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Dr. Ramunė Dirvanskienė is an Associate Professor at Vilnius University and a popular neuropsychology book author. She earned her PhD from the University of Edinburgh and gained clinical experience at the Anne Rowling Regenerative Neurology Clinic, working on research projects and clinical trials. Her areas of interest include brain aging, neurodegenerative diseases, and cognitive epidemiology. Among her professional activities, she organizes conferences for Lithuanian Psychology Association’s Neuropsychology group and, together with Vilnius University Consulting and Training Centre, runs workshops on neuropsychological assessment for healthcare specialists.

In Lithuania, Dr. Ramunė Dirvanskienė is known for her public lectures and many media interviews popularizing brain science. Her company BrainLectures offers popular neuroscience lectures for corporate events, non-profit organizations, and educational institutions.

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Scientific Publications

Foley, P., Kong, Y., Dirvanskiene, R., Valdes-Hernandez, M., Bastiani, M., Murnane, J., ... & Tracey, I. (2022). Coupling cognitive and brainstem dysfunction in multiple sclerosis-related chronic neuropathic limb pain. Brain Communications, 4(3), fcac124.
Mikulionienė, S., Gaižauskaitė, I., Dirvanskienė, R. (2022). Measuring social embeddedness of older adults. Filosofija. Sociologija, 33(2), 175-188.
Foley, P., Kong, Y., Valdes-Hernandez, M., Dirvanskiene, R., Roberts, N., Murnane, J., ... & Fallon, M. (2017). Dysfunction of the descending pain modulatory system in neuropathic limb pain related to MS. A case: control clinical and neuroimaging study. Neurology, P1(216)
Foley, P., Pernet, C., Hernandez, M. V., Margeviciute, R., et al. (2016). Association of neuropathic limb pain in multiple sclerosis with cognition, behaviour, and measures of brain structure: a case-control MRI neuroimaging study. The Lancet, 387(S1), S45
Rotomskis, A., Margeviciute, R., Germanavicius, et al. (2015). Differential diagnosis of depression and Alzheimer‘s disease with the Addenbrooke‘s Cognitive Examination – Revised (ACE-R). BMC Neurology, 15(1), 57.
Rotomskis, A., Grabauskaite, A., Margeviciute, R., et al. (2015). Validation of Addenbrooke‘s Cognitive Examination – Revised for the differential diagnostics of dementia with Lewy bodies and Alzheimer‘s disease in Lithuanian–speaking population. Neurologijos seminarai, 19(1), 59-63.
Rotomskis, A., Margeviciute, R., Germanavicius, A. (2014). Validation of Addenbrooke‘s Cognitive Examination – Revised for the differential diagnostics of Frontotemporal dementia and Alzheimer‘s disease in the Lithuanian–speaking population. Neurologijos seminarai, 18(4), 262-266.
Margeviciute, R., Bagdonas, A., Butkus, K., et al. (2013). Adenbruko kognityvinio tyrimo metodikos – taisytos adaptacija lietuviškai kalbantiems gyventojams (ACE-RLT). Neurologijos seminarai, 1(55), 29-51.
Margeviciute, R. (2012) The Advantages and Disadvantages of Single-Case and Group Study Design in Neuropsychology. Psichologija, 12(46), 135-142.
Margeviciute, R., Kaubrys, G., Liutkiene, J., et al. (2012). Išsėtine skleroze ir epilepsija sergančių asmenų kognityvinių funkcijų ypatumai. Neurologijos seminarai, 16(51), 33-44.
Liutkiene, J., Margeviciute, R., Kaubrys, G., et al. (2011). Kognityvinių funkcijų vertinimas automatizuota kognityvinių testų baterija CANTABeclipse. Neurologijos seminarai, 2(48), 109-118.

Read my Doctoral Dissertation

Longitudinal study of cognitive changes in MS – dimensionality, predictors and self-perception of change (2016)

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