Professor Patricia E Cowell

BA, MS, PhD

School of Allied Health, Pharmacy, Nursing and Midwifery

Director of One University

p.e.cowell@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 2426
Room 125, 362 Mushroom Lane

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Professor Patricia E Cowell
School of Allied Health, Pharmacy, Nursing and Midwifery
Room 125
362 Mushroom Lane
Sheffield
S10 2TS
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Patricia Cowell is a Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Sheffield. Before coming to Sheffield she was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow (1992-1995) in the Brain Behavior Laboratory, University of Pennsylvania Medical School with a research focus on cortical sex differences in adults in relation to aging and schizophrenia. Patricia completed her PhD (1992) and masters (1990) in Biobehavioral Sciences at the University of Connecticut through research on the corpus callosum and behavioural laterality in humans and rodents. Her undergraduate education at Boston University (1983-1987) was in Psychology and Statistics.

Research interests
  • Modelling mechanisms of neurocognitive plasticity across the life span
  • Sex differences in cortical development and aging
  • Cerebral asymmetries and interhemispheric relationships
  • Ovarian hormone effects on speech, language and cognition

Current projects and collaborations

  • Ovarian Hormone Effects of Speech and Language. Collaborators: Prof Sandra Whiteside, Human Communication Sciences, University of Sheffield.
  • Language and Neurocognitive Asymmetries in MZ twins. Dr Jennifer Gurd, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Oxford University.
  • Neurocognitive plasticity in Apraxia of Speech. Collaborators Prof Sandra Whiteside, University of Sheffield and Prof Rosemary Varley, Division of Psychology and Language Sciences, UCL.
Publications

