Rena Bayramova

Doctoral Candidate (MPSCog's doctoral candidates representative)

Research interests: • individual differences in decision-making and flexibility • neural replay • hierarchical planning • fMRI and MEG research • Bayesian statistics • reinforcement learning • explainable artificial intelligence • network neuroscience and network control theory

Academic education

since 2021 Doctoral candidate, Max Planck School of Cognition, Leipzig, Germany
                       Doctoral research performed at Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig
                       Supervisor: Christian Doeller
                       Lab rotations in the orientation phase: Christian Doeller, Peter Dayan, and Nicolas Schuck

2020–2021 Research internship, Department of Psychology (Prof. Christian F. Doeller), Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany

2019–2021 Master of Science in Cognitive Neuroscience and Clinical Neuropsychology, University of Padua, Italy

2018 Research Internship, Department of General Psychology (Prof. Mario Bonato & Prof. Massimo Grassi), University of Padua, Italy

2017–2019 Research internship, Department of Developmental Psychology and Socialization (Prof. Teresa Farroni), University of Padova, Italy

2016–2019 Bachelor of Science in Psychological Science, University of Padua, Italy

2012–2016 Bachelor of Arts in Translation (Rus-Eng), University of Languages, Baku, Azerbaijan

Scholarship

2020 Erasmus+ Traineeship from the University of Padova for an internship at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany

Publications

Bayramova, R., Valori, I., McKenna-Plumley, P. E., Callegher, C. Z., & Farroni, T. (2021). The role of vision and proprioception in self-motion encoding: An immersive virtual reality study. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 83, 2865–2878. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13414-021-02344-8

Valori, I., McKenna-Plumley, P. E., Bayramova, R., & Farroni, T. (2021). Perception and motion in real and virtual environments: A narrative review of autism spectrum disorders. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 708229. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.708229

Bayramova, R., Toffalini, E., Bonato, M., & Grassi, M. (2020). Auditory selective attention under working memory load. Psychological Research, 85(7), 2667–2681. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-020-01437-7

Valori, I., Bayramova, R., McKenna-Plumley, P. E., & Farroni, T. (2020). Sensorimotor research utilising immersive virtual reality: A pilot study with children and adults with autism spectrum disorders. Brain Sciences, 10(5), 259. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci10050259

Valori, I., McKenna-Plumley, P. E., Bayramova, R., Zandonella Callegher, C., Altoè, G., & Farroni, T. (2020). Proprioceptive accuracy in immersive virtual reality: A developmental perspective. PloS One, 15(1), e0222253. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0222253

Poster presentations and talks

Goltermann, O.*, Bayramova, R.* (2022, July). Explainable AI for modelling cognition [Talk]. Cognitive Computational Neuroscience Unification Trial, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany.

Goltermann O.*, Bayramova, R.*, Enk, L., Hinrichs, M. A. B., Kamp, F., Serio, B., & Hofmann, S. (2022, July). Explainable AI for higher cognitive functions: How to provide explanations in the face of increasing complexity [Flash talk]. Neuromatch Academy, online.

Bayramova, R.*, Goltermann, O.*, Enk, L., Hinrichs, M. A. B., Kamp, F., Serio, B., & Hofmann, S. (2022, August/September). Explainable AI for higher cognitive functions: How to provide explanations in the face of increasing complexity [Talk]. 22nd Conference of the European Society for Cognitive Psychology, Lille, France.

Bayramova R., (2020, April). Auditory selective attention under working memory load [Talk]. Seminar Series of the Department of General Psychology, University of Padua, Italy.

Valori, I., McKenna-Plumley, P. E., Bayramova, R., Zandonella Callegher, C., Altoè, G., & Farroni, T. (2019, October). Visione e propriocezione nella realtà virtuale immersiva: Una prospettiva evolutiva (transl. vision and proprioception in immersive virtual reality: An evolutionary perspective) [Poster]. Brains meet Digital Enterprises, Padua, Italy.

Valori, I., McKenna-Plumley, P. E., Bayramova, R., Zandonella Callegher, C., Altoè, G., & Farroni, T. (2019, March). Accuratezza propriocettiva nella realtà virtuale immersiva: Una prospettiva evolutiva (transl. proprioceptive accuracy in immersive virtual reality: An evolutionary perspective) [Poster]. Giornate di aggiornamento sull’uso degli strumenti in Psicologia Clinica dello Sviluppo, Bologna, Italy.

* shared first authorship

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