Dezso NEMETH - Homepage cognitive neuropsychology - working memory - implicit learning - subcortical structures - cerebellum - Huntington's disease

Particulars
	Nationality: Hungarian Date of birth: 01. September 1975. Place of birth: Szeged, HUNGARY Sex: Male
Qualifications
	1994 - 1999 Eotvos Lorand University of Sciences Budapest *M.A.* in Psychology 2005 PhD (Experimental Psychology), Eotvos Lorand University of Sciences, Budapest. “Language and memory”
ACademic Position
	1999 - present University of Szeged, Department of Psychology Szeged Lecturer Neuropsychological diagnostician – University of Szeged, Department of Neurology
Research Interest
	Experimental and neuropsychological study of the relationship between memory systems and language processing The role of sub-cortical brain structures in cognition The cognitive neuropsychology of Huntington’s Disease, Alzheimer’s Disease, Spinocerebellar Ataxia and Wilson’s Disease
Research GroupS
	Memory and Language Lab Cognitive Neurology and Neuropsychology Research and Diagnostic Group Procedural Functions and Disorders Research Group
KEY PUBLICATIONS
	Nemeth, D., Janacsek, K., Londe Zs., Ullman, M. T., Howard D. V., Howard, J. H. Jr (2009). Sleep has no critical role in implicit motor sequence learning in young and old adults. Experimental Brain Research, DOI : 10.1007/s00221-009-2024-x Nemeth, D. Hallgato, E., Janacsek, K., Sandor, T., Londe Zs. (in press). Perceptual and motor factors of implicit skill learning. Neuroreport. web Hoffmann, I, Nemeth, D., Dye, C., Pákáski, M., Irinyi, T., Kálmán, J. (2009). Temporal features of spontaneous speech in Alzheimer’s Disease. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology 12(1), 1-6 Sztriha, L. K., Nemeth, D., Sefcsik, T., Vecsei, L. (2009). Carotid stenosis and the cognitive function. Journal of Neurological Sciences. 283, 36–40 Janacsek, K., Tánczos, T., Mészáros, T., Németh, D. (2009). Hungarian version of Listaning Span Task. Magyar Pszichológiai Szemle (Hungarian Review of Psychology) 64(2) 385-406 (in Hungarian)
Awards, invited talk
	2007 - Young Scientists’ Publication Award of Hungarian Psychological Association 2007 – Janos Bolyai Research Scholarship of Hungarian Academy of Sciences 2007 - Invited Talk in University of Massachusetts Boston 2007. Október 31. „The procedural system and mental grammar” 2004 - Hungarian National Academy of Sciences – “Language structures and the brain” November 16, 2004, Budapest Nemeth, D.: “The relationship between language systems and memory structures”
lectures AT HunGARIAN conferences
	National Scientific Conference of Students April, 1999 Bekescsaba - Runner-Up Nemeth, D.: “Script effects in self-paced reading task” MAKOG VIII - VIII. Conference of Hungarian Cognitive Science Association February 4-6, 2000, Szeged Nemeth, D.: “Working memory and sentence comprehension: processing garden-path sentences in Hungarian.” PSZICHOLOGIA 2000 – XIV. National Conference of Hungarian Psychological Association May 30 – June 2., 2000, Budapest Nemeth, D., Racsmany, M., Konya A., Pleh Cs.: “Working memory capacity tasks and their role in neuropsychological diagnosis.” MAKOG IX. – XI. Conference of Hungarian Cognitive Science Association February 1-3, 2001, Visegrad Polonyi, T. and Nemeth, D.: “Individual differences in bilinguals' code-switching” I. Interdisciplinary Forum of Language Pathology March 9., 2001, Research Institute for Linguistics Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest Nemeth, D.: “The role of working memory in sentence processing.” PSZICHOLOGIA 2002 – XV. National Conference of Hungarian Psychological Association May 30 – June 2., 2002, Szeged Nemeth, D.: “When need working memory to language comprehension?” PSZICHOLOGIA 2004 – XVI. National Conference of Hungarian Psychological Association May 27 – May 29, 2004, Debrecen Nemeth D., Gonci D., Aczel B., Haden G., Orosz G., Ambrus G.: „Mental grammar and implicit learning” PSZICHOLOGIA 2004 – XVI. National Conference of Hungarian Psychological Association May 27 – May 29, 2004, Debrecen Ivady R. E., Nemeth D., Mihaltz M., Pleh Cs.: „Phonological loop and morphological complexity” PSZICHOLOGIA 2004 – XVI. National Conference of Hungarian Psychological Association May 27 – May 29, 2004, Debrecen Gonci D., Aczel B., Nemeth D.: „Implicit learning: explicit-implicit dissociation and methodological review” Hungarian National Academy of Sciences – “Language structures and the brain” November 16, 2004, Budapest Nemeth, D.: “The relationship between language systems and memory structures” XII. Congress of Hungarian Psychiatric Association 26-29 January 2005. Budapest Hoffmann I., Németh D., Kálmán J.: The temporal features of speech in Alzheimer’s disease – towards a new possibility of diagnostic tool MAKOG XIII. – XIII. Conference of Hungarian Cognitive Science Association 31. January – 2. February 2005. Debrecen Németh D., Gönci D., Aczél B., Háden G., Orosz G., Ambrus G. G.: Sentence processing and implicit learning IX. Hungarian Alzheimer’s disease conference 21-23 September 2005, Kecskemét Hoffmann I., Németh D., Kálmán J.: The temporal analysis of spontaneous speech – the early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease Speech Research Conference 2005. - Research Institute for Linguistics 2005. 10 -11 October, Budapest Hoffmann I., Németh D., Kálmán J.: The temporal analysis of spontaneous speech in Alzheimer’s disease Congress of Hungarian Psychiatric Association 1-4 February 2006. Budapest Hoffmann I., Németh D., Pákáski M., Kálmán J.: The language analysis of Alzheimer’s disease and aphasia. A comparison. Congress of Hungarian Parkinson’s disease Association 19-20 May 2006. Budapest Sefcsik T., Németh D., Háden G., Hoffmann I., Klivényi P., Vécsei L.: Cognitive functions in Spinocerebellar Ataxia type 2 XVII. National Conference of Hungarian Psychological Association May 25 – 29, 2006, Budapest Németh D., Sefcsik T., Hoffmann I., Gönci D., Aczél B., Háden G., Ambrus G. G.: Declarative and non-declarative language processes XVII. National Conference of Hungarian Psychological Association May 25 – 29, 2006, Budapest Lukács Á., Krajcsi A., Németh D.: Implicit learning and Specific Language Impairment XVII. National Conference of Hungarian Psychological Association May 25 – 29, 2006, Budapest Csupor É., Kothencz Zs., Németh D.: Verbal working memory and sentence comprehension XVII. National Conference of Hungarian Psychological Association May 25 – 29, 2006, Budapest Janacsek K., Mészáros T., Tánczos T., Németh D.: The Hungarian version of listening span test XVII. National Conference of Hungarian Psychological Association May 25 – 29, 2006, Budapest Mészáros A., Kónya A., Németh D.: Semantic and letter fluency in dyslexia X. Hungarian Alzheimer’s disease conference 20-22 September 2006, Szeged Németh D.: The relationship between language and memory – Neuropsychology and Diagnostic XV. MAKOG - XV. Conference of Hungarian Cognitive Science Association 19-21 January 2007, Eger Nemeth, D., Klivenyi, P., Gardian, G., Sefcsik, T., Haden, G., Hoffmann, I., Vecsei, L.: The cognitive neuropsychology of striatum and cerebellum Annual Congress of Hungarian Psychiatric Association 24-27 January, 2007, Miskolc Janacsek K., Mészáros T., Tánczos T., Hoffmann, I., Németh D.: The neuropsychological diagnostic of working memory: the HUngarian version of listening span task
