teams won't have to debate whether to visit the White House. Canes 2001 Football Team, BEST EVER!!!!!
Paul levin says:
How about O'Leary's postulate:
"Murphy was an optimist!!!!"
Bobbie Congress says:
Thanks for the over/under tutorial. I never understood it. Take the under on the Jets? Crystal clear.
Dave Pokress says:
Sandy Koufax was a regular at Mets Spring Training because of his childhood friendship with Mets owner Fred Wilpon.
One Spring Training game I aim my telephoto lens into the dugout and see Koufax giving pitching instruction to El
Duque. Koufax was making pitching motion gestures and release points to a smiling and appreciative Orlando Hernandez.
After the game I asked Koufax about what I photographed so I could write about it. He was typically brief. "Just pitching."
Roy Abrams says:
If you drop a buttered piece of bread on to the carpeting, the chance that the buttered side would land face down on the carpeting is directly proportional to the cost of the carpeting.
Great blog as usual.
Bill Floyd says:
You're absolutely right. To have Biden and Harris with a great review at the end of 2021 would be wonderful. But, not holding my breath, but praying it happens.
Phillip White says:
Great post as always. The national news of late has me often reflect on our daily pre-day conversations during the '16 election season. The world has certainly changed since then! I also agree on this year's Tide as a possible GOAT. However I would also like to submit the '95 Huskers for consideration.
Herb Shainker says:
Comment on Sportsbooks' numbers really hit the nail on the head.
Lew Matusow says:
Well, at least SOME Hurricane (the Rock) topped SOME list. Geez, before Bama's blow out win, they were already 27 1/2 point favorites over the 'Canes for the 2021 season opener. That number drops to 24 1/2 if D 'Eriq King is healthy and starting. I wonder what King feels like to see those type of numbers? For everyone to see: you're only worth three points!
GSAU, Roy.
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SPRINGFIELD -- Legislation to do away with the health insurance premium subsidy available to state retirees opens a new front in the battle between legislators determined to cut the state's retirement debt and unions representing state workers.
"It would wipe out retiree health care entirely for retired state employees," said Anders Lindall, spokesman for the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, the largest public worker union.
Initially, the amendment listed Rep. Frank Mautino, D-Spring Valley, as the sponsor. That was later changed to House Speaker Michael Madigan, D-Chicago.
"This is another place where the state is spending money and it's important as we go through the whole budget debate to look at each one of these situations and determine if that is the best way to go forward," said Madigan spokesman Steve Brown.
State employees earn a subsidy toward their retiree health insurance premiums based on the number of years they worked for the state. Employees get a 5 percent reduction in premiums for each year of service.
As a result, employees who work 20 or more years pay nothing for their own health insurance in retirement. However, they do have to pay if they want dependents to be covered by their insurance, and they also have to make co-payments for insurance services.
Moreover, Lindall said, the premium subsidy is written into state labor contracts.
"Any statutory changes to retiree health care would violate our collective bargaining agreement," Lindall said.
The current AFSCME contract expires June 30. The state and union are already in talks on a new contract.
Retired teachers and community college workers have their own insurance programs, to which they pay premiums regardless of how long they worked. The state has subsidized that coverage as well. Next year's subsidy for teachers was scheduled to be nearly $87 million and just over $4 million for community college retirees.
However, Gov. Pat Quinn wants to eliminate the subsidy in next year's budget, and teachers' unions fear that will lead to higher premium costs for retirees.
Reed said the union had no warning that the Mautino/Madigan amendment was being filed and does not know what concessions lawmakers want to extract.
Legislators also receive a subsidy for their retiree health insurance, based on their years in office. However, the Mautino/Madigan legislation would not affect the General Assembly Retirement System.
"If people want to bring that into the discussion, there's nobody ruling anything in or out," Brown said.
Quinn has linked the health insurance subsidy to changes in state pensions that he is pursuing. Under Quinn's plan, employees who move to a higher cost, lesser benefit pension plan would still receive a retiree health benefit, although he has not specified what that would be.
"Those are very, very generous benefits, far higher than other states pay that are comparable to ours," Quinn said.
Quinn said 90 percent of retired state workers pay no premiums for their health care, including people who may have retired as young as 55 with 20 or more years of service and won't be eligible for Medicare for up to 10 years.
"Those 10 years between 55 and 65 are very expensive years if you are buying private health insurance," Quinn said.
Sen. Jeff Schoenberg, D-Evanston, tried to pass a bill last year to require retired state employees to pay part of their health insurance premiums. Schoenberg dropped the effort at the time in the wake of enormous opposition from state employee unions.
"We succeeded in heightening the awareness among legislators on just how costly the retiree health insurance premiums have become,' Schoenberg said.
Schoenberg said he does not believe that all retirees should pay for their health insurance. Those with smaller pensions, he said, should continue to get discounted or premium-free insurance if they worked long enough for the state.
However, Schoenberg's plan from last year would have charged premiums to retirees with pensions less than $15,000 a year. The plan was graduated, though, so people with higher pensions would have paid more.


