Arturo X. Pereiro, PhD
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Affiliation(s):
University of Santiago de Compostela
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Areas of Interest:
Subjective Cognitive Decline (SCD); Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI); Mild Behavioral Impairment (MBI); Aging
Biography & Research:
PhD in Developmental Psychology, University of Santiago de Compostela (USC) in 1999 with the thesis “Narrative ability in aging: Processing factors”. Full Professor at the University of Almeria from 2003 to 2008. Master Degree in Gerontology and currently (since 2008) Full time professor at the USC, teaching, among other degree and post-graduate courses, in the Master in Psychogerontology. I hold different academic and research positions as Head of the Department of Developmental Psychology (2012-2020), or Coordinator of the Interuniversity PhD Program "Psychological Development, Learning and Health" (2015-present) and I am member of the Research Group on Applied Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychogereontology (USC).
My research was focused mainly on the study of cognition and language changes in the Elderly, particularly in those who show cognitive complaints. Currently, I am interested in studying cognitive aging longitudinally, detecting early signs of cognitive decline progression in SCD, and MCI to dementia, the role of cognitive reserve in early manifestation of dementia, and the development computerized cognitive interventions to prevent dementia and other age-related diseases. I am member of the Galician research networks about frailty (http://frailnet.es) and dementia (http://regidem.imaisd.es) and participate in the collaborative initiative Spanish Consortium for Aging Normative Data (SCAND) (https://www.scandcognition.org).
