At the Research Centre of Psychophysiology and Education we believe in the popularization of science and in communicating to the general public our own research findings as well as other scientific knowledge and methods pertinent to psychophysiology and education. We participate in events for the communication of science and through those events we diffuse knowledge, but we also have the pleasure to learn ourselves interesting and useful things through the interaction with non-experts in the area.
Volunteers from the Research Center for Psychophysiology and Education (Maria Atzampou, Dafni Stathopoulou, Danai Kondyli, Nefeli Rantou, Dimitra Tomprou, Marietta Papadatou-Pastou) participated in the interactive exhibition of the Athens Science Festival (20-22.3.2015) and showcased to younger and older attendees which hemisphere is involved in facial recognition, using a brief neuropsychological test.
Some of the events that we have taken part in are the following:
Marietta Papadatou-Pastou talked on April 30th 2014 in a round table organized by the Athens Science Festival 2014, with the Elina Theodorakopoulou, Elizabeth Daraveli and Mania Bousbouras, on "Cosmetics or Natural Beauty". Marietta Papadatou-Pastou presented, among other findings from the field of experimental psychology, the placebo effect observed in users of cosmetics.
Marietta Papadatou-Pastou talked in a day-conference organized by the Vocational Training Center of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens in Technopolis of the Municipality of Athens, on April 10th 2014 on the life long learning brain.
Marietta Papadatou-Pastou and Dimitra Tomprou talked on March 8th 2014 about the two brain hemispheres and their functions at the Eugenides Foundation. The workshop was part of a series of events for «Brain Awareness Week 2014», which was co-oranized by the Hellenic Society for Neuroscience, the Pan-Hellenic Association of Bioscientists and the Eugenides Foundation who join their efforts under the coordination of Dana Alliance for Brain. Brain Awareness Week (BAW) is the global campaign to increase public awareness of the progress and benefits of brain research.
Marietta Papadatou-Pastou, together with the actor-narrator George Evgenikos, presented an introductory workshop on the art of memory and mnemonic techniques, on March 17th 2014, at the Eugenides Foundation. The workshop was part of a series of events for «Brain Awareness Week 2014».
Marietta Papadatou-Pastou talked about the brain and language in Amalieio Oikotrofeio on December 12th 2011.
