Ivo Popivanov

Dr. Ivo Popivanov is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Cognitive Science and Psychology at New Bulgarian University. He holds a PhD in Neuroscience from KU Leuven, Belgium, and works as a Clinical Neuropsychologist specializing in cognitive impairments associated with dementia, including affiliations with the Bulgarian Society of Dementia and patient organization Living with Dementia.

• PhD in Neuroscience from KU Leuven, Belgium
• Focus on visual perception, bilingualism, and dementia-related cognition
• Teaches undergraduate course The Human Brain (GENB008)

His research bridges Neuroscience and Neuropsychology with emphasis on visual perception mechanisms, bilingual cognitive processing, and dementia-related impairments. Recent work explores ERP correlates of language activation, face/body perception, and fMRI-based neural coding in primates.

Scientific trends in his publications span biological motion processing, stimulus representation in the brain, eye-tracking analysis during face recognition, and neural selectivity in primate cortex. These studies often combine EEG, fMRI, and single-unit recordings to investigate visual and cognitive processing.

Dr. Popivanov actively contributes to professional communities, including the Society for Neuroscience, Bulgarian Psychological Society, and Bulgarian Society of Dementia. His work has been cited over 600 times, reflecting impact in visual perception and neuropsychological research.