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Stanley Finger

Stanley Finger

Professor Emeritus of Psychology
Degrees: 
PHD, Indiana University - Bloomington
MA, Indiana University - Bloomington
BA, Hunter College
E-mail: 
sfinger@wustl.edu
Phone: 
(314) 935-6513
Office: 
Psychology Building 408D
Mailbox: 

Campus Box 1125

Research Interests

I am interested in the history of the neurosciences, especially the relationship between brain and behavior.  In recent years I have been writing about the history of electric fishes (e.g., how they were used medically and ultimately showed that the nerves function electrically).  I have also been exploring the histories of animal spirits, somnambulism, and phantoms sensations, as well as how discoveries in the brain sciences have been reflected in literature.

Books in Progress

 

  • The Fine Arts, Neurology, and Neuroscience: History and Modern Perspectives.  Co-edited with François Boller, Dahlia Zaidel and Julen Bogousslavski. Elsevier's Progress in Brain Research series (due 2013)
  • Literature, Neurology, and Neuroscience: History and Modern Perspectives. Co-edited with Anne Stiles and François Boller. Elsevier's Progress in Brain Research series (due 2014)
  • Music, Neurology, and Neuroscience: History and Modern Perspectives.Co-editedwith Eckart Altenmüller, François Boller and Axel Karenberg. Elsevier's Progress in Brain Research series (due 2015)

Published Monographs and Edited Books

 

  • Smith, C.U.M., Frixione, E., Finger, S, and Clower, W. (2012). The Animal Spirit Doctrine and the Origins of Neurophysiology.New York: Oxford University Press.
  • Finger, S., and Piccolino, M. (2011). The Shocking History of Electric
  • Fishes: From Ancient Epochs to the Birth of Modern Neurophysiology. New York: Oxford University Press.
  • Finger, S., Boller, F., and Tyler, K. (Eds.). (2010). History of Neurology
  • Handbook of Clinical Neurology (new series). Edinburgh: Elsevier.
  • Whitaker, H., Smith, C.U.M., and Finger, S. (Eds.). (2007). Brain, Mind and Medicine: Essays in Eighteenth-Century Neuroscience. Boston: Springer.
  • Finger, S. (2006). Doctor Franklin’s Medicine. University of Pennsylvania Press.
  • Arnott, R., Finger, S., and Smith, C.U.M. (Eds). (2003). Trepanation: History, Discovery, Theory. Lisse, The Netherlands: Swets and Zeitlinger.     
  • Finger, S. (2000). Minds Behind the Brain: A History of the Pioneers and their Discoveries. New York: Oxford University Press.
  • Finger, S. (1994). Origins of Neuroscience: A History of Explorations into Brain Function. New York: Oxford University Press. 
  • Finger, S., LeVere, T., Almli, C. R., and Stein, D. G. (Eds.). (1988). Brain Injury and Recovery: Theoretical and Controversial Issues. New York:  Plenum Press. 
  • Finger, S., and Almli, C. R. (Eds.). (1984). Early Brain Damage, Vol. 2.
  • Neurobiology and Behavior. New York: Academic Press.
  • Almli, C. R., and Finger, S. (Eds.). (1984). Early Brain Damage, Vol. l. Research Orientations and Clinical Observations. New York:  Academic Press.
  • Finger, S., and Stein, D. G. (1982). Brain Damage and Recovery of
  • Function:  Research and Clinical Implications. New York:  Academic Press.           
  • Finger, S. (Ed.). (1978). Recovery from Brain Damage: Research and
  • Theory. New York: Plenum Publishing Co.

Journal Articles and Chapters

 

  • Finger, S. (2012). The Lady and the "Eel": How Aphra Behn introduced Europeans to the "Numb Eel" in 1686. Perspectives in Biology and Medicine. In press.
  • Finger, S. (2012) The early history of the concept of cerebral dominance. In R. W. Rieber (Ed.), Encyclopedia of the History of Psychological Theories. New York: Springer, pp. 160-171. 
  • Piccolino, M, Finger, S., and Barbara, J-G. (2011). Discovering the freshwater African "torpedo": Legendary Ethiopia, Religious Controversies, and a Catfish Capable of Reanimating Dead Fishes. Journal of the History of the Neurosciences, 20, 210-235.
  • Umanath, S., Sarezky, D.,and Finger, S. (2011). Sleepwalking through
  • History: Medicine, Arts, and Courts of Law. Journal of the History of the Neurosciences, 20, 253-276.
  • Verano, J. W., and Finger, S. (2010). Ancient trepanation. In Finger, S., Boller, F., and Tyler, K. (Eds.), History of Clinical Neurology. Handbook of Clinical Neurology (new series). Edinburgh: Elsevier, pp. 3-14.
