Dr Lynne Barker

Lynne Barker is an expert in cognitive neuroscience and is course leader on the MSc Applied Cognitive Neuroscience postgraduate course. She has recently published research which shows how injuries to the frontal lobe of the brain can be more severe in young adults than in older people.

Expertise:

• Neuroscience
• Understanding cognitive functions impaired after frontal brain injury
• Neuropathology
• Nutrition, particularly in relation to neuroscience
• Cognitive functions

• The Conversation [April 2017] - The science of laugher - and why it also has a dark side
• Wall Street Journal [August 2016] - What Teens Need Most From Their Parents
• The Mirror [March 2015] - Teenager left unable to read or write after suffering from whiplash in car crash