Anastasia Morandi Raikova

2017 - 2021, Ph.D. student, Neurobiology of Comparative Cognition Group, Center for Mind/Brain Sciences (CIMeC), University of Trento, Rovereto (TN), Italy

2015 - 2017, Università degli Studi di Padova, Psicologia Cognitiva Applicata, Master degree

2011 - 2014, Università degli Studi di Trento, Scienze e Tecniche di Psicologia Cognitiva, Bachelor degree

2023 - current, Postdoc, Animal Brain Cognition Group, Center for Mind/Brain Sciences (CIMeC), University of Trento, Rovereto (TN), Italy

2021 - 2023, Postdoc, Neurobiology of Comparative Cognition Group, Center for Mind/Brain Sciences (CIMeC), University of Trento, Rovereto (TN), Italy

Animal Cognition, Structural and functional lateralization, Spatial cognition, Immunoistochemestry, Visual processing of the avian brain

I am fascinated by the diverse spectrum of animal behaviours and the intricate neuronal processes that govern them. As a postdoc in the ABC group, my primary emphasis lies in exploring the evolutionary mechanisms, developmental processes, and critical periods that contribute to effective neural coding in young domestic chicks.

• 16/08/2022, Prize for the best Poster at the ‘Avian Cognitive Neuroscience Workshop’, Ruhr University, Germany.
• 20/04/2022, Aldo Fasolo Neuroscience Communication Award for creativity. Association for
  Scientific Research Divulgation – InTo Brain – University of Turin, Italy. ~ €500,00.
• 10/02/2022, 3rd Prize for the best Oral presentation received at the Cognitive Science Arena 2022, University of Bolzano, Italy.
• 12/02/2020, Prize for the best Poster at the ‘Doctoral Student Day 2020’, Center for Mind/Brain Sciences (CIMeC), University of Trento, Italy. ~ €200,00.
• 20/01/2019, Prize for the best Poster at the ‘Doctoral Student Day 2019’, Center for Mind/Brain Sciences (CIMeC), University of Trento, Italy. ~ €200,00.

Oral

• 21/02/2024, Representation of spatial and social relations in the chicken's hippocampus, International Society of Neuroethology (ISN) webinar series - The Future of Neuroethology. Online.
• 10/02/2022, Formation of a spatial map in the anterior hippocampus of domestic chicks (Gallus gallus), Cognitive Science Arena 2022, Brixen, Italy. 
• 05/09/2019, The effect of eye occlusion on hippocampal c-Fos activity in domestic chicks (Gallus
  gallus), 6th European Student Conference on Behaviour and Cognition, Padua, Italy.

Poster

• 07/10/2024, Neural basis of quantity discrimination in young domestic chicks (Gallus gallus), Avian Cognitive Neuroscience Workshop, Ruhr University, Germany.
• 07/07/2023, Active exploration of a novel environment triggers the activation of the hippocampus-amygdala complex of young domestic chicks, Workshop on Cognition and Evolution, University of
  Trento, Italy.
• 13/09/2022, The use of spatial and local cues for orientation in domestic chicks (Gallus gallus), Italian Society of Ethology meeting, University of Padua, Italy.
• 16/08/2022, Active exploration of an environment drives the activation of the hippocampus-amygdala complex of domestic chicks, Avian Cognitive Neuroscience Workshop, Ruhr University, Germany.
• 16/03/2020, Orientation by spatial and local cues in domestic chicks (Gallus gallus), Avian Cognitive Neuroscience Workshop, Ruhr University, Germany.
• 19/11/2019, The use of spatial and local cues for orientation in domestic chicks (Gallus gallus), 10th Conference on Animal Navigation, RIN, UK.
• 11/07/2019, Spatial orientation in young domestic chickens (Gallus gallus), Workshop on Cognition and Evolution, University of Trento, Italy.
• 18/03/2019, Selective right hippocampal advantage for the orientation by spatial relational information in young domestic chicks (Gallus gallus), Workshop on Contents, Actions and Objects,
  University of Trento, Italy.