New Bulgarian University

Center for Cognitive Science
Graduate Program 



Prof. Siyka Mintcheva Pentcheva

Education

DSc 1989
DSc thesis title:
Perception and Functional Cerebral Asymmetry in normal subjects and with brain damages

Ph.D. 1976
Ph.D. thesis title:
Perception and sensory modality

M.Sc.Neurology, 1964
Neuropsychology, 1974

B.Sc. High Medical Institute, Sofia, 1957
 
  Current Affiliation

Professor at the Institute of Psychology of Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Mailing address:
Institute of Psychology
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Bul."Ac.G.Bontchev 23"
Bulgaria
Tei. 2-713-32-16
2-293-3927

Research Interest

Problems of the Functional Cerebral Asymmetry - ontogenesis and different disturbances of Cognitive functions

Research Grants

Bulgarian National Sciences Fund, "Cognitive Functions and Individual differentiations", 1991-1994

Internal Grants

National Centre for human Investigations, 1993-1994
"Problems of the Functional Cerebral Asymmetry of Perception 
/neuropsychology of the organization of visual and haptic perception/

Published Papers

1. Pentcheva, S., Laterality of the cerebral functions, "Medicina i Fizcultura", Publ.House, Sofia, 1986

2. Pentcheva, S., Orgunization of the cerebral functions and Problems of there lateralization, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Stucture and functions of the Brain, Sofia, 14, 1987

3. Pentcheva, S., at al., Studies on the bilateral simultaneous perception of rhythm patterns, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Stucture and functions of the Brain, Sofia, 2, 1979

4. Pentcheva, S., Lateral asymmetry of brain hemispheres in letter perception, Offiicial journal of the Bulgarian Society of Psychology, Sofia, 6, 1981

5. Pentcheva, S., Colour perception and functional brain asymmetry, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Stucture and functions of the Brain, Sofia, 4,1981

6. Pentcheva, S., About some peculiarities in the development of the rhythm gnosis and praxis, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Stucture and functions of the Brain, Sofia, 4, 1981

7. Pentcheva, S., at al., Parallel neuropsychological, scanotomographic sacintigraphic studies in brain lesions with right hemisphere localizationand, Nevrol., psihiat. i nevrohir, Sofia, XXI, 2, 1982

8. Pentcheva, S., Hemispheric lateralization of forms in healthy subjects and in patients with brain central injuries, Offiicial journal of the Bulgarian Society of Psychology, Sofia, 2, 1982

9. Pentcheva, S., Functional asymmetry of the brain hemispheres in bilateral simultaneous visual perception of some non-verbal stimuli, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Stucture and functions of the Brain, Sofia, 6, 1983

10.Pentcheva, S., Bilateral simultaneous visual perception of non-verbal stimuli with different characteristic, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Stucture and functions of the Brain, Sofia, 8, 1984

11.Pentcheva, S., at. al., Neuropsychological aspekts of the high cerebral functions disorders in children with speech defects, Psychiat. Neurol. med. Psychol., Leipzig, 36, 1984

12.Pentcheva, S., Peculiarities of the transmodal 
identification upon temporal localization of brain lesions, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Stucture and functions of the Brain, Sofia, 8, 1984

13.Pentcheva, S., Does colour affects the identification of letters?, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Stucture and functions of the Brain, Sofia, 10, 1985

14.Pentcheva, S., at. al., Damage of the left temporal lobe and some neuropsychological syndromes, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Stucture and functions of the Brain, Sofia, 12, 1987

15.Pentcheva, S., at. al., Comparison of the data obtained from neuropsychological and scanning-tomographic studies on patients with damage of the left cerebral hemisphere, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Stucture and functions of the Brain, Sofia, 12, 1987

16.Pentcheva, S., Transmodal identification of non-verbal stimuli from healthy young children, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Stucture and functions of the Brain, Sofia, 12, 1987

17.Pentcheva, S., at. al., Tactile-visual matching of verbal and non-verbal stimuli by children, Offiicial journal of the Bulgarian Society of Psychology, Sofia, 5, 1988
18.Pentcheva, S., at. al., Hyperlexia: Factors for its occurrence, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Stucture and functions of the Brain, Sofia, 14, 1989
19.Pentcheva, S., at. all., Psychometric study of the visual perception in children I comparative study of letter recognition, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Stucture and functions of the Brain, Sofia, 14, 1989
20.Pentcheva, S., at. al., Psychometric study of the visual perception in children II significant factors in letter recognition, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Stucture and functions of the Brain, Sofia, 14, 1989
21.Pentcheva, S., at. al., A method for assessment of handedness in 6-9 year old children, Offiicial journal of the Bulgarian Society of Psychology, Sofia, 3, 1989
22.Pentcheva, S., at. al., Some regularities in tactile perception of bulgarian letters, Bulgarian journal of Psychology an offiicial issue of the Bulgarian psychological association, Sofia, 2, 1990
23.Pentcheva, S., at. al., Quantitative investigation of the visual-spatial perception in ontogenesis, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Stucture and functions of the Brain, Sofia, 16, 1991
24.Pentcheva, S., at. al., Visual perception of verbal stimuli and specificities of its lateralization, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Stucture and functions of the Brain, Sofia, 18, 1991 
25.Pentcheva, S., at. al., Comparison of the achievements of children with normal and with inadequately built higher mental functions, using three tactile-perceptive tests, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Stucture and functions of the Brain, Sofia, 18, 1991
26.Pentcheva, S., at. al., Problems of the organization of haptic perception in patients with unilateral brain lesions, Bulgarian journal of Psychology an offiicial issue of the Bulgarian psychological association, Sofia, 1, 1992 
27.Pentcheva, S., at. al., Factors influencing gnostico-praxis functions of patients with cerebral lesions. Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Stucture and functions of the Brain, Sofia, 20, 1992
28.Pentcheva, S., Neuropsychological patterns of haptic processing. I study with normal children. Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Stucture and functions of the Brain, Sofia, 20, 1992
29.Pentcheva, S., Original method for assessment of perceptive disturbances under unilateral brain damage. Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Stucture and functions of the Brain, Sofia, 20, 1992
30.Pentcheva, S., at. al., Cerebral dominance the gnostico-praxis functions in children,Bulgarian journal of Psychology an offiicial issue of the Bulgarian psychological association, Sofia, 1, 1994
31.Pentcheva, S., at. al., Is there lateralization in the perception of faces? Bulgarian journal of Psychology an offiicial issue of the Bulgarian psychological association, Sofia, 2, 1994

Teaching Experience

Lecturer at the New Bulgarian University for the following courses:
Cognitive Neuropsychology
Structurs and Functions of the Brain
Students Directed
MSc in Neuropsychology:
Vasileva, F., Functional cerebral asymmetry and ontogenezis
PhD Neuropsyhology:
M.Terzieva, 1988
Functional Cerebral Asymmetry of the Visual Perception and Ontogenesis M.Jordanova, 1990
Haptic Perception and some group variables
J.Lalova, 1996
Gnostico-praxis functions of patients with cerebral lesions

Courses
COG301 - Brain Structure and Functions 45 hours, 3 credits 
COG412 - Cognitive Neuropsychology 45 hours, 3 credits
COG555 Functional Cerebral Asymmetry

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