We study the interactive neurocognitive systems underlying Selective Attention and Motivated Cognition.
Chiara Della Libera
Personal information
- Position
- Assistant Professor
- Contact info
Phone +39-0458027219
Skype chiara.dellalibera
Email chiara.dellalibera [AT] univr.it
www.adaptivecognition.com- Curriculum vitae
- http://www.attention-lab.net/cv_chiara
- Education
- May 2006 PhD in Neuroscience, Department of Neurological and Vision Sciences, University of Verona
- October 2004 European Diploma in Cognitive Brain Sciences - EDCBS, Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg, Delmenhorst, Germany and Universidàd de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
- February 2001 Laurea (BA and MSc equivalent) in General and Experimental Psychology, Neuropsychology, University of Padua
- Research interests
- Cognitive and neural mechanisms underlying visual selective attention
- Effects of rewards, motivation and learning on attentional functioning
- Fellowships and awards
- 2010 - Young Researchers Award, Italian Association for Psychology (AIP) – branch of Experimental Psychology
- 2006 - AIP Award for the Best PhD Thesis in Psychology, Italian Association for Psychology (AIP)
- 2005 - Young Researchers Grant, European Society for Cognitive Psychology (ESCoP)
- 2003/2004 - Travel grants for participating to the EDCBS program offered by VolkswagenStiftung – Hannover and Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg – Delmenhorst, Germany, and Universidàd de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
- 2003 - Admission to the European Diploma in Cognitive Brain Sciences (EDCBS)
- Member of the following scientific societies
- European Brain and Behaviour Society (EBBS)
- Psychonomic Society
- Italian Association for Psychology (AIP) – branch of Experimental Psychology
- Association of Italian Practitioner Psychologists – Veneto Region
- Association for Neuroscience “Giuseppe Moruzzi”, Verona
- Private
I am married and have two daughters, Emilia (20th August 2007) and Lucia (7th May 2009).
Before entering full time in the world of science I used to play the traversier flute and the piccolo at a semi-professional level, under the lead of Prof. M° Roberto Bonomi.
History
- Member for
- 13 years 24 weeks