Barry J. Gordon (born 1951) is an American behavioral neurologist and cognitive neuroscientist. He is the inaugural holder of the therapeutic cognitive neuroscience endowed professorship and a professor of neurology with a joint appointment in cognitive science at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.

Life

Gordon was born in 1951.^[1] He completed a B.S. from the Pennsylvania State University.^[2] He earned an M.D. from the Thomas Jefferson University in 1973.^[2] He conducted a medical internship at the New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center.^[2] In 1977, Gordon completed a neurology residency at the Johns Hopkins Hospital.^[2] He completed a M.A. and Ph.D. in psychology from the Johns Hopkins University after joining the department of neurology faculty.^[2] His 1981 dissertation was titled, Lexical access and lexical decision: mechanisms of frequency sensitivity.^[3]

Gordon is the inaugural holder of the therapeutic cognitive neuroscience endowed professorship and a professor of neurology with a joint appointment in cognitive science at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.^[2] After his son was diagnosed with non-verbal autism, Gordon researched late speech development and designed an intensive therapy program to help him learn to speak.^[4]

Gordon is a former president of the Behavioral Neurology Society.^[2] He is an elected member of the American Neurological Association and a fellow of the American Academy of Neurology and the American Psychological Association.^[2] Gordon is the editor-in-chief of Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology.^[2]

Selected works

• Gordon, Barry (1995). Memory: Remembering and Forgetting in Everyday Life. Mastermedia. ISBN 978-1-57101-031-5.
• Gordon, Barry; Berger, Lisa (2003). Intelligent Memory: Improve the Memory that Makes You Smarter. Viking. ISBN 978-0-670-03240-2.

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