Rex Jung, PhD

Associate Professor of Translational Neuroscience

 

This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it studies both brain disease and what the brain does well – a field of research known as “Positive Neuroscience”. His research interests focus upon the structural and biochemical correlates of intelligence, creativity and positive affect, particularly white matter contributions to higher cognitive functioning in the normal human brain.

 

He uses structural and biochemical neuroimaging techniques to better understand brain-behavior relationships in disease and health including: proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H-MRS), diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and structural Magnetic Resonance Imaging (sMRI).

 

He is an Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of New Mexico. Dr. Jung holds a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Colorado, Boulder, and Master’s and Ph.D. degrees in Psychology from the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque. He completed an internship in clinical psychology at the Baylor College of Medicine in the departments of neurosurgery and behavioral medicine, and is a practicing clinical neuropsychologist.

 

He is currently funded by the John Templeton Foundation and Carl Hawk Jr . (July 12th, 1919 - July 25th, 2007) to study the “Neuroscience of Creativity”.

 

For more information on Dr. Jung, please refer to his Curriculum Vitae

 

 

PUBLICITY

08/01/2009 - "Diavlog" between Rex Jung and Robert Sternberg on Creativity and Intelligence

05/20/2009 – New Scientist, “Creativity Chemical Favours the Smart"

04/04/2008 – Dana Foundation, "Where in the Brain is Intelligence?"

09/18/2007 – Discovery Channel.com, “Intelligence: Do We Get It?

09/11/2007 – MSNBC, “Smarts Require Teamwork in the Brain

07/27/2007 – KRQE, Interview with Deanna Sauceda.  WMV (10.6 MB)

07/30/2007 – Albuquerque Tribune, Sue Vorenberg, “University of New Mexico Scientist Seeks Root of Ceativity in the Brain”  PDF

07/30/2007 – New Mexico Business Weekly, “Mind institute Researcher to Study Creativity.”  PDF

04/17/2007 – Horizon: Battle of the Brains, BBC Documentary Exploring Intelligence   MOV

09/17/2006 – Genius: The Quest for Extreme Brain Power,  CNN Special with Dr. Sanjay Gupta  MOV

 

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Outside Collaborators:
- Ronald A. Yeo, Ph.D.

- Richard J. Haier, Ph.D.

- M. Layne Kalbfleisch, Ph.D.

- Carl Hawk, Jr. (July 12th, 1919 - July 25th, 2007)



CONFERENCES

Learning and the Brain: Smarter Brains - Using Brain Research to Increase Student IQ and Achievement
February 18 - 20, San Francisco, CA

Wallace Research Symposium on Talent Development
May 16-18, 2010, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa

 

 

PUBLICATIONS

Jung RE, Segall JM, Bockholt HJ, Chavez RS, Flores R, & Haier RJ. (In Press). Neuroanatomy of Creativity, Human Brain Mapping, PDF

 

Jung RE, Gasparovic C, Chavez RS, Flores RA, Smith SM, Caprihan A, & Yeo RA (2009). Biochemical Support for the “Threshold” Theory of Creativity: A Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Study. 29(16):5319-5325. PDF

 

Jung RE, Gasparovic C, Chavez RS, Caprihan A, Barrow RA, & Yeo RA (2009). Imaging intelligence with proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy. 37:192-198. PDF

 

Haier RJ & Jung RE (2008). Brain imaging studies of intelligence and creativity: What is the picture for education? Roeper Review. 30: 171-180. PDF

 

Bustillo JR, Rowland LM, Jung RE, Brooks WM, Qualls C, Hammond R, Hart B, & Lauriello J. (2007) Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy during the first year of antipsychotic treatment in schizophrenia. Neuropsychopharmacology. PDF

 

Colom R, Jung RE, Haier RJ. (2007). General Intelligence and memory span: Evidence for a common neuro-anatomic framework. Cognitive Neuropsychology, 24(8): 867-878. PDF

 

Johnson W, Jung RE, & Haier RJ. (2007). Psychometric dimensions of cognition other than general intelligence correlate to regional brain structure. Intelligence. 36(1): 18-28. PDF

 

Haier RJ, & Jung RE (2007). Beautiful Minds (i.e. Brains) and the Neural Basis of Intelligence: Response to Commentaries. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 30(2): 174-178. PDF

 

Jung RE, & Haier RJ. (2007). The Parieto-Frontal Integration Theory (P-FIT) of Intelligence: Converging Neuroimaging Evidence. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 30(2): 135-154. PDF

 

Haier RJ, Jung RE, Yeo RA, Head K, & Alkire MT. (2005). Structural brain variation, age, and response time. Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience. 5(2):246-251. PDF

 

Jung RE, Haier RJ, Yeo RA, Rowland LM, Petropoulos H, Levine AS, Sibbitt WL, & Brooks WM. (2005). Sex Differences in N-acetylaspartate Correlates of General Intelligence: A 1H-MRS Study of Normal Human Brain. NeuroImage. 26(3):965-972. PDF

 

Haier RJ, Jung RE, Yeo RA, Head K, & Alkire MT. (2005). The neuroanatomy of general intelligence: sex matters. NeuroImage. 25: 320-327. PDF

 

Haier RJ, Jung RE, Yeo RA, Head K, & Alkire MT. (2004). Structural Brain Variation and General Intelligence.  NeuroImage. 23:425-433. PDF

 

Jung RE, Yeo RA, Love TM, Petropoulos H, Sibbitt WL, & Brooks WM. (2002). Biochemical Markers of Mood: A Proton MR Spectroscopy Study of Normal Human Brain. Biological Psychiatry. 51: 224-229. PDF

 

Jung RE, Yeo RA, Sibbitt Jr. WL, Ford CC, Hart BL, & Brooks WM. (2001). Gerstmann Syndrome in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Neuropsychological, Neuroimaging and Spectroscopic Findings. Neurocase. 7: 101-107. PDF

 

Jung RE, Yeo RA, Gangestad S. (2000). Developmental Instability Predicts Individual Variation in Verbal Memory Skill After Caffeine Ingestion. Neuropsychiatry, Neuropsychology, and Behavioral Neurology. 13:195-198. PDF

 

Jung RE, Yeo RA, Chiulli SJ, Sibbitt WL, & Brooks WM. (2000). Myths of Neuropsychology: Intelligence, Neurometabolism and Cognitive Ability. The Clinical Neuropsychologist. 14: 535-545. PDF

 

Jung RE, Brooks WM, Yeo RA, Chiulli SJ, Weers D, & Sibbitt WL. (1999). Biochemical Markers of Intelligence: A Proton MR Spectroscopy Study of Normal Human Brain. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London - Biological Sciences. 1426: 1375-1379. PDF

 

Friedman SD, Brooks WM, Jung RE, Chiulli SJ, Sloan JH, Montoya BT, Stidley CA, Hart BL, Yeo RA. (1999). Quantitative 1H-MRS Predicts Outcome Following Traumatic Brain Injury. Neurology. 52: 1384-1391. PDF

 

Jung RE, Yeo RA, Chiulli SJ, Sibbitt WL, Weers DC, Hart BL, & Brooks WM. (1999). Biochemical Markers of Cognition: A Proton MR Spectroscopy Study of Normal Human Brain. Neuroreport. 10: 3327-3331. PDF

 

Friedman SD, Brooks WM, Jung RE, Hart BL, & Yeo RA. (1998) Proton MR Spectroscopic Findings Correspond to Neuropsychological Function in Traumatic Brain Injury. American Journal of Neuroradiology. 19:1879-1885. PDF

 

 

A Postcard from Arthur Jensen PDF