News and Publications

• ABC featured in recent USC TV Spot with A’ja Wilson
• Tracking our aging brains
• Like TBI, COVID May Affect the Brain Long-Term. But Why?
• Study aims to understand effects of COVID-19 on the brain, cognition and language processing
• USC researchers seek test subjects to study COVID-19’s effect on the brain
• South Carolina researchers to begin study on coronavirus aftereffects on the brain
• UofSC researchers conducting study into effects of COVID-19 on brain
• UofSC study seeks to understand how COVID-19 affects the brain
• UofSC looking for volunteers who have recovered from COVID-19 for study

Arjmandi, M. K., Neils-Strunjas, J., Nemati, S., Fridriksson, J., Newman-Norlund, S., Newman-Norlund, R., & Bonilha, L. (2024). Age-related hearing loss, cognitive decline, and social interaction: Testing a framework. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 67(8), 2743–2760. https://doi.org/10.1044/2024_jslhr-23-00810

Busby, N., Newman-Norlund, S., Sayers, S., Newman-Norlund, R., Wilmskoetter, J., Rorden, C., Nemati, S., Wilson, S., Riccardi, N., Roth, R., Johnson, L., den Ouden, D. B., Fridriksson, J., & Bonilha, L. (2023). Lower socioeconomic status is associated with premature brain aging. Neurobiology of Aging, 130, 135–140. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2023.06.012

Busby, N., Newman-Norlund, S., Sayers, S., Newman-Norlund, R., Wilson, S., Nemati, S., Rorden, C., Wilmskoetter, J., Riccardi, N., Roth, R., Fridriksson, J., & Bonilha, L. (2022). White matter hyperintensity load is associated with premature brain aging. Aging. https://doi.org/10.18632/aging.204397

Busby, N., Newman-Norlund, S., Sayers, S., Rorden, C., Newman-Norlund, R., Wilmskoetter, J., Roth, R., Wilson, S., Schwen-Blackett, D., Kristinsson, S., Teghipco, A., Fridriksson, J., & Bonilha, L. (2024). Regional brain aging: Premature aging of the domain general system predicts aphasia severity. Communications Biology, 7(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-024-06211-8

Busby, N., Newman‐Norlund, S., Sayers, S., Newman‐Norlund, R., Nemati, S., Bonilha, L., & Fridriksson, J. (2022). Language fluency and premature brain aging. Alzheimer’s & Dementia, 18(S7). https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.063916

Busby, N., Wilson, S., Wilmskoetter, J., Newman-Norlund, R., Sayers, S., Newman-Norlund, S., Roth, R., Rorden, C., Fridriksson, J., & Bonilha, L. (2023). White matter hyperintensity load mediates the relationship between age and cognition. Neurobiology of Aging, 132, 56–66. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2023.08.007

Conte, S., Zimmerman, D., & Richards, J. E. (2024). White matter trajectories over the lifespan. PLOS ONE, 19(5). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0301520

Fu, X., & Richards, J. E. (2022). Age-related changes in diffuse optical tomography sensitivity profiles from childhood to adulthood. Journal of Biomedical Optics, 27(08). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.jbo.27.8.083004

Klusek, J., Newman-Norlund, R., Fairchild, A. J., Newman-Norlund, S., Sayers, S., Stewart, J. C., Berry-Kravis, E., & Fridriksson, J. (2022). Low normal FMR1 genotype in older adult women: Psychological well-being and motor function. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 103, 104789. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.archger.2022.104789

Nemati, S., Arjmandi, M., Neils-Strunjas, J., Newman-Norlund, R. D., Newman-Norlund, S. E., Droege, L., Bonilha, L., & Fridriksson, J. (2025). White matter integrity of hearing and cognitive impairments in healthy aging. NeuroImage, 310, 121135. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2025.121135

Nemati, S., Arjmandi, M., Newman‐Norlund, R., Newman‐Norlund, S., & Fridriksson, J. (2024). White matter integrity of age‐related hearing loss and cognitive impairment. Alzheimer’s & Dementia, 20(S2). https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.093247

Nemati, S., Newman‐Norlund, R., Newman‐Norlund, S., & Fridriksson, J. (2023). Investigating cognitive performance of healthy older adults using phase synchrony analyses of EEG signals. Alzheimer’s & Dementia, 19(S16). https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.077544

