Denise Park, Ph.D. School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences
Director of the Center for Vital Longevity
University Distinguished Chair in Behavioral and Brain Science
Dr. Park is a pioneer in the use of brain scans to investigate the brain. She maps the changing neural circuitry associated with the brain’s ability to encode and retrieve information across its lifespan.
She conducted a groundbreaking study on cognition and aging that looked at how stimulating activities and social experiences enhance brain function in older adults. Her findings from that study show the importance of mental exercises across the decades. Her primary research interests are age-related changes in memory function and East vs. West age-related brain changes, especially as they relate to cognition and memory.
Press Coverage
Denise Park Named T. Boone Pickens Distinguished Chair in Clinical Brain Science
Seminar to Explore Enhancing Brain’s Potential
Pickens Gift propels Brain Health Research (Dallas Business Journal)
Inside T. Boone Pickens’ Brain (Forbes)
Dallas Study on Brain Health Puts Seniors Minds to Work (Dallas Morning News)
I Took the SAT Again After 41 Years (Wall Street Journal)
Memory Study Wins Journal's Best Paper Award
Prof Sees Link Between Leisure and Brain Fitness
Brain Scientist Appears on PBS Series in New
TV Series on Aging
Event Marks Launch of Center for Vital Longevity
Updated: February 1, 2013
