Dr Greg Crucian 
Position
Senior Lecturer (half time)
Qualifications
PhD The Chicago Medical School (1995)
(Clinical Psychology - A.P.A. accredited)
MS The Chicago Medical School (1992)
(Clinical Psychology)
MA University of Houston (1988)
(Behavioral Science)
MBA University of Houston (1988)
(General Business)
BS University of Houston (1983)
(Major: Psychology, Minor: Philosophy)
Room
201
Contact Details
Phone: +64 3 364 2552 (direct dial)
Internal Phone: 6552
Email: greg.crucian@canterbury.ac.nz
Postal address:
Department of Psychology
University of Canterbury
Private Bag 4800
Christchurch
New Zealand
Background
After attending the University of Houston where he attained his Bachelor's
degree and a couple of Master's degrees, Greg completed his graduate
training at the Chicago Medical School where he specialized in clinical
neuropsychology. After completing his clinical training at the University
of Florida Health Science Centre in Gainesville, FL, Greg attained
his Doctorate in Clinical Psychology. He went on to complete fellowship
training in behavioural neuropsychology in the University of Florida
Department of Neurology, and then achieved clinical licensure in the
State of Florida. He subsequently joined the clinical faculty of the
UF Department of Neurology where he participated in the Memory Disorder
and Movement Disorder Clinics.
Graduate Courses
Psyc 642: Interviewing and Psychometric Assessment Methods: Cognitive and Neuropsychological Assessment - Course Coordinator
Research Interests
Cognitive and neuropsychological assessment of brain dysfunction.
Recent Publications (2005-2007) (publications 2000 - 2004)
Journals
Crucian, G.P. , Heilman, K., Junco, E., Maraist, M., Owens, W.E., Foote, K.D., & Okun, M.S. ( 2007 ). The crossed response inhibition task in parkinson's disease: Disinhibition hyperkinesia. Neurocase, 13(3), 158-164.
Drago, V., Foster, P.S., Webster, D.G., Crucian, G.P., & Heilman, K.M. ( 2007 ) Lateral and vertical attentional biases in normal individuals. International Journal of Neuroscience, 117(10), 1415-1424.
Foster, P.S., Crucian, G.P. , Drago, V., Burks, D.W., Mielke, J., Shenal, B.V., Rhodes, R.D., Grande, L.J., Womack, K., Riestra, A., & Heilman, K.M. ( 2007 ). The effects of movement direction and hemispace on estimates of distance traveled. Brain and Cognition, 64(2), 184-188.
Okun, M.S., Rodriguez, R.R., Mikos, A., Miller, K., Kellison, I., Kirsch-Darrow, L., Wint, D., Springer, U., Fernandez, H.H., Foote, K.D., Crucian, G. , & Bowers, D. ( 2007 ). Deep brain stimulation and the role of neuropsychology. The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 21, 162-189.
Quencer, K., Okun, M., Crucian, G., Fernandez, H., Skidmore, F., & Heilman, K.M. ( 2007 ). Limb-kinetic apraxia in parkinson's disease. Neurology, 68(2), 150-151.
Williams, L.N., Seignourel, P., Crucian, G.P. , Okun, M.S., Rodriguez, R.L., Skidmore, F.M., Foster, P.S., Jacobson, C.E.4 th , Romrell., J., Bowers, D., Fernandez, H.H. ( 2007 ). Laterality, region, and type of motor dysfunction correlate with cognitive impairment in parkinson's disease. Movement Disorders, 22(1), 141-145.
Drago, V., Crucian, G.P. , Foster, P.S., Cheong, J., Finney, G.R., Pisani, F., & Heilman, K.M. ( 2006 ). Lewy body dementia and creativity: Case report. Neuropsychologia, 44(14), 3011-3015.
Drago, V., Crucian, G., Pisani, F., Heilman, K.M. ( 2006 ). Distribution of attention in normal people as a function of spatial location: Right-left; Up-down. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 12(4), 532-537.
Drago, V., Foster, P.S., Trifiletti, D., FitzGerald, D.B., Kluger, B.M., Crucian, G.P. , & Heilman, K.M. ( 2006 ). What's inside the art? The influence of fronto-temproal dementia in art production. Neurology, 67(7), 1285-1287.
