Laboratory Director

Email: ude.lnu@2yebraba
Telephone: 402-472-0198

Aron Keith Barbey is the Mildred Francis Thompson Professor of Psychology and Director of the Center for Brain, Biology and Behavior, and the Decision Neuroscience Laboratory at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He began his career at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 2011, where he was promoted to full professor in 2019. Dr. Barbey’s research investigates the neural mechanisms of human intelligence and decision making, with particular emphasis on enhancing these functions through cognitive neuroscience, physical fitness, and nutritional intervention. His research has been supported by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the Department of Defense, the White House BRAIN Initiative, the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, and private industry (Abbott Nutrition, Google Brain, and PepsiCo). Dr. Barbey has received multiple research awards and is the editor of the Cambridge Handbook of Intelligence and Cognitive Neuroscience and the forthcoming Oxford Handbook of Cognitive Enhancement and Brain Plasticity. He earned his doctorate in Psychology from Emory University and completed a research fellowship in Cognitive Neuroscience at the National Institutes of Health.

Primary Appointment

Director, Center for Brain, Biology & Behavior
Mildred Francis Thompson Professor, Department of Psychology

Academic Affiliations

Professor, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Professor, Coordinated Science Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Professor, Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign