We are very pleased to inform you that for the monthly Masterclass of the Master AIRE, we will welcome Julia Hermida, Professor at the Institute of Education at the National University of Hurlingham (Universidad Nacional de Hurlingham -UNAHUR-), and researcher at the National Council of Scientific and Technical Research, Argentina.
Julia will give a lecture on Cognitive development and childhood poverty: insights from Argentina.
We look forward to seeing you this Thursday, Oct 19th 2023 at 10am in the LPI amphitheater.
Abstract
Poverty has been largely associated with lower outcomes at cognitive tests. In particular, various studies have shown that children from low socioeconomic backgrounds tend to have low achievements in executive function tests. However, different types of interventions have been shown to be capable of reversing those associations. In this talk, Dr. Julia Hermida will address correlational evidence in Argentina regarding poverty and child cognitive development. Also, she will summarize interventions that have been carried out in Argentina, aimed at training executive functions in children from different low socioeconomic backgrounds. While addressing those topics, Dr. Hermida will share her insights about following a scientific career in a middle-to-low-income country.
Lecturer: Maria Julia Hermida
Affiliation: Universidad Nacional de Hurlingham-Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (UNAHUR-CONICET). IBRO-IBE/UNESCO Science of Learning Fellow
Bio: Julia Hermida is a Professor at the Institute of Education at the National University of Hurlingham (Universidad Nacional de Hurlingham -UNAHUR-), and a researcher at the National Council of Scientific and Technical Research, Argentina. She graduated in Psychology at the University of Buenos Aires (Universidad de Buenos Aires), earned a doctoral degree in Psychology from the National University of San Luis (Universidad Nacional de San Luis), all of them located in Argentina. In 2022 she become a UNESCO Science of Learning Fellow.
She applies insights and techniques from cognitive neuroscience to reduce educational, health, and social inequality through educational interventions in different poverty contexts, and tests the efficacy of those approaches using mostly behavioral methods.
