Jeff Victoroff, M.D.
Draft 07/01/2020

CURRICULUM VITAE

JEFF VICTOROFF, M.A., M.D., FAAN


A. Personal Information

Title: Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology and Psychiatry
         Keck School of Medicine
         University of Southern California
          Fellow, American Academy of Neurology

Address 29415 Indian Valley Drive, Unit C Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275
Email: victorof@usc.edu Place of Birth Cleveland Heights, Ohio Citizenship U.S.


B. Education

Colleges/Universities

  • St. John's College Great Books Annapolis, Maryland B.A. Magna Cum Laude, 1974
  • University of Chicago Chicago, Illinois Divisional Master's Program in the Social Sciences Biopsychology Thesis: Sex Differences in the Lateralization of Human Cerebral Functions (advisor: Jerre Levy, Ph.D.) M.A. 1978

Medical School
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. Cleveland, Ohio. M.D. 1982

Internship
University Hospitals. Cleveland, Ohio Assistant Resident in Medicine and Neurology 1982-1983

Residencies

  • McLean Hospital. Clinical Fellow. Harvard Medical School. Psychiatry. 1983-1985
  • Harvard Longwood Medical Area Neurology Program. Clinical Fellow. Harvard Medical School. Neurology. 1985-1988; Chief Resident, Beth Israel Hospital 1987-1988

Fellowship
University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Medicine. Los Angeles, California. Behavioral Neurology. 1988-1990

Selected Awards

  • Recognition for leadership, American Academy for the Certification of Brain Injury Specialists, 2004
  • Medical Student Teaching Award, 2010 Department of Neurology University of Southern Californ

Licensure
Massachusetts Board of Regulation in Medicine. License # 52051. 1984-1989 State of California License # G63241. 1988-

Certifications

  • Diplomate, National Board of Medical Examiners. 1983-
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Inc. Neurology. February 8, 1991 #34069
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Inc. Psychiatry. May 10, 1993 #37511
  • Certified Neurorehabilitation Specialist, American Society of Neurorehabilitation. April 15, 1994
  • Diplomate, American Board of Forensic Medicine. 1997-
  • Certified Brain Injury Specialist, Certified Instructor; American Academy of Certified Brain Injury Specialists. 2001 –
  • Certified in Behavioral Neurology and Neuropsychiatry United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties; September 30, 2006. #BNNP00251-06

C. Professional Background

Academic Appointments 

  • Clinical Instructor in Neurology. University of California at Los Angeles. Los Angeles, California. 1988-1990
  • Assistant Professor of Neurology, University of Southern California School of Medicine. Los Angeles, California. 1990-1998
  • Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine. Los Angeles, California. 1998-2003
  • Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology and Psychiatry, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine. Los Angeles, California. 2003- 

Specific Teaching Responsibilities

  • Director of the Neurology Residency Education Program. Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center. Downey, California. 1992-96
  • Visiting Professor, Neuroimaging and Behavior, Department of Psychology Graduate Program, Brigham Young University. 1999-2001
  • Neurological and Mental Status Examination instructor for all Year IV Medical Students, USC Keck School of Medicine. 1998 –
  • McLean Hospital/Harvard Task Force on Governance. 1984
  • Pre-Medical Advisory Committee and Non-Resident tutor in Medicine. Winthrop House, Harvard College. 1984- 1988
  • Physician's Well Being Committee. Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center. 9/90-
  • Common Data Base Committee, California Alzheimer's Disease Diagnostic and Treatment Centers. 7/1/91 – 97
  • Chairman, Research Committee, California Alzheimer's Disease Diagnostic and Treatment Centers (USC, UC San Diego, UC Irvine, UC San Francisco, UC Davis at Berkeley, UC Sacramento, Stanford) 7/1/91 to 6/30/92. Committee Member 1990-1998.
  • Residency and Education Committee, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Department of Neurology. 8/1/92 - 01
  • Acting Chair, Department of Neurological Sciences. Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center. Downey, California. 1992- 1993
  • Chairman, Bioethics Resource Committee. Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center. Downey, California. 1996-1997
  • Member, Research Committee of the Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center. 1996-1998
  • Chairman: American Academy of Neurology Committee on Practice Parameters for Post-concussive Syndrome 2001 – Member of the Board, American Academy of Certified Brain Injury Specialists, 2001-
  • Chairman, Program Committee, American Academy of Certified Brain Injury Specialists, 2002- Chairman, Corporate Advisory Council, American Academy of Certified Brain Injury Specialists, 2002-
  • Roster of Terrorism Experts, United Nations, 2004 -
  • Member, International Scientific Committee, International Academy of Law and Mental Health, 2005-
  • Member, Committee on Research, American Neuropsychiatric Association, 2006 –

