Nina Purg Suljič

Nina Purg -

Researcher
Department of Psychology
University of Ljubljana
Aškerčeva 2, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Phone.: +386 1 241 1174
Email: nina.purg@ff.uni-lj.si

Education

2017–2022 PhD Biomedicine (stream Neuroscience), University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
2015–2016 MSc Neuroscience, University College London, UK
2012–2015 BSc Natural Sciences (Synthetic Organic Chemistry and Biomedical Sciences), University College London, UK

Employment

2022–ongoing Teaching and research assistant with PhD, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
2021–2022 Teaching and research assistant, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
2017–2021 PhD researcher, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

Teaching

Department of Psychology, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia:

  • Laboratory course in Cognitive Psychology (2017–2018)
  • Laboratory course in Cognitive Psychology (2021–ongoing)

MEi:CogSci Middle European Interdisciplinary Master Programme in Cognitive Science, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia:

  • Laboratory course in Cognitive Psychology (2019–ongoing)
  • Laboratory course in Advanced Cognitive Neuroscience (2021–ongoing)

Academy of fine arts and design, University of Ljubjana:

  • Laboratory course in Cognitive Psychology (2019–2021)

Scientific Publications

  • Purg Suljič, N., Kraljič, A., Rahmati, M., Cho, Y. T., Slana Ozimič, A., Murray J. D., Anticevic, A., and Repovš, G. (2024). Individual differences in spatial working memory strategies differentially reflected in the engagement of control and default brain networks. Cerebral Cortex, 34(8), bhae35. https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhae350
  • Oblak, A., Dragan, O., Slana Ozimič, A., Kordeš, U., Purg, N., Bon, J., and Repovš, G. (2024). What is it like to do a visuo-spatial working memory task: A qualitative phenomenological study of the visual span task. Consciousness and Cognition, 118, 103628. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2023.103628
  • Slana Ozimič, A., Oblak, A., Kordeš, U., Purg, N., Bon, J., and Repovš, G (2023). The diversity of strategies used in working memory for colors, orientations, and positions: A quantitative approach to a first-person inquiry. Cognitive Science, 47(8), 1-26. https://doi.org/10.1111/cogs.13333
  • Ji, J. L., Demšar, J., Kraljič, A., Matkovič, A., Purg, N., Repovš, G., et al. (2023). QuNex: An integrative platform for reproducible neuroimaging analytics. Frontiers in Neuroinformatics, 17, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.3389/fninf.2023.1104508
  • Purg, N., Demšar, J., and Repovš, G. (2022). autohrf-an R package for generating data-informed event models for general linear modeling of task-based fMRI data. Frontiers in Neuroimaging, 1:983324. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnimg.2022.983324
  • Kraljič, A., Matkovič, A., Purg, N., Demšar, J., and Repovš, G. (2022). Evaluation and comparison of most prevalent artifact reduction methods for EEG acquired simultaneously with fMRI. Frontiers in Neuroimaging, 1:968363. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnimg.2022.968363
  • Purg, N., Starc, M., Slana Ozimič, A., Kraljič, A., Matkovič, A., and Repovš, G. (2022). Neural evidence for different types of position coding strategies in spatial working memory. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 16:821545. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2022.821545
  • Purg, N., Slana Ozimič, A., and Repovš, G. (2022). The cognitive neuroscience of working memory and language. In Schwieter, J. W., and Wen, Z. (ed.). The Cambridge handbook of working memory and language (pp. 120-142). Cambridge, Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108955638
  • Hauser, T. U., Eldar, E., Purg, N., Moutoussis, M., and Dolan, R. J. (2019). Distinct roles of dopamine and noradrenaline in incidental memory. The Journal of Neuroscience, 39(39), 7715-7721. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0401-19.2019
  • Hauser, T., Moutoussis, M., Purg, N., Dayan, P., and Dolan, R. (2018). Beta-blocker propranolol modulates decision urgency during sequential information gathering. The Journal of Neuroscience, 38(32), 7170–7178. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0192-18.2018
  • Hauser, T. U., Allen, M., Purg, N., Moutoussis, M., Rees, G., and Dolan, R. J. (2017). Noradrenaline blockade specifically enhances metacognitive performance. eLife, 6:e24901, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.24901

Other Publications

Invited Lectures

  • Purg, N. Mehanizmi odločanja, presojanja in sklepanja z vidika kognitivne psihologije, Srečanje z naslovom “Clinical reasoning in nursing/midwifery education and clinical practice” v okviru ERASMUS+ projekta, Zdravstvena fakulteta, Univerza v Ljubljani, 19. 10. 2023.
  • Purg, N., and Matkovič, A. Development of treatment protocols and methodological procedures for resting state networks based neuronavigation, SiNAPSA Neuroscience Conference 2023, 30. 09. 2023.
  • Majdič, G., Gerjolj, S., Visočnik Gerželj, N., and Purg, N. ALUMNITEKA: Kako spimo in sanjamo ljudje ter kako živali?, Filozofska fakulteta, Univerza v Ljubljani, 01. 02. 2023. https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/alumni-ul/episodes/ALUMNITEKA-Kako-spimo-in-sanjamo-ljudje-ter-kako-ivali-e1udi2q
  • Purg, N., Vidno zaznavanje in optične iluzije, Gledati in videti: spletno predavanje v okviru cikla UMetnost: nevroznanost v galeriji, Narodna galerija, Ljubljana, 12. 11. 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AI18dbDlfA

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