PhD. David torrents

Graduated in Psychology in the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and researcher in associative learning in humans. He obtained a PhD from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (2013) and from Philipps-Universität Marburg (2021), and performed a research stay in KU Leuven (2012). He is mainly interested in the interaction between basic processes such as attention and learning process, and in models of anxiety disorders based on fear conditioning. Furthermore, he has participated in different projects within these areas. He uses different psychophysiological and behavioural measures, including eye-tracking, startle reflex, and skin conductance response. In addition, he has contributed to studies about compulsions in Prader-Willi syndrome and cognitive impairment in Down syndrome.

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