Barry J. Gordon (born 1951) is an American behavioral neurologist and cognitive neuroscientist. He is the inaugural holder of the therapeutic cognitive neuroscience endowed professorship and a professor of neurology with a joint appointment in cognitive science at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.
Barry Gordon | |
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| Born | 1951 (age 72–73) |
| Alma mater | Pennsylvania State University Thomas Jefferson University Johns Hopkins University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Cognitive neurology, neuropsychology |
| Institutions | Johns Hopkins School of Medicine |
| Thesis | Lexical access and lexical decision: mechanisms of frequency sensitivity (1981) |
Life
editGordon was born in 1951.[1] He completed a B.S. from the Pennsylvania State University.[2] He earned an M.D. from the Thomas Jefferson University in 1973.[2] He conducted a medical internship at the New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center.[2] In 1977, Gordon completed a neurology residency at the Johns Hopkins Hospital.[2] He completed a M.A. and Ph.D. in psychology from the Johns Hopkins University after joining the department of neurology faculty.[2] His 1981 dissertation was titled, Lexical access and lexical decision: mechanisms of frequency sensitivity.[3]
Gordon is the inaugural holder of the therapeutic cognitive neuroscience endowed professorship and a professor of neurology with a joint appointment in cognitive science at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.[2] After his son was diagnosed with non-verbal autism, Gordon researched late speech development and designed an intensive therapy program to help him learn to speak.[4]
Gordon is a former president of the Behavioral Neurology Society.[2] He is an elected member of the American Neurological Association and a fellow of the American Academy of Neurology and the American Psychological Association.[2] Gordon is the editor-in-chief of Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology.[2]
Selected works
edit- Gordon, Barry (1995). Memory: Remembering and Forgetting in Everyday Life. Mastermedia. ISBN 978-1-57101-031-5.
- Gordon, Barry; Berger, Lisa (2003). Intelligent Memory: Improve the Memory that Makes You Smarter. Viking. ISBN 978-0-670-03240-2.
References
edit- ^ "VIAF". Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved 2023-02-05.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Barry Gordon, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Neurology". Johns Hopkins Medicine. Retrieved 2023-02-05.
- ^ Gordon, Barry (1981). Lexical access and lexical decision: mechanisms of frequency sensitivity (Ph.D. thesis). Johns Hopkins University. OCLC 79619518.
- ^ Kirchner, Mary Beth (November 26, 2010). "A Scientist's Saga: Give Son The Gift Of Speech". NPR. Retrieved 2023-02-05.