Professional Activities

  • Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center  
    Director of the TBI/Neuropsychiatry Clinic. 1998-2012
    Director of Neurobehavior. 1990-98
    Director of the Neuro-Medicine Clinic. 1990-1997
    Co-Director, Geriatric Neurology Clinic. 1994-1997
    Director, Neuropsychiatry Clinic, 1999 –
  • University of Southern California; The Doctors of USC
  • NFL Neurologic Care Program
    Leader of Western U.S. Center, 2010-2013

D. Society Memberships

Local
Southern California Psychiatric Society. 1988-

National

  • American Academy of Neurology. 1986-
    Section of Behavioral Neurology. 1989-
    Geriatric in Neurology Section. 1991-
    Executive Committee, Behavioral Neurology and Cognitive
    Neuroscience Section. 2000 -
  • Chair, Committee on Practice Parameters for Post-concussive Syndrome 2001 –03
  • American Society for Neurorehabilitation. 1993-
  • American Psychiatric Association. 1986-
  • Massachusetts Psychiatric Society. 1986-1988
  • American Neuropsychiatric Association. 1996- Research Committee, 2008 --
  • American Association for the Advancement of Science. 1996-
  • American Psychological Society. 1997-
  • Association for Psychological Science. 2004 -
  • Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry 2008-
  • American Academy for Psychiatry and the Law, 2008 --

International

  • International Society for Research on Aggression. 2003 –
  • International Society of Political Psychology, 2004-
    Caucus of Concerned Scholars, Committee on Altruism and Ethical Action, 2005 –
  • International Academy of Law and Mental Health, 2004- International
  • Peace Research Association, 2005 –
    Conflict Resolution Group, 2005 – Peace Science Society International, 2006 –
  • Global Advisory Board: Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies Network, 2007 –

E. Consultantships

  • Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders Journal Neurology Abstracts Editor. 1990-1991 Book Reviews. 1991- ; Reviewer. 1994-
  • Neurology Reviewer 1992- Recognition as frequent ad hoc reviewer.
  • Neuropsychiatry, Neuropsychology, Behavioral Neurology; Reviewer 1991-
  • Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders; Reviewer 1998-
  • Journal Watch, Neurology; Reviewer 1999-
  • Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society; Reviewer 2002-
  • Journal of the American Geriatrics Society; Reviewer 2002-
  • Aggressive Behavior; Reviewer 2003-
  • Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews; Reviewer 2004-
  • International Journal of Law and Psychiatry; Reviewer 2004-
  • International Studies Quarterly; Reviewer 2005-
  • Conflict Management and Peace Science; Reviewer 2005-
  • Journal of Terrorism and Political Violence; Reviewer 2007-
  • The Forensic Examiner; Reviewer, 2007- 2011
  • Journal of Peace Research; Reviewer 2008-
  • Critical Studies on Terrorism; Reviewer 2009-
  • Frontiers in Forensic Psychiatry; Reviewer 2011-
  • Frontiers in Sports Neurology; Reviewer 2011 - Journal of Alzheimer's Disease; Reviewer, 2011 -
  • Global Journal of Political Science and International Relations; Reviewer 2011 -
  • Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression, Reviewer, 2012 –
  • Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences; Reviewer 2013 -
  • Politics and Life Sciences; Reviewer, 2014 -
  • African Security Review; Reviewer, 2014 -
  • Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry; Reviewer, 2014 – Jeff Victoroff, M.D. 
  • Georgetown Journal of International Affairs; Reviewer, 2014 –
  • European Journal of International Relations; Reviewer, 2014 –
  • Justice Quarterly; Reviewer 2015 –
  • American Psychologist; Reviewer 2016 –
  • Canada Foundation for Innovation; Reviewer, 2016 -
  • Member, Expert Panel, Dementia Needs Assessment Case Study and Physician Surveys, American Academy of Neurology. 2000-2001.
  • Member, Dementia Dissemination Advisory Committee, American Academy of Neurology. 2000-2001.
  • Chairman, American Academy of Certified Brain Injury Specialists, Committee on Program Evaluation 2002-
  • Chairman, Corporate Advisory Committee, American Academy of Certified Brain Injury Specialists, 2002-
  • Member, Organizing Committee, Individual Causes, Club de Madrid Summit on Terrorism, March 2005
  • Director, NATO Advanced Research Workshop Social and Psychological Factors in the Genesis of Terrorism Castelvecchio Pascoli, Italy; September 14-17, 2005
  • Member, Global Advisory Board, Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies, 2005-
  • Consultant on Terrorist Behavior, Migma Systems, Inc., in NASA SBIR Topic (A1.03), “Aviation Security Technologies”
  • Consultant on Terrorism and Mass Transit Los Angles County Sheriff’s Dept. 2005-
  • Editorial Advisory Board, Forensic Examiner, 2006-11
  • Study Group, National Science Foundation, Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences, Social and Behavioral Dimensions of National Security, Conflict, and Cooperation. Washington, D.C., December 8-9, 2008.
  • Chair, Scientific Advisory Board Anti-Aging Games, LLC., 2009-2011
  • Developmental Psychology, Reviewer, 2012-
  • International Interactions, Reviewer, 2012-
  • PsycCRITIQUES, Reviewer, 2012-
  • International Journal of Epidemiology, Reviewer, 2013-
  • Psychiatric Annals, Reviewer 2013 -
  • American Journal of Psychiatry, Reviewer, 2014-

