Seta Kazandjian
Assistant Professor
- Department: Psychology, Health and Gender
- Office:PL-104
- Personal Website:
Professor Kazandjian听joined AUP's faculty in 2008 teaching courses in cognitive psychology, perception, clinical听neuropsychology, and neuroscience.听She听completed her doctorate in 2006 at the Neuropsychology subprogram at the听City University of New York听at Queens College. 听She is a licensed psychologist in New York and California, and registered as a psychologist in France, with an active practice in Paris.听
Dr. Kazandjian's听personal听experiences听with听moving between cultures (Armenian, Lebanese, American, and French) and locales has led to her clinical and research interests in bi/multilingualism, acculturation, and听transculturalism in cognition. Her early research focused on the role of acculturation among immigrants on neuropsychological test performance. Her postdoctoral work looked into the role of reading direction on visual perception. 听Recently, she launched the Multicultural Neuropsychology Lab at 国产三级片with the goal of learning from the international and multi-cultural community in听Paris and gaining greater insight in the role of culture on perception and cognition.听
Kazandjian is an active member of the English-speaking professional community in Paris. 听She is also a member of several professional neuropsychological organizations in France and the United States.
Education/Degrees
- Bachelor of Science, Psychology. University of California, Los Angeles (1997)
- Masters of Philosophy, Psychology. City University of New York, Queens College. (2003)
- Doctorate, Psychology. The Graduate Center of the City University of New York, New York, NY, USA
- Neuropsychology Subprogram at Queens College
- Licenses in Psychology: New York and California, United States: Equivalence and Registration, France.听
Publications
Original Peer-Reviewed Articles (International Journals)
- Coubard, O., Perez, C.,听Kazandjian, S.,听Gaudry, I., Marendaz, C., Guyader, N., Peyrin, C., & Chokron, S. (2011).听 Visual demand and visual field presentation influence natural scene processing.听Graefes Archives of Clinical Experimental Ophtalmology, 249, 223-32.
- De Agostini, M.,听Kazandjian, S., Cavezian, C., Lellouch, J., & Chokron, S. (2010). Visual aesthetic preference: Effects of handedness, sex, and age-related reading/writing directional scanning experience.听听Writing Systems Research,听2, 77-85.
- Kazandjian, S.,听Cavezian, C, Zivotofsky, A. Z., & Chokron, S. (2010). Bisections in Two Languages: When Number Processing, Spatial Representation, and Habitual Reading Direction Interact.听Neuropsychologia,听48(14):4031-7.
- Kazandjian, S., Gaash, E., Love, I. Y., Zivotofsky, A. Z., & Chokron, S. (2010). 听Spatial representations of action phrases among bidirectional readers: The effect of language environment and sentence complexity.听Social Psychology, Special Issue: Spatial Constraints on Social Cognition,听42,听249-258.
- Cav茅zian C, Vilayphonh M, de Agostini M, Vasseur V, Watier L,听Kazandjian S,听Laloum L, Chokron S. (2010).听 听Assessment of visuo-attentional abilities in young children with or without visual disorder: toward a systematic screening in the general population.听Research in Developmental Disabilities, 31,听1102-8.
- Kazandjian, S., Dupierrix, E., Gaash, E., Love, I. Y., De Agostini, M., Zivotofsky, A. Z., &听Chokron, S. (2009).听 Egocentric reference in bidirectional readers as measured by the straight- ahead pointing task.听听Brain Research, 1247,听133-141.
- Kazandjian, S.,听Borod, J.C., & Brickman, A. M. (2007). Facial emotional expression in unilateral stroke 听patients: 听Monologue 听length 听and 听development 听as 听methodological 听factors.听Applied听Neuropsychology, 14, 235-246.
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Book Chapters
- Chokron , S. ,听Kazandjian听,听S.听, and De Agostini M. ( 2010 ). Cultural and biological interaction in visuospatial organization . In A. Maass and T. Schubert (eds),听Spatial dimensions of social thought听. Mouton de Gruyter, in press.
- Chokron S.,听Kazandjian S, De Agostini, M. (2009). Effects of Reading Habits on Visuospatial Organization: A Critical Review. In A. Gari & K. Mylonas (Eds.),听Quod Erat Demonstrandum:听 From听Herodotus鈥 Ethnographic Journeys to Cross-Cultural Research听(pp. 107-114). Athens, Greece: Pedio Books.
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Communications
- Kazandjian, S.,听Zivotofsky, A. Z., & Chokron, S. (2010). Language environment on the spatial action representation of phrases in bilingual-bidirectional readers. Poster to be presented at the听Donostia Workshop on Neurobilingualism, Donostia - San Sebasti谩n, Spain, September 30th to October 2nd, 2010.
- Kazandjian, S., Zivotofsky, A. Z., & Chokron, S. (2009). The Mental Number Line in 听Bidirectional Readers. Oral presentation at听Israel Society for Neuroscience听Meeting, November, 2009, Eilat, Israel.
- Kazandjian, S., Allen, L., Zivotofsky, A.Z., & Chokron, S. (2009). Bidirectional Reading on Cancellation Task Performance.听Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 15 (S1).听Poster presented at the 37th Annual Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, February 10-13, 2009, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
- Kazandjian, S., Gaash, E., Love, I., Zivotofsky, A. Z., & Chokron, S. (2008). Egocentric reference in bidirectional readers. 听Oral presentation at听Israel Society for Neuroscience听Meeting, December 7-9, 2008, Eilat, Israel.
- Kazandjian, 听S. 听& 听Chokron, 听S. 听(2008). 听Paying 听attention 听to 听reading 听direction. 听Nature 听Reviews听Neuroscience, 12, 965.
- Kazandjian, S,听Perez, C, Grandjacques, B., De Agostini, M, & Chokron S. (2007). 听Is there hemispheric specialization for aesthetic preference in homonymous hemianopia? 听Journal of the听International Neuropsychological Society, 13 (S2),听61. Poster presented at the Mid-Year Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Bilbao, Spain.
- Coubard O., Perez C.,听Kazandjian S, Chokron S., (2007).Left-right asymmetries in natural scene perception. Tennet, Montreal, June 2007.
- De Agostini, M.听Kazandjian S,听Lellouche J, Chokron S., (2007). Developmental effect in Aesthetic preference in Right- and Left-handers. Tennet, Montreal, June 2007.
- Kazandjian, S.听& Borod, J.C. (2007). Cross-Cultural Differences on Nonverbal Neuropsychological Tests. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society,听13 (S1).听Poster presented at the 35th Annual Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Portland, Oregon.
- Kazandjian, S., Borod, J., Manly, J. J., & Kluger, A. (2006). Effects of bilingualism and acculturation on the neuropsychological test performance of Armenian-Americans.听Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society,听12, pg. 77. Poster presented at the 34th Annual Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Boston, MA
- Kazandjian, S., Borod, J.C., & Brickman, A. M. (2003). Facial emotional expression during monologues from unilateral stroke patients.听Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society,听9, pg. 187. 听Poster 听presented 听at 听the 听31st听 听Annual 听Meeting 听of 听the 听International 听Neuropsychological Society, Honolulu, HI