Cristina Nombela Otero

Cristina Nombela Otero is a Tomás y Valiente researcher in the Department of Biological and Health Psychology at the Autonomous University of Madrid. For over 20 years, she has worked on cognitive impairments associated with Parkinson's disease, focusing on the characterization of disease profiles and the effects of various treatments, both pharmacological and non-pharmacological. Her research integrates neuroimaging techniques, such as functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and electroencephalography (EEG), with neuropsychological assessments and clinical data.

 

Her international experience includes:

 

- University of Cambridge (England), postdoctoral researcher (2010-2014)

- Hospital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière (Paris, France), predoctoral researcher (2006-2007)

- Università La Sapienza di Roma (Italy), predoctoral researcher (2001-2002)

 

Currently, she leads projects on the effects of combined exercise and direct current cortical stimulation therapy in elderly individuals with frailty, evaluating motor activity, neuropsychological aspects, and electroencephalographic effects.

 

Recently, she has been involved in translational work on Neuroscience, Law, and Ethics through research projects (Neuroscience and Human Behavior, directed by the University of Castilla-La Mancha), committees (such as the Working Group on “Neurotechnology and Neurorights” of the Spanish Society of Neurology), conferences (such as Neuroscience and Law, INCIPE), and international courses (Neurorights: Approaches from Neuroscience Techniques, CINET).