lectures AT IntErnational conferenceS (Proceedings)
	9^th International Morphology Meeting February 25-27, 2000 University of Vienna Nemeth, D.: “Working memory and processing morphological based garden-path sentences in Hungarian.” ICOM-3 – The 3^rd International Conference on Memory July 16-20, 2001, Valencia Nemeth, D., Racsmany, M., Pleh Cs.: “The development of the relationship between working memory components and sentence processing in Hungarian.” ICPS 2001 - International Conference for Physics Students August 10-16, 2001, Dublin Benedekfi, O., Nemeth, D.: „The physics of fMRI and DTI and their applications in cognitive neurosciences” XII. ESCOP – XII. Conference of European Society for Cognitive Psychology September 5-8, 2001, Edinburgh Nemeth, D., Pleh, Cs.: “Individual Differences in Language Comprehension.” AMLaP–2002 – 8th Conference on Architectures and Mechanisms for Language Processing September 19-21 Tenerife, Spain Németh, D., Pléh Cs.: „Lexical priming, working memory and morphological decomposition in Hungarian” 9th European Congress of Psychology July 3-8, 2005, Granada, Spain Németh, D., Gönci D., Aczél B., Háden G., Ambrus G.: "The relationship between implicit learning and sentence processing" 9th European Congress of Psychology July 3-8, 2005, Granada, Spain Németh, D., Ivády E., Miháltz M., Pléh Cs.: "Verbal working memory and morphological complexity" 13th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Philosophy and Psychology. 11-14. August 2005. Lund, Sweden Aczél Balázs, Gönci Dániel, Németh Dezső: „Language and learning: alike in nonconsciousness” XIVth ESCOP - Conference of European Society for Cognitive Psychology August 31 - September 3, 2005, Leiden Németh, D., Gönci D., Aczél B., Háden G., Ambrus G.: "The relationship between implicit learning and sentence processing" [C00419] XIVth ESCOP - Conference of European Society for Cognitive Psychology August 31 - September 3, 2005, Leiden Németh, D., Ivády E., Miháltz M., Pléh Cs.: "Phonological loop and morphological complexity" XIVth ESCOP - Conference of European Society for Cognitive Psychology August 31 - September 3, 2005, Leiden Hoffmann I., Németh D., Kálmán J.: "The temporal properties of spontaneous speech in Alzheimer’s disease" Conference on Cognition and its origins 2005. Szeptember 23-25, Technical University of Budapest, Budapest Németh D., Gönci D., Aczél B., Ambrus G., Háden G., Orosz G.: “Unconscious components of language” ICPLA 2006 - 11th Meeting of the International Clinical Phonetics and Linguistics Association May 31-June 3, 2006, Dubrovnik Ildiko Hoffmann, Dezso Németh, Janos Kálmán & Magdolna Pákáski: Decreased speech tempo and the ratio in early stage of Alzheimer’s disease EWOMS-3 - 3rd European Working Memory Symposium June 7-9, 2006, Genoa (Italy) Csupor É., Kothencz Zs., Nemeth D.: „The relationship between sentence processing and verbal working memory – a dual-task paradigm” EWOMS-3 - 3rd European Working Memory Symposium June 7-9, 2006, Genoa (Italy) Nemeth D., Ivady R., Mihaltz M., Racsmany M., Lukacs A., Halacsy P., Pleh Cs.: Short-term recall of morphologically complex words ICOM-4 - The 4th International Conference on Memory July 16 – 21, 2006, Sydney Nemeth D, Klivényi P, Tamás S, Vécsei L, Háden G, GonciD, Aczél B, & Ambrus G: Implicit learning, sentence processing and sub-cortical regions ICOM-4 - The 4th International Conference on Memory July 16 – 21, 2006, Sydney Krajcsi A, Lukacs A, Nemeth D.: Procedural processing in number transcription ICOM-4 - The 4th