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Zita Oravecz
Zita Oravecz
Professor of Human Development and Family Studies
ICDS Faculty Co-Hire
ICDS Faculty Co-Hire
Summary Statement
Zita Oravecz's research work has been focused on developing and disseminating innovative computational and statistical techniques for addressing questions related to emotional and cognitive functioning and development.
Department
Education
Currently Accepting Graduate Students
Phone
Email
Office Address
232 Health and Human Development
University Park, PA 16802
University Park, PA 16802
Additional Websites
Interests
- intensive longitudinal data analysis
- cognitive process modeling
- multilevel Bayesian modeling
- affective science
- ecological momentary assessment and intervention
Grants and Research Projects
- MindTrack: Multi-timescale process models to disentangle subtle cognitive decline and learning effects. (Learn more.)
- Embracing Love Across Cultures: Decoding cultural beliefs on love and their impact on wellbeing. (Learn more.)
- Wear-IT: Using mobile technology to develop individualized interventions to prevent relapse in addiction; developing longitudinal and cognitive process models.
Publications
Additional Information
Research interest in studying individual differences from a process modeling perspective. The general goal is to develop and apply state-of-the-art statistical approaches to particular areas of substantive research (in my case emotion and cognition) that would be difficult or impossible to study without novel methods of analysis.