Benjamin D. Katz

Benjamin D Katz

Assistant Professor

Office

307 Wallace Hall
295 West Campus Dr.
Blacksburg, VA 24061

Phone

540-231-9816

Email

katzben@vt.edu

Department Membership

Human Development and Family Science

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Expertise

  • Cognitive training
  • Working memory and executive function
  • Transcranial direct current stimulation
  • Cognition throughout the life course

Education

  • Ph.D. University of Michigan
  • M.S. University of Michigan
  • B.A. Columbia University

Research Interests

Selected Publications

Articles

Katz, B., Au, J., Buschkuehl, M., Abagis, T., Zabel, C., Jaeggi, S. M., and Jonides, J. (2017). Individual differences and long-term consequences of tDCS-augmented cognitive training. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 29(9), 1498-1508.

Rhodes, R., and Katz, B. (2017). Working memory plasticity and aging. Psychology and Aging, 32(1), 51-59.

Katz, B., Jaeggi, S., Buschkuehl, M., Stegman, A., and Shah, P. (2014). Differential effect of motivational features on training improvements in school-based cognitive training. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 10.