PhD Defense Beatrice

Congratulations to our first WomCogDev graduate, Dr. Valentini!

On the 17th of May, Beatrice successfully defended her thesis, which is titled: "The development of attentional refeshing in school-aged children". Beatrice is the first PhD graduate of the WomCogDev lab!

Her jury consisted of Nelson Cowan (University of Missouri, MO, U.S.), Andria Shimi (University of Cyprus, Cyprus), Claudia Roebers (University of Bern, Switzerland), and Matthias Kliegl (University of Geneva, Switze

Nelson and Andria were visiting for a few days and Nelson gave a talk about Developmental Stability and Change in Allocating Attention in Working Memory (see photos below). rland). 

Nelson and Andria were visiting for a few days and Nelson gave a talk about Developmental Stability and Change in Allocating Attention in Working Memory (see photos below). 

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(Beatrice at the start of her presentation)

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(The WomCogDev lab at the apéro, from left to right: Prosper, Caro, Steph, Nora, Naomi, Beatric, Evie, Lorraine, and Kilian)

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(Nelson Cowan at the start of his talk)

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(Dinner with a part of the lab and Julie Franck)

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(Dinner with another part of the lab)

Laboratoire Mémoire de travail, Cognition et Développement 
Université de Genève
Faculté de psychologie et Sciences de l'éducation
Bureau 5158
40 Boulevard Pont d'Arve
1205 Genève

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