Valéria Csépe#
| Membership Number: | 3695 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | THE HUMAN MIND AND ITS COMPLEXITY |
| Elected: | 2013 |
| Main Country of Residence: | HUNGARY |
| Homepage(s): | http://mta.hu/articles/chief-officers-105011 http://csepevaleria.hu |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2008 - (2014) deputy secretary general, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
- 2000 - 2008 head of research group, Research Institute of Psychology, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
- 2005 - 2008 head of department, Dept. of Cognitive Psychology, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Eötvös Loránd University
- 2007 - present distinguished professor, Research Institute of Psychology (now Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, RCNS-HAS)
- 2007 - present head of PhD Program on Cognitive Psychology, Doctoral School of Psychology, Eötvös Loránd University
- 2005 - present professor of cognitive psychology, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Eötvös Loránd University
- 1997 - 2005 assistant professor, Dept. of Experimental Psychology and Center for Cognitive Development, Eötvös Loránd Univ.
- 1990 - 1992 Humboldt Scholar, Biomagnatism Center, University of Münster
- 1976 - present researcher, now PI at the same research institute of HAS (see names above)
Fields of Scholarship
- Cognitive psychophysiology
- Developmental cognitive neuropsychology
- Neuroscience in education
- Neural correlates of spacial cognition (recent)
- Electrophysiological (mismatch negativity) correlates of auditory perception, prediction, trace and template formation
- Event related brain potentials (ERPs) elicited by segmental and suprasegmental features of speech
- Interdisciplinary investigation of typical and atypical (dyslexia, ADHD) development
- Childhood epilepsies (especially BCTE and LKS) and cognitive development
- Brain activity correlates of reading and mental arithmetics
- Effects of musical training on language development as measured by ERPs
Honours and Awards
- 2002 Kardos Lajos prize (Institute of Psychology, HAS)
- 2003 Knight’s Cross Order of the Republic of Hungary
- 2005 Ipolyi Arnold Outstanding Contribution to Research & Development Award (Hungarian Research Fund)
- 2006 Pro Society (Hungarian Psychological association)
- 2007 Corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
- 2008 Best Book Award for the “Reading brain” (2006) (Academic Publisher)
- 2010 Széchenyi Golden Placket - Széchenyi Scientific Society
- 2011 Golden Pin of Council of Students’ Research Council
- 2012 Ranschburg Pál medallion (Hungarian Psychological Association)
