Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION

2010  PhD in Biomedicine (Cognitive Science and Language program).University Pompeu Fabra. Barcelona

                                       2005    MA in Experimental Psychology. University of Barcelona. Barcelona
2003    BA in Psychology. University of Murcia. Murcia
Other
2010    Statistical package SPSS. University Pompeu Fabra. Barcelona (Spain).
2010    First Certificate in English. British Council. Barcelona (Spain).
2010  Level Certificate of Proficiency in Catalan. CIFOL. University Pompeu Fabra.    Barcelona (Spain).
2010  EEG/MEG: Practical tools for advanced analysis. XVI Annual Meeting of the    Organization for Human Brain Mapping. Barcelona (Spain).
2009  Special Topics in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience. University British      Columbia. Vancouver (Canada).
2007 BESA (Brain Electrical Source Analysis.  Bionic Iberia S.A. University of Barcelona. Barcelona (Spain).
2007   BrainVision user workshop. University of Barcelona. Barcelona (Spain).
2005   BrainVision user workshop. University of Barcelona. Barcelona (Spain).
2005  BESA (Brain Electrical Source Analysis). Bionic Iberia S.A. University of Barcelona. Barcelona(Spain).
2005 Speech Therapy Specialty: Dyslexia, Hearing impairment  ; Autism.Verbum Foundation & Education Science Institute University of Santiago de Compostela. (Spain).
2004   Brain functioning: Advances in magnetic resonance imaging. University of Barcelona and Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques Agust Pi i Sunyer. Barcelona. (Spain).
2004  Cued Speech. FASEN: Federation of Hearing Loss Association from Region of Murcia. Murcia. (Spain).
2001  Scholarship under the program Sócrates-Erasmus. Université Llibre de Bruxelles (Belgium).
2001   Spanish Sign Language. Hearing Loss Association of Murcia. Murcia (Spain).

WORK EXPERIENCE

2014-16     Associated teacher. University of Murcia. Murcia (Spain)

                                       2014-16     Associated teacher. University of Murcia. Murcia (Spain)
2011   Research assistant. Sant Joan de Déu Foundation. Barcelona (Spain).
2010   Research fellow. Institut de Recerca Biomèdica. Barcelona (Spain).
2012   Researcher. Sant Joan de Déu Foundation. Barcelona  (Spain).
2011    ssociated teacher. University of Barcelona. Barcelona (Spain).
2011   Research assistant. Sant Joan de Déu Foundation. Barcelona (Spain).
2010   Research fellow. Institut de Recerca Biomèdica. Barcelona (Spain).
2010   Research fellow. University Pompeu Fabra. Barcelona (Spain).
2009   Specialized Technician. University of Barcelona. Barcelona (Spain).
2009   Scholarship in the Infant Studies Center, funded by the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science. University of British Columbia. Vancouver (Canada)
2009   Scholarship from the Mobility Students program.
2008   Internship teacher. University of Barcelona. Barcelona (Spain).
2005   FPI research fellowship. University of Barcelona. Barcelona (Spain).
2005   Research fellow. University of Barcelona. Barcelona (Spain).
2004   Research fellow. University of Barcelona. Barcelona (Spain).
2004   Internship. Association of parents of children with hearing loss. Murcia (Spain).
2003    Internship. Department of Experimental Psychology of the University of Murcia. (Spain).
2001    Internship. Clinical Psychology Center of Murcia. Murcia. (Spain).