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Q: Call a function when "event.GetFrom(m_cpVoice)==S_OK" (ergo when event happens) [SAPI 5.1 and C++] I'm doing a project with a 3D model, that speaks.
So, I'm using SAPI 5.1, and I want to call a function asynchronously when there's a Viseme event (in order to play the animation related to).
How could I do it?
Thank you very much.
Note: I use : hRes = m_cpVoice->Speak(L"All I want is to solve this problem", SPF_ASYNC , NULL);
      And I know the CspEvent, event.eEventId . All I want is how to call a function when Sapi    event happens

A: First, you need to call m_cpVoice->SetInterest(SPFEI(SPEI_VISEME), SPFEI(SPEI_VISEME)); that will tell SAPI to send an event when a VISEME event fires.
Second, you need to set up an event handler by calling m_cpVoice->SetNotifyCallbackInterface, with your callback.  (It must implement ISpNotifyCallback, which is a virtual C++ interface that your object would implement.)
You can look at the SAPI events documentation for more details.
A sample implementation of ISpNotifyCallback would look like this:
TTSHandler.h:
class CTTSHandler : ISpNotifyCallback
{
public:
    CTTSHandler(void);
    ~CTTSHandler(void);
    HRESULT Initialize();
    HRESULT DoSpeak();
    HRESULT Uninitialize();

private:
    HRESULT STDMETHODCALLTYPE NotifyCallback(WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam);
    void TTSAppStatusMessage(LPCTSTR str);

    CComPtr<ISpAudio>   m_cpOutAudio;
    CComPtr<ISpVoice> m_cpVoice;
    HANDLE m_hSpeakDone;
};

TTSHandler.cpp:
#include "TTSHandler.h"
#include <sphelper.h>

CTTSHandler::CTTSHandler(void) : m_hSpeakDone(INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
{
}

CTTSHandler::~CTTSHandler(void)
{
}

HRESULT CTTSHandler::Initialize()
{
    HRESULT hr = m_cpVoice.CoCreateInstance( CLSID_SpVoice );
    if ( SUCCEEDED( hr ) )
    {
        SpCreateDefaultObjectFromCategoryId( SPCAT_AUDIOOUT, &m_cpOutAudio );
    }
    if( SUCCEEDED( hr ) )
    {
        hr = m_cpVoice->SetOutput( m_cpOutAudio, FALSE );
    }
    if ( SUCCEEDED( hr ) )
    {
        hr = m_cpVoice->SetNotifyCallbackInterface(this, 0, 0);
    }
    // We're interested in all TTS events
    if( SUCCEEDED( hr ) )
    {
        hr = m_cpVoice->SetInterest( SPFEI_ALL_TTS_EVENTS, SPFEI_ALL_TTS_EVENTS );
    }
    if (SUCCEEDED(hr))
    {
        m_hSpeakDone = ::CreateEvent(NULL, TRUE, FALSE, NULL);     // anonymous event used to wait for speech done
    }
    return hr;
}

