Research Areas: Sustained attention; attention capture and distraction; inattentional blindness; auditory and visual working memory; teaching and learning styles; learning disorders; performance in dual task or “multi-task” ecologically-valid situations; psychophysiological and behavioural measures of attention; memory, perception, and cognition associated with neurological disorders and drug use.
PUBLICATIONS (Since 1996):
NOLDY-MACLEAN, N., Hansen, J & Curtis, R. (2002) Neurodevelopmental changes in children on the ketogenic diet. Proceedings of the American Epilepsy Society.
NOLDY, N.E. (1998) Hormones and Seizures. In Sharing: Epilepsy Ontario, 14-3.
NOLDY, N.E. (1998) Acute and chronic effects of social drinking as measured by event-related potentials and quantified EEG. In J. Snel & M.M. Lorist (eds.) Caffeine, Nicotine and Social Drinking. Switzerland: Harwood Academic Publishers.
NOLDY, N.E. (1997) Event-related potential changes in cocaine withdrawal. Neuropsychobiology, 36, 53-56.
NOLDY, N.E., & Stieben, J. (1997) Passive Auditory Oddball Paradigm in Childhood Epilepsy. Psychophysiology (37th Annual Meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research abstract supplement).
CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS (Since 1996):
Papers or posters have been presented at the following conferences:
2009 National Institute of Teaching in Psychology, Florida, USA
2002 Americal Epilepsy Society, Philadelphia, USA
2001 Canadian Epilepsy Research Initiative, Toronto, Ontario
1999 Ontario Association of Developmental Disabilities, Kingston, Ontario
1998 Traumatic Stress Network Conference, Toronto, Ontario
1997 Society for Psychophysiological Research, Cape Cod, USA
1996 Neuroscience Nursing Research Day, Toronto, Ontario
MEDIA PRESENTATIONS (Since 1996)
1996 CTV: W5: Brain Sex: Gender differences in brain functioning during a cognitive task
1996 Discovery Channel: @discovery.ca segment: Gender differences in brain functioning during a cognitive task, and its implications for neurology
INVITED LECTURES: (Since 1996)
2002 “Women & Epilepsy” Epilepsy Brampton, Brampton, Ontario.
1999 “Medical Issues: Hormones & Epilepsy”, Conference on Women & Epilepsy, Epilepsy Kingston, Kingston, Ontario
1998 “Ketogenic Diet”, Neurology Rounds, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto (with Dr. R. Curtis and C. Basualdo Hammond)
1998 “Hormones and Epilepsy: Clinical Studies”, Bloorview Epilepsy Research Program: Fellows Meeting, Toronto
1998 “Hormones and Epilepsy: Clinical Studies”, Annual General Meeting of Epilepsy Ontario, Toronto
1997 “Catamenial Epilepsy”, Women and Epilepsy Symposium, Epilepsy Ontario, Toronto
1996 “Event-related Potentials in Children with Epilepsy" Bloorview Epilepsy Research Program: Fellows Meeting, Toronto
1996 “Epilepsy and Cognition” Bloorview Parents’ Group, Bloorview Children’s Hospital, Toronto.
1996 “Sex differences in Brain Functioning” Women's Health Research Symposium, The Toronto Hospital, Toronto