Marios Avraamides

ABOUT / Marios Avraamides


Associate Professor of Cognitive Psychology at the Department of Psychology
Director of Experimental Psychology Lab (EPL)
http://experimentalpsych.com/home/

Dr. Marios Avraamides is an Associate Professor of Cognitive Psychology at the University of Cyprus where he teaches courses on Cognitive and Experimental Psychology, Memory, Attention, and Perception. 

He has previously obtained a BA in Psychology from the University of Texas at Austin and an MSc and a PhD degree in Cognitive/Experimental Psychology from the Pennsylvania State University. Prior to returning to Cyprus, he has worked as a postdoctoral scientist at the University of California Santa Barbara (USA) and at the Max-Planck-Institute for Biological Cybernetics (Germany). His research interests lie within the field of spatial cognition and include among others spatial memory, navigation, and perspective-taking.

His research has been funded by multiple research grants, including a prestigious starting grant from the European Research Council (ERC). He has participated s in various international panels, including the ISCH domain of the European COST framework and the SH4 panel of the ERC competition.



Call: H2020-WIDESPREAD-01-2016-2017 (Teaming Phase 2)
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 739578


This project has received funding from the Government of the Republic of Cyprus through the Directorate General for the European Programmes, Coordination and Development.