Curriculum Vitae

Mary Η Kosmidis

Professor, School of Psychology

Personal Information

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kosmidis@psy.auth.gr
http://https://www.psy.auth.gr/staff/mary-helen-kosmidis/
Scopus IDs6602144573, 55948406700
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8790-1220
Γνωστικό Αντικείμενο:
Νευροψυχολογική αξιολόγηση
Επιστημονική Ειδίκευση:
- Κοινωνικές επιστήμες και επιστήμες συμπεριφοράς
- Ψυχολογία
- Νευροψυχολογία, Κλινική Ψυχολογία

Education

Προπτυχιακές Σπουδές

1985	ΒΑ Psychology Grinnell College U.S.

Μεταπτυχιακές Σπουδές

1988	MA Psychology American University U.S.

Διδακτορικό Δίπλωμα

1991	PhD Psychology American University U.S. Clinical psychology

Μετεκπαίδευση

Medical College of Pennsylvania/EPPI

National Institute of Mental Health, Lab of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, Unit of Psychophysiology

National Institute of Mental Health, Lab of Experimental Therapeutics

Course Work

Courses of Winter semester of 2025–26 academic year

	SCHOOL OF PSYCHOLOGY
ΨΥ-825	ISSUES IN CHILD NEUROPSYCHOLOGY

	SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
ΙΑ1031	Introduction to Clinical Typology (Internal Medicine, Surgery and Pediatrics)
ΙΑ1070	Internal Medicine II

	Klinikī Neuropsychología
ΔΤ-100
ΚΨΝ-301
ΚΨΝ-502

	Neuropsychología Paidiṓn kai Efīvōn
ΝΠΕ-101
ΝΠΕ-104
ΝΠΕ-301
ΝΠΕ-302

	MASTER OF SCIENCES MSc-NEUROSCIENCE AND NEURODEGENERATION
ΤΙΜΝΑ004	Modern diagnostic approach of neurodegenerative diseases

Courses of Spring semester of 2025–26 academic year

	SCHOOL OF PSYCHOLOGY
ΨΥ-629	NEUROPSYCHOLOGY II: NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT

	SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
ΙΑ1047	Internal Medicine I

	SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
MD1054	Internal Medicine I

	Klinikī Neuropsychología
ΔΤ-100
ΚΨΝ-202
ΚΨΝ-301
ΚΨΝ-503

Theses Supervised

Student Theses within AUTh

In progress

Postgraduate

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Investigating Cognitive Intra-Individual Variability in Healthy Adults and Individuals with Traumatic Brain Injury.
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Undergraduate

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"Neuropsychological assessment of school skills"
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Doctoral

Mapping the Spectrum of Cognitive Aging: Early Detection, Risk Factors, and Determinants
Multifactorial model of risk factors in Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia
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Postdoctoral

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2025–2026

Doctoral

Reproductive factors and Enviromental Influences in the Develpment of Neurocognitive Disorder

Postgraduate

Development of an Environmental Sound Recognition Test.
Machine learning for predicting dementia and Mild Cognitive Impairment in the HELIAD cohort: Contrasting self-reports and clinical signs.
Exploring the Association Between Olfactory Function and Cognitive Integrity, Gender, and Age: A Convenience Study

Undergraduate

Cognitive skills and age: Covariation, climax and plateau of language skills in adolescents and adults aged 12-35 years old
Nights lit up by pixels: Investigation of the predictive power of sleep quality and night-time exposure to screen on attention and cognitive control performance in young individuals
The Role of Metacognitive Awareness in Essay Writing During Adolescence and Adulthood

2024–2025

Undergraduate

Neuropsychological assessment of academic skills: How executive functions affect math performance
Screen exposure time and attention: A correlational study in Greek adolescents
Sex differences in metacognitive skills in listening, reading, and numerical tests
Investigation of the factors which influence reading comprehension and fluency: sex and level of education

