Education

Biography

Dr. Joel Shenker is a neurologist in Columbia, Missouri and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, his specialties include Neurology and Psychiatry He received his medical degree from University of Illinois College of Medicine and has been in practice between 11-20 years.

Research Interest

• Cognitive psychology
• Neuropsychology
• Behavioral neurology
• Dementia
• Cognitive brain disorders

Scientific Activities

Honors And Awards

Publications

Original Peer-Reviewed Articles

1. Shenker, J.I. and Singh, G. (2017). Sleep and dementia. Missouri Medicine, 114(4), 299-303.
2. Roberts, M.H. & Shenker, J.I. (2016). Non-optic vision: Beyond synesthesia. Brain & Cognition, 107, 24-29. doi: 10.1016/j.bandc.2016.05.007
3. Shenker, J.I. & Roberts, M.H. (2016). Simultanagnosia: When all you can see are trees, the forest still rules. Neurocase, 22(3), 289-293. . doi 10.1080/13554794.2015.1137949
4. Ghacibeh, G., Shenker, J.I., Winter, K.H., Triggs, W. J., & Heilman, K.M. (2007). Dissociation of neglect subtypes with transcranial magnetic stimulation. Neurology, 69(11), 1122-1127. doi: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000276950.77470.50
5. Ghacibeh, G.A., Shenker, J.I., Shenal, B., Uthman, B.M., & Heilman, K.M. (2006). The influence of vagus nerve stimulation on memory.  Cognitive & Behavioral Neurology, 19(3), 119-122. doi: 10.1097/01.wnn.0000213908.34278.7d
6. Ghacibeh, G.A., Shenker, J.I., Shenal, B., Uthman, B. & Heilman, K.M. (2006). Effect of vagus nerve stimulation on creativity and cognitive flexibility.  Epilepsy & Behavior, 8(4), 720-725. doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2006.03.008
7. Shenker, J.I. (2005, Epub). Teaching biology in a psychology class: How to use Case Stories and Other Methods to Delight Yourself and Your Students. American Psychological Society Teaching Tips (http://www.psychologicalscience.org/teaching/tips)
8. Shenker, J.I., Wylie, S.A., Fuchs, K., Manning, C.A., & Heilman, K.M. (2004). Online anosognosia: Unawareness for chorea in real time but not on videotape delay. Neurology, 63 (1), 159-160.
9. Banich, M.T., Milham, M.P., Atchley, R., Cohen, N.J., Webb, A., Wszalek, T., Kramer, A.F., Liang, Z.-P., Wright, A., Shenker, J., & Magin, R. (2000). fMRI studies of Stroop tasks reveal unique roles of anterior and posterior brain systems in attentional selection. J. Cog. Neurosci., 12 (6), 988-1000.
10. Gabriel, M., Cuppernell, C., Shenker, J.I., Kubota, Y., Henzi, V., & Swanson, D. (1995). Mammillothalamic tract transection blocks anterior thalamic training-induced neuronal plasticity and impairs discriminative avoidance behavior in rabbits. J. Neurosci., 15(2), 1437-1445.
11. Banich, M.T. & Shenker, J.I. (1994b). Dissociations in memory for item identity and item frequency: Evidence from hemispheric processing. Neuropsychologia, 32(10), 1179-1194.
12. Banich, M.T. & Shenker, J.I. (1994a). Investigations of interhemispheric processing: Methodological considerations. Neuropsychology, 8(2), 263-277.
13. Fridlund, A.J., Sabini, J.P., Hedlund, L.E., Schaut, J.A., Shenker, J.I., & Knauer, M.J. (1990). Audience effects on solitary faces during imagery: Displaying to the people in your head.  J. Nonverbal Behavior, 14, 113-137.
14. Rozin, P. & Shenker, J. (1989). Liking oral cold and hot irritant sensations: Specificity to type of irritant and locus of stimulation. Chemical Senses, 14(6), 771-779.
15. Lawless, H., Rozin, P. & Shenker, J. (1985). Effects of oral capsaicin on gustatory, olfactory and irritant sensations and flavor identification in humans who regularly or rarely consume chili pepper. Chemical Senses, 10(4), 579-589.
    

