Maria Josefina Castillo Cerutti
Doctoral Candidate
Academic Education |
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| Since 2025 |
Doctoral candidate, Max Planck School of Cognition, Leipzig, Germany.
Lab rotations in the orientation phase: Gesa Hartwigsen, Vadim Nikulin, Emrah Düzel. External rotation at the Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language |
| 2022 - 2026 | Specialization in Basic and Applied Neuropsychology |
| 2020 - 2025 | Master in Language and Cognition, orientation Bilingualism |
| 2019 - 2021 | Specialization in Teaching German as a Foreign Language |
| 2011 - 2015 | Master in English Language and Literature with a focus on Teaching and Linguistics. |
Research Experience |
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| Since 2023 | Research Assistant, Neuropsychology and Language Research Laboratory (LINL) (Prof. Dr. Macarena Martínez-Cuitiño), INECO Foundation, Buenos Aires, Argentina. |
| 2024 | Research Intern, Department of Psychology (Prof. Dr. Christian Doeller), Max-Planck Institute of Human Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Leipzig, Germany. |
| 2023 - 2025 | Research Volunteer, Basic and Applied Psychology Research Institute (IIPBA), ReDLat Consortium (Dr. Diana Bruno, Dr. Agustín Ibañez), San Juan, Argentina. |
Teaching |
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| Since 2023 | Associate Teacher, Language in Cognitive Sciences: Bilingualism (Prof. Dr. Macarena Martínez-Cuitiño), Masters in Neuroscience, Favaloro University, Buenos Aires, Argentina. |
Scholarships |
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| 2021 | “Young Leaders of the Americas” (YLAI) for Leadership Prowess, US Department of State. |
| 2018 | “Student of the Year” for academic achievement, Goethe-Institut Buenos Aires. |
Academic Awards |
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| 2015 | Cum Laude Student: Bachelor and Master in English Language and Literature, Faculty of Philosophy, Humanities and Arts, National University of San Juan, Argentina. |
| 2014 | Honor Guard for Academic Achievement, Faculty of Philosophy, Humanities and Arts, National University of San Juan, Argentina. |
Publications
Vita, L., Pérez Parra, M. M., Castillo, J., Roca, M., & Bruno, D. (2024). The impact of social vulnerability in the elderly cognition. Acta Scientific Neurology, 35–44. https://doi.org/10.31080/asne.2024.07.0716
Fittipaldi, S., Legaz, A., Maito, M., Hernandez, H., Altschuler, F., Canziani, V., Moguilner, S., Gillan, C. M., Castillo, J., Lillo, P., Custodio, N., Avila-Funes, J. A., Cardona, J. F., Slachevsky, A., Henriquez, F., Fraile-Vazquez, M., Cruz de Souza, L., Borroni, B., Hornberger, M., ... Ibanez, A. (2024). Heterogeneous factors influence social cognition across diverse settings in brain health and age-related diseases. Nature Mental Health, 2(1), 63–75. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44220-023-00164-3
Martínez-Cuitiño, M., Zamora, D. J., Castillo Cerutti, J., Romero, N. N., & Barreyro, J. P. (in press). Not just a pretty picture: Effects of colored drawings and photographs on living and non-living things naming. East European Journal of Psycholinguistics.
Conferences, Talks and Posters
Zamora, D., Trevisán, L., Camilotto, N., Castillo, J., Fernández, A., Romero, N., Sánchez, M. V., Soriano, F., Millan, P., & Martínez Cuitiño, M. (2024). Módulo de rehabilitación de las dificultades pragmáticas en la aplicación móvil HABLAN [Poster presentation]. 26o Congreso Argentino de Neuropsiquiatría y Neurociencia Cognitiva, ANA (Asociación Neuropsiquiátrica Argentina).
Zamora, D., Romero, N., Camilotto, N., Trevisán, L., Vassolo, A., Ordiales, Q., Fernández, A., Castillo, J., Creide, F., Querejeta, L., Luna, C. J., Todisco, S., Millan, P., & Martínez-Cuitiño, M. (2024, November 27-29). HABLAN: aplicación móvil argentina para la estimulación y el tratamiento del lenguaje. Presentación del módulo de entrenamiento léxico[Poster presentation]. XVI Congreso Internacional de Investigación y Práctica Profesional en Psicología, XXXI Jornadas de Investigación y XX Encuentro de Investigadores en Psicología del MERCOSUR, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Martínez-Cuitiño, M., Zamora, D. J., Castillo Cerutti, J., Trevisán, L., & Barreyro, J. P. (2025, September 14–18). Emojis vs. black-and-white and colored drawings: Comparing living and non-living things in oral naming [Conference poster]. Science of Aphasia, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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