HENRY V. SOPER

PhD, Physiological/Comparative Psychology

University of Connecticut, 1974

hvsoper@fielding.edu

 

 

 

Internship: Camarillo State Hospital and Developmental Center, California Department of Health (APA Approved), 1982-1983

 

Licensure: CA

 

Current Professional Appointment:

 

Faculty (unranked)

School of Psychology

Fielding Graduate University

 

Areas of Instruction:

 

Neuropsychology

Biological Bases of Behavior

Language Pathology

Neuroanatomy

Research Design

 

Research Interests:

 

Hemispheric Organization

Right Hemisphere Functioning

Executive Functioning

Epilepsy

Autism

Mental Retardation

Prosody

 

Practice Interests:

 

Neuropsychology

Forensic neuropsychology

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Battered Women

Hypnotherapy

 

Professional Memberships:

 

American Association for the Advancement of Science

American College of Forensic Examiners

American Psychological Association (1, 3, 6, 40)

International Brain Research Organization

International Neuropsychology Society

National Academy of Neuropsychology

Psychonomic Science

Sigma Xi

Society for Neuroscience

 

 

Honors and Awards:

 

1962: Bausch and Lomb Science Award

 

1965: Normal Hall Award, Yale University

 

1965: Robert R. Chamberlain Award, Yale University

 

1972-1974: State of Connecticut Predoctoral Fellowship

 

1976-1978: National Institutes of Health Postdoctoral Fellow (ADAMHA)

 

1984-1985: National Institutes of Health Postdoctoral Fellow (NIMH)

 

1984-1985: Chief Fellow, Department of Neuropsychology, University of California, Los Angeles

 

 

Professional Activities in Last Seven Years

 

Publications:

 

Baeder, D., Zellinger, M., & Soper, H. V. (2000). An examination of the neuropsychological utility of the WAIS-III. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 15, 676.

 

Soper, H.V. (2000). Neuroanatomy for neuropsychologists [Review of the book The brain atlas: A visual guide to the human central nervous system]. Applied Neuropsychology, 7, 259-260.

 

Soper, H. V., & McWhorter, N. (2001). Differentiating between right and left hemisphere intelligence: An initial study. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Pacific Division, 20, 62.

 

Soper, H. V., & McWhorter, N. (2001). Right versus left hemisphere intelligence: Preliminary data. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 16, 843.

 

McWhorter, N., & Soper, H. V. (2002). Assessment of receptive and expressive prosody. Abstracts of the 82^nd Annual Convention of the Western Psychological Association, 130.

 

Parra, E., & Soper, H. V. (2002). Effects of subculture on neuropsychological memory tasks. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 17, 849-850.

 

Soper, H. V., Gaier, D. J., & McWhorter, N. (2002). Neuropathogenic birth factors and severe to profound mental retardation with and without autism. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 17, 806-807.

 

Soper, H. V., & McWhorter, N. (2002). Right hemisphere visual and auditory abilities. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 17, 854.

 

Soper, H. V., & McWhorter, N. (2003). Gender differences in various brief neuropsychological tests. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 29.

 

Soper, H. V., & McWhorter, N. (2003). Interrelationships between visual and auditory right hemisphere abilities in a nonclinical sample. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 18, 778-779.

 

Soper, H. V., McWhorter, N, & Doig, H. M. (2004). Failure among college students of right-gestaltic and left-analytic integration on a prosody task. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 19, 909.

 

Soper, H. V., & DeLuca, J. J. (2005). [Review of the book and test Cognitive rehabilitation: An integrative approach]. Applied Neuropsychology, 12(1), 57-58.

 

Soper, H. V., & DeLuca, J. J. (2005). [Review of the book and test Fundamentals of human neuropsychology]. Applied Neuropsychology, 12(1), 61-62.

 

Soper, H. V., & DeLuca, J. J. (2005). [Review of the book and test Neuropsychology: From theory to practice]. Applied Neuropsychology, 12(1), 59-61.

 

Soper, H. V., Barnhart, M., & McHale, T. J. (2005). Development of lateralization of performance and factors involved. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 20, 830.

 

Soper, H. V., Gaier, D. J., & DeLuca, J. J. (2005). Minor physical anomalies in severe developmental disabilities. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 20, 931.

 

Cave, G., Tong, K., Wolfson, S., Kandra, L. V., and Soper, H. V. (2006). Comparative study of gestalt processing abilities among different populations of students. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science Pacific Division, 56.

 

LoBaugh, M., Isaacs, C., McWhorter, N., McHale, T., & Soper, H. V. (2006). Differentiation between left and right hemisphere forms of intelligence. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science Pacific Division, 75-76.

 

McGough, T., Ducharme, J., and Soper, H. V. (2006). Interrelationships between acculturation, Gestaltic processing, and abstract reasoning ability in a Mexican-American population. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 21, 565.

 

McWhorter, N., Doig, H. M., McHale, T., Dobroth, J. E., & Soper, H. V. (2006). A program for reducing recidivism in the juvenile justice system. Abstracts of the 86^th Annual Convention of the Western Psychological Association, 179.

 

Mitchell, C., Doig, H. M., Shiota L. N., Isaacs, C., & Soper, H. V. (2006). Neuropsychological analysis of the Visual Organization Test. Abstracts of the 86^th Annual Convention of the Western Psychological Association, 97.

 

Shiota L. N., McHale, T., Doig, H. M., Kandra, L. V., & Soper, H. V. (2006). A comparison of methods of estimating premorbid intelligence. Abstracts of the 86^th Annual Convention of the Western Psychological Association, 97.

 

Soper, H. V., Canavan, F., & Wolfson, S. S. (in press). Neuropsychology of autism spectrum disorders. In A. M. Horton & D. Wedding (Eds.), Neuropsychology handbook (3^rd ed.). Philadelphia: Elsevier.

 

Soper, H.V., & Horton, A. M. (in press). Forensic neuropsychology report writing: Opinions and conclusions. In G. Murrey (Ed.) The forensic evaluation of traumatic brain injury: A handbook for clinicians and attorneys, 2^nd ed. Taylor & Francis: London.

 

 

Other Professional Activities:

 

1991-2001: Adjunct Professor, Graduate School of Education and Psychology, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA.

 

1995-present: Private Practice, Neuropsychology (part time), Ventura, CA.

 

2004-present: Adjunct Graduate Faculty (part time), Brooks Institute of Photography, Santa Barbara, CA.