Aron K. Barbey

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Aron K. Barbey
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Beckman Institute
Born 1977
Residence Urbana, Illinois
Nationality  United States
Fields Cognitive neuroscience Cognitive neuropsychology
Institutions Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
Alma mater Emory University National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Known for <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> INSIGHT: A Comprehensive Brain Training System[2][3][4][5][6]

Aron Keith Barbey (born January 6, 1977) is an American cognitive neuroscientist, whose research investigates the neural architecture of human intelligence.[7][8][9][10] His research group[11] examines the beneficial effects of cognitive neuroscience, physical fitness, and nutritional interventions on brain health and intelligence across the lifespan.[12] Barbey is Associate Professor in Psychology, Neuroscience, and Bioengineering at the University of Illinois, and Director of the Decision Neuroscience Laboratory[1] at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science of Technology.[7][8][9] Barbey's Decision Neuroscience Laboratory [1] is supported by several large-scale private and federal research grants and contracts, including a contract for $12.7 million from the Director of National Intelligence's research agency, IARPA.[4][5][6][13]

Education

Aron Barbey received a Ph.D. in Psychology from Emory University in 2007.[7] From 2007-2011 he was a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Cognitive Neuroscience Section of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke at the National Institutes of Health.[7][8][9]

Professional Activities

Aron Barbey is Associate Editor of Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, a Nature Publishing Group journal.[14] Barbey is also on the Editorial Board of Intelligence [15] an Elsevier journal, Thinking & Reasoning,[16] a Taylor & Francis Group journal and Collabra,[17] a University of California Press journal.

Research

Cognitive Neuroscience of Human Intelligence

Barbey’s research investigates the effects of human brain damage on intellectual and social functions, with particular emphasis on the prefrontal cortex.[7][8][9][10] Studies of patients with frontal lobe damage have a long history in the neuroscience of intelligence and provide a direct way to test whether regions within the prefrontal cortex are necessary for specific intellectual abilities. However, it was only recently that the limited applicability and specificity of small sample studies of focal brain damage were overcome by contemporary lesion mapping approaches.[18][19] In a series of landmark studies,[10] Barbey's research group investigated almost 200 patients with focal brain injuries and mapped the architecture of executive, social, and emotional brain systems. His research has helped to identify and characterize the neural systems underlying general intelligence,[20][21][22] emotional intelligence,[23][24][25] social intelligence,[26][27] fluid intelligence,[28] working memory,[29] cognitive flexibility,[30] and discourse comprehension.[31][32] Barbey's research has also revealed molecular genetic markers that predict general intelligence following traumatic brain injury.[33][34][35]

Cognitive Neuroscience Methods to Enhance Human Intelligence

A central goal of Barbey's research is to establish and validate cognitive neuroscience-directed interventions to enhance human intelligence. In this effort, Barbey's research group[11] has evaluated the efficacy of a 16-week cognitive neuroscience, physical fitness, and nutritional intervention in the IARPA-sponsored INSIGHT project.[4][5][6] In addition, Barbey's research group is developing and testing nutraceuticals to enhance the performance of United States Air Force Battlefield Airmen in collaboration with the Air Force Research Laboratory and Abbott Nutrition.[36]

Selected Publications

General Intelligence

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Fluid Intelligence

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Social and Emotional Intelligence

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Reasoning, Judgment, and Decision Making

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References

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