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Phd Candidate<\/strong> Micaela Portilla Research Center, Office 3.2 <\/p>\n I am a PhD candidate at the Department of Linguistics and Basque Studies at the University of the Basque Country, as well as a member of The Bilingual Mind Research Group. My main line of research seeks to establish the relative role and interplay of different bilingual dimensions in (1) language processing, (2) executive control, and (3) cognitive reserve in healthy aging. I am conducting this research under the supervision of Dr. Irene de la Cruz-Pav\u00eda and Dr. Adam Zawiszewski.<\/p>\n ______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n AREAS OF INTEREST<\/strong><\/p>\n Psycholinguistics, neurolinguistics, bilingualism, segmentation, language processing, executive control, memory, cognitive reserve, healthy aging.<\/p>\n ______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n CONFERENCES<\/strong><\/p>\n Oral communications:<\/strong><\/p>\n Fuente-Garc\u00eda, P., <\/strong>Villegas, J., & de la Cruz-Pav\u00eda, I. (2025). Word segmentation throughout the adult lifespan: An examination of younger and older Basque-Spanish bilinguals. Oral communication presented by IDCP at the 15th International Symposium on Bilingualism (ISB15)<\/em>, Donostia, Spain, June 9-13.<\/p>\n Fuente-Garc\u00eda, P., <\/strong>Villegas, J., & de la Cruz-Pav\u00eda, I. (2025). Bilingual word segmentation abilities across the adult lifespan. Oral communication presented by IDCP at the XVII International Symposium of Psycholinguistics (ISP)<\/em>, Barcelona, Spain, May 26-28.<\/p>\n Fuente-Garc\u00eda, P.,<\/strong> Villegas, J., & de la Cruz-Pav\u00eda, I. (2025). Segmentation abilities in aging bilinguals: the role of proficiency and frequency of language switch in Basque-Spanish speakers. Oral communication presented at the Bilingualism Matters Symposium<\/em>, Edinburgh, Scotland, March, 24-25.<\/p>\n Fuente-Garc\u00eda, P., <\/strong>Villegas, J., & de la Cruz-Pav\u00eda, I. (2025). Young and older bilinguals\u2019 use of multiple cues in word segmentation. Oral communication presented by IDCP at the Workshop Adaptations to Multilingualism\/Bilingualism and the Role of Linguistic Proximity<\/em> (ATOM)<\/em>, Barcelona, Spain, February 13-14.<\/p>\n Fuente-Garc\u00eda, P.,<\/strong> Villegas, J., & de la Cruz-Pav\u00eda, I. (2024). Word segmentation abilities remain stable across the lifespan: A comparative study of young and older bilinguals. Oral communication presented at the Workshop on Language Processing in Aging<\/em>, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain, May 23.<\/p>\n Fuente-Garc\u00eda, P.,<\/strong> Urquijo, R., Gervain, J., & de la Cruz-Pav\u00eda, I. (2023). Exposure length to an artificial language significantly impacts adult mono- and bilinguals\u2019 segmentation strategies. Oral communication presented at the XVI International Symposium of Psycholinguistics<\/em>, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain, May 31\u2013June 2.<\/p>\n Fuente-Garc\u00eda, P.,<\/strong> Urquijo, R., Gervain, J., & de la Cruz-Pav\u00eda, I. (2023). Exposure length to an artificial language significantly impacts adult mono- and bilinguals\u2019 segmentation strategies. Oral communication presented at the I International Multidisciplinary Congress of Doctorate Students (CIMED)<\/em>, La Laguna, Spain, March 22-24.<\/p>\n Fuente-Garc\u00eda, P.,<\/strong> Urquijo, R., Gervain, J., & de la Cruz-Pav\u00eda, I. (2022). Manipulating exposure length significantly impacts adult mono-and bilinguals\u2019 word order preferences of an artificial language. Oral communication presented at the International APPE-SEPEX Meeting<\/em>, Faro, Portugal, May 5-7.<\/p>\n Poster presentations:<\/strong><\/p>\n Fuente-Garc\u00eda, P.,<\/strong> Villegas, J., & de la Cruz-Pav\u00eda, I. (2025). Bilingualism and Executive Control as continuous-multifaceted constructs: insights from younger and older Basque-Spanish bilinguals. Poster presented at the 17th<\/sup> Annual Meeting of the Society for the Neurobiology of Language (SNL)<\/em>, Washington D.C., USA, Sep 12-14.