Taylor Kuhn, Ph.D., ABPP
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Taylor Kuhn, Ph.D., ABPP
Research Associate
Taylor Kuhn, Ph.D., ABPP is a board-certified clinical neuropsychologist whose research pioneered transcranial focused ultrasound (tFUS) for non-invasive deep-brain neuromodulation in humans. At UCLA he directed a tFUS laboratory, led the Lifespan Human Connectome Projects, and founded the ENIGMA Neuromodulation Working Group. His work integrates neuroimaging, neuropsychometrics, neuromodulation, and regenerative medicine to map and modulate states of human and artificial cognition. He founded the focused-ultrasound venture Sanmai, Apex Brain Health interdisciplinary clinic, the cognitive-fingerprinting platforms Architex/CognitestAI/NeuralPrint, the AI-psychometrics framework Nomos, and the Neuro Art Vault. As Neuro-Art Advisor to Sensoria Research and liaison to artist Refik Anadol, he bridges neuroscience with immersive experiential art. Dr. Kuhn builds environments where clinical precision, neurotechnology, and the study of consciousness converge.
Undergraduate
University of Florida (B.S., Psychology)
Graduate
University of Florida (Ph.D., Psychology); clinical internship at the Boston Consortium for Clinical Psychology with fellowships at Harvard University and Boston University; postdoctoral fellowship at UCLA, where he served as chief research fellow and assistant chief clinical fellow.
Representative Publications
Kuhn, T., Spivak, N. M., Dang, B. H., Becerra, S., Halavi, S. E., Rotstein, N., … Bookheimer, S. (2023). Transcranial focused ultrasound selectively increases perfusion and modulates functional connectivity of deep brain regions in humans. Frontiers in Neural Circuits, 17, 1120410. https://doi.org/10.3389/fncir.2023.1120410
Gorka, S. M., Jimmy, J., Koning, K., Phan, K. L., Rotstein, N., Hoang-Dang, B., … Kuhn, T. P. (2024). Alterations in large-scale resting-state network nodes following transcranial focused ultrasound of deep brain structures. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 18, 1486770. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2024.1486770
Krause-Sorio, B., Becerra, S., Siddarth, P., Simmons, S., Kuhn, T., & Lavretsky, H. (2025). Your brain on art, nature, and meditation: A pilot neuroimaging study. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 18, 1440177. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2024.1440177
Bookheimer, S. Y., Salat, D. H., Terpstra, M., Ances, B. M., Barch, D. M., Buckner, R. L., … Yacoub, E. (2019). The Lifespan Human Connectome Project in Aging: An overview. NeuroImage, 185, 335–348. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2018.10.009
Skills
Your ideal research study
Using closed-loop focused ultrasound to capture, modulate, and re-instantiate discrete conscious states, validated with neuropsychometrics, across human and artificial agents.
What drew you to consciousness
As a neuropsychologist, I spent years measuring the cognitive and affective architecture of the mind from the outside. Consciousness research is the natural next step: not only assessing mental states but capturing, modeling, and re-instantiating them and asking whether the same dimensional structure emerges inside artificial minds.
Hobbies
Sailing, drumming, scuba diving, reading and writing, bonsai cultivation, keeping and breeding reptiles, reef aquaria, horror cinema, and collecting rare mechanical objects.
Additional Links
Personal/practice: kuhncognitive.com
Ventures: sanmai.tech · apexbrainhealth.com · myarchitex.com · neuralprint.io · cognitestai.com · adessamind.com · nuropower.com · neuroartvault.com
Scholarly profiles: ResearchGate · SciProfiles · Frontiers Loop · ABPP directory
Media/other: Instagram · YouTube talk · Refik Anadol collaboration · UF 40 Gators Under 40 (2026 honoree)