Laurel Buxbaum PsyD

Dr. Buxbaum has a longstanding interest in the cognitive neuroscience of object representations and the relationship between spatial and body processing and is a recognized expert in the study of action and apraxia. She received a BA in Biological Bases of Behavior from the University of Pennsylvania in 1982 and a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (with specialization in Neuropsychology) from Hahnemann University in 1988. She completed an NIH National Research Service Award Fellowship at Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute and the University of Pennsylvania in 1994.

Dr. Buxbaum has served as an Associate Editor of the journals Cortex, Cognition, and Journal of Neuropsychology, and as a guest Editor of the Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, Cognitive Neuroscience, and eLife. She has also served as an invited panel member at numerous national and international meetings, as a member of scientific planning committees at the National Institute of Health, and on the program committee of the American Society of Neurorehabilitation.

Dr. Buxbaum’s laboratory, the Cognition and Action Laboratory, has received grant funding from the National Institute of Health, the National Institute of Disability and Rehabilitation Research, and the James S. McDonnell Foundation. She is the recipient of the Kenneth M. Viste Award of the American Society of Neurorehabilitation, the Arthur S. Benton Mid-Career Award of the International Neuropsychological Society, the Widener University Graduate Award for Excellence in Professional Psychology, the Maimonides Society Manuscript Award, and the Cohen Award for Research Excellence from the Einstein Healthcare Network.