  • Finger, S. (2010). The birth of localization theory. In Finger, S., Boller, F., and Tyler, K. (Eds.), History of Clinical Neurology. Handbook of Clinical Neurology (new series). Edinburgh: Elsevier. pp. 117-128.
  • Finger, S., and Stone, J. L. (2010). Landmarks of surgical neurology and the interplay of disciplines. In Finger, S., Boller, F., and Tyler, K. (Eds.), History of Clinical Neurology. Handbook of Clinical Neurology (new series). Edinburgh: Elsevier, pp. 189-202.
  • Finger, S. (2010). Recovery of function: Redundancy and vicariation theories. In Finger, S., Boller, F., and Tyler, K. (Eds.),History of Clinical Neurology. Handbook of Clinical Neurology (new series). Edinburgh: Elsevier, pp. 833-841.
  • Stiles, A., Finger, S., and Bulevich, J. (2010). Somnambulism and trance states in the works of Dr. John Polidori, author ofThe Vampyre. European Romantic Reviews, 21, 789-807.
  • Stiles, A., Finger, S., and Petrain, D. E. (2010). A new look at Polidori. European Romantic Reviews, 21, 771-773
  • Finger, S. (2010). Dr. Alexander Garden, a Linnaean in Colonial America, and the travels of some "electric eels. Perspectives in Biology and Medicine, 53, 388-406.
  • Wade, N., and Finger, S. (2010). Phantom penis: historical dimensions. Journal of the History of the Neurosciences, 19, 299-312. 
  • Finger, S. (2009). Edward Bancroft's (1769) "Torporific Eels". Perspectives in Biology and Medicine, 52, 61-79.
  • Finger, S., and Ferguson, I. (2009). The role of The Gentleman’s Magazine in the dissemination of knowledge about electric fish in the eighteenth century. Journal of the History of the Neurosciences, 18, 347-365. 
  • Koehler P.J., Finger, S., and Piccolino, M. (2009). The eels of South America: Mid-eighteenth-century Dutch contributions to the theory of animal electricity. Journal of the History of Biology, 42, 235-251. 
  • Finger, S., and Hagemann, I. S. (2008). Benjamin Franklin's risk factors for gout and stones: From genes and diet to possible lead poisoning. American Philosophical Society Proceedings, 152, 189-206. 
  • Koehler P. J, and Finger, S. (2008). De Zuid-Amerikaanse aal. Twee vroege brieven uit de Nederlandse koloniën over dierlijke elektriciteit ["The South American eel. Two early letters from the Dutch colonies on animal electricity"]. Studium, 1, I85-194. 
  • Finger, S. (2008). Wendy Moore's The Knife Man. Journal of the History of the Neurosciences, 17, 91-93. 
  • Locke, H. S., and Finger, S. (2007). Gentleman’s Magazine and the advent of medical electricity and disorders of the nervous system.  In: Brain, Mind and Medicine: Essays in Eighteenth-Century Neuroscience. H. Whitaker, C. U. M. Smith, and S. Finger (Eds.). Boston: Springer.  Pp. 257-270. 
  • Finger, S. (2007). Benjamin Franklin and the electrical cure for disorders of the nervous system. In: Brain, Mind and Medicine: Essays in Eighteenth-Century Neuroscience. H. Whitaker, C. U. M. Smith, and S. Finger (Eds.). Boston: Springer. Pp. 245-256. 
  • Finger, S. (2007). Benjamin Franklin and medical electricity. Published Reynolds Lecture. Waco TX: Baylor University. 
  • Finger, S. (2006). Phantom limbs. Encyclopedia of Disability. Thousand  Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. 
  • Finger, S. (2006). Paul Broca. Encyclopedia of Disability. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. 
  • Christ, S. and Finger, S. (2006). Retardation in the Family: Pearl S. Buck and Phenylketonuria. In N. Blau (Ed.), PKU and THB: Advances in Phenylketonuria and Tetrahydrobiopterin Research. Heilbron: SBS  Publishing. 
  • Finger, S., and Zaromb, F. (2006). Benjamin Franklin and shock-induced amnesia. American Psychologist, 61, 240-248. 
  • Beaudreau, S. A., and Finger, S. (2006). Medical electricity and madness the eighteenth century: The legacies of Benjamin Franklin and Jan Ingenhousz. Perspectives in Biology and Medicine, 49, 330-345.           
  • Finger, S. (2006). Benjamin Franklin, electricity, and the palsies: On the 300th anniversary of his birth. Neurology, 66, 1559-1563. 
  • Finger, S. (2006). Benjamin Franklin and the neurosciences. Functional Neurology, 21, 67-75. 
  • Kirschenbaum, E., Schalick, W. O. III, Faber, D. P., and Finger, S. (2005). Hector Landouzy on facial paralysis in newborn children: The case studies of a 19th-century French hospital physician. Pediatric Rehabilitation, 8, 180-186. 
