Carol A. Barnes

For the British broadcaster, see Carol Barnes.
Carol A. Barnes
Alma materUniversity of California, Riverside
University of Ottawa
Carleton University
Scientific career
FieldsNeuroscience, memory, learning
InstitutionsUniversity of Arizona
Doctoral advisorPeter Fried

Carol A. Barnes is an American neuroscientist who is a Regents' Professor of psychology at the University of Arizona.[1] Since 2006, she has been the Evelyn F. McKnight Chair for Learning and Memory in Aging[2] and is director of the Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute.[3] Barnes has been president of the Society for Neuroscience[4] and is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science,[5] and foreign member of the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters.[6] She was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2018.[7]

Barnes has produced over 170 peer reviewed publications.[8] Broadly, her research is focused on the neurophysiological and behavioral changes that occur in the brain during aging. Understanding of these changes may shed light on the processes, that contribute to age-related neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's disease. Barnes also developed the Barnes maze, a spatial navigation memory task that is used to assess hippocampal-dependent memory.[1]

Old Main, University of Arizona in Tucson
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  2. ^ "Evelyn F. McKnight Endowed Chair for Learning and Memory in Aging". Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute, University of Arizona. 2006-12-11. Archived from the original on 2013-09-19. Retrieved 2014-05-25.
  3. ^ "McKnight Brain Institute at the University of Arizona". Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute, University of Arizona. Archived from the original on 2014-05-25. Retrieved 2014-05-25.
  4. ^ "Society for Neuroscience - SfN Presidents". Society for Neuroscience. 2013-11-26. Retrieved 2014-05-25.
  5. ^ "Fellows | AAAS MemberCentral". American Association for the Advancement of Science. Archived from the original on 2014-05-25. Retrieved 2014-05-25.
  6. ^ "Utenlandske medlemmer naturvitenskapelig klass". Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters. Archived from the original on 2013-12-22. Retrieved 2014-05-25.
  7. ^ "May 1 2018 NAS Election". www.nasonline.org.
  8. ^ "The Gruber Foundation Homepage | The Gruber Foundation". Gruberprizes.org. 2014-03-03. Retrieved 2014-05-25.