Esther Direnfeld

Program affiliation: Clinical Psychology

Supervisor: Dr. Mauricio Garcia-Barrera

Research interests

I am interested in studying the development of executive functions in children. Currently, I am interested in examining the neuroanatomical correlates of cognition in children with ADHD, and investigating the relationship among subregional volumes of the prefrontal cortex as well as other brain areas in the same population.

Awards

University of Victoria Graduate Award, 2009
Pacific Century Graduate Scholarship, 2009

Representative publications and presentations

Smith, M.L. & Direnfeld, E. Memory in Children with Epilepsy. In A. Zeman, N. Kapur, & M. Jones-Gotman (Eds.), Epilepsy and Memory. Oxford University Press. Accepted.