Objective
The understanding of human brain development is a crucial challenge in today’s society. It is fundamental to determine
appropriate political and social policies in Education and Health for the future of our society: our children. Specifically,
we need to be able to measure and understand how basic cognitive processes, such as the Executive Function (EF),
operates in children. Basic research in visual foraging tasks has revealed essential knowledge about EF in adults, but it has
never been applied in children. In the present project, I will apply for the first time in psychological science an innovative
and multidisciplinary, theoretically-based paradigm to understand and measure EF in children: foraging. The research is
based on theoretical models, behavioral data, eye-movement recordings and neuroimaging (fMRI). At my TC host,
Wolfe’s Lab (Harvard), we will create new child-friendly, videogame-based foraging tasks, and I will be trained in
foraging and eye-movement data analyses. With my Host at UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID, in Fernando Maestú’s Lab, we
will assess the new tasks to determine their validity and applications to train EF in children by means of behavioral and
neuro-functional measures using fMRI. My aim is to advance the theoretical knowledge about EF processes in children,
and improve cognitive assessment products. Commercialization of the newly developed tests will be exploited together
with the industrial partner, Cambridge Cognition, a company producing cognitive assessment tools. I will be trained in the
different steps of preparing a business plan to transfer our product to society. The outcome will be significant for the
development of technology, products, and strategies to meet the needs of the youngest members of our population.
Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)
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- natural sciences computer and information sciences data science
- social sciences psychology cognitive psychology
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Programme(s)
Multi-annual funding programmes that define the EU’s priorities for research and innovation.
Multi-annual funding programmes that define the EU’s priorities for research and innovation.
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H2020-EU.1.3. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
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H2020-EU.1.3.2. - Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility
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Topic(s)
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Calls for proposals are divided into topics. A topic defines a specific subject or area for which applicants can submit proposals. The description of a topic comprises its specific scope and the expected impact of the funded project.
Funding Scheme
Funding scheme (or “Type of Action”) inside a programme with common features. It specifies: the scope of what is funded; the reimbursement rate; specific evaluation criteria to qualify for funding; and the use of simplified forms of costs like lump sums.
Funding scheme (or “Type of Action”) inside a programme with common features. It specifies: the scope of what is funded; the reimbursement rate; specific evaluation criteria to qualify for funding; and the use of simplified forms of costs like lump sums.
MSCA-IF-GF - Global Fellowships
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Call for proposal
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Procedure for inviting applicants to submit project proposals, with the aim of receiving EU funding.
(opens in new window) H2020-MSCA-IF-2017
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Net EU financial contribution. The sum of money that the participant receives, deducted by the EU contribution to its linked third party. It considers the distribution of the EU financial contribution between direct beneficiaries of the project and other types of participants, like third-party participants.
28040 MADRID
Spain
The total costs incurred by this organisation to participate in the project, including direct and indirect costs. This amount is a subset of the overall project budget.