Warren S. Brown (born September 8, 1944) is a professor of

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in the Graduate School of Psychology at Fuller Theological Seminary and the founding director of th
Travis Research Institute
Brown received his doctorate in Experimental Physiological Psychology from the

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(1971). Prior to Fuller, Brown spent 11 years as a research scientist at the

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Brain Research Institute. He was a founding member of the National Organization for Disorders of the Corpus Callosum, the International Research Consortium on the Corpus Callosum and Cerebral Connectivity (IRC5), and the

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. The "Warren and Janet Brown Scholarship", given at Fuller to support students in

neuropsychological Neuropsychology is a branch of psychology concerned with how a person's cognition and behavior are related to the brain and the rest of the nervous system. Professionals in this branch of psychology often focus on how injuries or illnesses of ...

research, was created to honor Brown and his late wife.

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 Agenesis of the corpus callosum (ACC) is a rare birth defect in which there is a complete or partial absence of the corpus callosum. It occurs when the development of the corpus callosum, the band of white matter connecting the two hemispheres ...

(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+ year
his lab
has conducted one of the largest studies accomplished thus far (both in number of subjects and depth of testing) on

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and

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disabilities of individuals with agenesis of the corpus callosum. 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.- 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,

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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

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in 1999. *

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. *

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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:
doi:10.1037/neu0000512

Awards and honors

;Awards * C. Davis Weyerhaeuser Teaching Excellence Award b
The Stewardship Foundation
(1992) *

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Outstanding Alumnus Award (1988) *

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U.S.-Industrialized Countries Exchange of Scientists and Engineers (1986) * Research Scientist Development Award, Type I by the NIMH (1975–1980) ;Honors * Fellow of Division 40 and Division 6 of the

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External links

Curriculum Vitae (PDF)Warren S. Brown
at Fuller Theological Seminary
Travis Research InstituteHuman Brain and Cognition Lab
{{DEFAULTSORT:Brown, Warren S. 1944 births Fuller Theological Seminary faculty Living people Members of the International Society for Science and Religion University of Southern California alumni Writers about religion and science