Laurel Buxbaum, PsyD

Since 1994, the NIH-funded Cognition and Action Laboratory has conducted research that spans a translational pipeline from basic human cognitive neuroscience to neurorehabilitation. Dr. Buxbaum’s scientific team investigates the interface between cognitive representations of objects, tasks, the body, and action planning processes in healthy individuals and those with stroke, limb amputations, and neurodegenerative disorders including primary progressive aphasia. With these populations, Dr. Buxbaum uses methods including behavioral experimental paradigms, lesion-symptom mapping, Functional Connectivity, eye tracking, Virtual Reality, and fMRI. Dr. Buxbaum’s research enables us to understand the specific aspects of object and body representations that may be disrupted after stroke, limb amputation, or neural degeneration in frontal, temporal, or parietal brain regions, thereby clarifying targets for rehabilitation treatment.  

PsyD, Hahnemann/Widener University, Philadelphia, PA - 1988

Internship

APA-approved Internship in Clinical Neuropsychology - 1988

Fellowship

NIH Postdoctoral Fellowship, Translational neurorehabilitation research, Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute and University of Pennsylvania - 1994

• Dr. Buxbaum's Research
• Jefferson Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute