University of Oregon Brain Development Lab, University of Oregon
 

Brain Development Lab
Psychology Department
1227 University of Oregon
Eugene, Oregon 97403-1227
Phone: (541) 346-4248
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Helen J. Neville
Lab Director
Brain Development Lab, University of Oregon
Ph.D. Cornell University (Neuropsychology)
M.A. Simon Fraser University (Psychology)
B.A. University of British Columbia (Psychology)













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1999-presentDirector, Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Oregon
1998-presentAssociate Director, Institute of Neuroscience, University of Oregon
1995-presentProfessor, Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Oregon
1995-presentDirector, Brain Development Lab, Psychology Dept., University of Oregon
2007Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2007Invited Address, Society for Research in Child Development
2007Landsdowne Lecturer, University of Victoria
2005Keynote Addresses, Cognitive Development Society Biennial Meeting and Emory Cognition Project Conference on Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
2004Participant, Mind & Life Institute XII meeting with the Dalai Lama, Dharamsala, India
2003Keynote Speaker, Symposium for Queen's 60th Birthday, "The Children in Her Majesty's Crown" Stockholm
2002Recipient, Robert and Beverly Lewis Endowed Chair
2001Member, Society of Experimental Psychologists
2001Fellow, The American Psychological Society
2000Recipient, Justine and Yves Sergent Award, Montreal, Canada
1999-2003Distinguished Lecturer, Florida State University, Duke University, University of Maryland, University of Washington, and University of Texas, Health Science Center, Houston
1998-2001Panel Chair, Sackler Institute for Human Brain Development
1998Invited address, Society for Neuroscience
1998Member, National Academy of Science Committee on Early Childhood Pedagogy
1998Presidential Lecturer, Society for Neuroscience
1998-presentAssociate Editor, Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience and Developmental Science
1996-presentMember, Board of Governors, Cognitive Neuroscience Society
1993-1997Claude Pepper Award
2007-2011U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, (NCER R305B07018), Principal Investigator. Training Attention in Preschool: Effects on Neurocognitive Functions and School Performance.
1978-2012National Institutes of Health (NINCDS Grant 1 R01 NS14365). Principal Investigator. The Development of Cerebral Specializations. Javits Neurosciences Investigator Award from NINCDS, continued as Claude Pepper Award NIDCD Grant R01 DC00128.
1988-2012National Institutes of Health (NINCDS Grant 1 RO1 NS26102). Principal Investigator. Neurocognitive Development in Typically Developing, At-Risk, and ESL Children, continued as NIDCD Grant RO1 DC00481.

Helen J. Neville was awarded the B.A. degree from the University of British Columbia, an M.A. from Simon Fraser University and Ph.D. from Cornell University. Her postdoctoral training was at the University of California, San Diego in the Department of Neurosciences. Her major research interests are the biological constraints and the role of experience in neurosensory and neurocognitive development in humans. Methods include behavioral measures and event-related brain potentials (ERPs), and structural and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Her work experience includes Director of the Laboratory for Neuropsychology at the Salk Institute and Professor, Department of Cognitive Science, UCSD.

Dr. Neville is currently The Robert and Beverly Lewis Endowed Chair and Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, Director of the Brain Development Lab, and Director of the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Oregon in Eugene. She has published in many books and journals including Nature, Nature Neuroscience, Journal of Neuroscience, Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, Cerebral Cortex and Brain Research. She has received many honors including being elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, is a member of the Board of Governors of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, the Academic Panel of Birth to Three and is active in many educational outreach programs.

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