Lynn K. Paul

Lynn K. Paul is a Senior Research Scientist at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), affiliated with the Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences. She serves as Director of the Chen Participant Center within the T&C Chen Center for Social and Decision Neuroscience. Her research focuses on understanding how cortical connectivity influences social cognition and brain reorganization, particularly in disorders like agenesis of the corpus callosum and hemispherectomy. She employs neuroimaging, eye-tracking, and behavioral paradigms to study neural adaptation and cognitive outcomes.

Her work emphasizes conditions such as corpus callosum agenesis, hemispherectomy, and autism spectrum disorders. Notable contributions include investigations into functional connectivity in split-brain patients and longitudinal studies on socioemotional changes during the pandemic. She leads the DCC Infant and Child Studies, tracking developmental milestones in children with corpus callosum disorders to improve intervention strategies.

Key collaborations include her role as President of the International Research Consortium for the Corpus Callosum and Cerebral Connectivity (IRC5). Her research bridges clinical neuroscience and social decision-making, with studies published in journals like Scientific Data, Cell Reports, and Journal of Neuroscience. While no formal scientific awards are listed, her extensive publication record underscores her scholarly impact. Ongoing projects include smartphone-based autism research and machine learning approaches to behavioral diagnostics.