University of Pittsburgh

Luna, Beatriz

Luna, Beatriz

Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine (Secondary appointment in Dept. of Psychology)
PhD, University of Pittsburgh
Cognitive Program, Cognitive Neuroscience Concentration Program

Contact

121 Meyran Avenue, Loeffler Bldg. Rm. 111
412-383-8178
Fax: 412-383-8179
lunab@upmc.edu
http://www.wpic.pitt.edu/research/lncd/

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Research Interests: Brain basis underlying the transition from adolescent to adult level voluntary control of behavior (working memory, response inhibition, reward processing, arousal). fMRI, DTI and oculomotor methods are used.

Accepting Graduate Students: No

Selected Publications

  • Velanova, K., Wheeler, M., & Luna, B. (in press) Maturational changes in anterior cingulated and frontoparietal recruitment support the development of error processing and inhibitory control. Cerebral Cortex.
  • Luna, B. The Maturation of Cognitive Control and the Adolescent Brain. In F. Aboitiz and D. Cosmelli (eds.) From Attention to Goal-Directed Behavior. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg (2009)
  • O’hearn, K; Asato, M; Ordaz, S. and Luna, B. Neurodevelopment and executive function in autism. In Development and Psychopathology 20 (2008), 1103–1132 (2008) Cambridge University Press
  • Luna, B., Velanova, K., and Geier, C.F. Development of eye-movement control. Brain and Cognition (2008)

Honors and Awards

  • Presidential Early Career Award in Science and Engineering (2005)
  • NIMH Research Career Award (K01) (1999)
  • NARSAD Young Investigator Award (1997)

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Graduate Student Advisees

  • Hwang, Kai
  • Ordaz, Sarah
  • Padmanabhan, Aarthi
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