- spring semester 2025/2026
27.05.2026 – Seminar with guest lecturer (CEEPUS programme) Prof. Biljana Mišić Ilić (Department of English, Faculty of Philosophy and Centre for Cognitive Studies, University of Niš, Serbia)
Topic: “Concept construction and interpretation: the role of image schemas and their underlying schematic principles in lexical semantics”
When: 16:20 – 17:50
Where: Hall 20, Building 1, New Bulgarian University
Language: English
07.05.2026 – Seminar with guest lecturer Dr. Cvetomir Dimov (Research Associate at the University of Geneva)
Topic: “An Integrated Model of Collaborative Skill Acquisition”
When: 18:00 – 19:30
Where: Room 305, Building 2, New Bulgarian University
Language: English
29.04.2026 – Seminar with guest lecturer Prof. Jasmin Vassileva, Ph.D.
(Departments of Psychiatry and Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), Richmond, USA; Fulbright Scholar at the Department of Cognitive Science and Psychology, New Bulgarian University)Topic: “Cognitive and Personality Risk Factors in Addictions – From Biological Markers to New Targets for Prevention and Intervention” (“Когнитивни и личностни нарушения при зависимостите – от биологични маркери до нови таргети за превенция и интервенция”)
When: 16:20 – 17:50
Where: Room 217, Building 1, New Bulgarian University
Language: English
- autumn semester 2025/2026
23.01.2026 – Public lecture by Prof. Dr. Bogdan Draganski (Department of Neurology, University Hospital Bern, University of Bern, Switzerland)
Topic: “Imaging Neuroscience – the what's and how's”
When: 17:00 – 18:00
Where: Room 20, Building 1, New Bulgarian University
Language: English
14.01.2026 – Seminar with guest lecturer Aslı Aktan-Erciyes (Associate Professor of Psychology at Kadir Has University, Istanbul, Turkey)
Topic: “From Causal Input to Relational Thinking: Early Acquisition Pathways and Bilingual Influences on Causative Verb Learning”
When: 16:20 – 17:50
Where: Room 400, Building 3 (RTC), New Bulgarian University
Language: English
12.11.2025 – Seminar with guest lecturer Assist. Prof. Thomas M. Lennie (Department of Philosophy and Psychology, American University in Bulgaria, AUBG)
Topic: “The Psychology of Music: understanding why we listen and how it affects us” (“Психология на музиката: разбиране защо я слушаме и как тя ни влияе”)
When: 16:20 – 17:50
Where: Room 607, Building 2, New Bulgarian University
Language: English
22.10.2025 – Seminar with guest lecturer Prof. Dominique Archambault (Université Paris 8, France)
Topic: “Ongoing Research on Assistive Technologies at Université Paris 8”
When: 16:20 – 17:50
Where: Room 400, Building 3 (RTC), New Bulgarian University
Language: English
15.10.2025 – Seminar with guest lecturer Roni Cohen (BA in Psychology, Open University of Israel; MSc and PhD in Neuroscience, Tel Aviv University under Prof. Uri Ashery; lecturer in neuroscience and psychology at Tel Aviv University and Reichman University)
Topic: “The role of synaptic plasticity in behavior and pathology in the hippocampus”
When: 16:20 – 17:50
Where: Room 607, Building 2, New Bulgarian University
Language: English
04.10.2025 – Neuroscience workshop with guest lecturer Dr. Marina Palazova (Department of General and Neurocognitive Psychology, International Psychoanalytic University (IPU) Berlin)
Topic: “Milliseconds of Emotion: The Role of Event-related Potentials (ERPs) in Affective Neuroscience”
When: 10:30 – 16:30
Where: Room 411, Building 1, New Bulgarian University
Language: English
01.10.2025 – Seminar with guest lecturer Prof. Dr. Birgit Stürmer (General Psychology and Neurocognitive Psychology, International Psychoanalytic University (IPU) Berlin)
Topic: “Investigating action control by event-related brain potentials: From basic cognitive mechanisms to applied research”
When: 16:20 – 17:50
Where: Hall 20, Building 1, New Bulgarian University
Language: English
- spring semester 2024/2025
09.07.2025 – Seminar with guest lecturer Teodora Hristova Mechocheva
Topic: “Lost Words and Lingering Feelings: Use and Other Shenanigans of Language Attrition”
When: 16:20 – 17:50
Where: Room 205, Building 1, New Bulgarian University
Language: English
15.06.2025 – Seminar with guest lecturer Assoc. Prof. Dr. Fragiskos Gonidakis (Greece)
Topic: “Treatment of individuals suffering from borderline personality disorder using dialectical behavior therapy. The path of a clinician as a healer.”
