Department of Neuroscience and Learning

Postal address
Uruguay

Organization profile

The Department of Neuroscience and Learning focuses on a multidisciplinary area that contributes to understanding mental processes and learning. In addition, it analyzes the interactions between neurobiological and regular and altered psychological events in neurodevelopment, emphasizing cognitive, emotional, and motor functions. In particular, this department focuses on cognitive neurosciences and learning. The significant advances in the studies of cognitive neurosciences on development and learning allow understanding of the brain in its structural and functional aspects, from regular development to the alterations that occur in the processes that are involved in human learning. This way, the relationships between the brain, cognition, emotion, and behavior can be identified. Within this framework, the Department of Neuroscience and Learning has as its main objectives the training of undergraduate and graduate students, the development of basic and applied research lines, the academic production, and the link with the environment in different areas of knowledge related to neurodevelopment, learning processes, and social cognition.

UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Our work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
SDG 4 Quality Education
SDG 5 Gender Equality
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Natalia Agudelo Cruz
- nagudeloucu.eduuy
- Department of Neuroscience and Learning
- LEES Lectura y Escritura
Person: Academic
20082025
Gabriel Barg Beltrame
- gbargucu.eduuy
- Department of Neuroscience and Learning
Person: Academic
20082025
Marcela Carballo Douton
- marcela.carballoucu.eduuy
- Department of Neuroscience and Learning
Person: Academic
20142025

5 Not started
11 Finished
12 Active

Estereotipos edadistas
López Gómez, A. D. (PI), Méndez Rivero, F. (CoI), Guidotti, C. (PI) & Ortuño, V. (CoI)
5/02/26 → …
Project: Research
Análisis del Riesgo de Caídas en Personas Adultas Mayores en el Uruguay: Un Enfoque desde la Fisioterapia
López Gómez, A. D. (PI) & Bravo, Á. (PI)
1/04/25 → …
Project: Research
Mantente REAL de prevención de consumo de sustancias en adolescentes.
Fernández Pintos, M. E. (PI), Carballo Douton, M. (PI), Marsiglia, F. (PI), Libsich, C. (CoI), Kulis, S. (CoI), Garcia, H. (CoI) & De la Vega, I. B. (CoI)
1/07/24 → …
Project: Research

Adaptation of the Interpersonal Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (IERQ) to Spanish in a Sample of Uruguayan University Students
Anselmi, A., Cordero, S., Costa-Ball, D. & Hofmann, S. G., Apr 2025, In: International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction. 23, 2, p. 1226-1240 15 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
1 Scopus citations
Colateral: Manual de uso
Fernández Pintos, M. E., Carballo Douton, M., Lema, R., Perez Pollero, M., Severo, N., Tomassini, A., Arisoty, S. & Gonzalez, S., 23 Oct 2025, 12 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Book
Differences in Brain Dysfunction Between Regular Users of Low and High-Potency Legal Cannabis
Ferrando, R., Carballo Douton, M. & Bayardo, K., 2025.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › peer-review

Beca Doctoral
Navarrete Antola, I. (Recipient), 16 Sep 2009
Prize

Habilidades sociales en personas con alteraciones en el neurodesarrollo y personas con desarrollo neurotípico
Navarrete Antola, I. & Montoya Rodriguez, M. D. M.
5/07/22
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media
Ni solitarios ni antisociales: muchas personas con TEA buscan pareja
Navarrete Antola, I.
16/01/22
1 Media contribution
Press/Media
El Prof. Ignacio Navarrete dictó conferencia en la que desarrolló el nuevo paradigma de la discapacidad
Navarrete Antola, I.
13/06/18
1 Media contribution
Press/Media