  • Finger, S., and Gallo, D.  (2004). The music of madness: Franklin’s armonica and the vulnerable nervous system. In F. Rose (Ed.), Neurology of the Arts. London: Imperial College Press. Pp. 207-235. 
  • Finger, S., Koehler, P. J., and Jagella, C. (2004). Monakow's concept of diaschisis: Origins and perspectives. Archives of Neurology, 61, 283-288. 
  • Finger, S.  Cerebral localization. (2004). In W. E. Craighead and C. B.  
  • Nemeroff (Eds.),  The Concise Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology and Behavioral Science, third edition. New York: John Wiley and Sons, pp. 163-164.    
  • Finger, S.  Neuropsychology. (2004). In W. E. Craighead and C. B.   Nemeroff (Eds.),  The Concise Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology and Behavioral Science, 3rd edition. New York: John Wiley and Sons, pp. 616-618.         
  • Finger, S., and Christ, S.E. (2004). Pearl S. Buck and phenylketonuria. Journal of the History of the Neurosciences,13, 44-57.
  • Finger, S. (2004). Francis Schiller (1909-2003). Journal of the History of the Neurosciences, 13, 353-357.
  • Finger, S.  2004. Paul Broca. Journal of Neurology, 251, 769-770.  
  • Finger, S.  Galvani, Luigi (Aloisio). (2003). Encyclopedia of the Neurological Sciences.  New York: Academic Press. Pp. 417-418. 
  • Finger, S.  Paul Broca. (2003). Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science, Vol. 1, Nature Publishing Group: London. Pp. 426-429. 
  • Finger, S., and Hustwit, M. (2003). Five early account of phantom limb in context: Paré, Descartes, Bell, Lemos and Mitchell.Neurosurgery, 52, 675-686.           
  • Wade, N., and Finger, S.  (2003). William Porterfield (ca. 1696-1771) and his phantom limb: An overlooked first self-report by a man of medicine. Neurosurgery, 52, 1196-1199. 
  • Finger, S., Buckner, R. L., and Buckingham, H. (2003). Does the right hemisphere take over after damage to Broca's area? The Barlow case of 1877 and its history. Brain and Language, 85, 385-395 
  • Arnott, R., Finger, S., and Smith, C.U.M. (2003). Preface: Trepanation. In: Arnott, R., Finger, S., and Smith, C.U.M. (eds),Trepanation: History, Discovery, Theory. Lisse, The Netherlands: Swets and Zeitlinger, pp. ix-xii.
  • Fernando, H. R., and Finger, S. (2003). Ephraim George Squier’s Peruvian skull and the discovery of cranial trepanation. In: Arnott, R., Finger, S., and Smith, C.U.M. (eds.), Trepanation: History, Discovery, Theory. Lisse, The Netherlands: Swets and Zeitlinger, pp. 3-18 
  • Finger, S, and Clower, W. T.  (2003). On the birth of trepanation: The thoughts of Paul Broca and Victor Horsley. In: Arnott, R., Finger, S., and Smith, C.U.M. (eds.), Trepanation: History, Discovery, Theory. Lisse, The Netherlands: Swets and Zeitlinger, pp. 19-42. 
  • Finger, S. (2002). Women and the history of the neurosciences. Journal of the History of the Neurosciences, 11, 80-86. 
  • Finger, S. (2002). David Ferrier. In R. Wozniak (Ed.), Dictionary of Nineteenth-Century British Philosophers. Bristol, UK: Thoemmes. 
  • Finger, S., and Wade, N. (2002). The neuroscience of Helmholtz and the theories of Johannes Müller. Part 1: Nerve cell structure, vitalism, and the nerve impulse. Journal of the History of the Neurosciences, 11, 136-155. 
  • Finger, S., and Wade, N. (2002). The neuroscience of Helmholtz and The theories of Johannes Müller. Part 2: Sensation and perception. Journal of the History of the Neurosciences, 11, 234-254.
  • Finger, S, and Clower, W. T. (2001). Victor Horsley on “trephining in pre-historic times.” Neurosurgery, 48, 911-918. 
  • Palmer, E. D., and Finger, S. (2001). An early description of ADHD (Inattention Subtype): Dr. Alexander Crichton and the "Mental Restlessness" (1798). Child Psychology and Psychiatry Reviews, 6, 66-73. 
  • Finger, S., Gehr, S. E., and West, A. L. (2001). Dual personality and the brain: The case studies of Lewis C. Bruce in the 1890s. History of Psychiatry, 12, 59-71.  
  • Sparrow, E. P., and Finger, S. (2001). Edward Albert Schäfer (Sharpey-Schafer) and his Contributions to Neuroscience: Commemorating of the 150th Anniversary of his Birth. Journal of the History of the Neurosciences, 10, 41-57.
  • Finger, S.  and Fernando, H. R. (2001). E. G. Squier and the discovery of cranial trepanation:  A landmark in the history of surgery and ancient medicine. Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences, 56, 353-381.