<\/p>\n Fuente-Garc\u00eda, P.,<\/strong> Villegas, J., & de la Cruz-Pav\u00eda, I. (2025). Shifting, Inhibition and Updating in younger and older Basque-Spanish bilinguals. Poster presented at the 31st Architectures and Mechanisms for Language Processing<\/em> Conference<\/em> (AMLaP)<\/em>, Prague, Czechia, Sep 4-6.<\/p>\n Fuente-Garc\u00eda, P.,<\/strong> Villegas, J., & de la Cruz-Pav\u00eda, I. (2024). Tracing adults\u2019 word segmentation abilities: a comparison between younger and older bilinguals. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Neurobiology of Language<\/em>, Brisbane, Australia, October 24-26.<\/p>\n Fuente-Garc\u00eda, P.,<\/strong> Villegas, J., & de la Cruz-Pav\u00eda, I. (2024). Lifespan word segmentation abilities: evidence from bilingual older adults. Poster presented at the Architectures and Mechanisms for Language Processing Conference<\/em>, Edinburgh, Scotland, September 5-7.<\/p>\n Fuente-Garc\u00eda, P.,<\/strong> Villegas, J., & de la Cruz-Pav\u00eda, I. (2024). Living and aging bilingual: The role of proficiency in the word segmentation abilities of healthy older adults. Poster presented at the VII International Conference in Clinical Linguistics (CILC)<\/em>, Salamanca, Spain, June 19-21.<\/p>\n Fuente-Garc\u00eda, P.,<\/strong> Villegas, J., & de la Cruz-Pav\u00eda, I. (2024). Only proficiency predicts older bilinguals\u2019 word segmentation abilities in their second language. Poster presented at the 37th<\/em> Annual Conference on Human Sentence Processing (HSP)<\/em>, Michigan, USA, May 16-18.<\/p>\n _____________________________________________________________<\/p>\n INVITED TALKS<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n Fuente-Garc\u00eda, P., (2025). <\/strong>Bilingual word segmentation abilities: a lifespan perspective. BIDE Linguistics Seminar<\/em>, University of Deusto, Bilbao, Spain, January 30.<\/p>\n _____________________________________________________________<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong>PRE-DOCTORAL RESEARCH STAYS<\/strong><\/p>\n January\u2013July 2026<\/strong>: Language, Attention, and Memory Lab (LAM Lab), Auburn University, Alabama, USA (Fulbright Program).<\/p>\n June\u2013July 2025<\/strong>: Psycholinguistics of Language Representation (PoLaR) Lab, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Troms\u00f8, Norway.<\/p>\n _____________________________________________________________<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong>SCIENTIFIC OUTREACH<\/strong><\/p>\n Fuente-Garc\u00eda, P. <\/strong>(2024). Participation in The Bilingual Mind Research Group stand. Week of Science<\/em>, University of the Basque Country, November 7-10.<\/p>\n Fuente-Garc\u00eda, P. <\/strong>(2024). Desvelando el misterio del cerebro biling\u00fce en el envejecimiento saludable. (Unraveling the mistery of the bilingual brain in healthy aging)[Outreach talk]. Week of Science<\/em>, University of the Basque Country, November 7.<\/p>\n Fuente-Garc\u00eda, P.<\/strong> (2023). \u00bfC\u00f3mo envejece el cerebro biling\u00fce? [Outreach talk]. Week of Science<\/em>, University of the Basque Country, November 9.<\/p>\n Fuente-Garc\u00eda, P.<\/strong> (2023). Participation in The Bilingual Mind Research Group stand. Week of Science<\/em>, University of the Basque Country, November 8-12.<\/p>\n Cano-S\u00e1nchez, V., & Fuente-Garc\u00eda, P.<\/strong> (2023). Can older adults anticipate words better than younger adults? [Outreach article]. Mapping Ignorance<\/em>. [Available here<\/a> in English].<\/p>\n Fuente-Garc\u00eda, P.,<\/strong> & Cano-S\u00e1nchez, V. (2023). Bilingualism and cognitive reserve: unlocking the benefits of multilingualism. [Outreach article]. Mapping Ignorance<\/em>. [Available here<\/a> in English].<\/p>\n Fuente-Garc\u00eda, P.,<\/strong> (2022). Elebitasunak zahartzean duen eragina argitu nahi dugu [Interview]. ALEA<\/em>, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain. [Available here<\/a> in Basque].<\/p>\n Fuente-Garc\u00eda, P.,<\/strong> (2022). Language Processing in Healthy Aging. [Outreach talk]. Week of Science, <\/em>University of the Basque Country, <\/em>November 11.