Ramsey Wilcox

Biography

Ramsey Wilcox earned his B.A. in Neuroscience with a minor in Philosophy from the University of Colorado. As an undergraduate, he served as a research assistant in the Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience Laboratory, where he played a lead role in a neuroimaging study investigating the effectiveness of Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy for depressed women. After graduating, he moved to the University of Arizona to work as the lab coordinator for the Neuroscience of Emotion and Thought Lab, where he contributed to the establishment of the lab and supported the development and running of several neuroimaging studies on the neural mechanisms of internal mentation. In 2019, he joined the Decision Neuroscience Laboratory as a graduate student under the mentorship of Dr. Aron Barbey. He now continues his research with the lab at the University of Notre Dame.

Ramsey’s research explores the core principles of the Network Neuroscience Theory of Intelligence. His work examines whether intelligence: (1) emerges from interactions between multiple networks rather than relying on a single brain region or network; (2) relies on weak, long-range connections that support flexible and efficient global network coordination; (3) involves structural control mechanisms that orchestrate network interactions and drives global activity; and (4) depends on the brain’s small-world architecture, highlighting its capacity for flexible and efficiently organized global information processing. To assist in these investigations, he leverages advanced neuroimaging techniques, including joint structure-function network models, dynamic functional connectivity analyses, connectome-based predictive modeling, and graph and structural control theory metrics. Additionally, he serves as a data analyst for DARPA’s Measuring Biological Aptitude project, contributing to the development of predictive AI models.