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Sadegheh "Farah" Moniri

PhD, Researcher

Main Research interests

My research is directed toward cognitive psychology in general, with specific focus on four main areas:

Memory systems, especially implicit memory, semantic memory and episodic memory
Bilingual memory organization
Acquisition and processing of the second language
Consequences of bilingualism on cognitive functioning

Teaching experiences

My teaching experiences during graduate studies include holding lectures about "Language" and "Sensation & perception" at the undergraduate level. I have also instructed and supervised undergraduate students in the memory laboratory sessions to design and perform experiments on implicit memory.

Currently I am holding lectures about “Language development and bilingualism” within a cognitive psychology course that I have organized for the undergraduate students.

I have also supervised five students in writing their undergraduate thesis in the area of bilingualism.

Personal information

I was born in Tehran, Iran. I completed my high school studies in natural sciences at the age of 16 and started the undergraduate program in psychology at Shiraz (former Pahlavi) University as one of the youngest students. When I was 20 and after receiving my B.A. degree, I moved to Japan for pursuing my studies at Kobe University where I received my M.A. degree in cognitive psychology. My research in Japan was focused on cognitive processing of Japanese as a second language. My M.A. dissertation examined the lexical and conceptual processing of second language as a function of language proficiency level. In 1985, I moved to Stockholm, Sweden, where I have been living since then. Following my research in bilingualism in Japan, I joined the Department of Psychology at Stockholm University where I defended my doctoral thesis in May 2006.

I know several languages (i.e., Persian, English, Japanese, Swedish, French, Arabic) with different degrees of fluency and have learned about cultural diversities in my life. This has made me more interested and more curious about the process of second language learning and multilingualism.

Publications

Dissertation

Moniri, S. (2006). Bilingual Memory: A lifespan approach. Doctoral thesis in psychology, Department of Psychology, Stockholm University.

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Scientific presentations

Oral presentation: Action memory in elderly bilinguals in “XXVIII International Congress of Psychology”, Beijing, China, August 2004.

Poster presentation: Memory performance in elderly monolinguals andbilinguals in ” Memory and cognition in normal and pathological aging: The STINT conference”, Tuscany, Italy, June 2003.

Oral presentation: Episodic and Semantic Memory in Bilingual Children in a symposium in "XXVII International Congress of Psychology", Stockholm, July 2000.

Poster presentation: Bilingualism and Consciousness in "Tsukuba International Conference on Memory and Consciousness", Tsukuba, Japan, March,1998.

Oral presentation: Minne & tvåspråkighet in “Områdesgrupp för kognition och beslutfattande”, Linköping, Sweden, April 1979.

Scientific membership

Full member of the European Society for Cognitive Psychology.