{{Short description|American psychologist}} {{Infobox scientist | name = Warren Shelburne Brown | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1944|09|08}} | birth_place = | fields = | workplaces = | education = B.A. Psychology at Point Loma Nazarene University (1966, [[Latin honors|magna cum laude]])<br>M.A. Experimental Psychology at the University of Southern California (1968)<br>Ph.D. Experimental Psychology at the University of Southern California (1971) | thesis1_title = Evoked Potential Correlates of Information Delivery and Uncertainty in Downs Syndrome and Normal Children | thesis1_year = 1968 | thesis2_title = Visual Evoked Potentials, Laterality of Eye Movements and the Asymmetry of Brain Functions | thesis2_year = 1971 | known_for = | awards = [[#Awards and honors|§ Awards and honors]] | spouse = Janet Brown (deceased) | children = | website = {{URL|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 [[University of California, Los Angeles|UCLA]] Brain Research Institute.<ref name="UCLA 2010">{{cite web|url=http://www.bri.ucla.edu/news/neuroscience-news-winter-2010|title=Neuroscience News Winter 2010|year=2010|publisher=[[University of California, Los Angeles|UCLA]] Brain Research Institute|accessdate=22 January 2015}}</ref> He was a founding member of the National Organization for Disorders of the Corpus Callosum,<ref name="nodcc">{{cite web|url=http://nodcc.org|title=National Organization for Disorders of the Corpus Callosum}}</ref> the International Research Consortium on the Corpus Callosum and Cerebral Connectivity (IRC5),<ref>[http://irc5.qbi.uq.edu.au irc5.qbi.uq.edu.au]</ref> and the [[International Society for Science and Religion]].<ref name="ISSR 2007">{{cite web|url=http://www.issr.org.uk/about/founding_members.asp|title=Founding Members of ISSR|year=2007|publisher=[[International Society for Science and Religion|ISSR]]|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080329223546/http://www.issr.org.uk/about/founding_members.asp|archivedate=29 March 2008|accessdate=21 January 2015}}</ref> The "Warren and Janet Brown Scholarship", given at Fuller to support students in [[Neuropsychology|neuropsychological]] research, was created to honor Brown and his late wife.<ref name="UCLA 2010"/>
==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.<ref name="TRI acc">{{cite web|url=http://www.travisresearchinstitute.org/acc|title=Travis Research Institute – Agenesis of the Corpus Callosum|date=2011|publisher=Travis Research Institute|accessdate=21 January 2015}}</ref> 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.<ref>[http://www.fuller.edu/faculty/warren-s-brown/ - Faculty Page at Fuller Theological Seminary]</ref> 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 [[Graduate Theological Union|Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences]] in 1999.<ref name="CTNS">{{cite web|url=http://www.ctns.org/book_prize.html|title=The Outstanding Books in Theology and the Natural Sciences Prize|publisher=[[Graduate Theological Union|Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences]]|accessdate=22 January 2015}}</ref> *[[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. [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33598684/ 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. [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32700934/ 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. [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30691545/ 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 [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30667251/ doi:10.1037/neu0000512]
==Awards and honors== ;Awards * C. Davis Weyerhaeuser Teaching Excellence Award by [https://www.stewardshipworks.org/ The Stewardship Foundation] (1992) * [[Point Loma Nazarene University]] Outstanding Alumnus Award (1988)<ref name="Point Loma Award">{{cite web|url=http://www.pointloma.edu/life/alumni/get-involved/alumni-award-nominations/alumni-award-recipients/past-alumni-award-recipients|title=Past Alumni Award Recipients|year=2012|publisher=[[Point Loma Nazarene University]]|accessdate=22 January 2015}}</ref> * [[National Science Foundation]] U.S.-Industrialized Countries Exchange of Scientists and Engineers (1986) * Research Scientist Development Award, Type I by the [[National Institute of Mental Health|NIMH]] (1975–1980)<ref name="PBS">{{cite web|url=http://www.closertotruth.com/contributor/warren-brown/profile|title=Warren Brown | Closer to Truth|publisher=[[PBS]]|accessdate=22 January 2015}}</ref> ;Honors * Fellow{{efn|"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."<ref name="APA">{{cite web|url=http://www.apa.org/membership/fellows/|title=APA Membership Types: Fellows|year=2015|publisher=[[American Psychological Association]]|accessdate=22 January 2015}}</ref>}} of Division 40<ref name="APA div40">{{cite web|url=http://www.div40.org/Committee_Activities_Pages/list_of_fellows.htm|title=Division 40 of the American Psychological Association|publisher=[[American Psychological Association]]|accessdate=22 January 2015}}</ref> and Division 6 of the [[American Psychological Association]]
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==External links== *[https://www.fuller.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Warren-Brown-CV-Nov-2023.pdf Curriculum Vitae (PDF)] *[https://www.fuller.edu/faculty/warren-s-brown/ Warren S. Brown] at [[Fuller Theological Seminary]] *[http://travisresearchinstitute.org Travis Research Institute] *[https://www.fuller.edu/academics/school-of-psychology/travis-research-institute/human-brain-and-cognition-brown-lab/ Human Brain and Cognition Lab ] {{Fuller Theological Seminary}} {{Authority control}}
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