  • Clower, W. T., and Finger, S. (2001). Discovering Trepanation: The contributions of Paul Broca. Neurosurgery, 49, 1417-1425. 
  • Fernando, H. R., and Finger, S. (2001). The man behind the skull. Journal of the History of the Neurosciences, 10, 319-320, 323-325. 
  • Wade, N., and Finger, S. (2001). The eye as an optical instrument: From camera obscura to Helmholtz’s perspective.Perception, 30, 1157-1177. 
  • Finger, S. (2001). Cerebral localization. The Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology and Neuroscience, vol. 1, 3rd Edition. New York: John Wiley & Sons, pp. 163-164.
  • Finger, S.  Cerebral localization. (2000). In W. E. Craighead and C. B. Nemeroff (Eds.),  The Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology and Behavioral Science, 3rd edition, vol. 1.  New York: John Wiley and Sons, pp. 270-271.      
  • Finger, S. (2000). Santiago Ramón y Cajal. Encyclopedia of Psychology, Vol. 6. New York: Oxford University Press (American Psychological Association). Pp. 501-502. 
  • Finger, S., and Roe, D. Paul Broca. (2000). Encyclopedia of Psychology, vol. 1.  New York: Oxford University Press (American Psychological Association), pp. 477-478. 
  • Finger, S. (2000). Rare Neuroscience Books Donated. Journal of the History of the Neurosciences, 9, 122-123.
  • Finger, S. (2000). A quotation to remember. Journal of the History of the Neurosciences, 9, 164, 201-202. 
  • Finger, S. (2000). Santiago Ramón y Cajal’s “Advice for a Young
  • Investigator.” Book review. Journal of the History of the Neurosciences, 9, 222-223. 
  • Gallo, D., and Finger, S. (2000). The Power of a musical instrument: Franklin, The Mozarts, Mesmer and the glass armonica.History of Psychology, 3, 326-343. 
  • Finger, S., Beyer, T., and Koehler, P. (2000). Dr. Otto Soltmann (1876) on the Development of the Motor Cortex and Recovery after its Removal in Infancy.” Brain Research Bulletin, 53, 133-140. 
  • Lajonchere, C., and Finger, S. (1999). Henry Herbert Donaldson (1857-1938). In American National Biography. New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 716-717. 
  • Norrsell, U., Finger, S., and Lajonchere, C. (1999). The discovery of cutaneous sensory spots in the 1880s and the law of "specific nerve energies": History and contemporary findings.  Brain Research Bulletin, 48, 457-465. 
  • Kanne, S. M. and Finger, S. (1999). Konstantin M. Bykov and the discovery of the role of the corpus callosum. Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences, 54, 572-590. 
  • Kushner, H. I., Luzzatti, C, and Finger, S. (1999). A perplexing document in the early history of Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome: Melotti's rendition of a “lecture by Charcot.” (Including a complete translation from the Italian with Commentary.)Journal of the History of the Neurosciences, 8, 5-20.
  • Finger, S., and Roe, D. (1999). Does Gustave Dax deserve to be forgotten? The temporal lobe theory and other contributions of an overlooked figure in the history of language and cerebral dominance.  Brain and Language, 69, 16-30.
  • Finger, S. and Kanne, S. M. (1999). The discovery and rediscovery of the corpus callosum. Brain Research Bulletin (Special Issue: Highlights in Twentieth-Century Neuroscience), 50, 419-420.
  • Finger, S. (1999). Margaret Kennard on sparing and recovery of function: A tribute on the 100th anniversary of her birth.Journal of the History of the Neurosciences, 8, 269-285. 
  • Finger, S. (1998). "A happy state of mind": An Early history of mild elation, denial of disability, optimism, and laughing in multiple sclerosis. Archives of Neurology, 55, 241-250 
  • Finger, S., and Law, M. B. (1998). Karl August Weinhold and his "science" in the era of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein: Experiments on electricity and the restoration of life. Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences, 53, 161-180. 
  • Buckingham, H., and Finger, S. (1997). David Hartley's psychobiological associationism and the legacy of Aristotle. Journal of the History of the Neurosciences, 6, 21-37. 
  • Finger, S. (1997). Neurognosics: Alexander Forbes. Journal of the History of the Neurosciences, 6, 106-107.           
  • Finger, S., and Koehler, P. (1997). Frank Rose and the Journal of the History of the Neurosciences. Journal of the History of the Neurosciences, 6, 1-2. 
  • Lajonchere, C., Nortz, M., and Finger, S. (1996). Gilles de la Tourette and the discovery of Tourtette's syndrome: (Including a translation of his 1884 paper).  Archives of Neurology, 53, 567-574. 
  • Finger, S., and Roe, D. (1996). Gustave Dax and the early history of cerebral dominance.  Archives of Neurology, 53, 806-813. 
  • Roe, D, and Finger, S. (1996). Gustave Dax and his fight for recognition: An overlooked chapter in the history of cerebral dominance. Journal of the History of the Neurosciences, 5, 228-240.   
  • Finger, S. (1995). Descartes and the pineal gland in animals:  A frequent misinterpretation. Journal of the History of the Neurosciences, 4, 166-182. 
  • Finger, S. (1995). The pineal gland of Descartes: Does it differ in the brutes?  European Pineal Society News, 33, 9-14.  (Invited Essay) 
  • Finger, S. (1994). Cerebral localization. In R. Corsini (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Psychology, 2nd edition, Vol. 1.  New York:  John Wiley and Sons, Inc., pp. 206-207. 
  • Finger, S., and Buckingham, H. (1994). Alexander Crichton (1763-1846):  Disorders of fluent speech and associationist theory. Archives of Neurology, 51, 498-503.
  • Finger, S. (1994). History of neuropsychology. In D. W. Zaidel (Ed.), Handbook of Perception and Cognition, Vol. 15: Neuropsychology.  San Diego, CA:  Academic Press. Pp. 1-28. 
  • Weichman, C., McMurray, P., Knuttinen, G., Mudd, P., Foley, E. A., and Finger, S. (1994). Holeboard performance of rats after hippocampal lesions and treatment with nimodipine. Experimental Neurology, 127, 278-283. 
  • Finger, S. (1994). Recovery from brain damage:  Reflections and directions. Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience, 6, 257-258. 
  • Nelson, C., Finger, S., and Simons, D. (1993). Effects of nimodipine on two neurologic measures sensitive to sensorimotor cortex damage. Experimental Neurology, 119, 302-308. 
  • Finger, S. (1993). Nimodipine and recovery from focal brain lesions.  Drugs in Development, 2, 379-393. 
  • Womack, S., Geduldig, P. S., Foley, L., Forman, J. B., Simsic, M., Davis, A. V., Feliciano, J., Srisumrid, T., and Finger, S. (1993). Medial frontal cortex lesions: Deficits and treatment with nimodipine.  Experimental Neurology, 124, 387-389. 
  • Nelson, C., Bawa, J., and Finger, S. (1992). Radial maze performance after hippocampal lesions:  Beneficial effects of nimodipine.  Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience, 4, 33-40. 
  • Almli, C. R., and Finger, S. (1992). Brain injury and recovery of function:  Theories and mechanisms of functional reorganization. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, 7, 70-77. 
  • Finger, S. (1991). Brain damage, development and behavior: Early findings. Developmental Neuropsychology, 7, 261-274. 
  • Andersen, C., Andersen, A. B., and Finger, S. (1991). Neurological correlates of unilateral and bilateral "strokes" of the middle cerebral artery in the rat. Physiology and Behavior, 50, 263-269.
  • Zhou, F., Pu, C-F., and Finger, S. (1991). Nimodipine-enhanced survival of suboptimal neural grafts. Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience, 3, 211-214. 
  • Finger, S. (1990). Experience and the biology of the brain. Contemporary Psychology, 1990, 35, 445-446. 
  • Finger, S., Green, L., Tarnoff, M. E., Mortman, K. D., and Andersen, A. (1990). Nimodipine enhances new learning after hippocampal damage.  Experimental Neurology, 109, 279-285. 
  • Andersen, A. B., Finger, S., Anderson, C. S., and Hoagland, N. (1990). Cortical lesion effects and treatment with nimodipine.Physiology and Behavior, 47, 1045-1052.
  • Finger, S. (1990). A 16th-century request for brain tissue transplantation.  Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience, 1, 367-368. 
  • Wozniak, D. F., Stewart, G. R., Finger, S., Olney, J. W., and Cozzari, C. (1989). Basal forebrain lesions impair tactile discrimination and working memory.  Neurobiology of Aging, 10, 173-179. 
  • Finger, S., and Dunnett, S. B. (1989). Nimodipine enhances growth and vascularization of neural grafts. Experimental Neurology, 104, 1-9.
  • Finger, S., and Dunnett, S. B. (1989). "Highlight from the Literature": Finger and Dunnett, Experimental Neurology, 1989, paper. Cerebrovascular Brain Metabolism Reviews, 1989, 1, 266.
  • Finger, S. (1989).  Neuroplasticity and development. Contemporary Psychology, 34, 1082-1083.
  • Wozniak, D. F., Stewart, G. R., Finger, S., and Olney, J. W. (1989). Comparison of behavioral effects of nucleus basalis magnocellularis lesions and somatosensory cortex ablation in the rat. Neuroscience, 32, 685-700.
  • Dunnett, S. B., Martel, F. L., Rogers, D. C., and Finger, S. (1989). Factors affecting septal graft amelioration of differential reinforcement of low rates (DRL) and activity deficits after fimbria-fornix lesions. Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience, 1, 83-92.
  • Finger, S. (1989).  Reflections on the possible maladaptive consequences of injury-induced reorganization. Neuropsychology,3, 41-47.