International Conference on Memory July 16 – 21, 2006, Sydney Hoffmann I, Nemeth D, Kálmán J, & Pákáski M Comparison of the temporal properties of spontaneous speech in aphasia and Alzheimer’s disease 17th Conference of Alzheimer Europe May 9-12, 2007, Estoril Hoffmann I, Nemeth D, Kálmán J, & Pákáski M: Temporal features of Alzheimer´s spontaneous speech IBRO 2007 - World Congress of Neuroscience July 12-17, Melbourne Nemeth, D., Klivenyi, P., Gardian, G., Sefcsik, T., Haden, G., Hoffmann, I., Vecsei, L. Differential role of cerebellum and basal ganglia in cognition
Articles in Scholarly Journals
	Nemeth, D., Racsmany, M., Konya, A., Pleh, Cs. (2000). Working memory capacity tasks and their role in neuropsychological diagnosis. Magyar Pszichologiai Szemle (Hungarian Review of Psychology), LV. 4. 403-416 (in Hungarian) Nemeth D., Pleh Cs. (2001). Language processing, working memory, translation. Tolmacstudomany (Science of Translation) III. 1. 40-53 (in Hungarian) Nemeth, D. (2002). The development of working memory and sentence processing. Pszichologia (The Journal of the Institute of Psychology of Hungarian National Academy) (22), 3, 267-276 (in Hungarian) Magyari, L. and Nemeth, D. (2003). Verbal working memory and text comprehension In Tudomany és lelek (Science and Mind) , 6. évf., 9. szám 2003. november 24. 5-19 (in Hungarian) Krajcsi, Attila and Nemeth, D. (2003). Numerical abilities. Erdélyi Pszichologiai Szemle (Transylvanian Journal of Psychology) 4/4, 331-362. (in Hungarian) Racsmány, M., Lukács, Á., Németh, D., Pléh, Cs. (2005). Hungarian diagnostic tools of verbal working memory functions. Hungarian Review of Psychology 4. (in Hungarian) in press Hoffmann, I., Németh, D., Kálmán, J. (2005) The temporal properties of spontaneous speechin Alzheimer's Disease. Clinical Neuroscience, 58. 346. Hoffmann, I., Németh, D., Kálmán, J. (2005). The temporal features of speech spontaneous speech in Alzheimer’s disease Beszédgyógyítás. (Speech therapy) 16. évf. 1. 21-31. (in Hungarian) Hoffmann I., Németh D., Pákáski M., Kálmán J. (2006): Language production in aphasia and Alzheimer’s disease. Psychiatria Hungarica. XX. évf.2005/Supplementum 57. oldal Hoffmann, I., Németh, D., Kálmán, J. (2005) The temporal properties of spontaneous speechin Alzheimer's Disease. Clinical Neuroscience, 58. 346 Németh D., Ivády R. E., Miháltz M., Krajcsi A., Pléh CS. (2006). Verbal working memory and morphological complexity. Magyar Pszichológiai Szemle, 2. (Hungarian Review of Psychology) (in Hungarian) in press Hoffmann, I., Németh, D., Kálmán, J. (in press). The temporal features of speech spontaneous speech in aphasia and Alzheimer’s disease Nyelvtudomány (Language Science) (in Hungarian)
Submitted Articles
	Németh, D., Sefcsik, T., Klivenyi, P., Hoffmann, I., Haden, G., Vécsei. L. (submitted). The role of the putamen in higher cognitive functions – A case study. Neuropsychologia. Hoffmann, I., Németh, D., Pákáski, M., Kertész, A., Kálmán, J. (submitted). Prosodic features of speech help recognize Alzheimer’s disease. Brain and Language
BOOK Chapters
	Nemeth, D. (2001). The role of working memory in sentence processing. In Pleh, Csaba es Lukacs, Agnes (eds.). A magyar morfologia pszicholingvisztikaja (The psycholiguistic of hungarian morphology). Osiris Kiado, Budapest 83-119 (in Hungarian) Polonyi, T., and Nemeth, D.