<\/p>\n _____________________________________________________________<\/p>\n CONFERENCE\/<\/strong> SCIENTIFIC MEETING ORGANIZATION<\/strong><\/p>\n 2025 <\/strong>\u2013 <\/strong>Member of the Organizing Committee of the Annual Meeting of Young Linguists<\/em>, organized by the Association of Young Linguists (AJL), University of the Basque Country (UPV\/EHU), Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain, October 1-3.<\/p>\n Invited Speakers: Mikel Santesteban (University of the Basque Country, Spain), Elena Castroviejo (University of the Basque Country, Spain), Ander Egurtzegi (CNRS-IKER UMR5478, France) & I\u00f1igo Urrestarazu-Porta (University of the Basque Country, Spain & UPPA & IKER-CNRS UMR5478, France).<\/p>\n 2025 <\/strong>\u2013 <\/strong>Volunteer at the 34th<\/sup> conference of the European Second Language Association (EuroSLA 34)<\/em>, organized by UiT the Artic University of Norway, Troms\u00f8, Norway, June 25-28.<\/p>\n 2024 \u2013 <\/strong>Member of the Organizing Committee and Scientific Committee of the Workshop on Language Processing in Aging<\/em>, organized by the Bilingual Mind Research Group, University of the Basque Country (UPV\/EHU), Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain, May 23.<\/p>\n Invited Speakers: Jana Reifegerste (Georgetown University, USA), Marco Calabria (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain), Sven Mattys (University of York, UK).<\/p>\n 2023<\/strong> \u2013 Member of the Organizing Committee and Scientific Committee of the XVI International Symposium of Psycholinguistics<\/em>, organized by The Bilinguasl Mind Research Group in collaboration with the UPV\/EHU Summer Course Foundation, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain, May 31-June 2.<\/p>\n Invited Speakers: Baltasar Bickel (University of Zurich, Switzerland), Judit Gervain (University of Padova, Italy), Marco Calabria (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain), Esti Blanco-Elorrieta (Harvard University \/ New York University, USA)<\/p>\n 2022<\/strong> \u2013<\/strong> Coordinator at the XXII Science, Technology and Innovation Week<\/em>. \u00a0University of the Basque Country (UPV\/EHU), Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain, November 9-13.<\/p>\n ______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n TEACHING EXPERIENCE<\/strong><\/p>\n 2025 (spring)<\/strong> \u2013 Lecturer in the undergraduate course Psycholinguistics <\/em>(3ECTS), University of the Basque Country (UPV\/EHU), Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain.<\/p>\n 2024 (spring)<\/strong> \u2013 Lecturer in the undergraduate course Psycholinguistics<\/em> (3ECTS), University of the Basque Country (UPV\/EHU), Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain.<\/p>\n _____________________________________________________________<\/p>\n STUDIES<\/strong><\/p>\n Apr. 2022-ongoing<\/strong>.: Phd Candidate at The Bilingual Mind Research group, Department of Linguistics and Basque Studies, University of the Basque Country (UPV\/EHU).<\/p>\n 2020-2021<\/strong>: MA on Theoretical and Experimental Linguistics, University of the Basque country (UPV\/EHU). Master\u2019s dissertation: With highest Honors.<\/p>\n 2016-2020<\/strong>: BA in Modern Languages and Translation, University of Alcala (UAH). Graduated with Highest Honors. Bachelor’s Degree Extraordinary Award.<\/p>\n ______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n A<\/strong>DDITIONAL ACADEMIC TRAINING<\/strong><\/p>\n Nov. 2024: <\/strong>Electroencephalography (EEG). Workshop with an eye on language and related neurocognition: Theory and Practice<\/em>. Organized by Lancanster University, United Kingdom. [6 hours].<\/p>\n Aug. 2024: <\/strong>7th <\/sup>edition of the ILCB Summer School<\/em>. Organized by the Institute of Language, Communication and the Brain, Aix-Marseille University. [30 hours].<\/p>\n Jan. 2024: <\/strong>Effective Communication and Teaching Skills for English Medium Higher Education<\/em>. Organized by the Vice-Rectorate of Basque, Culture and Internationalization of the University of the Basque Country (UPV\/EHU). [28 hours].