Loren Bruns Jr

Reductions in alcohol intake among young adults during the pandemic underpinned by binge drinkers and not related to changes in behavioural impulsivity

Antoinette Poulton, Clare McGinness, Sarah Clarke, Loren Richard Bruns, Richard Sinnott, Robert Hester

Conference Proceedings  |  2022  |  DRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW

Evaluating untimed and timed abridged versions of Raven's Advanced Progressive Matrices

Antoinette Poulton, Kathleen Rutherford, Sarah Boothe, Madeleine Brygel, Alice Crole, Gezelle Dali, Loren Richard Bruns, Richard O Sinnott, Robert Hester

Journal article  |  2022  |  JOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL NEUROPSYCHOLOGY

INTRODUCTION: Raven's Advanced Progressive Matrices (APM) are frequently utilized in clinical and experimental settings to index i..

Addressing methodological issues in a study of impulsivity and vulnerability for transition to alcohol use disorder

Antoinette Poulton, Oliver Eastwood, Loren Richard Bruns, Richard O Sinnott, Robert Hester

Journal article  |  2021  |  ALCOHOL-CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH

BACKGROUND: Heightened behavioral impulsivity has been advocated as a preexisting risk factor for the development of alcohol use d..

An Online, Person-Centered, Risk Factor Management Program to Prevent Cognitive Decline: Protocol for A Prospective Behavior-Modification Blinded Endpoint Randomized Controlled Trial

Yen Ying Lim, Darshini Ayton, Stephanie Perin, Alexandra Lavale, Nawaf Yassi, Rachel Buckley, Christopher Barton, Loren Bruns, Renata Morello, Stephanie Pirotta, Emily Rosenich, Shantha MW Rajaratnam, Richard Sinnott, Amy Brodtmann, Ashley Bush, Paul Maruff, Leonid Churilov, Anna Barker, Matthew P Pase

Journal article  |  2021  |  JOURNAL OF ALZHEIMERS DISEASE

BACKGROUND: Several modifiable risk factors for dementia have been identified, although the extent to which their modification lea..

Learning deficit in cognitively normal APOE epsilon 4 carriers with LOW beta-amyloid

Yen Ying Lim, Jenalle E Baker, Andrea Mills, Loren Bruns, Christopher Fowler, Jurgen Fripp, Stephanie R Rainey-Smith, David Ames, Colin L Masters, Paul Maruff

Journal article  |  2021  |  ALZHEIMER'S & DEMENTIA: DIAGNOSIS, ASSESSMENT & DISEASE MONITORING

INTRODUCTION: In cognitively normal (CN) adults, increased rates of amyloid beta (Aβ) accumulation can be detected in low Aβ (Aβ-)..

Deficits in learning are greater than memory dysfunction in preclinical Alzheimer’s disease

Yen Ying Lim, Jenalle E Baker, Loren Bruns, Andrea Mills, Christopher J Fowler, Jurgen Fripp, Stephanie R Rainey‐Smith, David Ames, Colin L Masters, Paul T Maruff

Journal article  |  2020  |  Alzheimer's & Dementia

Association of deficits in short-term learning and A beta and hippocampal volume in cognitively normal adults

Yen Ying Lim, Jenalle E Baker, Loren Bruns, Andrea Mills, Christopher Fowler, Jurgen Fripp, Stephanie R Rainey-Smith, David Ames, Colin L Masters, Paul Maruff

Journal article  |  2020  |  NEUROLOGY

Objective To determine the extent to which deficits in learning over 6 days are associated with β-amyloid–positive (Aβ+) and hippo..

Use of an experimental language acquisition paradigm for standardized neuropsychological assessment of learning: A pilot study in young and older adults

Jenalle E Baker, Loren Bruns, Jason Hassenstab, Colin L Masters, Paul Maruff, Yen Ying Lim

Journal article  |  2019  |  JOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL NEUROPSYCHOLOGY

Introduction: Despite the numerous episodic memory tasks used in neuropsychological assessment, relatively few learning tasks are ..

Predictors of Adverse Alcohol Use Consequences Among Tertiary Students

Antoinette Poulton, Adrienn Mata, Jason Pan, Loren Richard Bruns, Richard O Sinnott, Robert Hester

Journal article  |  2019  |  ALCOHOLISM-CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH

BACKGROUND: The alcohol consumption patterns of young adults are of concern. Critically, tertiary students consume greater quantit..

A Smartphone App to Assess Alcohol Consumption Behavior: Development, Compliance, and Reactivity

Antoinette Poulton, Jason Pan, Loren Richard Bruns, Richard O Sinnott, Robert Hester

Journal article  |  2019  |  JMIR MHEALTH AND UHEALTH

BACKGROUND: There are disadvantages-largely related to cost, participant burden, and missing data-associated with traditional elec..