Bibliography: Appended

Research Activities

Areas of Research Interest
1. Traumatic brain injury, concussion
2. Dementia
3. PTSD
4. Aggression and violence
5. Music, brain, and health
6. Evolutionary, social, and political psychology
7. Morality, criminal responsibility, and brain function Research Grants Cerebral Blood Flow in Alzheimer's Disease: Response to Cognitive Activation UCLA Basic Research Support Grant 7-1-89 to 6-30-90 $5,000

Research Grants

  • Cerebral Blood Flow in Alzheimer's Disease: Response to Cognitive Activation UCLA Basic Research Support Grant 7-1-89 to 6-30-90 $5,000
  • Aging and Dementia National Research Service Award Training Grant #1-T32-AG00172-01 7-1-88 to 6-30-89 $60,000
  • Cerebral Blood Flow in Alzheimer's Disease: Response to Cognitive Activation French Foundation for Alzheimer's Disease 8-1-89 to 6-30-90 $30,000.
  • Interictal Behavioral Correlates of Complex Partial Seizures: Pre- and Post-Lobectomy Epilepsy Foundation of America 7-1-90 to 6-31-91 $25,000
  • Alzheimer's Disease Diagnostic and Treatment Center State of California Department of Health Services Contract #91-13051 7-1-90 to 4-30-96 $5,305 per year; (7% time). 11 month total of grant: $320,400.
  • Tacrine for the management of agitation in Alzheimer's Disease. Alzheimer's Association Faculty Scholar Award 7-1-94 to 6-30-97 $148,104
  • Magnetic resonance imaging correlates of neuropsychological features of dementia. Ira Fulton Foundation 2/1/01 - 11/01/02: $18,000/ yr.
  • Social and Psychological Factors in the Genesis of Terrorism NATO Advanced Research Workshop, 9/14-17/2005 Castelvecchio Pascoli, Italy (Co-directorship with Sarnoff Mednick, Ph.D.) 35,000 Euros, 2005


