Associate Professor
Developmental Psychology Lab
Department of Psychology
Babeș-Bolyai University
Republicii Street, 37, Cluj-Napoca, 400015
E-mail: laurapetra@psychology.
CV – Laura Visu-Petra
My work investigates the typical and atypical development of executive functions, relevant for developing training programs and for improving academic performance. Current research projects target executive functioning and emotion-cognition interactions in high-anxious children (preschoolers and early school age). Another current research interest is the emergence and development of deceptive behavior in relation to the child’s socio-cognitive (theory of mind, executive functions) and problematic behaviour (internalizing and externalizing symptoms).
Research interests
• Individual differences and vulnerability to developmental psychopathology
• Typical and atypical executive functioning development
• Cognitive functioning in high-trait anxiety
• Executive functions and deception skills during early development
• Developmental cognitive neuropsychology