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Education
Laurea in Psicologia, 1987, Universita' La Sapienza, Rome, Italy: “Le Icone: Uno studio psicologico dell’arte sacra”
Ph.D., 1993 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Michigan, USA: “Complementary cerebral lateralization of perceptual systems underlying categorical and coordinate spatial relations”
Positions held
2008 Professor in Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
2006-present Adjunct Professor, Institute of Biological and Medical Psychology, University of Bergen
2002-2007 Professor in Psychology, University of Tromsø
1997-2002 Associate Professor in Psychology, University of Tromsø
1994-1997 1) Postdoctoral fellow, Psychology (mentor: Dr. S.M. Kosslyn, Ph.D.), Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A.; 2) Harvard Medical School Postgraduate in Neurophthalmology, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
1993-1994 Postdoctoral Fellow, Psychology (mentor: Dr. M. Peters, Ph.D.), University of Guelph, Canada
1991-1992 Research Assistant, Psychology (mentor: Dr. C.M. Butter, Ph.D.), University of Michigan, U.S.A.
Languages
Italian: 1st language (quite good)
English: 2nd language (not too bad)
Norwegian: 3rd language (jeg prøver så godt som jeg kan)
Scientific activity
My research mainly takes place within the fields of research that are called cognitive science, neuropsychology, and cognitive neuroscience. I am currently conducting several projects in the areas of visual attention, perception, memory and imagery. My scientific production has appeared mainly in the form of articles published in peer-reviewed international scientific journals (in journals of psychology, neurology, and biology). I have also authored 2 book chapters and 1 book (in Italian).
Editorial activity
Member of Editorial Board, Acta Psychologica: International Journal of Psychonomics. Holland: Elsevier.
Advisory Editor of Cognitive Processing, Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag.
“Guest Editor” for the special issue: “New insights in categorical and coordinate processing of spatial relations,” Neuropsychologia, 44(9), 2006, pp. 1515-1621. Amsterdam: Elsevier Science.
I have been an “ad hoc” reviewer for:
Acta Psychologica; Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology; Behavioral Neuroscience; Behavioural Brain Research; Behavioral and Brain Functions; Brain and Cognition; Brain Research; Child Development; Cognition; Cognition and Emotion; Cognitive Brain Research; Cognitive Development; Cognitive Neuropsychology; Cognitive Processing; Cognitive Science; Cortex; Current Anthropology; Current Eye Research; European Journal of Cognitive Psychology; European Journal of Psychology; Experimental Brain Research; Frontiers in Cognitive Neuroscience; Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience; Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance; Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society (JINS); Laterality; Memory and Cognition; Neuropsychologia; Tidsskrift for Norsk Psykologiforening; Perception & Psychophysics; PLoS One; Psychological Science; Scandinavian Journal of Psychology; Sex Roles; Swiss Journal of Psychology.
Prizes and Funding
Research Grant from Helse og Rehabilitering, Extrastiftelsen, 2011
Research Grant from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 2007
Research Grant from Norges Forskningsråd and UiTø/Sv-fak, 2006
Grant supporting Research Collaboration between Norway-Japan from Forskings-og studieavdelinga, UiTø 2006
“Teaching Award” from Department of Psychology, The University of Tromsø, 2003
Research Grant from Norges Forskningsråd, Medisine og Helse, Nr. 149439, 2003
Research grant from Norges Forskningsråd, Medisine og Helse, Nr. 148218, 2002
Research grant from Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi, Nr. 216/2001, 2001
“Young Researcher Award” at The University of Tromsø, 2000
Research Grant from Norges Forskningsråd, Medisine og Helse, Nr. 137350/300, 2000
Research Grant, James S. McDonnell Foundation and The Pew Charitable Trusts, JSMF grant No. 94-34, 1994-1997
Predoctoral Fellowship, Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, 1992-1993
Grant for Study Abroad Program, CNR (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Italy), 1990-1991
“Dignita' di Stampa”, Laurea Summa Cum Laude, 1997
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Bruno Laeng