Julian Paul Keenan
Julian Paul Keenan (born December 8, 1969) is a professor of psychology and biology at Montclair State University and director of the Cognitive Neuroimaging Laboratory.[1] He was previously at Harvard Medical School and the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston.[2]
Early life and education
[edit]Keenan was born on December 8, 1969, in New York City.[3] He was educated at State University of New York at New Paltz, The Pennsylvania State University, Ealing College, The University at Albany, and Harvard Medical School between 1987 and 2001.[3]
Career
[edit]Keenan joined the faculty at Montclair State University in 2001 where he established the Cognitive Neuroimaging Laboratory.[1] In 2012, NJ.com named him one of the 20 most impactful intellects in New Jersey.[4]
He is the founding editor of the journal Social Neuroscience[5] and has published his work in Science [6] and Nature.[7]
He discovered that the brain correlates of self-face recognition are mediated in the right hemisphere.[8] His lab further determined the critical role the medial prefrontal cortex plays in deception and self-deception.[9]
He was an early adopter of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) for use in cognitive neuroscience and continues to employ it in his current research.[10]
His work has reached the public through major media outlets including Radio Lab[11] and Hulu.[12]
In graduate school, Keenan established himself as an ardent supporter of equal rights in neuroscience with his very first publication discrediting The Bell Curve, a racially-charged popular press book.[13] His work in with Keith Whitfield, president of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas,[14] while very brief, inspired Keenan to create the Erase Racism in Neuroscience project. This work has led to the first publication on how to effectively provide TMS in hair typified by minority populations.[15]
Books
[edit]He has authored and edited numerous books including:
- The Face in the Mirror (2004) ISBN 978-0060012809
- The Lost Self (2005) ISBN 978-0195173413
- ASVAB – The Best Test Prep (2005) ISBN 978-0738601083
- Evolutionary Cognitive Neuroscience (2006) ISBN 978-0262162418
- The Handbook of Research Methods in Health Psychology (2020) ISBN 978-1138595347
- Self-Face Recognition and the Brain (2023) [16]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Cognitive Neuroscience | United States". Cognitive Neuroimaging Lab.
- ^ "Julian P. Keenan". Neurotree.
- ^ a b "Cognitive Neuroscience | United States". Cognitive Neuroimaging Lab. Retrieved November 20, 2023.
- ^ "Jersey's 20 Biggest Brains". NJ.com. February 19, 2012.
- ^ Decety, Jean; Keenan, Julian Paul (March 2006). "Social Neuroscience : A new journal". Social Neuroscience. 1 (1): 1–4. doi:10.1080/17470910600683549. ISSN 1747-0919. PMID 18633771.
- ^ Kosslyn, S. M.; Pascual-Leone, A.; Felician, O.; Camposano, S.; Keenan, J. P.; Thompson, W. L.; Ganis, G.; Sukel, K. E.; Alpert, N. M. (1999). "The role of area 17 in visual imagery: Convergent evidence from PET and RTMS". Science. 284 (5411): 167–170. doi:10.1126/science.284.5411.167. PMID 10102821.
- ^ Keenan, Julian Paul; Nelson, Aaron; O'Connor, Margaret; Pascual-Leone, Alvaro (2001). "Self-recognition and the right hemisphere". Nature. 409 (6818): 305. doi:10.1038/35053167. PMID 11201730. S2CID 4430754.
- ^ Keenan, Julian Paul; Nelson, Aaron; O'Connor, Margaret; Pascual-Leone, Alvaro (January 6, 2001). "Self-recognition and the right hemisphere". Nature. 409 (6818): 305. doi:10.1038/35053167. PMID 11201730. S2CID 4430754.
- ^ Taylor-Lillquist, Birgitta; Kanpa, Vivek; Crawford, Maya; El Filali, Mehdi; Oakes, Julia; Jonasz, Alex; Disney, Amanda; Keenan, Julian Paul (August 8, 2020). "Preliminary Evidence of the Role of Medial Prefrontal Cortex in Self-Enhancement: A Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Study". Brain Sciences. 10 (8): E535. doi:10.3390/brainsci10080535. PMC 7464708. PMID 32784394.
- ^ Kramer, Rachel; Duran, Kelly; Soder, Heather; Applegate, Lisa; Youssef, Amel; Criscione, Matthew; Keenan, Julian Paul (2020). "The Special Brain: Subclinical Grandiose Narcissism and Self-Face Recognition in the Right Prefrontal Cortex". The American Journal of Psychology. 133 (4): 487–500. doi:10.5406/amerjpsyc.133.4.0487. JSTOR 10.5406/amerjpsyc.133.4.0487. S2CID 235006971.
- ^ Julian Keenan; Paul Broks; V. S. Ramachandran (May 7, 2007). Who Am I?. Radiolab Podcasts. WNYC Studios.
- ^ "Searching for Identity: Our Flawed Magnificent Selves". Great Big Story. November 11, 2016. Hulu – via Youtube.
- ^ Keenan, Julian Paul (Winter 1996). "A Brief Analysis of 'The Bell Curve'". psybernetika.ca. Retrieved December 29, 2023.
- ^ "Keith E. Whitfield, Ph.D." University of Nevada, Las Vegas. August 19, 2020. Retrieved December 29, 2023.
- ^ Keenan, Julian (2023). "Thursday, March 2, 2023" (PDF). Proceedings of the Eastern Psychological Association 2023. 1 (1): 73 – via EPA.
- ^ Keenan, Julian (2023). Self-Recognition and the Brian. New York, NY: Routledge. ISBN 978-1032019536.