Ptak
Prof. Radek Ptak
Asociate Professor - Principal Investigator
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Biography
Prof. Ptak studied clinical and cognitive psychology at the AV短视频 of Bern, obtaining his degree in 1996 and completing his doctorate in 1998. His doctoral thesis focused on unconscious memory and its disruptions following brain lesions. In 1999, he joined the Neuropsychology-Logopedics Unit of the Neurorehabilitation Service at the Geneva AV短视频 Hospitals (HUG), where he became the head of the unit in 2001. While continuing regular clinical work, he specialized in various aspects of human neuropsychology. His research uses the injured brain as a model to study different cognitive functions, such as spatial attention and object perception, with a particular interest in the mechanisms of recovery following brain damage. Prof. Ptak also teaches various topics related to neuroscience and clinical neuropsychology to medical and psychology students, as well as to professionals involved in neurorehabilitation.