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Overview

Aron K. Barbey is affiliated with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the United States. Their research spans the fields of medicine and neuroscience, with particular focus on cognitive neuroscience, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, physiology, experimental and cognitive psychology, and epidemiology.

The scientist has contributed extensively to studies on functional brain connectivity, neural dynamics and brain function, advanced neuroimaging techniques, nutritional studies and diet, neural and behavioral psychology, mental health research, and diet and metabolism studies.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Aron K. Barbey include:

  • Antioxidant Therapies in Traumatic Brain Injury, 2020, published in Antioxidants
  • Standard-space atlas of the viscoelastic properties of the human brain, 2020, published in Human Brain Mapping
  • Investigating cognitive neuroscience theories of human intelligence: A connectome-based predictive modeling approach, 2022, published in Human Brain Mapping
  • Cognitive Neuroscience Meets the Community of Knowledge, 2021, published in Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience
  • Enhanced physical and cognitive performance in active duty Airmen: evidence from a randomized multimodal physical fitness and nutritional intervention, 2020, published in Scientific Reports

Frequent co-authors in Aron K. Barbey's publications include:

  • Christopher E. Zwilling
  • Evan D. Anderson
  • Sherif Karama
  • Richard J. Haier
  • Ramsey Wilcox

Aron K. Barbey's work has appeared in several publication venues, notably:

  • Scientific Reports
  • Human Brain Mapping
  • Journal of Nutrition
  • Antioxidants
  • Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience

Best Publications

  • Grounding conceptual knowledge in modality-specific systems.

    Lawrence W. Barsalou;W. Kyle Simmons;Aron K. Barbey;Christine D. Wilson

  • Dorsolateral prefrontal contributions to human working memory

    Aron K. Barbey;Michael Koenigs;Jordan Grafman

  • Causal reasoning with forces

    Phillip Wolff;Aron K. Barbey

  • Superior parietal cortex is critical for the manipulation of information in working memory.

    Michael Koenigs;Aron K. Barbey;Aron K. Barbey;Bradley R. Postle;Jordan Grafman

  • Base-rate respect: From ecological rationality to dual processes.

    Aron K. Barbey;Steven A. Sloman

  • An integrative architecture for general intelligence and executive function revealed by lesion mapping.

    Aron K. Barbey;Roberto Colom;Jeffrey Solomon;Frank Krueger

  • The similarity-in-topography principle: reconciling theories of conceptual deficits.

    W. Kyle Simmons;Lawrence W. Barsalou

  • Cognitive and neural foundations of religious belief.

    Dimitrios Kapogiannis;Aron K. Barbey;Aron K. Barbey;Michael Su;Giovanna Zamboni

  • Small sample sizes reduce the replicability of task-based fMRI studies

    Benjamin O. Turner;Erick J. Paul;Michael B. Miller;Aron K. Barbey

  • Network Neuroscience Theory of Human Intelligence

    Aron K. Barbey

  • Embodiment in Religious Knowledge

    Lawrence W. Barsalou;Aron K. Barbey;W. Kyle Simmons;Ava Santos

  • The medial prefrontal cortex mediates social event knowledge

    Frank Krueger;Aron K. Barbey;Jordan Grafman

  • Dorsolateral prefrontal contributions to human intelligence.

    Aron K. Barbey;Roberto Colom;Jordan Grafman

  • Architecture of fluid intelligence and working memory revealed by lesion mapping.

    Aron K. Barbey;Roberto Colom;Erick J. Paul;Jordan Grafman

  • Architecture of cognitive flexibility revealed by lesion mapping

    Aron K. Barbey;Roberto Colom;Jordan Henry Grafman

  • Distributed neural system for emotional intelligence revealed by lesion mapping

    Aron Keith Barbey;Roberto Colom;Jordan Grafman

  • Structured event complexes in the medial prefrontal cortex support counterfactual representations for future planning

    Aron K. Barbey;Frank Krueger;Jordan Grafman

  • Orbitofrontal Contributions to Human Working Memory

    Aron Keith Barbey;Michael Koenigs;Jordan Grafman

  • Omega-3 fatty acids as a putative treatment for traumatic brain injury.

    Linda Hasadsri;Bonnie H Wang;James V Lee;John W Erdman

  • The role of executive function and the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in the expression of neuroticism and conscientiousness

    Chad E. Forbes;Chad E. Forbes;Joshua C. Poore;Joshua C. Poore;Frank Krueger;Frank Krueger;Aron K. Barbey

Frequent Co-Authors

Jordan Grafman
Jordan Grafman Northwestern University
Arthur F. Kramer
Arthur F. Kramer Northeastern University
Neal J. Cohen
Neal J. Cohen University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Charles H. Hillman
Charles H. Hillman Northeastern University
Frank Krueger
Frank Krueger George Mason University
Roberto Colom
Roberto Colom Autonomous University of Madrid
Steven A. Sloman
Steven A. Sloman Brown University
Michael Koenigs
Michael Koenigs University of Wisconsin–Madison
Lawrence W. Barsalou
Lawrence W. Barsalou University of Glasgow
W. Kyle Simmons
W. Kyle Simmons Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences

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