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Ben Schwartz, Ph.D.

Lecturer and Neuroscience Advisor

Psychology & Neuroscience

Ben Schwartz, Ph.D.

Education

Ph.D., University of Arizona, 2021

B.S., UCLA, 2016

Biography

Joining the faculty in Fall 2022!

Academic Interests

My interests have always centered around neural plasticity and the functions it regulates such as learning and memory, development, and recovery from central nervous system damage. I am looking forward to teaching Learning and Behavior and Affective Neuroscience here at Baylor.

Representative Publications

Schwartz, B. A., Wang, W., & Bao, S. (2020). Pharmacological DNA Demethylation Weakens Inhibitory Synapses in the Auditory Cortex and Re-opens the Critical Period for Frequency Map Plasticity. Neuroscience, 440, 239–248.

Kapellusch, A. J., Lester, A. W., Schwartz, B. A., Smith, A. C., & Barnes, C. A. (2018). Analysis of learning deficits in aged rats on the W-track continuous spatial alternation task. Behavioral Neuroscience, 132(6), 512–519. https://doi.org/10.1037/bne0000269

Fraley, E. R., Burkett, Z. D., Day, N. F., Schwartz, B. A., Phelps, P. E., & White, S. A. (2016). Mice with Dab1 or Vldlr insufficiency exhibit abnormal neonatal vocalization patterns. Scientific Reports, 1–12. DOI: 10.1038/srep25807

McConnell, M., Grinspan, L. T., Williams, M. R., Lynn, M. L., Schwartz, B. A., Fass, O. Z., Schwartz, S.D., Tardiff, J. C. (2017). Clinically Divergent Mutation Effects on the Structure and Function of the Human Cardiac Tropomyosin Overlap. Biochemistry, 56, 3403–3413. DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.7b00266

Baylor Courses Taught

NSC/PSY 5V51- Supervised Teaching

Ben Schwartz, Ph.D.
Ben_Schwartz@baylor.edu
254-710-2237

Department of Psychology and Neuroscience

College of Arts and Sciences

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One Bear Place 97334
Waco, TX 76798-7334

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101 Bagby Ave.
Waco, TX 76706

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