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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
Editorial Boards
Member
of the I.S.S.B.D.
Member of the IBRO
Member of the Bulgarian Society for Cognitive Science
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