His research has been devoted to the study of thought and language. He is the author of a learning theory that has helped clarify some of the processes allowing organisms to acquire new answers, including the complex communication answers of human beings. He has carried out analyses of behavior losses –caused by brain damages– and has developed innovative techniques for function recovery, including one aimed at recovery from motor paralyses. He has undertaken a great deal of work to build infrastructure for teaching and research, such as the development of a new psychology teaching model at the Universidad Veracruzana [Veracruz University] and the so-called Programa de Alta Exigencia Académica [High Exigency Academic Program], whose main characteristic was requiring students to find solutions to practical and research problems starting during the early semesters of study at the Facultad de Psicología [Faculty of Psychology] of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) [National Autonomous University of Mexico].

Dr. Alcaraz Romero is a former director of the Facultad de Ciencias of the Universidad Veracruzana [Faculty of Science of the Veracruz University], director of Fomento Institucional de la SEP [Institutional Development of the Ministry of Public Education], director of Asuntos Internacionales [Foreign Affairs] of the Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (Conacyt) [National Council of Science and Technology] and Scientific Counselor of the Mexican Government for Western Europe and UNESCO. He has been Consejero Técnico [Technical Advisor] and Consejero Universitario [University Counselor] of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) [National Autonomous University of Mexico]. He also served as vice president of the Comisión Latinoamericana de Ciencia y Tecnología of the CEPAL [Latin American Commission of Science and Technology of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)], and Director General de Investigaciones [Director General of Research] of the Universidad Veracruzana[Veracruz University]. He is a member of the Consejo Consultivo de Ciencias de la Presidencia de la República (CCC) [Science Consulting Council of the President’s Office] and Director General of the Consejo Veracruzano de Ciencia y Tecnología (COVECyT) [Veracruz Council of Science and Technology].

Dr. Alcaraz Romero has received the Premio Nacional de Investigación en Psicología [National Prize for Psychology Research], the Social Sciences International Prize of Japan, the Premio Nacional del Consejo de Enseñanza e Investigación en Psicología [National Prize of the Psychology Teaching and Research Council], the Order of Merit of the French Government and the Premio Nacional de Ciencias y Artes [National Award for Science and Arts].

He has published 100 research papers, 9 scientific books and has even produced literary works. One of them, his novel “Al Acoso del Sueño”, received a prize in a literary contest held during the Feria Internacional del Libro de Guadalajara [Guadalajara International Book Fair].