Kaira Hayes PhD, Drexel University Assistant Professor Martin Allen, Room 219 (785) 628-4195 khayes@fhsu.edu

Courses Regularly Taught

• General Psychology (PSY 100)
• Advanced General Psychology (PSY 200)
• Experimental Psychology Lab (PSY 259)
• Physiological Psychology (PSY 465)

Research Interests

• Clinical Neuropsychology
• Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
• Selective Attention
• Pervasive Developmental Disorders
• Pedogogy

Selected Publications

Martin, R.T., Hayes, K., Armstrong, C. L. (2000). Inattention in adults with ADHD: Selective attention and negative priming. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 15, 774-775.

Armstrong, C. L., Hayes, K. M., & Martin, R. (2001). Neurocognitive Problems in Attention Deficit Disorder: Alternative Concepts and Evidence for Impairment in Inhibition of Selective Attention. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 931, 196-215.

Dissertation abstract

High Functioning Autism and Asperger’s Disorder:
Neuropsychological Differences and Similarities

Asperger's Disorder (AD) and High Functioning Autism (HFA) are two syndromes that are similar in many ways, creating a controversy regarding their separate diagnostic entities. Previous researchers have reported evidence suggesting that these two disorders only differ in terms of their level of severity, while other researchers have reported evidence suggesting that the neuropsychological profiles differ between the two. The present investigation assesses the similarities and differences between children with AD and HFA. Assessment measures included both global measures of intelligence, adaptive functioning, and social skills as well as measures of more specific areas of cognitive abilities such as language and visual-spatial abilities. Results do not provide overwhelming evidence that children with AD function at a higher level than children HFA. Results do suggest a tendency toward relatively superiority among the children with AD over the children with HFA in their verbal intellectual abilities. This most likely reflects the presence of communication deficits and perhaps speech/language delays among the children with HFA. In addition, there was a tendency for the children with AD to have better developed adaptive skills than the children with HFA.