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Benjamin D. Hill, Ph.D.

Benjamin D. Hill, Ph.D.

Professor
Department of Psychology

Education

  • Ph.D. Louisiana State University 2008 - Clinical Psychology
  • M.S. Wake Forest University 2003 - General/Experimental Psychology
  • B.S. Coastal Carolina University 1999 - Psychology 

Dr. Hill will be accepting a Ph.D. Student for next year.

Research Interests

  • Fluid Cognition
  • Cognitive Disorder
  • Concussion/mTBI and TBI
  • Symptom Validity Measurement
  • Intra-Individual Variability
  • Positive Neuropsychology

Recent Publications

Wagaman, B.N., Sullivan, S., Ikonomou, V.C., Aita, S.L., Borgogna, N.C., Kline, J.S., Santa Maria, M., & Hill, B.D. (in press). An examination of the relation between early childhood lead (Pb) exposure and cognitive intra-individual variability in a medicolegal sample. Neuropsychology.

Del Bene, V. A., Aita, S. L., Fonesca, L. M., Borgogna, N. C., Buchholz, A. S., Woods, S. P., Schretlen, D. J., Kiselica, A., Webber, T., Schmitter-Edgecombe, M., DesRuisseaux, L. A., Merritt, V. C., Thaler, N. S., Bangen, K. J., Vance, D. E., Deboeck, P., Acre Rentería, M., & Hill, B. D. (2025). Cognitive intra-individual variability dispersion as an emerging measure of neuropsychological inference: A narrative review of its history, methodology, empirical support, future directions, and recommendations for best practices. The Clinical Neuropsychologist (IIV special issue), 1-34. 

Aita, S.L., Montgomery, E., Caron, J.E., Pagano, L.A., Broggi, M., Ingram, P.B., Erickson, S.C., Borgogna, N.C., Moncrief, G.G., Roth, R.M., Calamia, M. Armistead-Jehle, P., & Hill, B.D. (2026). Multivariate base rates of standard- and skyline-cutoff elevations on the Personality Assessment Inventory: Do they distinguish simulated from genuine PTSD? Journal of Personality Assessment, 108(1):65-78. 

Pizer, J. H., Hernandez, K. A., Aita, S. L., Ikonomou, V. C., Myers, M. A., Hawley, N. A., Brasil, K. M., Borgogna, N. C., Spiegel, J., Smitherman, T.A., & Hill, B. D. (2025). Neuropsychological function in primary headache disorders: A meta-analysis. Pediatrics, 25(5), e2024067838.

Aita, S.L, Del Bene, V.A., Knapp, D.L., Demming, C.E., Ikonomou, V.C., Owen, T., Campbell, I.A., Wagaman, B.N., Borgogna, N.C., Caron, J.E., Roth, R.M., & Hill, B.D. (2025). Cognitive intra-individual variability in cognitively healthy APOE ε4 carriers, Mild Cognitive Impairment, and Alzheimer’s disease: A Meta-Analysis. Neuropsychology Review, 35(4). 745-765.