Rodríguez Holguín, Socorro

Biography

Graduate (1990) and PhD (1996) in Psychology by the University of Santiago de Compostela. My academic career has been developed at the same university, with brief stays at other institutions (Neurodynamics Laboratory, Health Science Center at Brooklyn, State University of New York,1997; Biological and Health Psychology Department, Autonomous University of Madrid, 1998). My research activity has been allways focused on the study of brain activity associated to cognitive processes; I was initially interested in children and adolescents with family risk for alcoholism (1992-2000), then I changed to the study of attentional processes in general population (2001-2006), and, then returned to special populations, now focusing in youth binge drinkers. This research activity has been always carried out in the frame of research projects funded by public competitive grants. Regard to teaching activities, I teach courses (Psychophysiology, Cognitive Neuroscience) in the Psychology Degree and also in Masters (Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, Neuroscience) and PhD Programs since 1994. I have also carried out academic responsabilities in the Faculty of Psychology and the Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology.

Research Interest

The study of the neurocognitive consequences of alcohol binge drinking in college students, assessed by means of the recording of the brain electrical activity (ERP) during the execution of attention and memory tasks, and relating it with another measures, such as neuropsychological performance and neuroimaging.