<\/p>\n Oct.-Dec. 2023: <\/strong>Academic Writting<\/em>. Organized by the Doctoral Programme in Linguistics of the University of the Basque Country (UPV\/EHU), Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain. [32 hours].<\/p>\n Jun. 2023:<\/strong> Mixed effects modeling in R<\/em>. Organized by the Doctoral Programme in Linguistics and the Doctoral Programme in Language Acquisition in Multilingual Settings of the University of the Basque Country (UPV\/EHU), Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain. [6 hours].<\/p>\n Nov.-Dec. 2022<\/strong>: Introduction to Statistics for Linguists.<\/em> Organized by the Doctoral Programme in Linguistics and the Doctoral Programme in Language Acquisition in Multilingual Settings of the University of the Basque Country (UPV\/EHU), Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain. [15 hours].<\/p>\n Feb.-Apr. 2021:<\/strong> Skills Enhancement and Review of Approaches to Teaching Spanish as a Foreign Language (ELE)<\/em>. Organized by the University of the Basque Country (UPV\/EHU) in collaboration with Instituto Cervantes. [56 hours].<\/p>\n Oct.-Dec. 2020:<\/strong> How to become an ELE teacher. Organized by the University of the Basque Country (UPV\/EHU) in collaboration with Instituto Cervantes. [56 hours].<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n ______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n GRANTS AND AWARDS<\/strong><\/p>\n 2025 \u2013 <\/strong>Recipient of a Fulbright Predoctoral Research Grant.<\/p>\n 2025 <\/strong>\u2013 Recipient of the University of the Basque Country\u2019s Mobility and Scientific Dissemination Grant.<\/p>\n 2024 <\/strong>\u2013 Recipient of the Society for the Neurobiology of Language Trainee Scholarship Award for the Annual meeting in Brisbane.<\/p>\n 2022<\/strong> \u2013 Four-year full-time pre-doctoral fellowship, awarded by the University of the Basque Country (PIF21\/194).<\/p>\n 2021<\/strong> \u2013 Bachelor’s Degree Extraordinary Award, awarded by the University of Alcala (UAH).<\/p>\n 2020<\/strong> \u2013 University Excellence Award, awarded by the Community of Madrid.<\/p>\n 2019-2020:<\/strong> Global Mobility Grant, awarded by the University of Alcala (UAH).<\/p>\n 2018-2019:<\/strong> Erasmus+ Grant, awarded by the University of Alcala (UAH).<\/p>\n ______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n PARTICIPATION IN FINANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS<\/strong><\/p>\n Ongoing:<\/strong><\/p>\n The Bilingual Mind<\/strong><\/p>\n IT1439-22 (2022-2025)<\/em> Finished:<\/strong><\/p>\n Living and aging Bilingual:\u00a0 An examination of the Bilingual factors leading to processing advantages in young and older adults\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n PID2019-105100RJ-I00 (2020-2023)<\/em> _____________________________________________________________<\/p>\n LANGUAGES<\/strong><\/p>\n Spanish: native language; English: C2; French: C1; Italian: B2; Portuguese: B2; German: A2<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Phd Candidate patricia.fuente@ehu.eus Telephone: +34 945 014 452 Micaela Portilla Research Center, Office 3.2 Justo V\u00e9lez de Elorriaga, 1 01006 Vitoria-Gasteiz I am a PhD candidate at the Department of Linguistics and Basque Studies at the University of the … Continue reading
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\nTelephone: +34 945 014 452<\/p>\n
\nJusto V\u00e9lez de Elorriaga, 1
\n01006 Vitoria-Gasteiz<\/p>\n\n
\nConsolidated Group of Excellence (Type A).
\nFunding entity: Department of Education, Universities and Research, Basque Government. <\/em>
\nPrincipal Investigator:\u00a0Itziar Laka Mugarza.<\/em>
\nEndowment:\u00a0173.000 \u20ac<\/em><\/p>\n
\nFunding entity:\u00a0Spanish<\/em> Ministry of Science and Innovation<\/em>
\nPrincipal Investigator:\u00a0Irene de la Cruz Pav\u00eda.<\/em>
\nEndowment:\u00a0181.500 \u20ac
\nResearch project PID2019-105100RJ-I00 funded by MCIN\/AEI\/10.13039\/501100011033.
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