  • Finger, S., and Dunnett, S. B. (1989).  Nimodipine and neural grafts. In J. Traber and W. H. Gispen (Eds.) Nimodipine and Central Nervous Systems Function:  New Vistas.  Stuttgart: Schattauer, pp. 87-98.
  • Finger, S., Altemus, K. L., Green, L., Wolf, Cl, Miller, J., and Almli, C. R. (1987). Effects of medial frontal cortex lesions on DRL performance in rats.  Physiology and Behavior, 41, 387-389.
  • Finger, S. and Almli, C. R. Margaret Kennard and her "Principle" in Historical Perspective. (1988). In S. Finger, T. E. LeVere, C. R. Almli and D. G. Stein (Eds.), Brain Injury and Recovery: Theoretical and Controversial Issues.  New York:  Plenum, pp. 117-132.
  • Almli, C. R., and Finger, S. (1988). Toward a definition of recovery of function.  In S. Finger, T. E. LeVere, C. R. Almli, and D. G. Stein (Eds.), Brain Injury and Recovery: Theoretical and Controversial Issues.  New York: Plenum, pp. 1-14.
  • Finger, S., LeVere, T. E., Almli, C. R., and Stein, D. G. (1988). Recovery of function:  Sources of controversy. In S. Finger, T. E. LeVere, C.R. Almli, and D. G. Stein (Eds.), Brain Injury and Recovery: Theoretical and Controversial Issues.  New York:  Plenum, pp. 351-361.
  • Finger, S., and Wolf, C. (1988). The "Kennard Principle" before Kennard: The early history of age and brain lesion effects.Archives of Neurology, 45, 1136-1142 
  • Altemus, K. A., Finger, S., Wolf, C., Almli, C. R., and Miller, J. (1988). Nimodipine and behavior after frontal cortical lesions in rats. Nimodipine: Transactions of the Miles Laboratory Conference, 1988.
  • Sondhaus, E., and Finger, S. (1988). Aphasia and the C.N.S. from Imhotep to Broca. Neuropsychology, 2, 87-110.
  • Finger, S., Heavens, R. P., Sirinathsinghji, D. J. S., Kuehn, M. R., and Dunnett, S. B. (1988). Behavioral and neurochemical evaluation of a transgonic mouse model of Lesch-Nyhan syndrome.  Journal of the Neurological Sciences, 86,203-213.
  • Doar, B., Finger, S., and Almli, C. R. (1987). Marked acquisition and reversal learning deficits in rats with subtotal medial frontal cortex lesions.  Experimental Brain Research, 66, 432-434.
  • Wolf, C., Waksman, D., Finger, S., and Almli, C. R. (1987). Large and small medial frontal cortex lesions and spatial behaviors of the rat. Brain Research Bulletin,18, 1-5.
  • Almli, C. R. and Finger, S. (1987). Neural insult and critical period concepts. In M. H. Bornstein (Ed.), Sensitive Periods in Development: Interdisciplinary Perspectives (Vol. VI: Crosscurrents in Contemporary Psychology).  Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., pp. 123-143.
  • Altemus, K. A., Finger, S., Wolf, C., and Birge, S. J. (1987). Behavioral correlates of vitamin D deficiency. Physiology and Behavior, 39, 435-440.
  • Finger, S., Almli, C. R., Green, L., Wolf, C., and Morgane, P. J. (1986). Severe early malnutrition and DRL performance in the rat. Physiology and Behavior, 38, 731-734.
  • Finger, S. (1986). Behavioral and biological aspects of recovery from brain damage. Deutschen Gesellschaff fur Psychologie.Gottingen: Verlag für Psychologie.
  • Silva, M. G., Boyle, M. A., Finger, S., Numan, B., Bouzrara, A., and Almli, C. R. (1986). Behavioral effects of large and small lesions of the rat medial frontal cortex. Experimental Brain Research, 65, 176-181.
  • Wolf, C., Almli, C. R., Finger, S., Ryan, S., and Morgane, P. J. (1986). Behavioral effects of severe and moderate early malnutrition. Physiology and Behavior, 38, 725-730.
  • Finger, S., Bouzrara, A., and Silva, M. (1985). Early undernutrition and recovery from acute brain damage later in life. In B. Will and P. Schmidt (Eds.), Brain Plasticity, Memory and Learning. New York: Plenum, pp. 433-440.
  • Bouzrara, A., Silva, M., Waksman, D., Finger, S., and Almli, C. R. (1985). Relation between the severity of early malnutrition and the effects of later frontal cortical lesions in rats. Physiological Psychology, 13, 1-6.
  • Finger, S. (1985). Review of E. Miller's Recovery and Management of Neuropsychological Impairments. Neuropsychologia, 23, 446-447.
  • Finger, S. and Almli, C. R. (1985). Brain damage and neuroplasticity: Mechanisms of recovery or development? Brain Research Reviews,10, 177-186.
