Adam R. Aron
Quick Facts
Biography
Adam R Aron is an American psychologist and educator, currently a professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of California, San Diego. His academic interests center around cognitive control, studied from a cognitive neuroscience perspective.
Education
After completing his undergraduate studies at University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, he received his Master's degree from University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland (January 1996 – January 1997). He then obtained his Ph.D. from University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England (January 1999 – January 2003). He completed his postdoctoral fellowship at University of California, Los Angeles.
Honors & Awards
- UCLA Chancellor's Award for Postdoctoral Research (2006)
- Travel Award, Organization for Human Brain Mapping (2005)
- Travel Award, Society for Neuroscience and UCLA chapter (2004)
- Travel Award, Brain (Oxford University Press) (2003)
- Travel Award, Organization for Human Brain Mapping (2001)
- PhD studentship, UK Medical Research Council (1999)
- Harry Crossley Bursary, University of Cape Town (1996)
Recent publications
| TITLE | YEAR |
|---|---|
Double-blind disruption of right inferior frontal cortex with TMS reduces right frontal beta power for action stopping KK Sundby, S Jana, AR Aron Journal of Neurophysiology 125 (1), 140-153 | 2021 |
Unwanted Memory Intrusions Recruit Broad Motor Suppression A Castiglione, AR Aron Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience 33 (1), 119-128 | 2021 |
Temporally-precise disruption of prefrontal cortex informed by the timing of beta bursts impairs human action-stopping R Hannah, V Muralidharan, KK Sundby, AR Aron Neuroimage 222, 117222 | 2020 |
Activation of subthalamic nucleus stop circuit disrupts cognitive performance J Heston, A Friedman, M Baqai, N Bavafa, AR Aron, TS Hnasko Eneuro 7 (5) | 2020 |
How can neuroscientists respond to the climate emergency? AR Aron, RB Ivry, KJ Jeffery, RA Poldrack, R Schmidt, C Summerfield, ... Neuron 106 (1), 17-20 | 2020 |
Temporal cascade of frontal, motor and muscle processes underlying human action-stopping S Jana, R Hannah, V Muralidharan, AR Aron Elife 9, e50371 | 2020 |
One-year changes in brain microstructure differentiate preclinical Huntington's disease stages CP Pflanz, M Charquero-Ballester, DSA Majid, AM Winkler, E Vallée, ... NeuroImage: Clinical 25, 102099 | 2020 |
The climate crisis needs attention from cognitive scientists AR Aron Trends in cognitive sciences 23 (11), 903-906 | 2019 |
Beta oscillations in working memory, executive control of movement and thought, and sensorimotor function R Schmidt, MH Ruiz, BE Kilavik, M Lundqvist, PA Starr, AR Aron Journal of Neuroscience 39 (42), 8231-8238 | 2019 |
The functional role of response suppression during an urge to relieve pain KK Sundby, J Wagner, AR Aron Journal of cognitive neuroscience 31 (9), 1404-1421 | 2019 |
Preventing a thought from coming to mind elicits increased right frontal beta just as stopping action does A Castiglione, J Wagner, M Anderson, AR Aron Cerebral Cortex 29 (5), 2160-2172 | 2019 |
Preparing to stop action increases beta band power in contralateral sensorimotor cortex V Muralidharan, X Yu, MX Cohen, AR Aron Journal of cognitive neuroscience 31 (5), 657-668 | 2019 |
A consensus guide to capturing the ability to inhibit actions and impulsive behaviors in the stop-signal task F Verbruggen, AR Aron, GPH Band, C Beste, PG Bissett, AT Brockett, ... elife 8, e46323 | 2019 |
"Unexpected events disrupt visuomotor working memory and increase guessing": Retraction. RD Finzi, BR Postle, TF Brady, AR Aron Springer | 2019 |
Retraction Note: Unexpected events disrupt visuomotor working memory and increase guessing RD Finzi, BR Postle, TF Brady, AR Aron Psychonomic bulletin & review 26 (1), 385-385 | 2019 |
Applying event-related deep brain stimulation to investigate the causal role of the subthalamic nucleus in stopping motor responses NM Drummond, AR Aron, A Ghahremani, K Udupa, R Chen Journal of Exercise, Movement, and Sport (SCAPPS refereed abstracts … | 2018 |
Event‐related deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus affects conflict processing A Ghahremani, AR Aron, K Udupa, U Saha, D Reddy, WD Hutchison, ... Annals of neurology 84 (4), 515-526 | 2018 |
Closed-loop intracranial stimulation alters movement timing in humans BD Moore IV, AR Aron, N Tandon Brain stimulation 11 (4), 886-895 | 2018 |
RETRACTED ARTICLE: Unexpected events disrupt visuomotor working memory and increase guessing RD Finzi, BR Postle, TF Brady, AR Aron Psychonomic bulletin & review 25 (2), 651-657 | 2018 |
Establishing a right frontal beta signature for stopping active in scalp electroencephalography: implications for testing inhibitory control in other task contexts J Wagner, J Wessel, A Gharahmeni, A Aron J Cognitive Neuroscience 1, 107-118 | 2018 |