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Dr Velia Cardin is an Associate Professor at University College London's Department of Experimental Psychology and the Deafness, Cognition and Language Research Centre (DCAL). Her academic journey includes a Biomedical Research undergraduate degree from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), a Wellcome Trust-funded PhD in Neuroscience from UCL, and postdoctoral positions at Royal Holloway University of London and DCAL. From 2016-2019, she served as a lecturer at the University of East Anglia's School of Psychology.
Her research focuses on neural plasticity mechanisms in deafness using neuroimaging and behavioral techniques, examining how sensory deprivation reshapes cognitive and sensory systems. As head of the Deafness and Neural Plasticity Lab, she investigates crossmodal reorganization, executive processing adaptations, and the societal implications of deafness research. Her work spans sensory systems, cognitive neuroscience, and neural plasticity with emphasis on deaf cognition and sign language processing.
Dr Cardin's publication record demonstrates consistent contributions to understanding how auditory deprivation affects brain organization, particularly in temporal auditory regions repurposed for executive functions. Her research bridges fundamental neuroscience with practical applications for hearing rehabilitation and deaf education, aligning with Sustainable Development Goals for health and education.
She actively teaches at UCL including module coordination for PALS0020: Deafness, Cognition and Language, and contributes to undergraduate neuroscience and psychology courses such as Brain and Behaviour, Biological Psychology, and Language and Cognition. Her teaching integrates her research expertise in sensory systems and neural plasticity.