  • Blumenthal, H., Young, D., Finger, S., and Wozniak, D. (1984). Effects of age, brain damage and stress on antibody binding to the brain. Journal of Gerontology, 39, 552-560.
  • Simons, D., and Finger, S. (1984). Some factors affecting recovery after brain damage early in life.  In:  S. Finger and C. R. Almli (Eds.), Early Brain Damage, Vol. 2.  Neurobiology and Behavior. New York:  Academic Press, pp. 327-347.
  • Finger, S., Wozniak, D., and Blumenthal, H. (1984). Longevity, disease and autoimmune reactions following focal cortical injuries. In S. Scheff (Ed.), Plasticity and the Aging Brain. New York: Plenum, pp. 1-21.
  • Silva, M., Bouzrara, A., Finger, S., and Almli, C. R. (1984). Effects of early protein undernutrition and later frontal cortex damage on habit acquisiton and reversal learning in the rat. Physiological Psychology, 12, 141-146.
  • Finger, S. (1984). Paradigms, methodologies and memory mechanisms.  Physiological Psychology, 12, 89-91.
  • Finger, S., and Green, L. (1983). Early undernutrition and later hippocampal damage.  I.  DRL performance in rats. Nutrition and Behavior, 1, 195-206.
  • Stein, D. G., Finger, S., and Hart, T. (1983). Brain damage and recovery:  Problems and perspectives. Behavioral and Neural Biology, 37, l85-222.
  • Simons, D., and Finger, S. (1983). Neonatal vs. later sensorimotor cortex damage:  The ability to use spared fragments of target tissue to guide tactile learning. Physiological Psychology, 11, 29-34.
  • Laughlin, N. K., Finger, S., and Bell, J. (1983). Early undernutrition and later hippocampal damage:  Effects on spontaneous behaviors and reversal learning. Physiological Psychology, 11, 269-277.
  • Wozniak, D., Finger, S., Blumenthal, H., and Poland, R. (1982). Brain damage, stress and lifespan:  An experimental study.Journal of Gerontology, 37, 161-168.
  • Bell, J., Gruenthal, M., Finger, S., Lundberg, P., and Johnson, E. (1982). Behavioral effects of early deprivation of nerve growth factor:  Some similarities with familial dysau­tonomia. Brain Research, 234, 409-421.
  • Finger, S., Gruenthal, M., and Bell, J. (1982). Some perspectives on the serial lesion effect.  In M. van Hof and G. Mohn (Eds.), Functional Recovery from Brain Damage. Amsterdam: Elsevier, p. 15-29.
  • Finger, S., Hart, T., and Jones, E. (1982). Recovery time and sensorimotor cortex lesion effects. Physiology and Behavior, 29, 73-78.
  • Gisel, E., Gruenthal, M., and Finger, S. (1982). Swimming as a method for assessing motor cortex integrity in rodents. Brain Research, 239, 649-654.
  • Crnic, L. S., Bell, J. M., Mangold, R., Gruenthal, M., Eiler, J., and Finger, S. (1981). Separation-induced early malnutrition: Maternal, physiological and behavioral effects. Physiology and Behavior, 26, 695-707.
  • Bell, J., Gruenthal, M., Finger, S., and Mangold, R. (1981). Effects of one and two stage lesions of the posterior hypothalamus on temperature regulation in the rat. Brain Research, 219, 451-455.
  • Mangold, R. F., Bell, J., Gruenthal, M., and Finger, S. (1981). Brain damage and undernu­trition:  A preliminary investigation.Brain Research, 230, 406-411.
  • Gruenthal, M., Finger, S., Berenbeim, D., Pollock, D., and Hart, T.  (1980). A delayed lesion effect following sensorimotor cortex ablation in adult rats.  Experimental Neurology, 69, 4-21.
  • Gabriel, S., Freer, B., and Finger, S. (1979). Brain damage and the overlearning reversal effect. Physiological Psychology, 7, 327-332.
  • Finger, S. (1978). Lesion momentum and behavior. In Finger, S. (Ed.), Recovery from Brain Damage:  Research and Theory.New York:  Plenum Publishing Co., pp. 135-164.
  • Finger, S. (1978). Environmental modification of brain lesion syndromes. In Finger, S. (Ed.), Recovery from Brain Damage:  Research and Theory.  New York:  Plenum Publishing Co., p. 297-329. 
  • Finger, S. (1978). Postweaning environmental stimulation and somesthetic performance in rats sustaining cortical lesions at maturity. Developmental Psychobiology, 11, 5-11. 
  • Finger, S., Simons, D., and Posner, R. (1978). Anatomical, physiological and behavioral effects of neonatal sensorimotor cortex ablation in the rat.  Experimental Neurology, 60, 347-373.
