Biography & Research:
Dr. Sandra Baez serves as Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of Los Andes (Colombia) and as Researcher at the Institute of Cognitive and Translational Neuroscience (INCYT, Argentina). She holds a degree in Psychology (National University of Colombia), a master in Neuropsychology (Italian Hospital of Buenos Aires), and a Ph.D. in Psychology (Argentinean Catholic University). Moreover, she received training in functional and structural neuroimaging at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences (Leipzig, Germany). Her interests and research experience are focused on the neuropsychological aspects as well as the neurophysiologic and neuroanatomic correlates of social cognition processes in patients with neurological and psychiatric disorders. She has published more than 50 original scientific papers in recognized international journals of her specialty.