When: 10:30 – 12:00
Where: Room 310, Building 1, New Bulgarian University
Language: English
28.05.2025 – Public lecture by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Felix Diaz (full-time lecturer at the Department of Cognitive Science and Psychology, New Bulgarian University)
Topic: “Assessing communication in dementia: Opportunities and challenges” (“Оценяване на комуникацията при деменция: възможности и предизвикателства”)
When: 16:20 – 17:50
Where: Hall 20, Building 1, New Bulgarian University
Language: English
30.04.2025 – Seminar with guest lecturer Assoc. Prof. Dr. Biljana Martinovski (University of Gothenburg, Sweden)
Topic: “Interactive alignment or complex reasoning” (“Интерактивна регулация или комплексно разсъждение”)
When: 16:20 – 17:50
Where: Hall 20, Building 1, New Bulgarian University
Language: English
23.04.2025 – Seminar with guest lecturer Prof. Dr. Igor Farkaš (Department of Applied Informatics, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia)
Topic: “Deep learning and human cognition: similarities and differences” (“Deep learning и познавателни процеси при човека: прилики и разлики”)
When: 16:20 – 17:50
Where: Room 407, Building 1, New Bulgarian University
Language: English
11–13.04.2025 – Workshop with guest lecturer Dr. Tsvetan Popov (University of Zurich, Switzerland; University of Konstanz, Germany)
Topic: EEG data processing with FieldTrip – practical workshop (Workshop on processing data from electrophysiological experiments)
When: 09:00 – 17:00
Where: Room 111, Building 2, New Bulgarian University
Language: English
19.03.2025 – Seminar with guest lecturer Prof. Dr. Mihailo Antović (University of Niš, Serbia)
Topic: “Multilevel-Grounded Semantics: From Musical Meaning to the Interpretation of Poetry and Visual Cognition”
When: 16:20 – 17:50
Where: Room 111, Building 2, New Bulgarian University
Language: English
12.03.2025 – Seminar with guest lecturer Dr. Veronica Guardabassi (University of Macerata, Italy)
Topic: “Board Games during Adulthood”
When: 16:20 – 17:50
Where: Hall 20, Building 1, New Bulgarian University
Language: English
- autumn semester 2024/2025
04.12.2024 – Online seminar with guest lecturer Dr. Tsvetan Popov (Department of Psychology at the University of Zurich)
Topic: “Waves beyond waveforms: (mis)interpretation of EEG in cognitive neuroscience”
When: 16:20 – 17:50
Where: Online via the Zoom platform
Language: English
Link to the online seminar: https://nbu-bg.zoom.us/j/87131842051?pwd=fV4zuc19wlvggCFhScmboXLGuGbEPu.1
20.11.2024 – Online seminar with guest lecturer Prof. Vanja Kovic, University of Belgrade: Belgade, Serbia, RS,
(https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3954-1125)
Topic: “Neurophysiological Insights into Language Processing: Evidence from Serbian”
When: 16:20 – 17:50
Where: Online via the Zoom platform
Language: English
Link to the online seminar: https://nbu-bg.zoom.us/j/88692971245?pwd=WB4iJgshR9N63veXvUHYWCuwACLKhE.1
- spring semester 2023/2024
5.06.2024 – Seminar with guest lecturer Anja Tošić (CEEPUS program), University of Niš, Serbia
Topic: “Conflicting Modalities: A Multilevel-Grounding Approach”
Time: 16:20–17:50
Location: Hall 20, Building 1, NBU
Language: English
29.05.2024 – Seminar with guest lecturer Dr. Wojciech Kulesza from SWPS University in Warsaw
Topic: “Behavioural Mimicry or the So-Called Chameleon Effect”
Time: 16:20–17:50
Location: Room 405, Building 1, NBU
Language: English
9.05.2024 - Public lecture with guest speaker Dr. Paul Warren
Topic: “Motivational Interviewing”
Time: 16:20–17:50
Location: Room 207, Building 1
Language: English
- autumn semester 2023/2024
31.01.2024 - Book presentation with a guest lecturer Dr. Felix Diaz (Associate Professor of Psychology at the American University in Bulgaria, AUBG)
Topic: “CLOSER TO US, PART OF OUR WORLD: A GUIDEBOOK FOR DEMENTIA CAREGIVERS”
When: 16:20-17:50
Where: Hall 20, Building 1, NBU
Language: English
20.12.2023 - Seminar with guest lecturer Patric Pfoertner (student in PhD program ‘General Psychology’ at the Department of Cognitive Science and Psychology, NBU)
Topic: "Uncovering Novice and Expert Chess Players Differences through Event Segmentation" (Разкриване на различията между начинаещи и експерти шахматисти чрез сегментиране на събития)
When: 16:20-17:50
Where: Hall 110, Building 2, NBU
Language: English