  • Finger, S., and Simons, D. (1976). Effects of serial lesions of somatosensory cortex and further neodecortication on retention of a rough-smooth discrimination in rats. Experimental Brain Research, 25, 183-197.
  • Finger, S. (1975). Child holding patterns in Western art. Child Development, 46, 267-271.
  • Andersson, S., Finger, S., and Norsell, U. (1975). Cerebral units activated by tactile stimuli via a ventral spinal pathway in monkeys. Acta Physiologica Scandinavica, 93, 119-128.
  • Finger, S., and Reyes, R. (1975). Long-term deficits after somatosensory cortical lesions in rats. Physiology and Behavior, 16, 289-293.
  • Simons, D., Puretz, J., and Finger, S. (1974). Effects of serial lesions of somatosensory cortex and further neodecortication on tactile retention in rats. Experimental Brain Research, 23, 353-366.
  • Finger, S. (1974). Recovery after somatosensory forebrain damage. In Stein, D. G., Rosen, J. J., and Butters, N. (Eds.),Plasticity and Recovery of Function in the C.N.S., Academic Press. 
  • Finger, S., and Norrsell, U. (1974). Temperpature sensitivity of the paw of the cat:  A behavioral study. Journal of Physiology(London), 239, 631-646.
  • Richards, J. L., and Finger, S. (1974). Mother-child holding patterns:  A cross cultural photographic survey. Child Development, 46, 1001-1004.
  • Weese, G. S., Neimand, D., and Finger, S. (1973). Cortical lesions and somesthesis in rats:  Effects of training and overtraining prior to surgery.  Experimental Brain Research, 16, 542-550.
  • Reyes, R., Finger, S., and Frye, J. (1973). Serial thalamic lesions and tactile discrimination in the rat. Behavioral Biology, 8, 807-813. 
  • Finger, S., Walbran, B., and Stein, D. G. (1973). Brain damage and behavioral recovery:  Serial lesion phenomena. Brain Research, 63, 1-18. 
  • Finger, S., Cohen, M., and Alongi, R. (1972). The roles of somatosensory cortical areas l and 2 in tactile discrimination in the rat. International Journal of Psychobiology, 2, 93-102.
  • Finger, S. (1972). Lemniscal and extralemniscal thalamic lesions and tactile discrimination in the rat. Experimental Brain Research, 15, 532-542.
  • Finger, S., and Levin, H. (1972). An attempt to demonstrate contralateral masking in tactile adaptation. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 35, 856-858. 
  • Finger, S., Cohen, M., and Alongi, R. (1972). The roles of somatosensory cortical areas l and 2 in tactile discrimination in the rat. International Journal of Psychobiology, 2, 93-102. 
  • Finger, S. (1972). Lemniscal and extralemniscal thalamic lesions and tactile discrimination in the rat. Experimental Brain Research, 15, 532-542. 
  • Finger, S., and Levin, H. (1972). An attempt to demonstrate contralateral masking in tactile adaptation. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 35, 856-858.                                   
  • Finger, S., Marshak, A., Cohen, M., Scheff, S., Trace, R., and Neiman, D. (1971). Effects of successive and simultaneous lesions of the somatosensory cortex on tactile discri­minative ability in the rat. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 77, 221-227.
  • Finger, S., Lennard, P., Hammer, R., and Ehrman, R. (1971). Retention of tactile discrimi­nations following somatosensory cortical lesions in the rat.  Experimental Brain Research, 12, 354-360.                      
  • Finger, S., and Fox, M. W. (1971). Effects of early tactile enrichment on open field activity and tactile discriminative ability in the rat. Developmental Psychobiology, 4, 269-274.
  • Carmon, A., and Finger, S.  (1971). Spatial and temporal interaction in tactile adaptation.  Perceptual and Motor Skills, 32, 427-433.
  • Finger, S., Frommer, G. P., Carmon, A., and Inbal. R. (1970). Roughness discrimination with sandpaper surfaces: An olfactory confounding.  Psychonomic Science, 18, l65-l66.
  • Finger, S., Scheff, S., Warshaw, I., and Cohen, K. (1970). Retention and acquisition of fine temperature discriminations following somatosensory cortical lesions in the rat.  Experimental Brain Research, 10, 340-346.
  • Finger, S., and Maickel, R. P. (1970). Lesions of cortical and thalamic somatosensory areas and body temperature maintenance. Brain Research, 21, 284-286.
  • Finger, S., and Frommer, G. P. (1970). Effects of cortical and thalamic lesions on tempera­ture discrimination and responsiveness to foot shock in the rat.  Brain Research, 24, 69-89.
  • Finger, S., and Frommer, G. P. (1968). Effects of somatosensory thalamic and cortical lesions on roughness discrimination in the albino rat. Physiology and Behavior, 3, 83-89.
  • Finger, S., and Frommer, G. P. (1968). Effects of cortical lesions on tactile discrimination graded in difficulty. Life Sciences, 7, 897-904.
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