Books And Chapters

1. Goss-Lucas, S., Allman, A., Shenker, J.I., & Bernstein, D.A. (2003). Instructor’s Manual for Psychology, 6th Edition. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
2. Goss-Lucas, S., Allman, A., Shenker, J.I., & Bernstein, D.A. (2000). Instructor’s Manual for Psychology, 5th Edition. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
3. Shenker, J.I. (2007). Classical conditioning:  An all-purpose demonstration.  In Ludy Benjamin (Ed.), Activities Handbook for the Teaching of Psychology, Volume 4. Washington, D.C.: APA.
4. Shenker, J.I. (1998).  Classical conditioning:  An all-purpose demonstration.  In Ludy Benjamin (Ed.), Activities Handbook for the Teaching of Psychology, Volume 4. Washington, D.C.: APA.
5. Shenker, J.I., Goss, S.S., & Bernstein, D.A. (1997). Instructor’s Manual for Psychology, 4th Edition. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
6. Goss, S.S., Shenker, J.I., & Bernstein, D.A. (1994). Instructor’s Manual for Psychology, 3rd Edition. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
7. Gabriel, M., Kubota, Y. & Shenker, J. (1988). Limbic circuit interactions during learning. In H.J. Markowitsch (Ed.), Information Processing by the Brain. Toronto: Hans Huber, 39-63.

Posters, Abstracts, And Other Papers

1. Shenker, J.I., Dugula, R. (2016). Provoked re-emergence of ischemic cerebral events (PRICE) syndrome: Getting concrete about a common clinical belief. American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting, Vancouver BC, Canada.
2. Shenker, J.I., Kandimalla, J., Kunal, B., Wadwha, A. (2015). Does DSM-5 change who gets diagnosed with Alzheimer Disease, and who’s checking? American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.
3. Shenker, J.I., Kandimalla, J., Kunal, B., Wadwha, A. (2015). Who uses the data-supported, AAN practice parameters for detecting and diagnosing Alzheimer disease, and how often? American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.
4. Shenker, J.I. (2013). Reversible Capgras syndrome due to temporal lobe dysfunction, American Neurology Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA (October 2013)
5. Kristin, K., Shenker, J., Vinyard, P., Goss, M., & Wood, L. Improving the quantity of consult notes sent to referring providers in an outpatient neurology clinic. UMHS Innovation and Improvement Sharing Days Conference, School of Medicine, Univ. Missouri, Columbia, MO (April 2013)
6. Shenker, J.I.  (2004). Global visual perception implicitly dominates performance in simultanagnosia. Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting Abstracts, San Diego, CA
7. Ghacibeh, G. A., Shenker, J., Shenal, B., Uthman, B., Heilman, K. M. (2004). Vagus nerve stimulation, memory and creativity. Paper presented at the American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
8. Shenker, J.I., Ghacibeh, G.A., Malmad, J., Crucian, G.P., Mielke, J.B., Rhodes, R.D., Shenal, B.V., & Heilman, K.M. (2004). Better the hand you know: Dissociation in body schema and metric length judgments in neurologically intact humans. International Neuropsychological Society 32nd Annual Meeting Program and Abstracts.
9. Shenker, J.I. & Brashear, H.R. (2004). Selective subcortical damage to the "what" vs. "where-how to" visual system in a human. International Neuropsychological Society 32nd Annual Meeting Program and Abstracts.
10. Mielke, J.B., Crucian, G.P., Shenal, B., Rhodes, R., Burks, D., Womack, K., Kodsi, M., Ghacibeh, G., Shenker, J., Valenstein, E., & Heilman, K.M. (2004). Effects of donepezil on semantic processing and verbal memory in healthy elder adults. International Neuropsychological Society 32nd Annual Meeting Program and Abstracts.
11. Shenker, J.I., Milham, M., & Banich, M.T. (1998). Factors modulating interhemispheric interaction. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 23, 1587.
12. Shenker, J.I., Dori, E., & Banich, M.T. (1994). Hemispheric contributions to facilitation & inhibition in a Stroop paradigm. International Neuropsychological Society Program & Abstracts, 22, 71.
13. Shenker, J.I. (1992). A poor picture? The New Physician, 41(2), 5.
14. Shenker, J.I. & Stolar, N. (1991). Baldness and hydrofriction. Journal of Irreproducible Results, 36, 9-10.
15. Fridlund, A.J., Sabini, R., Hedlund, L.E., Schaut, J.A., Shenker, J.I., & Knauer, M.J. (1988). The sociality of solitary smiles: Displaying to the people in your head.  Psychophysiology, 25, 447-448.
16. Kubota, Y., Shenker, J., Mignard, M., Bentzinger, D. & Gabriel, M. (1987). AD thalamic lesions, AV thalamic and cingulate cortical neuronal activity, and avoidance learning in rabbits. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 13, 1104.
17. Shenker, J., Kubota, Y., Mignard, M., Cuppernell, C., Swanson, D. & Gabriel, M. (1987). Neuronal and behavioral correlates of bilateral mammillothalamic tract lesions during avoidance learning in rabbits. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 13, 1103.
18. Shenker, J. (1983). Continental drift: Conceptual outlines and evolutionary implications.  Undergraduate Essay Awards, Univ. Pennsylvania, 44-48.