Scholar Profiles
Harvey Montijo
2003 - 2004 University Scholar
Mentor: Dawn Bowers
College of Public Health and Health Professions
"I applied to the USP in order to get an up-close and personal experience with patients, and also to go deeper into neuropsychology, which is one of my main interests."
Harvey is a senior majoring in health science. His primary academic interests are neuropsychology and medicine, and his USP project allowed him to work with Parkinson’s disease patients. Harvey is a member of Golden Key International Honor Society, Alpha Epsilon Delta and Sigma Phi Epsilon, for which he oversees the Balanced Man Scholarship. He also volunteers for Hope Lodge, the American Cancer Society and Florida Diabetes Camp. For fun, Harvey enjoys playing intramural sports.
Research Description:
Working Memory in Parkinson's Disease
The purpose of this project is to determine the sensitivity of the N-back in measuring the difference of working memory in Parkinson's patients while on and off medication. This will be done by testing PD patients (on and off medication) and normals with six different working memory tasks and comparing their results.
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