(2001). Working memory and bilingualism. In Kampis, Gy. (ed.). Evolution and Cognition. Typotex, Budapest 149-159 (in Hungarian) Nemeth, D. (2002). Working memory, development, and language. In Racsmany, M. & Kéri, Sz. (eds.): Architecture and pathology in cognition. BIP, Bp. 83-100 (in Hungarian) Ivády R. E., Miháltz M., Németh D., Pléh Cs. (2004). Short-term memory and morphological complexity In Németh, Dezso (ed.). Szegedi Pszichologiai Tanulmányok. (Psychological studies – Szeged) JGYTF Kiado, Szeged, 2004 (in Hungarian) Haden G., Orosz G., Ambrus G. G., Gonczi D., Aczel B., Nemeth D. (2004). The relationship between implicit learning and language. In Nemeth, Dezso (ed.). Szegedi Pszichologiai Tanulmányok. (Psychological studies – Szeged) JGYTF Kiado, Szeged, 2004 (in Hungarian) Németh D., Gönczi D., Aczél B., Háden G., Orosz G., Ambrus G. G. (2005). The relationship between procedural systems and sentence processing In Gervain Judit, Pléh Csaba (eds.). A láthatatlan nyelv. Gondolat (in press) (in Hungarian)
BOOKS
	Nemeth, Dezso (2006). The relationship between language processes and memory systems. Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest (in Hungarian) ISBN9630583224 Hoffmann, Ildikó and Németh, Dezso (2006). Investigations in Neurolinguistics – Language Impairments and memory processes. JGYTF Kiadó, Szeged (in Hungarian) ISBN9637356460
eDITED BOOKS
	Nemeth, Dezso (ed.). Szegedi Pszichologiai Tanulmányok (Psychological studies – Szeged) JGYTF Kiadó, Szeged, 2004 (in Hungarian) Nemeth, Dezso, Krajcsi, Attila, Szokolszky, Ágnes (eds.). Szegedi Pszichologiai Tanulmányok 2006 (Psychological studies – Szeged 2006) JGYTF Kiadó, Szeged, 2007 (in Hungarian)
Book reviews
	Nemeth, D. (1999). Damasio’s Error. In Magyar Pszichologiai Szemle, (Hungarian Journal of Psychology), LIV. 2. 288- 293. (in Hungarian) Nemeth, D. (2001). The language and the brain. In Magyar Pszichologiai Szemle, (Hungarian Journal of Psychology), LVI. 3. 482-484 (in Hungarian) Nemeth D. (2001). Psycholinguistics - A course for beginners. In Magyar Pszichologiai Szemle , (Hungarian Journal of Psychology), LVI. 3. 485-487 (in Hungarian) Nemeth D. (2001). Learning is not more, than selection. In Magyar Pszichologiai Szemle , (Hungarian Journal of Psychology), LVI. 4. 640-641 (in Hungarian)
MembershipS
	Hungarian Psychological Association Hungarian Psychiatric Association European Society for Cognitive Psychology
Other Scientific Activities
	Organizer of the Cognitive Science and Neuropscychology Program at University of Szeged Editor of “Tudomany es Lelek” (“Science and Mind”) – Scientific Periodical Review of the Foundation of Hungarian Psychology Students, Budapest Attendee of the International Summer School in Cognitive Science, New Bulgarian University, 2000. Sofia, Bulgaria International Course -MIND AND BRAIN IV - IMAGES OF THE WORKING BRAIN September 20-26, 2004 at the InterUniversity Center in Dubrovnik, Croatia
languageS
	Hungarian English French
Educational Activities
	University of Szeged, Department of Psychology: Experimental Psychology 3. Lecture Experimental Psychology 4. Lecture Experimental Psychology 1. Seminar Experimental Psychology 2. Seminar Experimental Psychology 3. Seminar Experimental Psychology 4. Seminar Psycholinguistics Lecture Language and Memory Lecture Introduction to Psychology Lecture Developmental Psychology Lecture Developmental Psychology Seminar Introduction to Psychology (in English) Lecture University of Szeged, Department of Neurology: The role of sub-cortical structure in cognition Eötvös Lóránd University, Department of Psychology, Budapest: Experimental Psychology 2. Lecture Experimental Psychology 2. Seminar Introduction to Psycholinguistics Lecture Language Acquisition Lecture Berzsenyi Dániel College, Szombathely: The biological foundation of language Eötvös Lóránd University, Bárczi Gusztáv Faculty of Special Education, Budapest: Cognitive Psychology. Lecture