Trends and Prospects in Metacognition Research across the Life Span (eBook)

Despina Moraitou is Assistant Professor in Cognitive Geropsychology in the School of Psychology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. She is author and co-author of 71 articles published in international and Greek journals and books as well as of more than 180 presentations, invited and others, in international and Greek conferences. She is Co-Editor (2015-) of the 'Journal of Happiness Studies'. She was editorial assistant (2006-2009) of the journal 'Learning and Instruction'. She was invited as Guest Associate Editor (2017) of the special issue - Supplement, 20(2), of the Hellenic Journal of Nuclear Medicine. She is Co-Editor (2013) of the volume 'A positive psychology perspective on quality of life [Social Indicators Research Series, 51. Dordrecht: Springer]'. Despina Moraitou is President (2018-2022) of the Division 7 - Applied Gerontology of the International Association of Applied Psychology (IAAP). Her research interests lie in the area of cognitive science of aging with emphasis on complex thought and the relationship between cognition and affect during lifespan development and aging. Her most recent work focuses on the examination of cognitive control, emotion decoding, and Theory of Mind in healthy and pathological aging. She is interested in early detection of dementia-related cognitive impairment as well as in examining retrogenetic models of cognitive development.