Drago, V., Jeong, Y., Crucian, G.P. , Fitzgerald, D.B., Finney, G.R., Mizuno, T., Pisani, F., & Heilman, K.M. ( 2006 ). Ipsilesional attentional-approach neglect or crossover effect. Neurocase, 12(4), 207-211.
Graff-Radford, J., Crucian, G.P. , & Heilman, K.M. ( 2006 ). The right arm likes to be close. Cortex, 42,(5), 699-704.
Mizuno, T., Crucian, G.P. , Finney, G.R., Jeong, Y., Drago, V., & Heilman, K.M. ( 2006 ). Incremental limb hypometria. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry, 77(6), 793-795.
Mozaz, M., Garaigordobil, M., Gonzalez-Rothi, L.J., Anderson , J., Crucian, G.P. , & Heilman, K.M. ( 2006 ). Posture recognition in alzheimer's disease. Brain and Cognition, 62, 241-245.
Okun, M.S., Ferndandez, H.H., Rodriguez, R.L., Romrell, J., Suelter, M., Munson, S., Louis, E.D., Mulligan, T., Foster, P.S., Shenal, B.V., Armaghani, S.J., Jacobson, C., Wu, S., Crucian, G. ( 2006 ). Testosterone therapy in men with parkinson's disease: Results of the test-pd study. Archives of Neurology, 63(5), 729-735.
Rosenbek, J.C., Rodriguez, A.D., Heiber, B., Leon , S.A. , Crucian, G.P. , Ketterson, T.U., Ciampitti, M., Singletary, F., Heilman, K.M., & Gonzalez-Rothi, L.J. ( 2006 ). The effects of two treatment for aprosodia secondary to acquired brain injury. Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development, 43(3), 379-390.
Shenal, B.V., Jackson, M.D., Rhodes , R.D., Crucian, G.P. , & Heilman, K.M. ( 2006 ). Finger agnosia in alzheimer's disease. Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology, 19(4), 202-203.
Leon , S.A. , Rosenbek, J.C., Crucian, G.P. , Hieber, B., Holliway, B., Rodriquez, A.D., Ketterson, T.U., Ciampitti, M.Z., Heilman, K.M., & Gonzalez-Rothi, L. ( 2005 ). Active treatments for aprosodia secondary to right hemisphere stroke. Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development, 42(1), 93-102.
Rodriguez, R.L., Miller, K., Bowers, D., Crucian, G ., Wint, D., Fernandez, H., Foote, K.D., & Okun, M.S. ( 2005 ). Mood and cognitive changes with deep brain stimulation. What we know and where we should go. Minerva Medica, 96(3), 125-144.
Book Chapter
Glen, T. Huang, Z., Crucian, G. , & Okun, M.S. ( 2006 ). The role of testosterone and estrogen in parkinson's disease. In M. Willow (Ed.), Focus on Parkinson's Disease Research. Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers, Inc. pp. 45-63.
Conference Presentations
Springer, U.S., Parker, B., Fernandez, H.H., Crucian, G.P., Okun, M.S., Bowers, D. Operating characteristics of mindstreams' visual spatial perception score in parkinson's disease. Poster accepted for presentation at the 36th Annual meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Waikoloa, HI, February, 2008.
Drago, V., Finney, G.R., Foster, P., Amengual, M., Yeong, J., Mizuno, T., Crucian, G. , & Heilman, K.M. Spatial-attention and emotional evocation: Line bisection's performance ad visual art's emotional evocation. Poster presented at the 35th annual meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Portland, OR, February, 2007. (Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 13(S1), 13).
Drago, V., Finney, G.R., Foster, P., Amengual, M., Yeong, J., Mizuno, T., Crucian, G. , & Heilman, K.M. Spatial-attention and emotional evocation: Line bisection performance and visual art's emotional evocation. Poster presented at the 59th annual meeting of the American Academy of Neurology, Boston, MA, March 2007. (Neurology, 68(12)(S1), A8).
Foster, P.S., Drago, V., Crucian, G.P. , & Heilman, K.M. Executive functioning in parkinson's disease: The effects of asymmetrical symptom presentation and anxiety. Poster presented at the 35th annual meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Portland, OR, February, 2007. ( Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 13(S1), 93).
