Luna, Beatriz

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

Contact

738 Oxford Bldg, 3501 Forbes Avenue
412-246-6138
Fax: 412-246-6161
lunab@upmc.edu
http://www.wpic.pitt.edu/research/lncd/

Research Interests: Brain basis of the development of cognitive (working memory, response inhibition,object processing) and affective (motivation) through adolescence in healthy and clinical populations including autism, epilepsy and substance abuse. fMRI, DTI and oculomotor methods are used.

Accepting Graduate Students: Yes

Selected Publications

  • Luna B & Sweeney JA. (2004). Cognitive development: fMRI studies. In Keshavan MS, JL Kennedy, & RM Murray (Eds), Neurodevelopment and Schizophrenia, Cambridge University Press, London/New York.
  • Luna B & Sweeney JA (2004). The emergence of collaborative brain function: fMRI studies of the development of response inhibition. Ann NY Acad Sci. 1 June 2004; 1021(1): p. 296-309. (Abstract-pdf)
  • Luna B. (2004). Algebra and the adolescent brain. Trends in Cognitive Sciences. 8(10), 437-439.(Abstract-pdf)
  • Luna B, Garver KE, Urban TA, Lazar NA, and Sweeney JA (2004). Maturation of cognitive processes from late childhood to adulthood. Child Development; 75, 1357-1372. (Abstract-pdf)

Honors and Awards

  • NIMH Research Career Award (K01) (1999)
  • NARSAD Young Investigator Award (1997)

Labs

Graduate Student Advisees

  • Geier, Charles
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