PARTICIPATION IN FOUNDED RESEARCH PROJECTS

2012-2014  "Mecanismos Perceptivos de recalibración temporal" (PSI2009-12859                        (subprogram PSIC) Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (MICINN). Dr. Jordi  Navarra Ordoño
2009-2013       “BRAINGLOT: Bilingüismo y Neurociencia Cognitiva (CSD2007-00012).                 Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (MICINN). Dr. Núria Sebastián-Gallés.
2009-2013     “Grup de Recerca en Neurociència Cognitiva” (“Cognitive Neurosciencen                Research  Group”). Departament d’Innovació, Universitats i Empresa  (Generalitat de Catalunya). Dr. Albert Costa.
2010-2012     “La percepción del habla: no solo qué, sino también cómo” (“Speech perception: not only what, but also how”). Ministerio de Ciencia e  Innovación (MICINN). Dr. Núria Sebastián Gallés.
2007-2010   “Asimetrías en el procesamiento del lenguaje” (“Asymmetries in language   processing”). Dirección General de Investigación Científica y Técnica.  Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia (MEC).Dr. Núria Sebastián Gallés.
2007-2010   “CONSOLIDER BRAINGLOT: Adult language processing. Individual differences and linguistic experience”.  Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (MICINN). Dr. Núria Sebastián Gallés
2005-2008     “Grup de Recerca en Neurociència Cognitiva”. Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts                Universitaris i de Recerca de la Generalitat de Catalunya (AGAUR).  Dr. Núria Sebastián Gallés
2004-2007     “Plasticidad, periodos críticos y bilingüismo. Integración del conocimiento en        los subsistemas del lenguaje”  Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología (MCTE). Dr. Núria Sebastián Gallés
2002-2005     “Plasticity and specificity in subsystems of language in the developing brain”.         International Human Frontier Science Program Organization (IHFS). Dr. Núria Sebastián Gallés
2001-2006     “Early language acquisition and bilingualism program: bridging mind, brain             and behavior” James S. McDonnell Foundation. Dr. Núria Sebastián Gallés
2000-2001     “Evaluation and treatment for social phobia in teenager population in Murcia”          (“Evaluación y tratamiento de la fobia social en población adolescente de la Región de Murcia”). Dr. José Olivares Rodríguez

PUBLICATIONS

Refereed Journal Articles

2012   Vera-Constán, F.; Fernández-Prieto, I; García-Morera. J. ; Navarra, J.                   "Predictable variations in auditory pitch modulate thespatial processing   visual stimuli: An ERP study" [Abstract]. Seeing and Perceiving, 25:25-25
2012   Fernández-Prieto, I. Vera-Constán, F.; García-Morera. J. ; Navarra, J.                   "Spatial recoding of sound:Pitch-varying auditory cues modulate up/down  visual spatial attention" [Abstract]. Seeing and Perceiving, 25: 150-151
2009   Sebastián-Gallés, N.; Vera-Constan, F.; Larsson, J.P.; Costa, A. ; Deco, G.           “Lexical plasticity inearly bilinguals does not alter phoneme categories: II. Experimental Evidence”. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 21: 2343-2357.
2008   Larsson, J.; Vera, F.; Sebastián-Gallés, N. ; Deco, G. “Lexical Plasticity in             Early Bilinguals Does Not Alter Phoneme Categories I – Neurodynamical         Modelling”. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 20: 76-94.

