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Dr Monika McAtarsney-Kovacs

Headshot of Monika McAtarsney-Kovacs outside in front of foliage on a sunny day
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Monika is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Vision and Eye Research Institute (VERI). Her research focuses on cognitive impairment, visual short-term memory, and the development of sensitive cognitive assessment tools for the early detection of cognitive decline.

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Vision and Eye Research Institute

Faculty:
Faculty of Health, Medicine and Social Care
Location:
Cambridge
Background

Monika is a cognitive neuroscientist and researcher specialising in cognitive ageing, visual short-term memory and the early detection of cognitive decline. Her research interests include developing accessible cognitive assessment tools and understanding how visual short-term memory and eye movements change with ageing. She is particularly interested in translating cognitive neuroscience research into clinically meaningful applications.

Spoken Languages

Hungarian

Research interests
  • Cognitive ageing
  • Cognitive impairment and early detection of cognitive decline
  • Visual short-term memory
  • Cognitive screening and assessment
  • Sensory impairment and cognition
Qualifications
  • PhD Cognitive Psychology, ARU
  • MSc Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuropsychology, Birkbeck, University of London
  • BSc (Hons) Psychology, The Open University
  • BA International Business Economics, Budapest Business School
Memberships, editorial boards

Graduate Member, British Psychological Society (BPS)

Selected recent publications

McAtarsney-Kovacs, M., Sapkota, R., van der Linde, I. and Pardhan, S. (2026) 'Stimulus Incongruency Effects on Visual Short-Term Memory Binding in Young and Older Adults with and Without Cognitive Impairment', Brain Sciences, 16(8), pp. 898.

McAtarsney-Kovacs, M., Sapkota, R., Pardhan, S. and van der Linde, I. (2026) 'Agreement between cognitive screening tools: a comparison of MoCA, ACE-III, M-ACE, and MoCA-MIS', Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 48(3), pp. 237-251.

Sapkota, R., McAtarsney‐Kovacs, M., Van Der Linde, I. and Pardhan, S. (2025) 'A Comparative Analysis of Eye Movement Accuracy for Locating Items Held in Visual Short‐Term Memory Among Young Healthy Adults, Older Adults With Normal Cognition, and Older Adults Indicative of Mild Cognitive Impairment', Brain and Behavior, 15(11), e71021.