BIBLIOGRAPHY

Peer Reviewed Articles

  1.  Victoroff, J.I.: Hyperactivity syndrome of Alzheimer's disease. Bull. Clin. Neurosci. 54: 34-42, 1989.
  2.  Frumkin, L.R. and Victoroff, J.I.: Chronic factitious disorder with symptoms of AIDS. Amer. J. Med. 88: 694-696, 1990.
  3.  Cummings, J.L. and Victoroff, J.I.: Noncognitive neuropsychiatric syndromes in Alzheimer's disease. Neuropsych. Neuropsychol. Behav. Neurol. 3(2): 140-158, 1990.
  4.  Grafton, S.T.. Victoroff, J.I. and Mazziotta, J.C.: Neurobehavioral activation studies and positron emission tomography. Bull Clin. Neurosci. 55: 81-88, 1991.
  5.  Chui, H., Victoroff, J.I., Margolin, D., Jagust, W., Shankle, R. and Katzman, R.: Criteria for the diagnosis of ischemic vascular dementia proposed by the State of California Alzheimer Disease Diagnostic and Treatment Centers (ADDTC) Neurology 42: 473-480, 1992.
  6.  Victoroff, J.: DSM-III-R psychiatric diagnoses in candidates for epilepsy surgery: Lifetime prevalence. Neuropsychiat. Neuropsychol. Behav. Neurol. 7: 87-97, 1994.
  7.  Victoroff, J., Benson, D.F., Grafton, S.T., Engel. J. Jr. and Mazziotta, J.C.: Depression in complex partial seizures: EEG and cerebral metabolic correlates. Arch. Neurol. 51: 155-163, 1994.
  8.  Victoroff, J., Mack, W.J., Grafton, S.T., Schreiber, S.S. and Chui, H.C.: A method to improve interrater reliability of visual inspection of brain MRI scans in dementia. Neurology 44: 2267-2276, 1994.
  9.  Victoroff, J., Ross, G.W., Benson, D.F., Verity, A.M. and Vinters, H.: Posterior cortical atrophy: Neuropathological correlations. Arch. Neurol. 51: 269-274, 1994.
  10.  Victoroff, J., Zarow, C., Mack, W.J., Hsu, E. and Chui, H.C.: Multicenter clinicopathological correlation in dementia. Amer. J. Psych. 152: 1476-1484, 1995.
  11.  Victoroff, J., Zarow, C., Mack, W.J., Hsu, E. and Chui, H.C.: Physical aggression is associated with preservation of substantia nigra pars compacta in Alzheimer's disease. Arch. Neurol. 71: 428-434, 1996.
  12.  Victoroff, J., Nielson, K.A. and Mungas, D.: Caregiver and clinician assessment of behavioral disturbances: The California Dementia Behavior Questionnaire. Internat. Psychogeriatr. 9: 155-174, 1997.
  13.  Zarow, C. and Victoroff, J.: Increased apolipoprotein E mRNA in the hippocampus in Alzheimer disease and in rats after entorhinal cortex lesions. Exp. Neurol. 149: 79-86, 1998.
  14.  Victoroff, J., Mack, W.J. and Nielson, K.A.: Psychiatric complications of dementia: Impact on caregivers. Dementia 9(1): 50-55, 1998.
  15.  Victoroff J. The evolution of aging-related brain change. Neurobiol Aging 20: 431-438, 1999.
  16.  Bigler ED, Kerr B, Victoroff J, Tate D, Breitner JCS. White Matter Lesions, quantitative MRI and dementia. Alzhiemer’s Dis And Assoc Disorders, 2002; 16(3):161-170.
  17.  Parkinson RB, Hopkins RO, Cleavinger HB, Weaver LK, Victoroff J, Bigler ED. White matter hyperintensities and neuropsychological outcome following carbon monoxide poisoning. Neurology 2002; 58:1525-1532.
  18.  Bigler ED, Lowry C, Kerr B, Tate D, Hessel CD, Heath DE, Miller MJ, Rice SA, Smith KH , Tschanz JT, Welsh-Bohmer K, Plassman B, Victoroff J: Role of white matter lesions, cerebral atrophy, and APOE on cognition in older persons with and without dementia: The   Cache County, Utah, Study of Memory and Aging. Neuropsychology 2003, 17(3):339-352.
  19.  Bergeson AG, Lundin R, Parkinson RB, Tate DF, Victoroff J, Hopkins RO, Bigler ED. Clinical rating of cortical atrophy and cognitive correlates following traumatic brain injury. The Clinical Neuropsychologist 2004, 18:509-520.
