Professor Department of Psychology Brigham Young University 1190D SWKT Provo, Utah 84602 (801)422-4289 erin_bigler@byu.edu
Education
BS, Psychology, Brigham Young University, 1971
PhD, Experimental-Physiological Psychology, Brigham Young University, 1974
Post-Doctorate, National Institutes of Health, Post-Doctoral Fellow in Neurophysiology-Neuropsychology, Barrow Neurological Institute, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona, 1975 to 1977
Academic Experience
Erin D. Bigler is a Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at Brigham Young University (BYU) where he served as Chair of the Psychology Department for over six years from 1996 through 2002. Upon returning to Utah in 1990, he established the Brain Imaging and Behavior Laboratory at BYU, which studies the role of neuroimaging variables in cognitive and neurobehavioral disorders such as traumatic brain injuries, neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism and learning disabilities, anoxic brain injuries and other acquired injuries of the brain as well as aging and Alzheimer's disease. In addition to this, he is an Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry for the University of Utah (UofU) and is also a faculty member of The Brain Institute at the UofU. His major areas of training and expertise are neuropsychology-neurophysiology, neuropsychological diagnostics and consultation, and neuroimaging.
He is currently a licensed psychologist in the states of Utah, Texas, and Arizona, practicing in the area of clinical neuropsychology, and holds a Diplomate from the American Board of Professional Psychology with special competence in Clinical Neuropsychology. Along with having written several neuropsychological tests, he has authored and/or edited 9 textbooks, and published over 270 peer-reviewed articles. Currently, he serves as Treasurer of the International Neuropsychological Society (INS) and was a member of the Board of Directors for many years. He served as Associate Editor of the Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society (JINS) for 11 years and sits on the editorial board of several other neuropsychology journals.
In 1999, he received the Distinguished Clinical Neuropsychologist Award from the National Academy of Neuropsychology. In that same year, he was also the recipient of the Karl G. Maeser Distinguished Faculty Lecturer Award, Brigham Young University’s top faculty honor. From 1989-1990, he served as President of the National Academy of Neuropsychology (NAN). He was formerly a Professor of psychology and psychiatry at the University of Texas, until he returned to Utah in 1990 to assume his current position at BYU.
Publications
For further information about Dr. Bigler’s publications, education, academic experience, and/or research activities please refer to his vita at his website: Brain Imaging and Behavior Laboratory.
