Publications:

Peer-reviewed articles (note: *denotes student co-author): 

Kurtz, M.M., Tolman, A.W.*, Neurocognition, insight into illness and subjective quality-of-life in schizophrenia: What is their relationship? Schizophrenia Research, in press.

Kurtz, M.M., Rose, J., Wexler, B.E. Predictors of participation in community outpatient psychosocialrehabilitation in schizophrenia. Community Mental Health Journal, in press. 

 Tolman, A.W.*, Kurtz, M.M. Neurocognitive predictors of objective and subjective quality of lifein individuals with schizophrenia: A meta-analytic investigation. Schizophrenia Bulletin, in press.

Kurtz, M.M., Jeffrey, S.*, Rose, J. Elementary neurocognitive function, learning potential andeveryday life skills in schizophrenia: What is their relationship?  Schizophrenia Research, 116, 280-288, 2010. 

 Kurtz, M.M., Gerraty, R.* A meta-analytic investigation of neurocognitive deficits in bipolar illness:       Profile and effects of clinical state.  Neuropsychology, 23, 551-562, 2009. 

Meyer, M.B.*, Kurtz, M.M. Elementary neurocognitive function, facial affect recognition and social skills in schizophrenia.  Schizophrenia Research, 111, 173-179, 2009.

 Kurtz, M.M., Seltzer, J.C., Fujimoto, M., Shagan, D.S., Wexler, B.E. Predictors of change in life skills   in schizophrenia after cognitive remediation.  Schizophrenia Research, 109, 267-274, 2009

Choi, J.*, Kurtz, M.M. A comparison of remediation techniques on the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test in  schizophrenia.  Schizophrenia Research, 107, 76-82, 2009.    

Kurtz, M.M., Wexler, B.E., Fujimoto, M., Shagan, D.S., Seltzer, J.C. Symptoms versus neurocognition   as predictors of change in life skills in schizophrenia after outpatient rehabilitation.  Schizophrenia Research, 102, 303-311, 2008.

Kurtz, M.M., Mueser, K.T. A meta-analysis of controlled research on social skills trainingfor schizophrenia.  The Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 76, 491-504, 2008.

 Kurtz, M.M., Baker, E., Pearlson, G.D., Astur, R.S.  A virtual reality apartment as a measureof medication management skills in patients with schizophrenia: A pilot study  Schizophrenia Bulletin, 33, 1162-1170, 2007.   

Kurtz, M.M., Nichols, M.C.* Neurocognitive remediation for schizophrenia:A review of recent advances. Current Psychiatry Reviews, 3, 213-221, 2007.

 Kurtz, M.M., Seltzer, J.C., Shagan, D.S., Thime W.R., Wexler, B.E.Computer-assisted cognitive remediation in schizophrenia: What is the active ingredient?   Schizophrenia Research, 89, 251-260, 2007.

Kurtz, M.M., Wexler, B.E. Differences in performance and learning proficiency on the WisconsinCard Sorting Test in schizophrenia:  Do they reflect distinct neurocognitive subtypes with distinct functional profiles? Schizophrenia Research, 81, 167-171, 2006.

Kurtz, M.M. Symptoms versus neurocognitive skills as correlates of everyday functioning insevere mental illness: A review and synthesis. Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics, 6, 47-56, 2006.

 Baker, E.K., Kurtz, M.M., Astur, R.S. Virtual reality assessment of medication compliance in patients with schizophrenia.  Cyberpsychology and Behavior, 9, 224-229, 2006.

 Seltzer, J.C., Kurtz, M.M., Thime, W.  The Schizophrenia Rehabilitation Program at the Instituteof Living: Combining neurocognitive, motivational and vocational rehabilitation.  The Behavior Therapist, 29, 30-35, 2006.   

Kurtz, M.M., Moberg, P.J., Ragland, J.D., Gur, R.C., Gur, R.E.  Symptoms vs.neurocognitive test performance as predictors of psychosocial status in schizophrenia: A 1- and 4-year prospective study. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 31, 167-174, 2005. 

 Kurtz, M.M. Neurocognitive impairment across the lifespan in schizophrenia: An update.  Schizophrenia Research, 74, 15-26, 2005.

 Kurtz, M.M., Seltzer, J.C., Ferrand, J.L. Wexler, B.E.  Neurocognitive functionin schizophrenia at a 10-year follow-up: A preliminary investigation.  CNS Spectrums, 10, 277-280, 2005.

Kiehl, K.A., Stevens, M.C.,  Celone, K., Kurtz, M.M., Krystal J.H.  Abnormal hemodynamics in schizophrenia during an auditory oddball task. Biological Psychiatry, 57, 1029-1040, 2005. 

  Kurtz, M.M., Ragland, J.D., Moberg, P.J., Gur, R.C. The Penn Conditional Exclusion Test:A new measure of executive-function with alternate forms for repeat administration.  Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 19, 191-201, 2004.

Kurtz, M.M., Wexler, B.E., Bell, M.D.  The Penn Conditional Exclusion Test (PCET):  Relationshipto the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test and work function in patients with schizophrenia.  Schizophrenia Research, 68, 95-102, 2004. 

St. Germain, S.A., Kurtz, M.M., Pearlson, G.D., Astur, R.S. Virtual driving in individuals with   schizophrenia.  Annual Review of CyberTherapy and Telemedicine, 2, 153-159, 2004.   

 Bilker, W.B., Brensinger, C., Kurtz, M.M., Kohler, C., Gur, R.C., Siegel , S.J., Gur, R.E.  Development of an abbreviated schizophrenia quality of life scale using a new method.  Neuropsychopharmacology, 28, 773-777, 2003.

 Kurtz, M. M.  Neurocognitive rehabilitation for schizophrenia. Current Psychiatry Reports 5, 303-310, 2003.

Kurtz, M.M., Moberg, P.J., Harper Mozley, L., Hickey, T., Arnold, S.E., Bilker, W.B.Gur, R.E. Cognitive impairment and functional status in elderly, institutionalized  patients with schizophrenia. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 16, 631-638, 2001.

 Kurtz, M.M., Ragland, J.D., Bilker, W.B., Gur, R.C., Gur R.E. Comparison of the continuous     performance test with and without working memory demands in healthy controls and patients  with schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research, 48, 307-316, 2001.

Kurtz, M.M., Moberg, P.J., Harper Mozley, L., Swanson, C.S.,  Gur, R. C., Gur, R.E. Effectiveness of an attention and memory training program on neuropsychological deficits in schizophrenia. Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair, 15 75-80, 2001.

 Kurtz, M.M., Moberg, P.J., Gur, R.C., Gur, R.E. Approaches to cognitive remediation ofneuropsychological deficits in schizophrenia: A review and meta-analysis.  Neuropsychology Review, 11, 197-210, 2001.

Kurtz, M.M., Moberg, P.J., Gur, R.E.  Aging and schizophrenia. Clinical Geriatrics,  6 51-60, 1998.

Kurtz, M.M., Campbell, B.A. Paradoxical autonomic responses to aversive stimuli in the developing rat. Behavioral Neuroscience 108 962-971, 1994.

Under review:

Kurtz, M.M., Richardson, C.L.* Social cognitive training for schizophrenia: A meta-analytic investigation of controlled research.

 Kurtz, M.M. Neurocognition as a predictor of response to evidence-based psychosocial interventions  in schizophrenia: What is the state of the evidence?

Tolin, D.F., Villavicencio, A., Umbach, A., Kurtz, M.M. Neuropsychological functioning in hoarding disorder.