2023–2024

Doctoral

Frailty and subjective memory complaints in healthy older individuals

Postdoctoral

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Postgraduate

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Undergraduate

Urban or rural areas: which is the most advantageous for achieving high performance in higher cognitive functioning?
SuperAgers: Social involvement and memory performance
SuperAgers: Social involvement and memory performance
Congruence of the metacognitive estimation of young adults regarding their performance and actual performance on an essay and a task of verbal expression
Investigation of the potential relationship between choice of university studies and performance on reading tasks
“Long-COVID”: Relationship between self-reported cognitive change and neuropsychological test performance of patients with mild illness
Attention and concentration impairment after COVID-19
The effect of attention and processing speed on reading comprehension and listening comprehension
“Long-COVID”: Relationship between self-reported cognitive change and neuropsychological test performance of patients with mild illness

2022–2023

Postgraduate

Can sleep predict conversion to MCI and dementia? Results from Hellenic Longitudinal Investigation of Aging and Diet (HELIAD)
Years of education as a predictive factor of dementia. Data from the Hellenic Longitudinal Investigation of Aging and Diet
Years of education as a predictive factor of dementia. Data from the Hellenic Longitudinal Investigation of Aging and Die

Undergraduate

Neuropsychological profile of dissociative disorder – a literature review
Contributions of executive functioning to academic achievement in an adult sample
Subcortical dementias: Description, progression and effects on patients’ and care givers’ daily living

2021–2022

Undergraduate

Systematic Review: Emotion Recognition through Facial Expressions in People with Bipolar Disorder I & II
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR): An investigation of the physiological and neuropsychological mechanisms of action
Stroke Patients with Dementia and Cognitive Deficits: A Study from the HELIAD Cohort
Investigation of the Usefulness of Psychometric Tests in the Identification of Learning Disabilities: Normative Data for the Adult Population of Greece
The association between illiteracy and childhood socio-economic environment
Narcolepsy and How it Affects the Patient's Life
Effects of penitentiary incarceration on prisoners' mental health and brain function
Investigation of the Usefulness of Psychometric Tests in the Identification of Learning Disabilities: Normative Data for the Adult Population of Greece

Postgraduate

Neuropsychological Assessment Battery (SyNePsy): Regression-Based Continuous Norming
Discriminative and predictive ability of memory indices in mild cognitive impairment and demential

Doctoral

Investigation of the relationship between intelligence and executive functions through the construction and use of psychometric tests
Diagnostic Validity of Neuropsychological Assessment in Illiterate Older People

2020–2021

Undergraduate

The relationship of executive congnition with behavioral disturbances in frontotemporal dementia.
Standardization of Achievement Tests on Greek Adolescents
Frontier Executive Screen: Demographic effects, distant assessment (telephone based) and clinical utility.
The effect of living conditions in childhood at the onset of dementia.
Banner Blindness revisited: the effect of banner blindness on attention and memory in typical Greek adults.
Preservation of emotional experience in Alzheimer's disease
The performance of children and adolescents on executive functioning tasks.
The performance of children and adolescents on executive functioning tasks.
“Cognitive impairments in major depressive disorder”

2019–2020

Postgraduate

Mini Mental State Examination: Normative data for the Greek Elderly population and investigation of the diagnostic validity in patients with neurocognitive disorders
Autism and school environment. The importance of cooperation between parents and experts.
Discriminative and predictive ability of the Clock Drawing Test in detecting Mild Cognitive Impairment and demential
The clock Drawing Test as an instrument for the assessment of dementia in illiterate elderly population
Theory of mind in patients with multiple sclerosis and patients with epilepsy
Greek normative data and discriminant validity of the Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure Test
The validity of the Computerized Battery for the Assessment of Attention Disorders.
The effect of epileptiform discharges on cognitive function of a patient with epilepsy, with the use of neurophysiological and neurophychological indexes

