People
The Human Neuroimaging Center is home to an interdisciplinary community of faculty and students at the University of Notre Dame.
Meet the Director:
Aron Barbey
Andrew J. McKenna Family Professor of Psychology
Biography
Dr. Barbey’s research investigates how intelligence emerges from the network organization and dynamics of the human connectome, applying methods from cognitive neuroscience, experimental psychology, and computer science. His work aims to achieve a deeper understanding of the neural foundations of intelligence and to enable scientific innovation in cognitive enhancement, neurorehabilitation, and biologically inspired artificial intelligence.
Over the course of his career, Dr. Barbey’s research group has won more than $30 million in research funding, with support from organizations including the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the Department of Defense, the White House BRAIN Initiative, the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, and private industry sponsors such as Abbott Nutrition, Google Brain, and PepsiCo.
Dr. Barbey has been recognized with multiple research awards, including the Mensa Foundation Prize for innovation in the neuroscience of human intelligence. He is the co-editor of The Cambridge Handbook of Intelligence and Cognitive Neuroscience and The Sage Handbook of Cognitive and Systems Neuroscience and serves as editor of the forthcoming Oxford Handbook of Cognitive Enhancement and Brain Plasticity. In 2023, he joined the Defense Science Study Group at the Institute for Defense Analyses.
Education
Ph.D., Emory University (2007).
Post-Doctoral Fellowship, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH (2007-2011).