Elvira Masoura
Elvira Masoura graduated from the Department of Philosophy, Pedagogy and Psychology, of the Faculty of Philosophy, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, with a degree in Psychology as major and then obtained a Postgraduate Diploma in “Mental Retardation and Learning Disabilities” from the Department of Psychology, University of Keele, England (1991). In 2000, she completed her PhD with a scholarship from the State Scholarships Foundation, in Psychology at the Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Bristol, England.
She conducts research in the field of basic cognitive mechanisms such as memory. She is the Director of the Psychological Laboratory of the Department of Psychology of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. She has participated in research projects abroad and in Greece. She has presented her research at international and national conferences and has published papers in international scientific journals, books, and conference proceedings. She is a member of several international scientific societies, such as the team “With two languages” which is the Greek branch of the “Bilingualism Matters” network of the University of Edinburgh.
My research interests lie in the area of Experimental Cognitive Psychology with emphasis on memory and language. The largest part of my empirical work concerns the links between these two cognitive systems. Specifically, I investigate the contribution of working memory to acquisition of vocabulary (in mother tongue and foreign language) and the function of cognitive systems in bilingual and multilingual populations. Most recent work focuses on development of tools for estimating working memory capacity among children and adults. Also, on the development of training programs and interventions that enhance working memory’s capacity.
Bika E., Moraitou D., Masoura E., Kolios G., Papantoniou G., Sofologi M., Papaliagkas V., Ntritsos G..(2021). The Association between the Binding Processes of Working Memory and Vascular Risk Profile in Adults. Brain Sciences. 11(9):1140. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci11091140.
Koutsimani P, Montgomery A, Masoura E, & Panagopoulou E. (2021). Burnout and Cognitive Performance. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(4):2145. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18042145
Andreou, M., Tsimpli, I., Masoura, E. & Agathopoulou, E. (2021). Cognitive mechanisms of monolingual and bilingual children in monoliterate educational settings: Evidence from sentence repetition, Frontiers in Psychology, section Cognition. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.613992
Kouvatsou Z., Masoura E., Kiosseoglou G., Kimiskidis V. K. (2020). Evaluating the relationship between working memory and information processing speed in multiple sclerosis. Applied Neuropsychology: Adult, 19, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1080/23279095.2020.1804911
Masoura, E., Gogou A., & Gathercole, S. E. (2020). Working memory profiles of children with reading difficulties who are learning to read in Greek. Dyslexia. An International Journal of Research and Practice, https://doi.org/10.1002/dys.1671
Kouvatsou, Z., Masoura, E., Kiosseoglou, G., & Kimiskidis, V. K. (2019). Working memory profiles of patients with multiple sclerosis: Where does the impairment lie?, Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 41(8), 832-844.
Triantafyllidou, E., Moraitou, D., Kaklamanaki, E., Georgiadou, T., Athanasaki, M., Malliopoulou, E., Schina, C., Hamoli, M., Μoschou, S., Petropoulou, Z., Mpoulakis, P., Douli, E., Pagoni, K., Nikolaidou, S., Nouli, X-D., Masoura, E., Tsolaki, M., & Papantoniou, G. (2019). Retrogenetic models of working memory: Preliminary multi-group analysis. Hellenic Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 22(S), 4-17. https://www.nuclmed.gr/wp/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/22Suppl-2019.pdf [IF: 1.0]
Nazlidou, E., Moraitou, D., Natsopoulos, D., Papaliagkas, V., Masoura, E., & Papantoniou, G. (2018). Inefficient understanding of non-factive mental verbs with social aspect in adults: comparison to cognitive factive verb processing. Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, 14, 2617-2631.
Savvoulidou, D., Totikidou, E., Varvesiotou, C., Iakovidou, M., Sfakianaki, O., Papantoniou, G., Masoura, E., & Moraitou, D. (2017). The Brief Odor Detection Test (B-ODT) for very early diagnosis of cognitive decline: A preliminary study. Brain Impairment, 18(2), 197-210.
Argyropoulos, V., Masoura, E., Tsiakali, T. K., Nikolaraizi, M., & Lappa, C. (2017). Verbal working memory and reading abilities among students with visual impairment. Research in developmental disabilities, 64, 87-95.
Politimou, A.-N., Masoura E., & Kiosseoglou, G. (2015). Working Memory Rating Scale’s utility to identify children’s memory difficulties in diverse educational environments: can it work in every school? Applied Cognitive Psychology, 29(2), 291-298.
Deligkaris, P., Panagopoulou, E., Montgomery, A. J., & Masoura, E. (2014). Job burnout and cognitive functioning: A systematic review. Work & Stress: An International Journal of Work, Health & Organisations, 28 (2), 107-123. doi:10.1080/02678373.2014.909545 (A43)
Chrysochoou, E., Bablekou, Z., Masoura, E., & Tsigilis, N. (2012). Working memory and vocabulary development in Greek preschool and primary school children, European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 1-16.
Annastassiadis-Symeonidis, A., & Masoura, E. (2012). Word ending part and phonological memory: a theoretical approach. In J. Van der Auwera, T. Stolz, A. Urdze & H. Otsuka (eds.), Irregularity in morphology (and beyond) (pp. 127-140). Berlin: Akademie Verlag.
Kouvatsou, Z., Berlingeri, M., Masoura. E., & Kimiskidis, V. (2011). Neuropsychological assessment of semantically bound information processing: A case report. Neuroscience Letters, 500, 51-52.
Vivas, A. B., Liaromati, I., Masoura, E., & Liontou, G. (2010). Re-examining the contribution of working memory to IOR. Psychological Research, 74, 524-531.
Apostolidou, Μ., Siatra, V., Gini, M., Masoura, E., Foroglou, N., & Tsapkini, K. (2010). Word learning ability is correlated with phonological working memory improvement after temporal lobe resection. Academy of Aphasia, 48th Academy of Aphasia Proceedings, Procedia – Social and Behavioral Sciences, 6, 74-75.
Μasoura, Ε. (2006). Establishing the link between working memory function and learning disabilities. Learning Disabilities: A Contemporary Journal, 4(2), 29-41.
Masoura, Ε. & Gathercole, S. E. (2005). Contrasting contributions of phonological short-term memory and long-term knowledge to vocabulary learning in a foreign language. Memory, 13(3/4), 422-429.
Masoura, Ε. & Gathercole, S. E. (1999). Phonological short-term memory and foreign language learning. International Journal of Psychology, 34(5/6), 383-388.