Benjamin T Mast, PhD

Associate Professor
Office: Room 353, Life Science Building
Phone: (502) 852-3280
Fax: (502) 852-8904
Email:b.mast@louisville.edu
Lab location: Life Sciences Building
Lab phone: 852-3542
Lab website: Aging and Neuropsychology Lab
Education
Ph.D. Clinical Psychology, Wayne State University
B.A. Psychology, Calvin College
Research Interest
- Dementia, late life depression, geriatric assessment, vascular depression
Selected Publications
Mast, B.T., Miles, T., Penninx, B., Yaffe, K., Rosano, C., Satterfield, S., Ayonayon, H.N., Harris, T., & Simonsick, E.M. (in press) Vascular disease and future risk of depressive symptomatology in older adults: Findings from Health ABC. Biological Psychiatry.
Mast, B.T., *Zimmerman, J., & *Rowe, S.V. (in press). What do we know about the aging brain? Implications for learning in late life. In M.C. Smith, & T.G. Reio, Jr., (Eds.) Handbook of Research on Adult Development and Learning. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.
Holley, C.K., & Mast, B.T. (2007). The effects of widowhood and vascular risk factors on late-life depression. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry.
Mast, B.T., & Allaire, J.C. (2006). Verbal learning and everyday functioning in dementia: An application of latent variable growth curve modeling. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 61, 167-173.
Mast, B.T. (2005). The impact of cognitive impairment on the phenomenology of geriatric depression. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 13, 694-700.
Courses Often Taught
Clinical Geropsychology, Adult Neuropsychology, Multivariate Statistics, Intro to Clinical Psychology, Assessment

