Mauricio Garcia-Barrera

Assistant Professor
Ph.D. 2008 (University of Georgia)
joined Department in 2008

Understanding executive functioning has become a research goal and a passion for me. In a broad scope, I am emerged in the study of human behavior and cognitive processing that is "executive" in nature. I am particularly interested in examining the relationship between executive function and development, its impairments, ecological assessment, its neuroanatomical correlates, and how it relates to other higher functions. At my lab CORTEX, we are using structural neuroimaging to identify regional gray and white matter volumetric differences within the prefrontal cortex and across clinical and non-clinical samples. My current research includes three main projects: (1) the examination of prefrontal cortex and executive functions in children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Dyslexia, (2) development of a theoretical and evidence-based model of executive functioning, and (3) cross-cultural validation of a rating scale for executive functioning.

Interests

Clinical neuropsychology

Program affiliations

Clinical psychology

Publications

Garcia-Barrera, M. A., Kamphaus, R. W., & Bandalos, D. (2011). Theoretical and statistical derivation of a screener for the behavioral assessment of executive functions in children. Psychological Assessment, 23, 64-79.

Garcia-Barrera, M. A. (2010). Mood disorders of childhood and adolescence. In A. Davis (Ed.) Handbook of Pediatric Neuropsychology (pp. 647-667). New York: Springer Publishing.

Shisler-Marshall, R., Garcia-Barrera, M. A., & Yanosky, D. J. II. (2009). An exploratory study of auditory extinction in aging: Now you hear it, now you don’t. Aphasiology, 23(1), 72-86.

Pineda, D. A., Puerta, I. C., Aguirre, D. C., Garcia-Barrera, M. A., & Kamphaus, R. W. (2007). The role of neuropsychological tests for the diagnosis of ADHD. Pediatric Neurology, 36(6), 173-181.

Pineda, D. A., Kamphaus, R. W., Restrepo, M. A., Puerta, I. C., Arango, C. P., Lopera, F., Garcia-Barrera, M. A., & Dowdy, E. T. (2006 ). Screening for conduct disorder in an adolescent male sample from Colombia. Transcultural Psychiatry, 43(3), 362-382.

Miller, C. J., Miller, S. R., Bloom, J. S., Jones, L., Lindstrom, W., Craggs, J., Garcia-Barrera, M., Semrud-Clikeman, M., Gilger, J., & Hynd, G. W. (2006). Testing the double deficit hypothesis in an adult population. Annals of Dyslexia, 56(1), 83-102.

Pineda, D. A., Aguirre, D. C., Garcia, M. A., Lopera, F. J., Palacio, L. G., & Kamphaus, R. W. (2005). Validation of two rating scales for ADHD diagnosis in Colombian children. Pediatric Neurology, 33(1), 15-25.

Bobes, M. A., Lopera, F., Garcia, M., Diaz-Comas, L., Galan, L., & Valdes-Sosa, M. (2003). Covert matching of unfamiliar faces in a case of prosopagnosia: an ERP study. Cortex, 39, 41-56.

Arcos-Burgos, O. M., Castellanos, X., Lopera, F. J., Pineda, D. A., Palacio, J. D., Garcia, M., Henao, G. C., Palacio, L. G., Berg, K., Bailey-Wilson, J. E., & Muenke, M. (2002). Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): feasibility of linkage analysis in a genetic isolate using extended and multigenerational pedigrees. Clinical Genetics, 61 (5), 335-343.