Warren Brown is involved in experimental neuropsychological research related to functions of the corpus callosum of the brain and its relationship to higher cognitive processes in humans. In particular, he has been studying the implications of agenesis of the corpus callosum. Brown has been interested in the implications of this disorder for mental abilities and social awareness. Over the last 20 years has conducted one of the largest studies accomplished thus far on cognitive and social disabilities of individuals with agenesis of the corpus callosum. He has authored or coauthored over 80 scholarly articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals; 15 chapters in edited scholarly books; and over 150 presentations at scientific meetings.
Selected publications
Books
Warren Brown, Nancey Murphy and H. Newton Maloney Whatever Happened to the Soul? Scientific and Theological Portraits of Human Nature. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1998. Won the "Outstanding Books in Theology and the Natural Sciences Prize", awarded by the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences in 1999.
Nancey Murphy and Warren Brown. Did My Neurons Make Me Do It? : Philosophical and Neurobiological Perspectives on Moral Responsibility and Free Will. Oxford, U.K., Oxford University Press, 2007.
Malcolm Jeeves and Warren Brown. Neuroscience, Psychology and Religion: Illusions, Delusions, and Realities about Human Nature. Radnor, Penn: Templeton Press, 2009.
Brown, W.S. and Strawn, B.D. The Physical Nature of Christian Life: Neuroscience, Psychology and the Church. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Research articles
Brown, W.S. and Paul L.K., Psychosocial deficits in agenesis of the corpus callosum with normal intelligence. Cognitive Neuropsychiatry. 5, 135-157.
Brown, W.S., Paul, L.K., Symington, M., and Dietrich, R. Comprehension of Humor in Primary Agenesis of the Corpus Callosum. Neuropsychologia. 43:906-916.
Brown, W.S., Symington, M., VanLancker, D., Dietrich, R. and Paul, L.K. Paralinguistic processing in children with Callosal Agenesis: Emergence of neurolinguistic deficits. Brain and Language. 93, 135-139.
Brown, W.S., Anderson, L., Symington, M.F. and Paul, L.K. Decision-Making in Agenesis of the Corpus Callosum: Expectancy-Valence in the Iowa Gambling Task. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology. 27:532-544.
Awards and honors
;Awards
C. Davis Weyerhaeuser Teaching Excellence Award by