Daniela Montaldi

Daniela Montaldi is a Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Manchester, affiliated with the Division of Psychology Communication and Human Neuroscience. Her work spans interdisciplinary domains including

• Human memory systems
• Brain structure-function relationships
• Neuroimaging methodologies

Research interests focus on declarative episodic memory, utilizing

• fMRI studies in healthy participants
• Eye-tracking and pupil dilation experiments
• Computational modeling approaches
• Clinical investigations in dementia and cognitive impairment

Key research areas from her 106 publications include

• Hippocampal pattern separation
• Medial temporal lobe functions
• Spatial working memory
• Recognition memory mechanisms
• Neurovascular interactions
• White matter integrity in aging

She contributes to global initiatives like the UN Sustainable Development Goals through work in

• Dementia@Manchester
• Manchester Institute for Collaborative Research on Ageing
• Digital Futures Institute