Undergraduate

Cerebral Palsy on Children and Occupational Therapy
Preliminary normative data of neuropsychological tests for the Russian population
Investigation of the early decline in executive functioning in first-degree relatives of individuals with Alzheimer Dementia
Quality of life of adult patients with epilepsy
Sequelae of traumatic brain injury in contact sport atheletes (postconcussion syndrome)
Evidence for the validity of the CBAAD electronic array using traditional tools of attentional measurement

2018–2019

Postgraduate

Neuropsychological assessment: Case study with Aicardi Syndrome
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Neuropsychological Assessment Battery(NAB) for neuropsychological assesment: Normative dat and investigation of diagnostic validity in neurological population
Modern methods of educational interventions in children with selective mutism.
Executive Functioning in patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment: Deficts, Awareness, Functioning
Neurocognitive profile in childhood frontal and temporal epilepsy
Adaptaption of Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination-III for the Greek population: Is the ACE-III suitable for differential diagnosis of dementia?
Comparison of intellectual profile between children with different types of learning difficulties and children with typical development.
Cognitive and psycological profile of Klinefelter syndrome:Case Study.
Early Symptoms of Learning difficulties in kindergarden.
Standarization of the Computerized Battery for the Assessment of Attention Disorders.
Outcome of cognitive functioning 20 years after left functional hemispherectomy: a case study
Dyslexia and Brain.

Doctoral

Neuropsychological outcome and quality of life following syrgical myocardial revascularization: The influence of cognitive reserve, mood and type-D personality

Undergraduate

The Correlation of Sleep with Attention and Mood
Cognitive and affective perceptions of individuals with multiple sclerosis on their illness and treatment commitment and involvement
Cognitive and affective perceptions of individuals with multiple sclerosis on their illness and treatment commitment and involvement
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The Correlation of Sleep with Attention and Mood
Effects of TBI on the social life of children and their parents
Executive and Memory Functions of Relatives of Patients with Alzheimers Disease
The effect of post-traumatic stress disorder in women with breast cancer on the functions of memory, attention and emotional control.

2017–2018

Postgraduate

Emotion regulation and problem solving ability in traumatic brain injury: indications of interactions and clinical applications
Language disorders in patients with frontotemporal dementia and therapeutic interventions
Neuropsychological Investigation of Patiens with Parietal and Occipital Lobe Epilepsy

Undergraduate

Reasons for failure and predictive ability of the Trail Making Test on the Functioning of elderdly
The effect of test anxiety on memory
Reasons for failure and predictive ability of the Trail Making Test on the Functioning of elderdly
The effect of test anxiety on memory

2016–2017

Postgraduate

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2015–2016

Postgraduate

The effect of cognitive factors on an off-road test assessing driving ability and their role in predicting traffic accidents
Engaging in social activities before and after the age of 50 and its role as a predictive factor for the clinical diagnosis of dementia
Pesticide use by elderly farmers: psychological, neuropsychological an physical sequelae
Frailty and Cognitive Decline in the Elderly

2013–2014

Doctoral

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2011–2012

Postgraduate

Predicting independent living ability in the elderly.
Emotion perception of facial expressions.

Doctoral

Interaction of psychopathology and cognitive deficits in individuals with a head injury

2010–2011

Postgraduate

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2009–2010

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2007–2008

Doctoral

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2006–2007

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2004–2005

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2003–2004

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2002–2003

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2001–2002

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Undergraduate

Assesment of attention deficits in a virtual environment in patients with traumatic brain injury
The effect of metacognitive awareness on attention during the performance of cognitive tasks: Comparative study of adolescents and young adults
The effect of sleep on executive functions: A neuropsychological approach
Sex differences in written expression and metacognitive ability

