Brenda Rapp | |
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Born | Brenda Carla Rapp |
Alma mater | Johns Hopkins University |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Cognitive neuroscience |
Institutions | Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, Johns Hopkins University |
Thesis | Sublexical orthographic structure in reading (1990) |
Doctoral advisor | Alfonso Caramazza Richard G. Schwartz |
Website | Official website |
Brenda Carla Rapp [1] professor and chair of the Department of Cognitive Neuroscience at Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, Johns Hopkins University. [2] In 2010, she was appointed joint editor-in-chief of the journal Cognitive Neuropsychology. [3]
Rapp is originally from Madrid, Spain. [4]
During the summer after completing high school, Rapp grew interested in helping children with learning and language disabilities. [4] She pursued a Special Education degree at the University of Maryland. [4]
Rapp gained her doctorate in psychology in 1990 from Johns Hopkins University. [1] She has worked there since.
Rapp's main research interests are written word production (spelling) [5] and dysgraphia (spelling problems). [6]
Rapp has published over 150 papers in scientific journals, such as the Brain, Cognitive Neuropsychology and Frontiers in Psychology, and has been cited over 6,000 times. [7] She has commented on her research findings in various media outlets, including The Guardian, CNN and the Baltimore Sun. [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Brenda Rapp | |
---|---|
Born | Brenda Carla Rapp |
Alma mater | Johns Hopkins University |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Cognitive neuroscience |
Institutions | Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, Johns Hopkins University |
Thesis | Sublexical orthographic structure in reading (1990) |
Doctoral advisor | Alfonso Caramazza Richard G. Schwartz |
Website | Official website |
Brenda Carla Rapp [1] professor and chair of the Department of Cognitive Neuroscience at Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, Johns Hopkins University. [2] In 2010, she was appointed joint editor-in-chief of the journal Cognitive Neuropsychology. [3]
Rapp is originally from Madrid, Spain. [4]
During the summer after completing high school, Rapp grew interested in helping children with learning and language disabilities. [4] She pursued a Special Education degree at the University of Maryland. [4]
Rapp gained her doctorate in psychology in 1990 from Johns Hopkins University. [1] She has worked there since.
Rapp's main research interests are written word production (spelling) [5] and dysgraphia (spelling problems). [6]
Rapp has published over 150 papers in scientific journals, such as the Brain, Cognitive Neuropsychology and Frontiers in Psychology, and has been cited over 6,000 times. [7] She has commented on her research findings in various media outlets, including The Guardian, CNN and the Baltimore Sun. [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]