Warren S. Brown

Warren Shelburne Brown
Warren Shelburne Brown
Born	September 8, 1944 (age 80)
Education	B.A. Psychology at Point Loma Nazarene University (1966, magna cum laude); M.A. Experimental Psychology at the University of Southern California (1968); Ph.D. Experimental Psychology at the University of Southern California (1971)
Spouse	Janet Brown
Awards	§ Awards and honors
	Scientific career
Theses	Evoked Potential Correlates of Information Delivery and Uncertainty in Downs Syndrome and Normal Children (1968); Visual Evoked Potentials, Laterality of Eye Movements and the Asymmetry of Brain Functions (1971);
Website	fuller.edu/faculty/warren-s-brown/

Warren S. Brown (born September 8, 1944) is a professor of psychology in the Graduate School of Psychology at Fuller Theological Seminary and the founding director of the Travis Research Institute. Brown received his doctorate in Experimental Physiological Psychology from the University of Southern California (1971). Prior to Fuller, Brown spent 11 years as a research scientist at the UCLA Brain Research Institute.^[1] He was a founding member of the National Organization for Disorders of the Corpus Callosum,^[2] the International Research Consortium on the Corpus Callosum and Cerebral Connectivity (IRC5),^[3] and the International Society for Science and Religion.^[4] The "Warren and Janet Brown Scholarship", given at Fuller to support students in neuropsychological research, was created to honor Brown and his late wife.^[1]

Neuropsychological research

Warren Brown is involved in experimental neuropsychological research related to functions of the corpus callosum of the brain and its relationship to higher cognitive processes in humans. In particular, he has been studying the implications of agenesis of the corpus callosum (i.e., congenital absence of the corpus callosum, the pathway that connects the right and left hemispheres). Brown has been interested in the implications of this disorder for mental abilities and social awareness. Over the last 30+ years his lab has conducted one of the largest studies accomplished thus far (both in number of subjects and depth of testing) on cognitive and social disabilities of individuals with agenesis of the corpus callosum.^[5] He has authored or coauthored over 100 scholarly articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals; 60 other articles and chapters in edited scholarly books; and over 200 presentations at scientific meetings.^[6] Over the last several years, Brown and his students have also studied of the cognitive and psychosocial abilities of adults who had a hemispherectomy in childhood.

Selected publications

Books

Warren Brown, Nancey Murphy and H. Newton Maloney (eds.) Whatever Happened to the Soul? Scientific and Theological Portraits of Human Nature. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1998. Won the "Outstanding Books in Theology and the Natural Sciences Prize", awarded by the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences in 1999.^[7]
Nancey Murphy and Warren Brown. Did My Neurons Make Me Do It? : Philosophical and Neurobiological Perspectives on Moral Responsibility and Free Will. Oxford, U.K., Oxford University Press, 2007.
Malcolm Jeeves and Warren Brown. Neuroscience, Psychology and Religion: Illusions, Delusions, and Realities about Human Nature. Radnor, Penn: Templeton Press, 2009.
Strawn, B.D. and Brown, W.S. Enhancing Christian Life: How Extended Cognition Augments Religious Community. Intervarsity Press, 2020.
Brown, W.S. and Strawn, B.D. The Physical Nature of Christian Life: Neuroscience, Psychology and the Church. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2021.

Research articles

Brown, W.S., Anderson, L., Symington, M. F. & Paul, L.K. (2021) "Decision-Making in Agenesis of the Corpus Callosum: Expectancy-Valence in the Iowa Gambling Task" Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology. 27(5): 532-544.
Brown, W.S., Burnett, K., Vaillancourt, A., & Paul, L.K. (2021) “Appreciation of Social Norms in Agenesis of the Corpus Callosum.” Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology. doi:10.1093/arclin/acab003
Renteria-Vazquez, T., Brown, W.S., Kang, C., Graves, M., Castelli, F., & Paul, L.K. (2021) “Social Inferences from Animations in Agenesis of the Corpus Callosum and Autism: Semantic Analysis and Topic Modeling” Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.
Brown, W.S., Panos, A. and Paul, L.K. (2020) “Attention, Impulsivity, and Vigilance in Agenesis of the Corpus Callosum” Neuropsychology. doi: 10.1037/neu0000685.
Brown, W.S. and Paul, L.K. (2019) “The Neuropsychological Syndrome of Agenesis of the Corpus Callosum” Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society. 25:324-330. doi:10.1017/S135561771800111X
Young C. M., Folsom, R. C., Paul, L.K., Su, Judy, Mangum, R. and Brown, W.S. (2019) “Social Cognition in Agenesis of the Corpus Callosum: Computational Linguistic Analysis of the Awareness of Consequences Scale”, Neuropsychology. Vol 33:2 doi:10.1037/neu0000512