Postdoctoral

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Postgraduate

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Theses outside AUTh

Doctoral Level

Ελένη Καρφοπούλου. Μελέτη των διατροφικών συμπεριφορών ατόμων που έχασαν βάρος και επιτυχώς διατήρησαν μέρος της απώλειας βάρους», το οποίο θα επιβλέψω, υπέβαλλαν υποψηφιότητες, Χαροκόπειο Πανεπιστήμιο.
Λάμπρος Μεσσήνης. Νευροψυχολογική λειτουργία και συσχέτιση με Τομογραφία Εκπομπής Μονήρους Φωτωνίου (SPECT) σε Έλληνες ασθενείς με Σκλήρυνση Κατά Πλάκας: Επίδραση ενός Λογισμικού Προγράμματος Γνωστικής Αποκατάστασης, Πανεπιστήμιο Πατρών.

Administrative Work

Τμήματος
#	Από	Έως	Θέση Όργανο / Επιτροπή
8	2020	2022	Head, Τμήμα Ψυχολογίας
9	2020	2022	Other, Φιλοσοφική Σχολή
4	2018	2020	Vice Head, Τμήμα Ψυχολογίας
7	2018	2020	Director, ΠΜΣ Κλινική Ψυχολογία και Νευροψυχολογία
6	2017	2018	Director, ΠΜΣ Εφαρμοσμένη Ψυχολογία
5	2014	2015	Director, Τομέας Πειραματικής και Γνωστικής Ψυχολογίας
3	2011	2015	Vice Head, Τμήμα Ψυχολογίας
2	2009	2020	Director, Εργαστήριο Γνωστικής Νευροεπιστήμης
1	2009	2010	Director, Τομέας Πειραματικής και Γνωστικής Ψυχολογίας

Ιδρύματος
#	Από	Έως	Θέση Όργανο / Επιτροπή
1	2004	2014	Member, Διαπανεπιστημιακό Διατμηματικό Πρόγραμμα Μεταπτυχιακών Σπουδών «Προηγμένα Συστήματα Υπολογιστών και Επικοινωνιών», Α.Π.Θ.

Άλλο
#	Από	Έως	Θέση Περιγραφή
1	1999	2016	Επιτροπή πρακτικής άσκησης μεταπτυχιακού

Research Projects

Coordinator
2025–2028	Early-life stressors & modifiable risk factors in late-life cognitive decline/dementia
2024–2025	The future of caring for people with Alzheimer's Disease and other dementias
2023–2023	Journey to Hope
2017–2017	Financing for the "M.Sc. Applied Psychology AUTH from the Greel Ministry of Education, Reearch and Religious Affairs
2015–2020	MSc. Applied Psycology
2015–2019	MSc. Applied Psycology
2013–2014	Neuropsychological decline related to aging
2009–2011	Development of Culturally Appropriate Neuropsychological Tests for the Greek Population
2009–2011	Development of Culturally Appropriate Neuropsychological Tests for the Greek Population
2006–2006	Convention: "Freud's legacy to modern science"
2005–2007	Brain and social cognition
2002–2002	Expert Evaluator for "Quality of Life and Management of Living Resources" - Marie Curie Fellowships
2002–2002	Expert evaluator for "Quality of Life and Management of Living Resources", 5th Framework Programme
2001–2001	Expert evaluetor - "Ouality of life and management of living resourses".
2001–2001	Expert evaluator for "Quality of life and management of living resourses"
2000–2003	Connectibity in language rehabilitation in stroke in Europe (LSDE)

Participant
2024–2028
2020–2026	Neuroscience and Neurodegeneration.
2019–2023
2018–2028	Postgraduate programme: Human perfomance
2014–2020	Post Graduate Studies in " Linguistic and Cultural Studies".
2006–2026	-
1999–2026	Πληρωμή μελών ΔΕΠ
1996–2026	Πληρωμές μελών ΔΕΠ.
1993–2026	Καταθέσεις για πληρωμή μελών ΔΕΠ (3%) από ΕθνικούςΦορείς σε συγκεκριμένο λογαριασμό της Ε.Ε..