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I'm a cognitive scientist passionate about understanding human cognition --- behaviour, brain, and language.
I study topics such as cognitive consequences of multilingualism, language processing, executive control, and neurodiversity among others at the Nepal Center for Cognition and Society ([NCCS](https://github.com/nccs-nepal)) where I am Executive Director and Director of Research.

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Below, you'll see my <a href="#education-section">academic qualifications</a>.
A full list of academic publications, presentations, and talks is available [here](https://mfr.de-1.osf.io/render?url=https://osf.io/download/68j3m/?direct%26mode=render).
And [here](./contents/projects/index.html), you can find the academic research projects I have undertaken.

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<u><h1 id="education-section" style="text-align: left; font-size: 22px;">Education and training</h1></u>

**Saarland University** **|** Germany\
PhD -- *magna cum laude* **|** Nov 2018 - Jan 2023\

**Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language** **|** Spain\
Master in Cognitive Neuroscience of Language **|** Sep 2017 - Sep 2018\

**Center for Neural and Cognitive Sciences**, University of Hyderabad **|** India\
Research Intern **|** Dec 2015 - May 2017\

**Institute of Medicine**, Tribhuvan University **|** Nepal\
Bachelor in Audiology & Speech-Language Pathology **|** Nov 2010 - April 2015

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**Bhandari, P** (2022). Interaction of top-down and bottom-up processes in spoken language comprehension. [Doctoral dissertation, Saarland University]. *Saarländische Universitäts-und Landesbibliothek*. doi:10.22028/D291-38594. [[html](https://pratik-bhandari.github.io/contents/html-phd/index.html/)]

**Bhandari, P.**, Demberg, V., & Kray, J. (2022). Predictability effects in degraded speech comprehension are reduced as a function of attention. *Language and Cognition, 14*(4), 534-551. [[html](https://doi.org/10.1017/langcog.2022.16)][[pdf](https://mfr.osf.io/render?url=https%3A%2F%2Fosf.io%2Fdownload%2Ftdvhs%2F%3Fdirect%3D%26mode%3Drender)]

**Bhandari, P.**, Prasad, S., & Mishra, R.K. (2020). High proficient bilinguals bring in higher executive control when encountering diverse interlocutors. *Journal of Cultural Cognitive Science. 4*(2), 201-215. [[html](https://doi.org/10.1007/s41809-020-00060-7)] [[pdf](https://mfr.osf.io/render?url=https%3A%2F%2Fosf.io%2Fdownload%2Ffm8da%2F%3Fdirect%3D%26mode%3Drender)]

**Bhandari, P.**, & Khanal, P. (2016). Pride in autistic diversity: against treatment or for inclusion? *The Lancet, 388*(10059), 24477. [[html](https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(16)32176-6)]
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While you're here, explore my writings in Substack -- [From river to the sea and back](https://drpratik.substack.com/).
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These are some of my posts:

<!-- 1. [13/03/2023](./contents/blog/posts/2023-03-13_nepal-iq-myth/index.html): The danger and false promise of IQ -->
    
1. [16/12/2023](./contents/blog/posts/2023-12-16_movie-primer/index.html): 	Identity enigma (Part 1)
        
1. [14/08/2023](./contents/blog/posts/2023-08-14_live-n-leave/index.html): Reflections on farewells and returns
    
2. [21/01/2023](./contents/blog/posts/2023-01-21_phd-afterthought/index.html): PhD defence: An afterthought
    
3. [08/08/2022](./contents/blog/posts/2022-08-08_speech-rate/index.html): Speaking fast and slow
    
4. [25/07/2022](./contents/blog/posts/2022-07-25_attention-prediction/index.html): Attention is mostly what you need
    
5. [26/10/2021](./contents/literature/posts/2021-10-26-operation-room/index.html): In the operating room

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