Academic staff from our Psychology Department at 4th Cognitive Psychology Conference of the Hellenic Psychological Society (ELPSE)

In the context of the 4th Cognitive Psychology Conference of the Hellenic Psychological Society (ELPSE), Dr Ana Vivas, Head of our Psychology Department and Dr Elisavet Chrysochoou, Lecturer at the Department and Academic Director of the postgraduate programmes in Neuropsychology; currently coordinator of the ELPSE Cognitive Psychology Branch and member of the Conference Organizing Committee, along with Dr Aristea Ladas, Lecturer at the Psychology Department and Ms Vasiliki Salvari (BSc in Psychology graduate and current MSc in Neuropsychology student) successfully presented several studies challenging the so-called bilingual advantage in cognition, in the context of a relevant Symposium organised by Dr Chrysochoou.

The symposium successfully accomplished its aim, offering the research community with valuable insight into bilingualism, a field with not only great theoretical and research interest, but also, with significant impact, of the societal, instrumental, and policy-making type.

The conference offered opportunities for fruitful discussions with members of the national, as well as international psychological society on research topics of significant impact. 

From left to right: Dr Chrysochoou and Dr Vivas next to colleagues and Manuel Carreiras (Research Professor and Director of the Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language, Donostia / San Sebastian).