Foster, P.S., Drago, V., Skoblar, B., Antoniello, D., Kluger, B., FitzGerald, D., Crucian, G.P. , & Heilman, K.M. Asymmetrical parkinson's and dopaminergic enhancement. Poster presented at the 35th annual meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Portland, OR, February, 2007. (Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 13(S1), 93).
Foster, P.S., Loring, D.W., Meador, K., Drago, V., Crucian, G.P. , & Heilman, K.M. Errors on the trail making test in left and right temporal lobe epilepsy. Poster presented at the 35th annual meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Portland, OR, February, 2007. (Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 13(S1), 214).
Mozaz, M, Garaigordobil, M., Crucian, G., & K. Heilman. Age related changes in postural knowledge. Poster presented at the annual mid-year meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Bilbao, Spain, July, 2007.
Skoblar, B.M., Crucian, G.P. , Anderson, A.M., Foster, P.S., Drago, V., & Heilman, K.M. Neuropsychological prediction of memory function in parkinson's disease. Poster presented at the 35th annual meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Portland, OR, February, 2007. (Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 13(S1), 97).
Barrett, A.M., Zimmerman, E.K., Shaffer, R.A., Benner, L., Crucian, G.P., Lenz, L., & Eslinger, P. Driving risk and cognitive testing in parkinson's disease (pd). Poster presented at the 34th annual meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Boston, MA , February, 2006. (Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 12(S1), 109).
Crucian, G.P. , Armaghani, S.J., Armaghani, A., Foster, P.S., Burks, D.W., Drago, V., Rhodes, R.D., Okun, M.S., Fernandez, H.H., & Heilman, K.M. Visual-spatial disembedding in parkinson's disease. Poster presented at the 34th annual meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Boston, MA , February, 2006. (Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 12(S1), 110).
Drago, V., Cheong, J., Finney, G.R., Crucian, G.P. , Foster, P.S., Pisani, F., & Heilman, K.M. Lewy body dementia and creativity: Case report. Poster presented at the 34th annual meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Boston, MA, February, 2006. (Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 12(S1), 116).
Drago, V., Crucian, G.P. , Fitzgerald, D.B., Mizuno, T., Pisani, F., Jeong, Y., Finney, G.R., & Heilman, K.M. Spatial attentional bias in normal people: Object or viewer-centered. Poster presented at the 34th annual meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Boston, MA, February, 2006. (Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 12(S1), 5).
Drago, V., Finney, G.R., Jeong, Y., Mizuno, T., Crucian, G.P. , & Heilman, K.M. Ipsilesional neglect in upper versus lower space. Poster presented at the 34th annual meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Boston , MA , February, 2006. (Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 12(S1), 260).
Drago, V., Foster, P.S., Crucian, G.P. , & Heilman, K.M. Cognitive festination and impersistence in parkinson's disease. Poster presented at the 34th annual meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Boston, MA, February, 2006. (Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 12 (S1), 170).
FitzGerald, D.B., Crucian, G.P. , Mielke, J., Valenstein, E., & Heilman, K.M. The effect of donepezil on memory in older normal subjects. Poster presented at the 58th annual meeting of the American Academy of Neurology, San Diego, CA, April, 2006. (Neurology, 66(5, S2), P06.071, p. A350).
Foster, P.S., Crucian, G.P. , Burks, D.W., Mielke, J., Shenal, B.V., Rhodes , R., Grande, L.J., Womack, K., Riestra, A., & Heilman, K.M. The effects of movement direction and hemispace on estimates of distance traveled. Poster presented at the 34th annual meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Boston, MA, February, 2006. (Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 12(S1), 5).
Foster, P.S., Drago, V., Rhodes , R., Crucian, G.P. , & Heilman, K.M. Relationships between verbal and nonverbal memory and the laterality of Parkinsonian signs. Poster presented at the 34th annual meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Boston, MA, February, 2006. (Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 12(S1), 111).
Foster, P.S., Rhodes , R., Lohse, B., Shenal, B., Crucian, G.P. , & Heilman, K.M. Learning in alzheimer's and parkinson's disease. Poster presented at the 34th annual meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Boston, MA, February, 2006. (Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 12(S1), 49).