HRESULT CTTSHandler::DoSpeak()
{
    HRESULT hr = m_cpVoice->Speak( L"This is a reasonably long string that should take a while to speak.  This is some more text.", SPF_ASYNC |SPF_IS_NOT_XML, 0 );
    if (FAILED(hr))
    {
        TTSAppStatusMessage(  _T("speak failed\r\n") );
    }
    else
    {
        BOOL fContinue = TRUE;
        while (fContinue)
        {
            DWORD dwWaitId = ::MsgWaitForMultipleObjectsEx(1, &m_hSpeakDone, INFINITE, QS_ALLINPUT, MWMO_INPUTAVAILABLE);
            switch (dwWaitId)
            {
            case WAIT_OBJECT_0:
                {
                    fContinue = FALSE;
                }
                break;

            case WAIT_OBJECT_0 + 1:
                {
                    MSG Msg;
                    while (::PeekMessage(&Msg, NULL, 0, 0, PM_REMOVE))
                    {
                        ::TranslateMessage(&Msg);
                        ::DispatchMessage(&Msg);
                    }
                }
                break;

            case WAIT_TIMEOUT:
                {
                    hr = S_FALSE;
                    fContinue = FALSE;
                }
                break;

            default:// Unexpected error
                {
                    TTSAppStatusMessage(L"Unexpected error returned from MsgWaitForMultipleObj");
                    hr = HRESULT_FROM_WIN32(::GetLastError());
                    fContinue = FALSE;
                }
                break;
            }
        }
    }
    return hr;
}

HRESULT CTTSHandler::Uninitialize()
{
    m_cpVoice = NULL;
    return S_OK;
}

void CTTSHandler::TTSAppStatusMessage(LPCTSTR szMessage )
{
    wprintf_s(L"%s", szMessage);
}

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
HRESULT STDMETHODCALLTYPE CTTSHandler::NotifyCallback(WPARAM, LPARAM)
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//
// Handles the WM_TTSAPPCUSTOMEVENT application defined message and all
// of it's appropriate SAPI5 events.
//
{

    CSpEvent        event;  // helper class in sphelper.h for events that releases any
    // allocated memory in it's destructor - SAFER than SPEVENT
    int             i = 0;
    HRESULT         hr = S_OK;

    while( event.GetFrom(m_cpVoice) == S_OK )
    {
        switch( event.eEventId )
        {
        case SPEI_START_INPUT_STREAM:
            TTSAppStatusMessage(  _T("StartStream event\r\n") );
            break;

        case SPEI_END_INPUT_STREAM:
            TTSAppStatusMessage(  _T("EndStream event\r\n") );
            SetEvent(m_hSpeakDone);
            break;

        case SPEI_VOICE_CHANGE:
            TTSAppStatusMessage(  _T("Voicechange event\r\n") );
            break;

        case SPEI_TTS_BOOKMARK:
            {
                // Get the string associated with the bookmark
                // and add the null terminator.
                TCHAR szBuff2[MAX_PATH] = _T("Bookmark event: ");

                size_t cEventString = wcslen( event.String() ) + 1;
                WCHAR *pwszEventString = new WCHAR[ cEventString ];
                if ( pwszEventString )
                {
                    wcscpy_s( pwszEventString, cEventString, event.String() );
                    _tcscat_s( szBuff2, _countof(szBuff2), CW2T(pwszEventString) );
                    delete[] pwszEventString;
                }

                _tcscat_s( szBuff2, _countof(szBuff2), _T("\r\n") );
                TTSAppStatusMessage(  szBuff2 );
            }
            break;

        case SPEI_WORD_BOUNDARY:
            TTSAppStatusMessage(  _T("Wordboundary event\r\n") );
            break;

        case SPEI_PHONEME:
            TTSAppStatusMessage(  _T("Phoneme event\r\n") );
            break;

        case SPEI_VISEME:
            TTSAppStatusMessage(  _T("Viseme event\r\n") );
            break;

        case SPEI_SENTENCE_BOUNDARY:
            TTSAppStatusMessage(  _T("Sentence event\r\n") );
            break;

        case SPEI_TTS_AUDIO_LEVEL:
            WCHAR wszBuff[MAX_PATH];
            swprintf_s(wszBuff, _countof(wszBuff), L"Audio level: %d\r\n", (ULONG)event.wParam);
            TTSAppStatusMessage(  CW2T(wszBuff) );
            break;

        case SPEI_TTS_PRIVATE:
            TTSAppStatusMessage(  _T("Private engine event\r\n") );
            break;

        default:
            TTSAppStatusMessage(  _T("Unknown message\r\n") );
            break;
        }
    }
    return hr;
}

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The best part about travelling are the experiences and the people you meet along the way. We are now travelling to Geneva, somewhere we haven't been before, so plenty of new experiences await, and we'll be staying with a couple we met in Morocco, Sara and Randall .
We land in a very chilly Amsterdam and make our connecting flight easily, it may help that the flight itself has been delayed. A further delay when upon landing in Geneva Dot recalls she has left her passport on the plane…! They find it easily though it takes awhile and then we are finally on our way.