  20.  Victoroff, J. The “mind of the terrorist”: a review and critique of psychological approaches. The Journal of Conflict Resolution, 2005, 49 (1): 3-42.
  21.  Hopkins RO, J. Beck CJ, Burnett DL, Weaver LK, Victoroff J, Bigler ED. Prevalence of white matter hyperintensities in a young healthy population. J Neuroimaging 2006; 16: 243-251.
  22.  Kruglanski, AW., Crenshaw, M., Post JM, Victoroff, J. What should this fight be called? Metaphors of counterterrorism and their psychological implications. Psychological Science in the Public Interest 2008, 8, 3, 97-133.
  23.  Kruglanski, AW., Crenshaw, M., Post JM, Victoroff, J. Talking about terrorism. Scientific American Mind. October/November, 2008.
  24.  Victoroff, J. Aggression, science, and law: The origins framework. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 2009, 32, 189-197.
  25.  Victoroff, J. Contributions to the special issue: How the science of aggression fleshes out the evolutionary framework. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 2009, 32, 198-201.
  26.  Siegel, A. & Victoroff, J. Understanding human aggression: New insights from neuroscience. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 2009, 209- 215.
  27.  Post, J., Ali, F., Henderson, S.W., Shanfield, S., Victoroff, J,. Weine, S. The psychology of suicide terrorism. Psychiatry 2009, 72: 13-31.
  28.  Victoroff, J. Suicide terrorism and the biology of significance. Political Psychology, 2009, 30, 397-400.
  29.  Schiffman, J., Sorensen, H., Maeda, J., Mortensen, E., Victoroff, J., Hayashi, K., Michelsen, N., Ekstrom, M., & Mednick, S. Childhood motor coordination and adult schizophrenia-spectrum disorder. American Journal of Psychiatry, 2009, 166: 1041-1047.
  30.  Victoroff, J, Quota, S., Adelman, J.R., Celinska, B., Stern, N. Wilcox, R., Sapolsky, R.M. Support for Religio-Political Aggression among Teenaged Boys in Gaza: Part I: Psychological Findings. Aggressive Behavior. 2010, 36, 219-231.
  31.  Victoroff, J, Quota, S., Adelman, J.R., Celinska, B., Stern, N. Wilcox, R., Sapolsky, R.M. Support for Religio-Political Aggression among Teenaged Boys in Gaza: Part II: Neuroendocrinological Findings. Aggressive Behavior. 2011; 37: 121-132.
  32.  Victoroff, J. Emotional and evolutionary aspects of contagious violence. Institute of Medicine, 2012.
  33.  Victoroff J, Baron D. Sports-related traumatic brain injury: Epidemiology, clinical presentation, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment. Psychiatric Annals, 2012; 42, 10 365-371.
  34.  Victoroff, J., Adelman, J.R., Matthews, M. Psychological Factors Associated with Support for Suicide Bombing in the Muslim Diaspora. Political Psychology, 2012; 33, No. 6.
  35.  Victoroff, J. Traumatic encephalopathy: Review and provisional research diagnostic criteria. NeuroRehabilitation, 2013, 32: 211-224.
  36.  Victoroff, J. Coburn, K., Reeve, A., Sampson, S. Shillcutt, S. Pharmacological management of persistent hostility and aggression in persons with schizophrenia spectrum disorders: A systematic review. J Neuorpsychiatry Clin Neurosci, 2014; 26:283-312.
  37.  Victoroff, J., Lin FV, Coburn, K., Shillcutt, S, Voon V, Ducharme , S. Noncognitive behavioral changes associated with Alzheimer’s disease: implications of neuroimaging findings. J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci Winter 2018; 30: 14 – 21.

