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Overview

Barry Gordon is affiliated with Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in the United States. Their research focuses extensively on neuroscience, medicine, and psychology, with significant contributions to cognitive neuroscience, social psychology, and psychiatry and mental health.

The scientist has published work in several research venues, with frequent publications in Frontiers in Neurology, Scientific Reports, Behavioral and Brain Functions, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and Cognitive Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience.

Barry Gordon's research addresses a range of topics including traumatic brain injury research, psychosomatic disorders and their treatments, and the intersection of religion, spirituality, and psychology. Additional focus areas include neonatal and fetal brain pathology, vestibular and auditory disorders, neuroscience of respiration and sleep, as well as paranormal experiences and beliefs.

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Their recent papers cover diverse aspects of brain function and cognitive processes. Notable publications include:

  • "The shifting role of the cerebellum in executive, emotional and social processing across the lifespan," 2022, Behavioral and Brain Functions
  • "Lack of awareness despite complex visual processing: Evidence from event-related potentials in a case of selective metamorphopsia," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "A New Insight on the Role of the Cerebellum for Executive Functions and Emotion Processing in Adults," 2020, Frontiers in Neurology
  • "The neural basis for mental state attribution: A voxel-based lesion mapping study," 2020, Human Brain Mapping
  • "Evidence of the role of the cerebellum in cognitive theory of mind using voxel-based lesion mapping," 2022, Scientific Reports

Barry Gordon's work intersects multiple subfields of study, and the focus on social and cognitive neuroscience reflects an interdisciplinary approach to understanding brain function related to executive and emotional processing as well as social cognition.

Best Publications

  • The screening and diagnosis of autistic spectrum disorders

    Pauline A. Filipek;Pasquale J. Accardo;Grace T. Baranek;Edwin H. Cook

  • Practice parameter: Screening and diagnosis of autism Report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology and the Child Neurology Society

    P. A. Filipek;P. J. Accardo;S. Ashwal;G. T. Baranek

  • Functional mapping of human sensorimotor cortex with electrocorticographic spectral analysis. II. Event-related synchronization in the gamma band.

    Nathan E. Crone;Diana L. Miglioretti;Barry Gordon;Ronald P. Lesser

  • Functional mapping of human sensorimotor cortex with electrocorticographic spectral analysis. I. Alpha and beta event-related desynchronization.

    Nathan E. Crone;Diana L. Miglioretti;Barry Gordon;Jeffrey M. Sieracki

  • Preserved learning of novel information in amnesia: evidence for multiple memory systems.

    Barry Gordon

  • Induced electrocorticographic gamma activity during auditory perception

    Nathan E Crone;Dana Boatman;Barry Gordon;Barry Gordon;Lei Hao

  • Guidelines for the pharmacologic treatment of neurobehavioral sequelae of traumatic brain injury.

    Deborah L. Warden;Deborah L. Warden;Barry Gordon;Thomas W. McAllister;Jonathan M. Silver

  • Open-label, multicenter, phase 3 extension study of the safety and efficacy of donepezil in patients with Alzheimer disease.

    Rachelle S. Doody;David S. Geldmacher;Barry Gordon;Carlos A. Perdomo

  • Placebo-controlled pilot study of centromedian thalamic stimulation in treatment of intractable seizures.

    Robert S. Fisher;Sumio Uematsu;Gregory L. Krauss;Barbara J. Cysyk

  • Neural subsystems for object knowledge.

    John Hart;Barry Gordon

  • Delineation of single-word semantic comprehension deficits in aphasia, with anatomical correlation.

    John Hart;Barry Gordon

  • Mirth, laughter and gelastic seizures

    Santiago Arroyo;Ronald P. Lesser;Barry Gordon;Sumio Uematsu

  • Electrocorticographic gamma activity during word production in spoken and sign language

    Nathan E. Crone;L. Hao;John Hart;D. Boatman

  • Brief bursts of pulse stimulation terminate afterdischarges caused by cortical stimulation

    R. P. Lesser;S. H. Kim;L. Beyderman;Diana L Miglioretti

  • Parameters for direct cortical electrical stimulation in the human: histopathologic confirmation.

    Barry Gordon;Ronald P. Lesser;Naomi E. Rance;John Hart

  • Functional significance of the mu rhythm of human cortex: An electrophysiologic study with subdural electrodes

    Santiago Arroyo;Ronald P. Lesser;Barry Gordon;Barry Gordon;Sumio Uematsu

  • Electrocorticographic high gamma activity versus electrical cortical stimulation mapping of naming

    Alon Sinai;Christopher W. Bowers;Ciprian M. Crainiceanu;Dana Boatman

  • Determination of current density distributions generated by electrical stimulation of the human cerebral cortex.

    Surendar S. Nathan;Saurabh R. Sinha;Barry Gordon;Ronald P. Lesser

  • Past adult lead exposure is associated with longitudinal decline in cognitive function

    Brian S. Schwartz;W. F. Stewart;K. I. Bolla;D. Simon

  • Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) in a realistic head model.

    Rosalind J. Sadleir;Tracy D. Vannorsdall;David J. Schretlen;Barry Gordon

  • HIV-1 infection: no evidence of cognitive decline during the asymptomatic stages

    O. A. Selnes;E. Miller;J. McArthur;B. Gordon

  • Neural subsystems for object knowledge

    J. Hart

Frequent Co-Authors

Ronald P. Lesser
Ronald P. Lesser Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
David J. Schretlen
David J. Schretlen Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Jordan Grafman
Jordan Grafman Northwestern University
Frank Krueger
Frank Krueger George Mason University
Nathan E. Crone
Nathan E. Crone Johns Hopkins University
Robert S. Fisher
Robert S. Fisher Stanford University
Godfrey D. Pearlson
Godfrey D. Pearlson Yale University
Eileen P.G. Vining
Eileen P.G. Vining Johns Hopkins University
Hyder A. Jinnah
Hyder A. Jinnah Emory University
Michael McCloskey
Michael McCloskey Johns Hopkins University

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