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Psychology

Mauricio Garcia-Barrera

Picture of UVic professor Mauricio Garcia-Barrera

Professor & Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Studies

Psychology

Accepting graduate students

Contact:
Office: COR A274 250-472-5067
Credentials:
PhD (Georgia)
Area(s) of expertise:
Clinical neuropsychology, Executive functioning, Brain injury, Opioid-induced hypoxic brain injury
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Interests

  • clinical neuropsychology
  • executive functioning
  • brain injury
  • sports-related concussions
  • opioid-induced hypoxic brain injury

Faculty bio

Overall, understanding executive functioning has become a research goal and a passion for me. In a broad scope, the elusive nature of this construct intrigues me, thus I have found myself emerged in the study of human behaviour and cognitive processing that is "executive" in nature.

Another area of great interest to me is the study of brain injury, particularly the intersections between brain injury, mental health and addictions in marginalized populations, specifically survivors of opioid poisoning events, intimate-partner violence and those experiencing homelessness.

Most of my current research is conducted at my lab Cortex, where we are:

  1. developing ecological, psychometric and cross-culturally valid instruments to assess executive functioning
  2. exploring the associations between exercise, concussion history and executive functions, and
  3. conducting community-engaged research examining the intersections between brain injury, mental health and addictions.

I am a Research Fellow at the Institute on Aging and Lifelong Health at UVic and also serve as an Associate Editor in the APA journal Psychological Assessment.