Pedro Espinosa Mireles de Villafranca
Doctoral Candidate (cohort representative)Academic Education
| Since 2024 |
Doctoral candidate, Max Planck School of Cognition, Leipzig, Germany
Lab rotations in the orientation phase: Emrah Düzel, Ulman Lindenberger und Christian Doeller. |
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| 2022-2024 | Predoctoral researcher at Humboldt Universität zu Berlin with Prof. Roberto Cabeza |
| 2019-2022 | Master of Science in Mind and Brain, Berlin School of Mind and Brain, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Germany |
| 2018-2019 | Research assistant, Neuroscience Lab at Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City, Mexico |
| 2014-2018 | Bachelor of Science in Psychology, Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City, Mexico |
Scholarships and Awards
| 2022 | Humboldt Research TrackScholarship |
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| 2020-2022 | CONACYT-DAAD full scholarship for a M.Sc. |
| 2018 | CENEVAL National Prize for outstanding attainment in Psychology |
Publications
Sosa, R., Espinosa de Villafranca, P., Saavedra, P., Chávez, M.E., Leal-Galicia, P., Lago, G., Mata, F., Mata-Luévanos, J., Rodríguez-Serrano, L.M., Tapia-De-Jesús, A. & Buenrostro-Jáuregui, M.H. (in prep.). Assessing acute effects of methylphenidate and modafinil on inhibitory capacity, time estimation, attentional lapse, and compulsive-like behavior in rats.
Poster presentations
Espinosa de Villafranca, P., Naspi, L., Wing, E., Cabeza, R. (2023). The effects of hierarchical feature overlap on false recognition: Perceptual and conceptual contributions to familiarity. [Poster presentation]. Cognitive Neuroscience Society, San Francisco.
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