María Concepción Paredes Olay

María Concepción Paredes Olay serves as an Associate Professor (Titular de Universidad) in the Department of Psychology at the University of Jaén, Spain, specializing in Basic Psychology within the university's academic structure.

Her educational background includes:

• Doctorate in Psychology from the University of Oviedo (1997) with thesis: 'Aprendizaje de incentivo y control motivacional de la respuesta instrumental' (Incentive learning and motivational control of instrumental response), supervised by Dr. Matías López Ramírez.

Her research program centers on Comparative Psychology, investigating core cognitive mechanisms through experimental paradigms. Key focus areas include:

• Learning processes and incentive systems
• Attentional mechanisms
• Memory formation and retrieval
• Motivational control of instrumental behavior
• Comparative analysis of cognitive functions
• Basic psychological processes

She actively contributes to the 'Comparative Psychology: Learning, Attention, and Memory' research group.

Scientific Recognition:

• No awards, fellowships, or medals were documented in the source material.

Academic Mentorship:

• No information was provided regarding graduate student supervision, thesis advising, or research grants management.

Research Infrastructure:

• She is embedded within the 'Comparative Psychology: Learning, Attention, and Memory' research group, conducting experimental studies on fundamental behavioral and cognitive processes.