Non-Peer Reviewed Articles

  1.  Victoroff, J.: Brain and behavior: The reconstruction. Medicine and Behavior. 1(1): 7, 1998.
  2.  Victoroff J.: Are we alone? Medicine and Behavior 1(3):42-43, 1998.
  3.  Victoroff J.: A biospsychosocially meaningful response to the smoking epidemic. Medicine and Behavior 1(4):18-19, 1998.
  4.  Victoroff J. Screening for the Alzheimer diseases. Alzheimer Disease Management Today 1(4):6-12, 1998.
  5.  Victoroff J.: Can avoiding aluminum protect us from Alzheimer’s? Medicine and Behavior 1(5):25-26, 1998.
  6.  Victoroff J. Stress and memory: the presidential example. Medicine and Behavior 1(6):28, 1998.
  7.  Victoroff J.: Marijuana users: What have they been smoking? Psychiatric Times 16(3):18, 1999.
  8.  Victoroff J.: Addiction and the evolution of happiness. Psychiatric Times 16 (4):18, 1999.
  9.  Victoroff J.: “Smart drugs”: Oxymoron or almost ready? Psychiatric Times 16 (5):13, 1999.
  10.  Victoroff J.: Shadows of remembered ancestors in Colorado. Psychiatric Times 16 (6):76, 1999.
  11.  Victoroff J.: Brainotherapy. Psychiatric Times 16 (7):76,1999.
  12.  Victoroff J.: Brains in court: A Neuroscience of culpability. Psychiatric Times 16 (8):36,1999.
  13.  Victoroff J.: Does day care hurt the brain? Psychiatric Times 16(9):15,1999.
  14.  Victoroff J.: The evolution of wisdom. Psychiatric Times 16(10):52,1999.
  15.  Victoroff J.: Minor head trauma, major trouble. Psychiatric Times 16(11):45,1999.
  16.  Victoroff J.: Art works. Psychiatric Times 16(12):17,1999.
  17.  Victoroff J.: Fresh Horses. Psychiatric Times 17(1):16-17, 2000.
  18.  Victoroff J.: The Genie is Waiting in the Bottle. Psychiatric Times 17(3):68- 70, 2000.
  19.  Victoroff J.: Modern Mill-Reek and Mental Illness. Psychiatric Times 17(4):72-75, 2000.
  20.  Victoroff J.: Does ADHD Exist? Psychiatric Times 17(5):13-16, 2000.
  21.  Victoroff J.: Can Vitamins Prevent Dementia? Psychiatric Times 17(6):54-55, 2000.
  22.  Victoroff J.: Nature, Nurture, and Rusty Brains. Psychiatric Times 17(7):76- 77, 2000.
  23.  Victoroff J.: Sex and the Single Brain. Psychiatric Times 17 (8):13-14, 2000.
  24.  Victoroff J.: In Rain Man’s Brain. Psychiatric Times 17 (9) 58-61, 2000.
  25.  Victoroff J. Evolution and brain aging. Harvard Mental Health Letter 17(6):5- 7 2000.
  26.  Victoroff J. The human genome and the golden rule. Psychiatric Times 17(11):32-33, 2000.
  27.  Victoroff J. When pain goes on and on. Part I. Psychiatric Times 18 (1):5-6, 2001.
  28.  Victoroff J. When pain goes on and on. Part II. Psychiatric Times 18(2):20- 23, 2001.
  29.  Victoroff J. When pain goes on and on. Part III. Psychiatric Times 18(4):19- 21, 2001.
  30.  Victoroff J. Mad Cows and Madding Crowds. Psychiatric Times 18(5):5-8, 2001.
  31.  Victoroff J. Great expectations: a warm welcome to 21st century psychiatry. Psychiatric Times 19(8):29-30.
  32.  Victoroff J Update: the neurobiology of violence. Timely Topics in Medicine 2004, @ http://www.ttmed.com/neurology_international/text
  33.  Victoroff, J., & Adelman, J. Muslim diaspora community support for terrorism is associated with perceived discrimination and employment insecurity. White Paper, Joint Staff J3, Strategic Command Global Innovation and Strategy Center and the Office of the Secretary of Defense Department of Development Research and Engineering. 2009.

Abstracts

  1.  Ross, G.W., Benson, D.F., Verity, A.M. and Victoroff, J.I.: Posterior cortical atrophy: Neuropathological correlations. Neurology 40(4)(suppl 1): 200, 1990.
  2.  Victoroff, J.I., Benson, D.F., Engel, J. Jr., Grafton, S.T. and Mazziotta, J.C.: Interictal depression in medically intractable complex partial seizures: EEG and cerebral metabolic correlates. Ann. Neurol. 28: 221, 1990
  3.  Hopkins, R.O., McCourt, A., Cleavinger, H.B., Parkinson, R.B., Victoroff, J., Bigler, E.D. White matter hyperintensities and neuropsychological outcome following traumatic brain injury. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 9(2), 234, 2003.
  4.  Victoroff, J. Morality, Criminal Responsibility, and the Human Brain. In Weisstub DN, Herve C, editors. Abstracts of the XXIXth International Congress on Law and Mental Health. Dordrecht: The Netherlands. Springer 2005. 131.
  5.  Victoroff, J. The Evolutionary Social Neuroscience of Aggression. In Weisstub DN, editor. Abstracts of the XXXth International Congress on Law and Mental Health. Dordrecht: The Netherlands. Springer 2007. 131.
  6.  Victoroff, J., Adelman, J., Brining, L. Neurobehavioral Predictors of Aggression after Traumatic Brain Injury. International Brain Injury Association 8th World Congress on Brain Injury. Washington, D.C., 3/10-14/2010.