Foster, P.S., Webster, D.G., Drago, V., Crucian, G.P. , & Heilman, K.M. Lateral and vertical attentional biases in normal individuals. Poster presented at the 34 th annual meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Boston , MA , February, 2006 . ( Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society , 12 (S1), 5).
Kellison, I.L., Kirsch-Darrow, L., Lopez, M., Crucian, G. , Do, T., Fernandez, H., Okun, M.S., Bowers, D. Apathy and executive function in non-demented parkinson's disease. Poster accepted for presentation at the 114th annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA, August, 2006. (The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 20, 597-597).
Konka, S., Quencer, K., Finney, G.R., Crucian, G.P. , & Heilman, K.M. The discrimination index of the hopkins verbal learning test is lower in patients with alzheimer's disease than patients with frontal-subcortical dementia. Poster presented at the 34th annual meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Boston, MA, February, 2006. (Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 12(S1), 54).
Rhodes , R.D., Lohse, B., Foster, P.S., Shenal, B.V., Crucian, G.P. , & Heilman, K.M. Short-term verbal learning in alzheimer's disease: Statistical versus clinical significance. Poster presented at the 34th annual meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Boston, MA, February, 2006. (Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 12(S1), 53).
Springer, U.S. , Chang, Y-L., Graf-Radford, J., Jacobson, C., Crucian, G.P., Okun, M.S., & Bowers, D. Neuropsychological profile of essential tremor. Poster accepted for presentation at the 114th annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA, August, 2006. (The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 20, 599-599).
Drago, V., Crucian, G.P., Pisani, F., & Heilman, K.M. Distribution of attention as a function of spatial ocation: right-left; up-down. Poster presented at the 33rd annual meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, St. Louis, MO, February, 2005. (Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 11(S1), 37.).
Finney, G.R., Mizuno, T., Jeong, Y., Drago, V., Rhodes , R.D., Shenal, B.V., Crucian, G.P. , & Heilman, K.M. Co-occurrence of ipsilesional neglect and progressive hypometria. Poster presented at the 33rd annual meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, St. Louis, MO, February, 2005. (Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 11(S1), 45.).
Jeong, Y., Finney, G.R., Crucian, G.P. , & Heilman, K.M. Dissociation of posture representation and verbal knowledge in corticobasal degeneration. Poster presented at the 57th annual meeting of the American Academy of Neurology, Miami Beach, FL, April, 2005. (Neurology, 64(Suppl 1), A165.)
Leidig, L.M., Kim, M., Crucian, G.P. , & Barrett, A.M. Spatial bias in Korean subjects: Influence of early reading direction. Poster presented at the 33rd annual meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, St. Louis, MO, February, 2005. (Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 11(S1), 144.).
Leon , S.A. , Rosenbek, J.C., Heiber, B., Crucian, G.P. , Rodriguez, A.D., Ketterson, T.U., Ciampitti, M.Z., Heilman, K.M., & Gonzalez-Rothi, L.J. A phase I study of interventions for expressive aprosodia. Poster presented at the 33rd annual meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, St. Louis, MO, February, 2005. (Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 11(S1), 126.).
Riggeal, B.D., Crucian, G.P., Jacobson IV, C.E., Munson, S.K., Okun, M.S., & Fernandez, H.H. Cognitive decline parallels motor progression and not disease duration in parkinson's disease. Poster presented at the 57th annual meeting of the American Academy of Neurology, Miami Beach, FL, April, 2005. (Neurology, 64(Suppl 1), A200.).
Rodriguez, R.L., Crucian, G. , Foote, K., Romrell, J., Pavon, J., Hann, S., Fernandez, H.H., & Okun, M.S. Intraoperative collision effects of microelectrodes and dbs leads during essential tremor surgery. Poster presented at the 57th annual meeting of the American Academy of Neurology, Miami Beach, FL, April, 2005. (Neurology, 64 (Suppl 1), A254.).
Mizuno, T., Finney, G.R., Crucian, G.P. , Jeong, Y., Drago, V., Shenal, B.V., Rhodes, R.D., & Heilman, K.M. Limb impersistence in right hemisphere injured patients using the blind line-drawing task. Poster presented at the 33rd annual meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, St. Louis, MO, February, 2005. (Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 11(S1), 39.).