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The Clean Ganga Project: The Government of India has made a commitment to clean up the Ganga River. This project, called the Clean Ganga Project, was started in 2014 after Narendra Modi became the Prime Minister of India.
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African penguin at Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk.
The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk is bringing back one of the most popular species it's ever displayed: African penguins, who will waddle in for a celebratory two-month encore exhibit beginning Feb. 14.
"It's been two years since we last displayed penguins and we frequently still have visitors asking when or if they'll ever be back," said Chris Loynd, the Aquarium's marketing director. "So we're very excited to offer this special limited-time exhibit."
"African Penguins" will be open Feb. 14-April 21 in an outdoor exhibit on the Aquarium's riverfront courtyard. It's free with admission. The small colony of penguins will be on loan from the Leo Zoological Conservation Center in Greenwich (www.LEOzoo.org).
Plus, a special limited-availability behind-the-scenes penguin program will be offered daily Feb. 14-24 at 11:15 a.m. & 2:15 p.m. In the 30-minute experience, a maximum of 15 participants will go "backstage" to learn how the Aquarium cares for the penguins and to view a feeding. Cost is $25 ($22.50 for members) in addition to Aquarium admission. Get advance tickets to ensure your spot at www.maritimeaquarium.org or call (203) 852-0700, ext. 2206.
Jack Schneider, the Aquarium's curator of animals, said the African penguins will be an excellent complement to The Maritime Aquarium's other current special exhibits, which also feature animals from the Africa continent: "Africa: From the Desert to the Sea" and "Meerkats." Penguins aren't commonly associated with Africa, but this species is found solely on that continent's southern coast.
"Educating visitors on where penguins live may be one of the first basic goals of the exhibit," Schneider said. "None of them live at the North Pole, or with Eskimos or polar bears. Some species do live in Antarctica. But many penguins can be found in warmer climates of the southern hemisphere, like African penguins in South Africa and several species that live up the western coast of South America, all the way to the equator and the Galapagos Islands."
Schneider said the African penguins - whose conservation status is listed as endangered - will help call attention to Africa's troubled coastal environments, which receive far less conservation protection than the continent's inland savannahs, plains and jungles.
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African penguins (Spheniscus demersus) stand about two feet tall and weigh 8 pounds. They're recognizable by the black stripe that loops up across their chest and their pink "eyebrows." Schneider said the pink "eyebrows" actually are an adaptation that helps them to survive in a warmer habitat like South Africa - or Norwalk. The "eyebrows" are featherless patches with lots of blood vessels underneath. When a penguin gets too hot, these patches get brighter as the penguin circulates more blood there to dissipate body heat.
African penguins also have evolved shorter feathers because, unlike Antarctic species, they do not face extreme cold.
The previous penguins exhibit at the Aquarium was open from February 2009-December 2010.
For more details about The Maritime Aquarium's exhibits, programs and IMAX movies, go to www.maritimeaquarium.org or call (203) 852-0700.


