Biography
Nicole Vargas Fuentes is a doctoral student at the School of Education specializing in the area of Human Development in Context (HDiC). She received her bachelor's degree in Psychology and Modern Languages (Portuguese and French) at the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras. Currently, she works in the Bilingualism, Mind, and Brain Lab, under the supervision of Dr. Judith Kroll, and in El Areyto Lab, under the supervision of Dr. Julio Torres.
Her research focuses on the bilingual experience and its implications for cognition. Currently, she is looking at the relationship between language and emotion by comparing how bilinguals feel across their languages and how those different degrees of emotionality impact cognitive processes (e.g., memory).
Nicole Vargas Fuentes is a doctoral student at the School of Education specializing in the area of Human Development in Context (HDiC). She received her bachelor's degree in Psychology and Modern Languages (Portuguese and French) at the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras. Currently, she works in the Bilingualism, Mind, and Brain Lab, under the supervision of Dr. Judith Kroll, and in El Areyto Lab, under the supervision of Dr. Julio Torres.
Her research focuses on the bilingual experience and its implications for cognition. Currently, she is looking at the relationship between language and emotion by comparing how bilinguals feel across their languages and how those different degrees of emotionality impact cognitive processes (e.g., memory).