Refereed Conference Papers

2012  Vera-Constán, F.; Fernández, I.,  ; Navarra, J. “The ups and downs of music       perception: EEG reveals that predictable variations in pitch modulate the       spatial processing of visual stimuli”. (Accepted) 8th FENS Forum of Neuroscience. Barcelona (Spain)
2012 Vera-Constán, F.; Fernández, I., García-Morera, J. & Navarra, J. “Predictable variations in auditory pitch modulate the spatial processing of visual stimuli: an ERPstudy (Accepted). IRMF 2012. Oxford (United Kingdom)
2012  Caprile, C., Cuevas-Esteban, J., Ochoa, S., Usall, J., Vera-Constán, F.  ; Navarra, J. "Déficits de filtraje visual en la esquizofrenia" ( Visual deficits of  filtering in schizophrenia). VI Workshop of Research in Mental Health. Barcelona  Spain)
2012  Vera-Constán, F.; Fernández, I.; Navarra, J. “Predictable variations in pitch modulate the spatial processing of visual stimuli.  SEPEX-BAPS 2012. Liège (Belgium).
2008 Vera-Constán, F., Sebastián Gallés, N. “Asymmetries in speech perception: Perceptual salience at lexical level?” I BRAINGLOT Workshop. Barcelona (Spain).
2008  Vera-Constán, F., Sebastián Gallés, N. “Asimetrías en la percepción de vocales en adultos: ¿se mantienen las 'anclas' perceptivas? (Asymmetries in vowel perception in adults: are the perceptual 'anchors' maintained?)” VII Congreso de la Sociedad Española de Piscología Experimental. Donostia- San Sebastián (Spain).
2008 Vera-Constán, F., Sebastián Gallés, N.“Asymmetries in speech perception: Perceptual salience at lexical level?” XXIX International Congress of Psychology. Berlin (Germany).
2007  Vera Constán, F., Sebastián Gallés, Larsson, J.; N., Deco, G. “Persistencia de las categorías fonéticas tras una extensa exposición a malas pronunciaciones: datos conductuales y electrofisiológicos” (Persistence of phonetic categories after extensive exposure to mispronunciations: behavioral and electrophysiological data). Psicolingüística VIII. Palma de Mallorca (Spain).
2007  Vera Constán, F., Diáz Menéndez, B.; Sebastián Gallés, N. “Plasticity in phoneme perception in the maternal language”. II Jornades de Recerca Psicologia-UB. Cervell-Cognició-Conducta. Barcelona (Spain).
2005 Vera-Constán, F., Díaz, B., Sebastián-Gallés, N. “Plasticidad en la percepción defonemas en la lengua materna” (Plasticity in phoneme perception in the maternal language). VII Simposio de Psicolingüística. Valencia (Spain).
2005  Larsson, J., Vera, F., Sebastián Gallés, N., Deco, G. “Neurodynamical modelling of long-term plasticity in speech perception” ISCA Workshop on Plasticity in Speech Perception. London (United Kingdom).
2004  Marín, J., Alveledo, F. Vera, F., Alegría, J. “El Papel de la Fonología en la Adquisición del Léxico Ortográfico. El Caso de los Grafemas G y C” (Role of Phonology in Orthographic Lexicon Acquisition: The case of grapheme G and C V Congreso de la Sociedad Española de Psicología Experimental. Madrid (Spain).
2004  Marín, J., Alveledo, F., Vera, F., Alegría, J. “The Acquisition of Lexical Orthography: The case of Phonological Ambiguos Graphemes”. XXI Annual Cognitive Section Conference. British Psychological Society. Leeds (United Kingdom).
2004  Marín J., Alveledo F., Vera F.  ; Alegría J. “The Acquisition of Lexical Orthography: The case of Phonological Ambiguos Graphemes.” Second Lisbon Meeting on Language Acquisition with Special Reference to Romance Language. Lisboa (Portugal).

Current articles

Vera-Constán, F.; Rodríguez-Cuadrado, S.;Romero-Rivas, C; Puigcerver, L.;Fernández-Prieto, I; Navarra, J. Seeing music: The perception of melodic 'ups and downs' modulates the spatial processing of visual stimuli (submitted)
Vera-Constán, F., Toro, JM.  ; Sebastián-Gallés, N. Perceptual salience has an influence on vowel processing even in adults.(in preparation)
Vera-Constán, F. ; Sebastián-Gallés, N. Asymmetries in lexical decision task caused byacoustical stimuli salience..(in preparation)

RESEARCH SKILLS

Experimental and design software: EXPE2, Presentation, E-Prime, DMDX
EEG data acquisition: Brain Vision, ASA-lab
EEG data analysis: Brain Vision (Windows), Eeprobe (Linux)
Audio file edition software: Praat, CoolEdit, AdobeAudition
Graphic file edition software: CorelDRAW
Statistical packages: SPSS
Matlab beginner

LANGUAGES

English
Spanish           
Catalan
French

OTHER INFORMATION

Since 2008   Member of “Spanish Society of Experimental Psychology”(“Sociedad   Española de Psicología Experimental SEPEX”).
2005            Member of “International Speech Communication Association” (ISCA).