Velisar Manea

Velisar Manea is a Postdoctoral Researcher (Research Fellow) at the Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Copenhagen. His work focuses on cognitive and social development in infancy, utilizing methodologies like pupillometry to investigate foundational aspects of human cognition.

His research spans developmental psychology, cognitive science, and social cognition with specific emphasis on altercentrism, theory of mind, and preverbal infant capabilities. Key investigations examine how infants process memory under social perspectives and resolve conflicts between self and other representations.

Recent publications reveal trends in infant cognitive development, particularly the emergence and evolution of perspective-taking abilities. His 2023 work identifies receding altercentric biases in infant memory, while the 2022 study demonstrates challenges in self-representation during perspective conflicts, indicating sophisticated social-cognitive processing in preverbal stages.