Book Reviews

  1.  Victoroff, J.I.: Book review: Neurobehavioral Disorders: A Clinical Approach. (R.L. Strub and F.W. Black, eds.) Alzheimer's Disease and Associated Disorders 3(4): 244-245, 1989.
  2.  Victoroff, J.I.: Book review: Parkinson's Disease: Neurobehavioral Aspects. (S.j. Huber and J.L. Cummings, eds.) Alzheimer's Disease and Associated Disorders. 6(4): 247-248, 1993. In Kurianski J. New York: Praeger Press 2006.
  3.  Victoroff, J.: Book review: New Concepts in Vascular Dementia. (A. Culebras, J.M. Guiu and G. Roman, eds.) Neurology 41: 368, 1994.
  4.  Victoroff, J.: Book review: Depression in Neurological Disease. (S.E. Starkstein and R.G. Robinson, eds.) Alzheimer's Disease and Associated Disorders. 10(1): 59, 1995.
  5.  Victoroff, J.: Book review: Neuropsychiatry of Traumatic Brain Injury. (J.M. Silver, S.C. Yudofsky and R.E. Hales, eds.) Review in Alzheimer's Disease and Associated Disorders. Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders 11, 1997.
  6.  Victoroff, J. Book review: Social Identity Rules, a review of From the Terrorist’s Point of View. (Moghaddam, FM). Democracy and Security, in press 2008.
  7.  Victoroff, J. Letting go of rationality: A review of The Political Brain: The Role of Emotion in deciding the fate of the nation (Westen, D., 2007) and The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies (Caplan, B., 2007). Democracy and Security, in press 2009.
  8.  Victoroff, J. The Adaptive Nature of Violence: An Almost Evolved Cornucopia. Review of Shackelford TK & Shackelford, VA, Editors: The Oxford Handbook of Evolutionary Perspectives on Violence, Homicide, and War. PsycCRITIQUES, 2013.
  9.  Victoroff, J. Two Steps Backward: How to Not Understand Terrorism. Review of Jones, J.W. Blood That Cries Out From the Earth: The Psychology of Religious Terrorism. Critical Studies on Terrorism, 2013.
  10.  Victoroff, J. Review of Horgan, J. The Psychology of Terrorism. Routledge, 2014. In Perspectives on Terrorism 2014, 8, 4:153-155.

Letters

  1. Victoroff, J.I.: Letter to President Clinton. Introduced by Senator Alan Simpson in the United States Congressional Record. March 23, 1993.