Ashley Tisdale turned heads at the Tomorrowland premiere in Los Angeles in this beaded and sequined number. But what we're fawning over is that her outfit is actually a buttoned-up collarless jacket. (Really, we swear!) As we file away this styling secret, here's everything you need to get the look yourself.
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Don't Sweat It: Secret Deodorant Joins PETA's Cruelty-Free List
Famous Procter & Gamble Brand Is Latest to Earn PETA's Recognition
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Cincinnati – Secret Deodorant has joined PETA's Global Beauty Without Bunnies Program. As the latest Procter & Gamble brand to be added to the group's list of companies and brands that don't test on animals, Secret will soon feature PETA's cruelty-free bunny logo on its website and eventually on its packaging.
Secret's parent company, Procter & Gamble, has collaborated with PETA for many years to help end animal testing in the beauty industry across the world. The company is also working with PETA scientists on ways to replace the use of animals in deadly toxicity testing.
"As a pioneer in animal testing alternatives, we are thrilled to add Secret to the list of P&G brands that are part of PETA's Global Beauty Without Bunnies program," says Kelly Vanasse, Senior Vice President and Chief Communications Officer, Procter & Gamble Global Beauty, Grooming and Health Care. "Being cruelty-free is important for Secret. It provides people with the assurance they've come to rely on when choosing their personal-care products."
"Compassionate consumers who want to do good while they feel and smell good can now find Secret on PETA's trusted list of brands that do not test on animals," says PETA Senior Vice President Kathy Guillermo. "Procter & Gamble is committed to ending all animal testing, and PETA encourages other industry giants to follow its lead in embracing modern non-animal research methods."
Procter & Gamble's work with the PETA International Science Consortium includes co-authoring a paper describing non-animal approaches to assess respiratory toxicity and participating in a consortium that works with the Food & Drug Administration to gain regulatory acceptance for non-animal tests.
Last year, Procter & Gamble's Aussie and Herbal Essences brands were added to PETA's Global Beauty Without Bunnies Program.
The company will continue to work with PETA to ban animal testing globally.
PETA—whose motto reads, in part, that "animals are not ours to experiment on"—opposes speciesism, which is a human-supremacist worldview. For more information, please visit PETA.org or Secret.com.
About Secret
Secret was the first antiperspirant brand designed specifically for women, and for the past 60 years, it has been in the forefront of women's lives, leading with innovation designed to provide superior odor and wetness protection. Through the years, the brand has proudly supported women's advancement and equality through its campaigns and communications. Its latest campaign, "All Strength, No Sweat," is a continuation of this commitment to women, celebrating those who boldly challenge the status quo, push through barriers, and stand up for what they believe in, without "sweating" the obstacles that may come their way. Secret challenges women everywhere to be all strength, no sweat.
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I talked to dear little Eugene on Skype today. We discussed many things about her first week in Paris, the most important of those being the shopping of course. She showed me her latest finds, one of which was a pair of shoes. Men's style, smoking slippers in cheetah print. They will look adorable on her because she has narrow feet and a high arch so even though they are based on a men's style shoe, her feet won't look manly in them. Seeing my favorable reaction, Eugene asked me if I might want a pair. I had considered this a while back when this style starting appearing in stores here and had come to the conclusion that my less narrow and less-arch-y feet might not look so cute in these shoes, but instead rather manly. Eeek.
So I told Eugene that I would be passing on smoking slippers, but to let me know if she found any pretty blouses. Surely those won't look masculine on me.
Not two hours later, I was at the mall shopping for some black pants for work when I somehow found myself in the 65% off shoe racks at Dillards. I really have no idea how these things happen. I think it has something to do with a gravitational pull. Some sort of fundamental law of physics pertaining to women and shoes. I believe it's called Prada's law.
Anyway, I was circling the 7/7.5 rack like a lioness on the hunt for food for her cubs, when I ran across these little smoking slipper gems. I had seen them when they first hit stores a few months back. I had picked them up, swooned, considered the manliness factor, decided they might not be so bad due to their colorfulness, sequins, and hint of animal print, and then I put them back on the display because I couldn't justify such a novelty purchase when I needed more basic and versatile shoes for work.
When I came across them again this evening, I was still on the hunt for practical shoes for work, but these shoes were much more enticing and justifiable at 65% off. I put them on with my black yoga pants. They didn't look half-bad. I shook my head, telling myself that these were superfluous. Very fun, but certainly not what I need right now. I put them back on the shelf and walked around trying to find some basic black wedges, which have proven to be impossible to find this year.
Black wedge-less, I kept finding myself in front of the semi-manly, awesome shoes and I kept telling myself that I really didn't need them.
But it didn't matter. Because you just can't say no to fabulous.
Precisely two hours and fifteen minutes after telling my sister that I didn't want any smoking slippers, I purchased smoking slippers.
Clearly, I'm a woman of my word.
I can't wait until Eugene reads this. I predict a lot of head-shaking.