Nemati, S., Newman‐Norlund, R., Newman‐Norlund, S., Sayers, S., Busby, N., Bonilha, L., & Fridriksson, J. (2022). Neuroimaging‐based biomarkers of brain aging in healthy older adults. Alzheimer’s & Dementia, 18(S5). https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.064909

Newman-Norlund, R. D., Newman-Norlund, S. E., Sayers, S., McLain, A. C., Riccardi, N., & Fridriksson, J. (2022). Effects of social isolation on quality of life in elderly adults. PLOS ONE, 17(11). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0276590

Newman-Norlund, R. D., Newman-Norlund, S. E., Sayers, S., Nemati, S., Riccardi, N., Rorden, C., & Fridriksson, J. (2021). The aging brain cohort (ABC) repository: The University of South Carolina’s multimodal lifespan database for studying the relationship between the brain, cognition, genetics and behavior in Healthy Aging. Neuroimage: Reports, 1(1), 100008. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ynirp.2021.100008

Newman‐Norlund, R. D., Kudaravalli, S., Merchant, A. T., Fridriksson, J., & Rorden, C. (2024). Exploring the link between tooth loss, cognitive function, and brain wellness in the context of Healthy Aging. Journal of Periodontal Research, 59(6), 1184–1194. https://doi.org/10.1111/jre.13280

Rangus, I., Teghipco, A., Newman‐Norlund, S., Newman‐Norlund, R., Rorden, C., Riccardi, N., Wilson, S., Busby, N., Wilmskoetter, J., Nemati, S., Bakos, L., Fridriksson, J., & Bonilha, L. (2024). The influence of structural brain changes on cognition in the context of healthy aging: Exploring mediation effects through gbat—the graphical brain association tool. Human Brain Mapping, 45(14). https://doi.org/10.1002/hbm.70038

Riccardi, N., Banister, C., Busby, N., Newman-Norlund, S., Newman-Norlund, R., Rangus, I., Teghipco, A., Rorden, C., Fridriksson, J., & Bonilha, L. (2024). Epigenetic Age Influences Regional Brain Aging along the Sensorimotor-to-Association Axis of Cortical Organization. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4890203

Sen, S., Newman-Norlund, R., Riccardi, N., Newman-Norlund, S., Sayers, S., Wilson, S., Busby, N., Nemati, S., Rorden, C., & Fridriksson, J. (2023). Abstract 109: Regional cerebral hypoperfusion in patients recovered from mild COVID-19. Stroke, 54(Suppl_1). https://doi.org/10.1161/str.54.suppl_1.109

Sen, S., Newman‐Norlund, R., Riccardi, N., Rorden, C., Newman‐Norlund, S., Sayers, S., Fridriksson, J., & Logue, M. (2023). Cerebral blood flow in patients recovered from mild COVID‐19. Journal of Neuroimaging, 33(5), 764–772. https://doi.org/10.1111/jon.13129

Simms, E., Wilson, S., Newman-Norlund, R., Fridriksson, J., & Newman-Norlund, S. (2023). Understanding the interplay of brain health, cognition, and autonomic function. Innovation in Aging, 7(Supplement_1), 975–976. https://doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igad104.3135

Stockbridge, M. D., Kelly, L., Newman-Norlund, S., White, B., Bourgeois, M., Rothermel, E., Fridriksson, J., Lyden, P. D., & Hillis, A. E. (2024). New picture stimuli for the NIH stroke scale: A validation study. Stroke, 55(2), 443–451. https://doi.org/10.1161/strokeaha.123.044384

Wilson, S. C., Teghipco, A., Sayers, S., Newman-Norlund, R., Newman-Norlund, S., & Fridriksson, J. (2024). Story recall in peer conflict resolution discourse task to identify older adults testing within range of cognitive impairment. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 33(5), 2582–2598. https://doi.org/10.1044/2024_ajslp-24-00005

Zhao, L., Wang, Y., Bawa, E. M., Meng, Z., Wei, J., Newman-Norlund, S., Trivedi, T., Hasturk, H., Newman-Norlund, R. D., Fridriksson, J., & Merchant, A. T. (2024). Identifying a group of factors predicting cognitive impairment among older adults. PLOS ONE, 19(4). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0301979