Brenda Carla Rapp[1] professor and chair of the Department of Cognitive Neuroscience at Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, Johns Hopkins University.
[4] During the summer after completing high school, Rapp grew interested in helping children with learning and language disabilities.
[4] Rapp gained her doctorate in psychology in 1990 from Johns Hopkins University.
[6] Rapp has published over 150 papers in scientific journals, such as the Brain, Cognitive Neuropsychology and Frontiers in Psychology, and has been cited over 6,000 times.
[7] She has commented on her research findings in various media outlets, including The Guardian, CNN and the Baltimore Sun.