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Department of Psychology, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, .
E-mail: trimite un mesaj.
Pagina web a instituţiei: http://psychology.ro
Pagina web personala: http://psychology.ro/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=20&Itemid=2&lang=en
Nascut(a) in: 1981
Interese: neuropsihologia dezvoltarii, neurostiintele cognitive ale dezvoltarii, dezvoltare atipica, sisteme dinamice in psihologia dezvoltarii
Detalii:
Domeniul de cercetare principal este dezvoltarea tipica şi atipica a funcţiilor executive. In studiul dezvoltarii tipice, ma intereseaza structura si dinamica celor trei dimensiuni ale functiilor executive (inhibitie, comutare atentionala, şi mai ales actualizare mnezica) la prescolari si scolari mici. Dintre traseele atipice, am investigat (dis)functiile executive in cazul tulburarilor neurodevelopmentale (epilepsie, sindrom Down). Un alt domeniu de interes a fost reprezentat de aplicaţii ale sistemelor dinamice in studiul dezvoltarii memoriei autobiografice.
In prezent, cercetarea mea se focalizează pe analiza funcţionării cognitive şi emoţionale la copiii cu nivel ridicat de anxietate, cu implicatii pentru realizarea unor programe de training specifice si pentru optimizarea performantei lor scolare.
Details:
My research focuses on the typical and atypical development of executive functions. With regard to typical development, I am interested in the structure and dynamics of the three executive functions (inihibition, set-shifting, and especially updating) in preschool and early school age. Looking at atypical development, I have investigated executive (dys)functions in neurodevelopmental disorders (epilepsy, Down syndrome). Another area of interest has been the application of the dynamic systems approach to the development of autobiographical memory.
My current research is focused on cognitive functioning and on emotion-cognition interactions in high-anxious children, relevant for developing specific training programs and for improving their academic performance.
Publicații selectate:
* Visu-Petra, L., Cheie, L., Benga, O., Alloway, T. P, Effects of anxiety on memory storage and updating in young children, Sage Publications, International Journal of Behavioral Development, in press, 2010.
* Visu-Petra, L., Tincas, I, Cheie, L., & Benga, O., Anxiety and visual-spatial memory updating in young children: An investigation using emotional facial expressions., Taylor & Francis, N. Derakshan, M.W. Eysenck., Cognition & Emotion, 24(2), 2010.
* Laura Visu-Petra, The Multidimensional Development of Executive Functioning: A Neuropsychological Approach, Editura Asociatiei de Stiinte Cognitive din Romania, 2008.
* Visu-Petra, L., Miclea, M., Cheie, L., & Benga, O. , Processing efficiency in preschoolers’ memory span: Individual differences related to age and anxiety, Elsevier, -, Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 103(1), 2009.
* Visu-Petra, L., Benga, O., Tincas¸ I. & Miclea, M, Visual-spatial processing in children and adolescents with Down's syndrome: A computerized assessment of memory skills, Blackwell Publishing Ltd., Jake Burack, Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 51 (12), 2007.
* Petra, L., Benga, O. & Tincas, I., A dynamic approach to the co-construction of autobiographical memory: Insights from dyadic conversations about the past., Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., New Jersey, Bruno G. Bara, Lawrence Barsalou, & Monica Bucciarelli (Eds), Proceedings of the CogSci 2005, XXVII Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, 2005.
* Ciairano, S., Visu-Petra, L., & Settani, M., Executive Inhibitory Control and Cooperative Behavior During Early School Years: A Follow-Up Study, Springer, Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 35, 2007.