18.10.2023 - Seminar with guest lecturer Avgis Hadjipapas, Professor for Neuroscience and Research Methods, University of Nicosia Medical School, Nicosia, Cyprus
Topic: "Neuronal oscillations: a window on the workings of the human brain"
When: 16:20-17:50
Where: Seminar Hall of the Library, 1 floor, Building 1, NBU
Language: English
- autumn semester 2021/22
22.12.2021 - Online Seminar with guest lecturer Zhasmin Vasileva
Topic: "Personal and neurocognitive aspects of the dependencies towards psychoactive substances as new targets for intervention"
When: 16:20-17:50
Language: English
Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86221040976?pwd=eDBTOGpsVFo1Tk9uTDdWK05xeDZSUT09
- spring semester 2020/21
07.04.2021 - Online Seminar with guest lecturer Maciej Iwanowicz
Topic: "Is there a role for video game-based interventions in the enhancement of mental health and the treatment of mood and neurodegenerative disorders? The utilisation of the new media in the field of psychology and the expansion of treatment procedures"
When: 16:20-17:50
Language: English
Link:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86221040976?pwd=eDBTOGpsVFo1Tk9uTDdWK05xeDZSUT09
28.04.2021 - Webinar with lecturer Dr. Irina Georgieva and colleagues
Topic: "The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on citizens' life: findings from international comparative study in 11 countries".
When: 16:20-17:50
Language: English
Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87680344877?pwd=Y3Rab0tRaGhhZVZMa1oySS9vbGdwdz09
- autumn semester 2020/21
18.11.2020 - Online Seminar with guest lecturer Maria Damianova, Clinic of Neurosurgery of the University Hospital "St. Ioan Rilski"
Topic: "Functional Neurological Disorder/Psychogenic Non-epileptic Seizures: neuropsychological characterisation and contemporary treatment paradigm"
When: 16:20-17:50
Language: English
Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86221040976?pwd=eDBTOGpsVFo1Tk9uTDdWK05xeDZSUT09
- spring semester 2019/20
03.06.2020 - Online Seminar with guest lecturer Mihaela Barokova, Boston University, USA.
Topic: "Explorations of Language and Communication in Autism Spectrum Disorder."
When: 16:20-17:50
Language: English
Link: https://bostonu.zoom.us/j/92596726411
- spring semester 2018/2019
06.03.2019 - Seminar with guest lecturer Dusan Stamenkovic
Topic: "An Individual-Differences Approach to the Study of Metaphor Comprehension"
When: 16:20-17:50
Where: seminar room of the library, building 1
Language: English
15.05.2019 - Seminar with guest lecturer Olga Markic from University of Ljubljana
Topic: "Extended Cognition"
When: 16:20-17:50
Where: seminar room of the library, building 1
Language: English
- autumn semester 2018/2019
14.11.2018 - Seminar with guest lecturer Assoc. Prof. Rosen Lutskanov
Topic: "Blindspots, paradoxes, and rationality"
When: 16:20-17:50
Where: seminar room of the library, building 1
Language: English
- spring semester 2017/2018
16.05.2018 - Seminar with guest lecturer Toma Srtle, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Topic: "First versus third person approaches to researching and understanding decision-making"
When: 16:20-17:50
Where: seminar room of the library, building 1
Language: English
30.05.2018 - Seminar with guest lecturer Milkica Neshich, University of Nis, Serbia
Topic: "The relationships among consciousness, attention and working memory"
When: 16:20-17:50
Where: seminar room of the library, building 1
Language: English
06.06.2018 - Seminar with guest lecturer Toma Srtle, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Topic: "The effect of tonality on perception"
When: 16:20-17:50
Where: room 407, building 1
Language: English
18.07.2018 - Seminar with Assoc. Prof. Lilia Gurova, NBU
Topic: "COMPARING TWO APPROACHES TO ASSESSING EXPLANATORY POWER: INFERENTIAL CONTENT VS. STATISTICAL RELEVANCE"
When: 16:20-17:50
Where: room 407, building 1
Language: English
18.07.2018 - Seminar with Assist. Prof. Sonya Dragova, NBU
Topic: "International Conference „Between narcissism and entitlement: Self-enhancement in a cross-cultural perspective”, Warsaw, 4 - 6.04.2018"
When: 16:20-17:50
Where: room 407, building 1
Language: English
- autumn semester 2017/2018
15.11.2017 - Seminar with guest lecturer Diana Dimitrova, PhD from the University of Cologne.
Topic: "The processing of important information in language"
When: 16:20-17:50
Where: room 407, building 1
Language: English
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