Anna Di Betta

Anna Di Betta is a Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the Department of Psychology, Sheffield Hallam University (SHU), affiliated with the College of Social Sciences and Arts and the Sheffield Institute of Social Sciences. She joined SHU in 2012 after teaching at the University of Sheffield and Derby University. Her academic background includes a Medical Degree from the Catholic University in Rome (Italy), a PhD in Cognitive Psychology focusing on developmental dysgraphia, and postdoctoral research at Aston University and the University of York.

Her teaching focuses on Cognitive Psychology, Biological Psychology, and Research Methods, with module leadership roles in Cognitive Psychology, Biopsychology, and Developmental Disorders of Reading and Language. Her research spans cognitive and biological psychology, including second-language phonology perception, adaptation to foreign accents, novel word acquisition in adults, and cognitive deficits in developmental reading/spelling disorders. She also explored attitudes toward L2 speakers in HEIs and worked with the NHS on human error training.

Her publications (2008-2014) investigate speech perception mechanisms, dyslexia's cognitive underpinnings, and novel word learning. Though no awards are listed, her work demonstrates sustained contribution to cognitive neuroscience and educational psychology.

Her professional experience includes NHS consultancy and academic roles at multiple institutions, though no grants or lab affiliations are explicitly mentioned.