Journal articles

  • Cowell PE, Wadnerkar Kamble M, Maitreyee R & Varley RA (2025) . Cognitive Processing, 26(3), 641-661.
  • Maitreyee R, Varley R & Cowell PE (2023) . Acta Psychologica, 238.
  • Alshahwan MI, Cowell PE & Whiteside SP (2020) . Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences, 27(1), 303-308.
  • Cowell P & Gurd J (2018) . Neuroscience, 388, 57-68.
  • Rosch RE, Cowell P & Gurd JM (2017) . Cerebellum.
  • Cowell P, Ibrahim A & Varley R (2017) . Journal of Memory and Language, 95, 49-67.
  • Varley R, Cowell PE, Dyson L, Inglis L, Roper A & Whiteside SP (2016) . Stroke, 47(3), 822-828.
  • Stivaros SM, Radon MR, Mileva R, Connolly DJA, Cowell PE, Hoggard N, Wright NB, Tang V, Gledson A, Batty R , Keane JA et al (2016) . Pediatric Radiology, 46(1), 73-81.
  • Whiteside SP, Dyson L, Cowell PE & Varley RA (2015) . Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology , 30(7), 670-682.
  • Maitreyee R, Varley R, Whiteside S & Cowell P (2015) . Maturitas, 81(1), 216-217.
  • Zimmerer VC, Cowell P & Varley RA (2013) . Neuropsychologia.
  • Gurd JM & Cowell P (2013) . Brain Structure and Function.
  • Gurd JM, Cowell PE, Lux S, Rezai R, Cherkas L & Ebers GC (2013) . Brain Structure and Function, 218(2), 491-509.
  • Whiteside SP, Inglis AL, Dyson L, Roper A, Harbottle A, Ryder J, Cowell PE & Varley RA (2012) . Neuropsychol Rehabil, 22(2), 267-294.
  • Ankerstein CA, Varley RA & Cowell PE (2012) . Applied Psycholinguistics, 33(3), 539-569.
  • Cowell PE, Ledger WL, Wadnerkar MB, Skilling FM & Whiteside SP (2011) . Brain Cogn, 76(2), 256-262.
  • Zimmerer VC, Cowell PE & Varley RA (2011) . MEM COGNITION, 39(3), 491-501.
  • Wignall EL, Griffiths PD, Papadakis NG, Wilkinson ID, Wallis LI, Bandmann O, Cowell PEE & Hoggard N (2010) . AM J NEURORADIOL, 31(5), 856-861.
  • Cowell PE, Whiteside SP, Windsor F & Varley RA (2010) . Front Hum Neurosci, 4, 213.
  • James S, Brumfitt S & Cowell P (2009) . INT J SPEECH-LANG PA, 11(1), 34-44.
  • Chen ZY, Cowell PE, Varley R & Wang YC (2009) . Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 31(4), 385-391.
  • Ankerstein CA, Varley RA & Cowell PE (2009) . Behav Res Methods, 41(1), 172-176.
  • Wadnerkar MB, Whiteside SP & Cowell PE (2008) . Laterality, 13(4), 297-309.
  • Rees JM, Regunath G, Whiteside SP, Wadnerkar MB & Cowell PE (2008) . Med Eng Phys, 30(7), 865-871.
  • Cowell PE, Sluming VA, Wilkinson ID, Cezayirli E, Romanowski CAJ, Webb JA, Keller SS, Mayes A & Roberts N (2007) . Eur J Neurosci, 25(1), 307-318.
  • Wadnerkar MB, Cowell PE & Whiteside SP (2006) . Neurosci Lett, 408(1), 21-24.
  • Varley R, Cowell PE, Gibson A & Romanowski CAJ (2005) . Neuropsychologia, 43(10), 1503-1513.
  • Boucher J, Cowell P, Howard M, Broks P, Farrant A, Roberts N & Mayes A (2005) . Cognitive Neuropsychiatry, 10(3), 165-213.
  • Whiteside SP, Hanson A & Cowell PE (2004) . Neurosci Lett, 367(1), 44-47.
  • Howard MA, Roberts N, García-Fiñana M & Cowell PE (2003) . Brain Research Protocols, 10(3), 125-138.
  • Whiteside SP & Cowell PE (2001) . Percept Mot Skills, 92(2), 548-550.
  • Cowell P & Hugdahl K (2000) . Dev Neuropsychol, 18(1), 95-112.
  • Howard MA, Cowell PE, Boucher J, Broks P, Mayes A, Farrant A & Roberts N (2000) . Neuroreport, 11(13), 2931-2935.
  • Gur RE, Turetsky BI, Cowell PE, Finkelman C, Maany V, Grossman RI, Arnold SE, Bilker WB & Gur RC (2000) . Arch Gen Psychiatry, 57(8), 769-775.
  • Gur RE, Cowell PE, Latshaw A, Turetsky BI, Grossman RI, Arnold SE, Bilker WB & Gur RC (2000) . Archives of General Psychiatry, 57(8), 761-768.
  • Howard MA, Cowell PE, Boucher J, Broks P, Mayes A & Roberts N (2000) . Neuroimage, 11(5 PART II), S126.
  • Cowell PE (1999) . Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 15(1), 65-68.
  • Cowell PE, Fitch RH & Denenberg VH (1999) . Schizophrenia Bulletin, 25(1), 41-62.
  • Gur RE, Cowell P, Turetsky BI, Gallacher F, Cannon T, Bilker W & Gur RC (1998) . Archives of General Psychiatry, 55(2), 145-152.
  • Fitch RH, Cowell PE & Denenberg VH (1998) . Developmental Neuropsychology, 14(2-3), 213-231.
  • Kumar A, Miller D, Ewbank D, Yousem D, Newberg A, Samuels S, Cowell P & Gottlieb G (1997) Quantitative anatomic measures and comorbid medical illness in late-life major depression.. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry, 5(1), 15-25.
  • Cowell PE, Waters NS & Denenberg VH (1997) . Laterality, 2(3-4), 221-232.
  • Cowell PE, Kostianovsky DJ, Gur RC, Turetsky BI & Gur RE (1996) . Am J Psychiatry, 153(6), 799-805.
  • Turetsky B, Cowell PE, Gur RC, Grossman RI, Shtasel DL & Gur RE (1995) . Arch Gen Psychiatry, 52(12), 1061-1070.
  • Cowell PE, Jernigan TL, Denenberg VH & Tallal P (1995) Language and learning impairment and prenatal risk: an MRI study of the corpus callosum and cerebral volume. Journal of Medical Speech-Language Pathology, 3, 1-13.
  • Cowell PE, Turetsky BI, Gur RC, Grossman RI, Shtasel DL & Gur RE (1994) . J Neurosci, 14(8), 4748-4755.
  • Cowell PE, Allen LS, Kertesz A, Zalatimo NS & Denenberg VH (1994) . Brain and Cognition, 25(1), 52-66.
  • Mack CM, Fitch RH, Cowell PE, Schrott LM & Denenberg VH (1993) . Brain Res Dev Brain Res, 71(1), 115-119.
  • Cowell PE, Kertesz A & Denenberg VH (1993) . Neurology, 43(11), 2353-2357.
  • Cowell PE, Allen LS, Zalatimo NS & Denenberg VH (1992) . Brain Res Dev Brain Res, 66(2), 187-192.
  • FITCH RH, MCGIVERN RF, REDEI E, SCHROTT LM, COWELL PE & DENENBERG VH (1992) NEONATAL OVARIECTOMY AND PITUITARY-ADRENAL RESPONSIVENESS IN THE ADULT-RAT. ACTA ENDOCRINOL-COP, 126(1), 44-48.
  • Fitch RH, Cowell PE, Schrott LM & Denenberg VH (1991) . Int J Dev Neurosci, 9(1), 35-38.
  • Denenberg VH, Kertesz A & Cowell PE (1991) . Brain Res, 548(1-2), 126-132.
  • Fitch RH, Cowell PE, Schrott LM & Denenberg VH (1991) . Brain Res, 542(2), 313-317.
  • Denenberg VH, Cowell PE, Fitch RH, Kertesz A & Kenner GH (1991) . Physiol Behav, 49(3), 433-437.
  • Denenberg VH, Fitch RH, Schrott LM, Cowell PE & Waters NS (1991) . Behav Neurosci, 105(4), 562-566.
  • Fitch RH, Berrebi AS, Cowell PE, Schrott LM & Denenberg VH (1990) . Brain Res, 515(1-2), 111-116.

Book chapters

  • Cowell PE (2010) The two halves of the brain In Hugdahl K & Westerhausen R (Ed.), The two halves of the brain (pp. 349-377). MIT Press (MA)
  • Cowell PE (2003) The Parallel Brain In Zaidel E & Iacoboni M (Ed.), The Parallel Brain (pp. 64-69). The MIT Press
  • Cowell PE, Denenberg V, Boehm G, Kertesz A & Nasrallah H (2003) The Parallel Brain In Zaidel E & Iacoboni M (Ed.), The Parallel Brain (pp. 433-444). The MIT Press
  • Cowell PE & Denenberg VH (2002) Development of laterality and the role of the corpus callosum in rodents and humans In Rogers LJ & Andrew RJ (Ed.), Comparative Vertebrate Lateralization (pp. 274-305). Cambridge University Press
  • Cowell PE, Waters NS & Denenberg VH (1997) Hemispheric Specialisation in Animals and Humans In Fagot J (Ed.), Hemispheric Specialisation in Animals and Humans (pp. 221-232). Psychology Pr
Professional activities and memberships

Affiliations

  • Society for Neuroscience
  • Organization for the Study of Sex Differences