Chapters

  1.  Victoroff, J.I.: The Neurological Evaluation in Geriatric Psychiatry. In: Comprehensive Review of Geriatric Psychiatry. (J. Sadavoy, L.W. Lazarus and L. Jarvik, eds.) American Psychiatric Press, Inc.: Washington, D.C. 1991. pp. 197-222.
  2.  Rausch, R. and Victoroff, J.I.: Neuropsychological Factors Related to Behavior Disorders in Epilepsy. In: Epilepsy and Behavior. (O. Devinsky and W. Theodore, eds.) Alan Liss: New York. 1991. pp. 213-221.
  3.  Fenwick, P., Blumer, D., Caplan, R., Ferguson, S., Savard, G. and Victoroff, J.I.: Pre-Surgery Psychiatric Assessment. In: Surgical Treatment of the Epilepsies. Second Edition. (J. Engel, Jr., ed.) Raven Press: New York. 1993. pp. 273-290.
  4.  Victoroff, J.I.: Normal Aging: Central Nervous System Changes. In: Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry/VI. (H.I. Kaplan and B.J. Sadock, eds.) The Williams and Wilkins Co.: New York. 1995. pp. 2539-2545.
  5.  Chui, H.C., Zhang, O., Victoroff, J.I. and Zaias, B.: Differentiating Alzheimer Disease and Vascular Dementia: Reframing the question. In: Alzheimer Disease: From Molecular Biology to Therapy. (R. Becker, E., Giacobini, and P. Robert, eds.) Birkhauser: Boston 1996.
  6.  Victoroff, J., Herbst, M. and Young, R.: Changes in Behavior. In: Family Practice Neurology Curriculum. (R.A. Martin, Ed.) American Academy of Neurology: Minneapolis, Minnesota. 1998. pp. 1-55.
  7.  Victoroff, J.I.: The Neurological Evaluation. In: Comprehensive Review of Geriatric Psychiatry. Second Edition. (J. Sadavoy, L.W. Lazarus and L. Jarvik, eds.) American Psychiatric Press, Inc.: Washington, D.C. 1996. pp. 287-324.
  8.  Victoroff, J, Herbst M, Young R. Changes in behavior. In: Martin, RA ed., Family Practice Neurology Curriculum, American Academy of Neurology, St. Paul, MN. 1998: pp.1-55.
  9.  Victoroff, J. Central nervous system changes with normal aging. In: Sadock BJ, Sadock VA, eds. Kaplan and Sadock’s Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry, VIIth Edition. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins 2000. pp. 3010-3020.
  10.  Victoroff, J. The neurological examination in geriatric psychiatry. In: Grossberg G., ed. Comprehensive Review of Geriatric Psychiatry, 3rd Ed. Washington D.C.: American Psychiatric Press, 2004. 315-370.
  11.  Victoroff J. Central nervous system changes with normal aging. In: Sadock BJ, Sadock VA, eds. Kaplan and Sadock’s Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry, VIIIth Edition. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2005. 3610-3624.
  12.  Victoroff, J. The Emotional Impact of the Intifada on Palestinian Youth: Implications for Finding the Path to Peace. In Kurianski J. (ed.) Terror in the Holy Land Inside the anguish of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Pp. 161-171. New York: Praeger Press 2006.
  13.  Victoroff, J. Introduction: Managing Terror: The Devilish Traverse from a Theory to a Plan. In Victoroff, J. (Editor). Tangled Roots: Social and Psychological Factors in the Genesis of Terrorism. Pp. 1-19. Amsterdam:
  14.  Victoroff, J., Qouta, S., Celinska, B. Abu-Safieh, R., Adelman, J. Stern, N. Sympathy for Terrorism: Possible Interaction Between Social, Emotional, and Neuroendocrine Risk Factors. In Victoroff, J. (Editor). Tangled Roots: Social and Psychological Factors in the Genesis of Terrorism. Pp. 227-234. Amsterdam: IOS Press 2006.
  15.  Victoroff J. Human Aggression. In: Sadock BJ, Sadock VA, eds. Kaplan and Sadock’s Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry, IXth Edition. Pp. 2671- 2703. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2009.
  16.  Victoroff J, Herbst, M., Young, R. Changes in Behavior. In Martin, R.A. (Ed.) Family Practice Curriculum in Neurology. American Academy of Neurology. Available at http://www.aan.com/familypractice/default.htm, 2009.
  17.  Victoroff, J. Why do individuals resort to political violence? Potential psychological or biological risk factors for extremism. In Breen-Smyth, M. The Ashgate Research Companion to Political Violence. London: Ashgate Press, 2012.
  18.  Victoroff, J, & Adelman, J. (2010). Muslim diaspora community support for terrorism is associated with perceived discrimination and employment insecurity. In Laurie Fenstermacher, L., Larry Kuznar, L., Rieger, T., Speckhard, A. (eds.) Protecting the homeland from international and domestic terrorism threats: Current multi-disciplinary perspectives on root causes, the role of ideology, and programs for counter-radicalization and disengagement (pp. 104-109). Washington , D.C.: Topical Strategic Multi-Layer Assessment (SMA) Multi-Agency and Air Force Research Laboratory Multi-Disciplinary White Papers In Support of Counter-Terrorism and Counter-WMD.
  19.   Victoroff, J. (2012) Applied Evolutionary Neurobehavior To Reduce Participation In Al-Qa’ida In The Arabian Peninsula. In Chapman, A & Adelman, J (Eds.). Influencing Violent Extremist Organizations Pilot Effort: Focus on Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) (pp. 91-176). Strategic Multi-Layer Assessment (SMA) Office. Department of Defense, Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD).
  20.   Victoroff J. The neuropsychiatry of human aggression. In: Sadock BJ, Sadock VA, eds. Kaplan and Sadock’s Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry, Xth Edition. (pp. 2471 – 2504). Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2017 


Books

  1.  Victoroff, J.I.: The Wild Type. Crown Publishers, Inc.: New York. 1989.
  2.  Victoroff, J.: Saving Your Brain. Bantam Publishers, Inc.: New York. 2002.
  3.  Victoroff, J. (Editor). Tangled Roots: Social and Psychological Factors in the Genesis of Terrorism. Amsterdam: IOS Press 2006.
  4.  Victoroff, J, Kruglanski A. (editors) Psychology of Terrorism: Classic and Contemporary Insights. NY: Psychology Press, 2009
  5.  Victoroff, J. & Bigler, E.D. (editors). Concussion and Traumatic Encephalopathy: Causes, Diagnosis and Management. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2019.