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Specialty:: Psychology, Clinical Neuropsychology
Department Affiliation:: Psychiatry
Hospital Affiliation:: Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital at UCLA
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
State License:: PSY18879
Phone:: 310-825-9989
Health Plans:: Accepted Plans

About Me

Preferred Name: Robert M. Bilder, PhD, ABPP-CN

Dr. Bilder has more than 30 years experience in research on brain-behavior relations, with experience in clinical neuropsychology, neurophysiology, structural and functional neuroimaging, and genomics strategies as these are applied to the study of both healthy people and those with various neurological and psychiatric syndromes. He is particularly interested in dimensional approaches to understanding mental processes, and in understanding the biological underpinnings of creative cognition. He directs the Tennenbaum Center for the Biology of Creativity and the Mind Well program of the UCLA Healthy Campus Initiative.

Links

phenomics.ucla.edu

Primary Office: Medical Psychology Assessment Center (MPAC)
Primary Address: 740 Westwood Plaza
Room C7-749
Los Angeles, California 90024
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Degree: City College, PhD, 1984

Research Interests

Neuropsychology
Neuroimaging
Phenomics (see: phenomics.ucla.edu)

Publications

Link to my PubMed publications >

In The News

Video: Personal Brain Management, from TEDx San Diego "The Next Wave" Nov 2010: youtu.be/rG494qden64
Video: Creative Brains in the Post-Facebook Era, from Facebook Live Studio, Sep 2011: livestre.am/13q4H
Audio podcast: The Creative Brain: Balancing Flexibility and Stability, from Neuroscience & Buddhism, UCLA May 2011 (creativity piece starts ~30 minutes into podcast): international.ucla.edu/buddhist/podcasts/article.asp?parentid=121102
Video: Brain, Health, and Creativity, from UCLA Arts Distinguished Lecture Series, January 2012: video.dma.ucla.edu/video/dr-robert-bilder-brain-health-and-creativity/394
Video: One Mind for Research – opening remarks – re: BruinBrains, the Healthy Campus Initiative at UCLA, and the 90% Solution, May 2012 (Bilder part starts at 8 minute marker): youtu.be/AHQZzSpmhbg
Video: Crowd–sourc–ing Big Brain Data: The 90% Solu–tion, at 2012 Sharp–Brains Vir–tual Sum–mit (June 7-14th, 2012); sharpbrains.com/blog/2012/05/24/ucla-robert-bilder-on-crowdsourcing-big-brain-data-the-90-solution/
Text: Huffington Post Blog on Personal Brain Management; July 2012: huffingtonpost.com/robert-m-bilder-phd/personal-brain-management_b_1651308.html
Video: Neuroscience of Creativity: Dr Robert Bilder. State of the Arts 2012 at the Vortex Dome LA; September 2012: youtu.be/pSKcncrKzMg
Text: Huffington Post Blog on Brain Balance; January 2013: huffingtonpost.com/robert-m-bilder-phd/brain-hemispheres_b_2405380.html
Text: UCLA Today Featured Article on Brain Gym; April 2013: newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/it-s-the-latest-fitness-craze-245317
Text: Society for Clinical Neuropsychology (American Psychological Association, Division 40) blog; July 2013; "Positive Applied Neuropsychology": scndiv40.blogspot.com
Video: “Cracking Your Creativity Code”; film by Jim Wooden (posted November 2013); vimeo.com/80097261 [see also Susan Bookheimer on Tennenbaum Center for Creativity project on highly creative kids: vimeo.com/80097263
Video: "Positive Applied Neuroscience and the 90% Solution”; Grand Rounds, UCLA Department of Psychiatry, November 19th 2013. rtsp://149.142.126.154:554/GR13/gr131119rb.mp4 [may not work using QuickTime 10; see discussions.apple.com/thread/5470792]
Video (~20 minutes): "Neuroscience of Creativity: Implications for Arts & Education”, The 15th Annual WESTAF Cultural Policy Symposium co-hosted by the California Arts Council and Gehry Partners. March 4, 2014, Los Angeles, CA. youtu.be/K4S-qowZIgY
Video (< 5 minutes): “Commentary on Root-Bernsteins’ Presentation”, The 15th Annual WESTAF Cultural Policy Symposium co-hosted by the California Arts Council and Gehry Partners. March 4, 2014, Los Angeles, CA. youtu.be/D1IKnaK4Lik
Video: The Creative Brain: The Neuroscience of Creativity (edweb.net/brain), April 21, 2014.
Video: Interview of Robert Bilder by Barbara Oakley on “Creativity and Problem Solving”; as part of course on Learning How to Learn: Powerful mental tools to help you master tough subjects by Dr. Terrence Sejnowski and Dr. Barbara Oakley, go to class.coursera.org/learning-001; specific interview content is at class.coursera.org/learning-001/lecture/95.[you may need to register for Coursera to see this].
In the News: Music lessons may boost poor kids' brainpower, study suggests, September 3, 2014, article by Linda Carroll, on TODAY.com; today.com/health/music-lessons-may-boost-poor-kids-brainpower-study-suggests-1D80117501
In the News: Curiosity may kill the cat, but here's why it’s good for your memory, Oct 2, 2014, article by Meghan Holohan, on Today.com; today.com/health/curiosity-may-kill-cat-its-good-your-memory-2D80189637
Colorado Innovation Network (COIN) Summit Meeting: The Neuroscience of Creativity; August 2014; youtu.be/qqvdCC5zwu4

Awards

Michael E. Tennenbaum Endowed Chair in Creativity Research, 2008-present
Tennenbaum Scholar 2006-present
UCLA Geffen School of Medicine Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences Research Mentorship Award, 2010
Tennenbaum Family Creativity Challenge Award, 2003
Diplomate in Clinical Neuropsychology, American Board of Professional Psychology, 1999
NARSAD Independent Investigator Award, 1999
Young Scientist Award, Winter Workshop on Schizophrenia, 1994
Faculty Research Award, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, 1991,1994
NARSAD Young Investigator Award, 1992
Young Investigator Award, International Congress on Schizophrenia Research, 1989
E. Barmack Prize for Best Doctoral Thesis, City College CUNY, 1984-1985

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