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JAVIER ROCA RUIZ
PDI-Titular d'Universitat
Director/a de Departament
Knowledge area: DEVELOPMENTAL AND EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
Department: Developmental and Educational Psychology
Departamento de Psicología Evolutiva y de la Educación (Despacho F213). Facultad de Psicología. Avda. Blasco Ibáñez, 21. 46010 Valencia.
(9638) 64705
Biography

Javier Roca is associate professor at the University of Valencia (Spain). He is also researcher at the ERI-Lectura (Interdisciplinary Research Structure on Reading) and Secretary of the Spanish Society for Experimental Psychology (SEPEX). He obtained a Degree in Psychology (University of Valencia), a Master’s Degree in Cognitive and Behavioural Neuroscience (University of Granada), and a PhD in Experimental Psychology (University of Granada). His research focuses on the study of cognitive processes and its application in daily living activities, such as reading or driving a vehicle. Since 2012, he has been leading a funded research line on the difficulties of adults with and without reading impairment (dyslexia) to acquire text and pictorial information from traffic signs.

Subjects taught and teaching methods
Tutorials
First semester
Monday de 12:00 a 14:00. DESPATX D02.06. FACULTAT DE MAGISTERI
Second semester
Monday de 12:00 a 14:00. DESPATX F213. FACULTAT DE PSICOLOGIA I LOGOPÈDIA
Observations
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