Awards and honors

Awards

C. Davis Weyerhaeuser Teaching Excellence Award by The Stewardship Foundation (1992)
Point Loma Nazarene University Outstanding Alumnus Award (1988)^[8]
National Science Foundation U.S.-Industrialized Countries Exchange of Scientists and Engineers (1986)
Research Scientist Development Award, Type I by the NIMH (1975–1980)^[9]

Honors

Fellow^[a] of Division 40^[11] and Division 6 of the American Psychological Association

Notes

^ "Fellow status is an honor bestowed upon APA members who have shown evidence of unusual and outstanding contributions or performance in the field of psychology."^[10]

References

^ ^a ^b "Neuroscience News Winter 2010". UCLA Brain Research Institute. 2010. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
^ "National Organization for Disorders of the Corpus Callosum".
^ irc5.qbi.uq.edu.au
^ "Founding Members of ISSR". ISSR. 2007. Archived from the original on 29 March 2008. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
^ "Travis Research Institute – Agenesis of the Corpus Callosum". Travis Research Institute. 2011. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
^ - Faculty Page at Fuller Theological Seminary
^ "The Outstanding Books in Theology and the Natural Sciences Prize". Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
^ "Past Alumni Award Recipients". Point Loma Nazarene University. 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
^ "Warren Brown | Closer to Truth". PBS. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
^ "APA Membership Types: Fellows". American Psychological Association. 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
^ "Division 40 of the American Psychological Association". American Psychological Association. Retrieved 22 January 2015.

External links

[11] "Fellow status is an honor bestowed upon APA members who have shown evidence of unusual and outstanding contributions or performance in the field of psychology."^[10]

[UCLA_2010-1] "Neuroscience News Winter 2010". UCLA Brain Research Institute. 2010. Retrieved 22 January 2015.

[nodcc-2] "National Organization for Disorders of the Corpus Callosum".

[3] rc5.qbi.uq.edu.au

[ISSR_2007-4] "Founding Members of ISSR". ISSR. 2007. Archived from the original on 29 March 2008. Retrieved 21 January 2015.

[TRI_acc-5] "Travis Research Institute – Agenesis of the Corpus Callosum". Travis Research Institute. 2011. Retrieved 21 January 2015.

[6] - Faculty Page at Fuller Theological Seminary

[CTNS-7] "The Outstanding Books in Theology and the Natural Sciences Prize". Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences. Retrieved 22 January 2015.

[Point_Loma_Award-8] "Past Alumni Award Recipients". Point Loma Nazarene University. 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2015.

[PBS-9] "Warren Brown | Closer to Truth". PBS. Retrieved 22 January 2015.

[APA-10] "APA Membership Types: Fellows". American Psychological Association. 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2015.

[APA_div40-12] "Division 40 of the American Psychological Association". American Psychological Association. Retrieved 22 January 2015.

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Warren Shelburne Brown
Born	(1944-09-08) September 8, 1944 (age 80)
Education	B.A. Psychology at Point Loma Nazarene University (1966, magna cum laude) M.A. Experimental Psychology at the University of Southern California (1968) Ph.D. Experimental Psychology at the University of Southern California (1971)
Spouse	Janet Brown
Awards	§ Awards and honors
Scientific career
Theses	Evoked Potential Correlates of Information Delivery and Uncertainty in Downs Syndrome and Normal Children (1968) Visual Evoked Potentials, Laterality of Eye Movements and the Asymmetry of Brain Functions (1971)

Website	fuller.edu/faculty/warren-s-brown/