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MARIA MONTEFINESE
Position
Ricercatrice a tempo det. art. 24 c.3 lett. A L. 240/2010
Address
VIA VENEZIA, 8 - PADOVA
Telephone
WORK EXPERIENCE
20/12/2023 – Present: Assistant Professor, Department of Developmental and Social Psychology, Padua University, Italia
04/06/2021 – 19/12/2023: Head of Executive & Semantic Control laboratory, IRCCS San Camillo Hospital, Venice
01/11/2018 – 31/10/2020: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of General Psychology, Padua University.
15/10/2016 – 14/10/2018: Research Associate, Department of Experimental Psychology, University College London (UK).
01/02/2015 – 31/01/2016: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Neurosciences, Padua University.
01/12/2013 – 01/02/2014: Visiting PhD Student, Department of Psychology, York University (UK).
EDUCATION
2021-Present: Licensed Psychologist (Albo A del Veneto, n.12690).
2020-2030: National Scientific Habilitation (ASN 2018) as an Associate Professor in ‘General Psychology, Psychobiology and Psychometrics’ (11/E1).
09/04/2014: PhD in Functional Neuroimaging, Chieti University.
14/06/2010: Master’s degree in Psychology, Chieti University.
30/01/2007: Bachelor’s degree in Psychological Sciences and Techniques, Chieti University.
AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS
04/2023: Seal of Excellence (score: 92.80%) for the project proposal CTRL-ALT-DEV - “Information control processes: an alternative and multidimensional approach to study their development”, European Commission.
04/2022: Fellow in the Psychonomic Society (FPsyP).
10/2018 – 10/2023: Honorary Research Fellow, University College London.
09/2015: Visceral Mind’s Summer School (selezione basata sul merito), Bangor University (UK).
FUNDING
2022-2025: Principal Investigator (PI). Funding projects presented by young researchers. European Union - NextGenerationEU. Padua University.
2020-2024: PI. Young Researchers 2019. Italian Ministry of Health. IRCSS San Camillo Hospital, Venice Lido.
2016-2018: Experienced Researcher. Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie (IF). European Research Council. University College London.
2013: EPS Grant for Study Visit. Experimental Psychology Society. York University.
EDITORIAL ACTIVITY
Consulting Editor: Behavior Research Methods; Review Editor: Frontiers in Psychology;
Ad-hoc Reviewer: Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, NeuroImage, Scientific Reports, Journal of Neuropsychology, Cognitive Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience, Behavior Research Methods, Journal of Comparative Neurology, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, PLoS ONE, Biological Psychology, International Journal of Psychophysiology, Cognitive Science, Cognition and Emotion, Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, Topics in Cognitive Science, The Clinical Neuropsychologist, Cognitive Processing, Language and Cognition, Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, Journal of Cognition, Psychological Research, Royal Society Open Science, Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience.
Notices
Office hours
Friday from 13:30 to 15:30
at Dipartimento di Psicologia dello Sviluppo e della Socializzazione, Via Venezia 8, 35131, Padova (PD), Italia - Piano 03 - Stanza 020
Si riceve su appuntamento (e-mail).
Publications
https://scholar.google.cl/citations?user=v69C-AoAAAAJ&hl=id
Research Area
Research Interests:
Semantic memory
False memory
Language
Emotions
Executive functions and attention
Aging
Thesis proposals
Thesis students and interns are welcome, especially if they are motivated and interested in the following topics:
- Semantic memory
- False memory
- Emotions
- Control processes
The supervision of students for experimental theses will be limited to the topics mentioned above. For experimental theses, it is preferable to have basic knowledge of research methodology and data analysis, as well as a good understanding of Excel or similar software and good skills in literature search and reading scientific articles in English.
Students with knowledge in programming and statistics are particularly encouraged.
More information will be provided during the course and through Moodle.
