Dr. Itziar Lozano
Postdoctoral Researcher at the Neurocognitive Development Lab
Institute of Psychology, Polish Academy of Sciences
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ilozano@psych.pan.pl
My research focuses on uncovering the earliest behavioural and neural markers and mechanisms of language development in neurotypical infants and infants with a family history of autism. Through longitudinal eye-tracking and EEG studies, I examine how early perceptual and attentional processes support language development across the first two years of life.
My work addresses audiovisual speech processing in infancy, early neural and behavioural markers of word learning in toddlerhood, and early markers that may act as sex-specific protective and risk factors for language development in infants at elevated likelihood for autism. My long-term goal is to generate translational evidence that informs early identification and intervention strategies, supporting autistic children and their families.
Curriculum Vitae
2023–ongoing Postdoctoral Researcher at the Neurocognitive Development Lab, Institute of Psychology, Polish Academy of Sciences (Poland)
2021–2023 Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of Cognitive Psychology & Neurocognitive Science, Faculty of Psychology, University of Warsaw (Poland)
2021 Invited Professor at the Madrid Open University (UDIMA, Spain)
2021 Collaborating Professor at the European University (UEM, Spain)
2015–2021 FPU Predoctoral Researcher at the Autonomous University of Madrid (Spain)
International PhD in Psychology (with Honors)
2012–2013 Master in Cognitive Science & Language. Inter-University Program (University of Barcelona, Pompeu Fabra University, Autonomous University of Barcelona, University of Girona & Rovira i Virgili University, Spain)
2007–2012 Bachelor in Psychology (5-year program). Autonomous University of Madrid (Spain)
Publications
Lozano, I., Duszyk-Bogorodzka, A., Ribu, I.S., Laudańska, Z., Szmytke, M., Dynak,, A., Falkiewicz, N., Fryzowska, E., Ogonowska, W., Krupa Gaweł, K., Rummelhoff, C., Laumann, L., Tomalski, P., Gram Garmann, N., & Haman, E. The role of attention to the mouth of talking faces for vocabulary skills during toddlerhood: does language familiarity still matter? Child Development (in press).
Lozano, I.*, Duszyk-Bogorodzka, A.*, Ribu, I. S.*, Falkiewicz, N., Ogonowska, W., Dynak, A., Köder, F., Tomalski, P. … & Haman, E. (2025). The Development of Semantic Integration in Bilingual Toddlers Measured by N400. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience,101599. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dcn.2025.101599 * equal contribution
Laudańska, Z., Malinowska-Korczak, A., Babis K., Mąka, S., Lozano, I., Marschik, P.B., Zhang,D., Patsis, K.,Szmytke, M., Podstolak, M., Araszkiewicz, W. & Tomalski, P. (2025). Sit and face the world: Ontogenetic adaptation in infant vocal production and visual attention during the transition to independent sitting. BMC Psychology, 13, 320, https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-025-02645-9
Lozano, I., Viktorsson, C., Capelli, E., Gliga, T., Riva, V. & Tomalski, P. (2025) Early selective attention to the articulating mouth as a potential female-specific marker of better language development in autism: a review. Frontiers in Psychology, 16, 1501688. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1501688 [PDF]
Lozano, I., Campos, R., & Belinchón, M. (2025). Sensitivity to temporal synchrony in audiovisual speech and language development in infants with an elevated likelihood of autism: A developmental review. Infant Behavior and Development, 78, 102026. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infbeh.2024.102026 [PDF]
Lozano, I., Belinchón, M., & Campos, R. (2024). Sensitivity to Temporal Synchrony and Selective Attention in Audiovisual Speech in Infants at Elevated Likelihood for Autism in the First Year: A Preliminary Longitudinal Study. Infant Behavior and Development, 76, 101973. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infbeh.2024.101973 [PDF]
Lozano, I., Campos, R., & Belinchón, M. (2024). Sensitivity to temporal synchrony in audiovisual speech in early infancy: Current issues and future avenues. Cognitive Development, 70, 101453. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogdev.2024.101453 [PDF]
Lozano, I., López Pérez, D., Laudańska, Z., Malinowska‐Korczak, A., Szmytke, M., Radkowska, A., & Tomalski, P. (2022). Changes in selective attention to articulating mouth across infancy: Sex differences and associations with language outcomes. Infancy, 27(6), 1132-1153. https://doi.org/10.1111/infa.12496
Lozano, I., Campos, R. & Belinchón, M. (2018). Eye-tracking measures in audiovisual stimuli in infants at high genetic risk for ASD: challenging issues. ETRA Proceedings of the 2018 ACM Symposium on Eye-Tracking Research & Applications. ACM, New York, NY, USA. ISBN: 978-1-4503-5706-7/ https://doi.org/10.1145/3204493.3207423
Lozano, I., Campos, R. & Belinchón, M. (2015). Multimodal perception in infants with and without risk for autism: A meta-analysis, 105 (32-37). Proceedings from the 3rd European Symposium on Multimodal Communication, Dublin, September 17-18, 2015. Linköping University Electronic Press. ISBN: 978-91-7685-679-6/ https://ep.liu.se/ecp/105/008/ecp16105008.pdf
PhD Dissertation
PhD Dissertation
Title: Sensitivity to temporal synchrony and selective attention in audiovisual speech in infants at risk for autism: a longitudinal study. [PDF]
Advisors: Dr. Ruth Campos, Dr. Mercedes Belinchón
International Thesis (with Honors), September 2021
Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM), Spain
Invited Talks
Title: Selective Attention to the Articulating Mouth of Talking Faces as a Marker of Language Development in the First Two Years of Life: Developmental Pathways, Influences, and Challenges
Invited talk given to the Department of Developmental Psychology, Uppsala University, Sweden, May 15, 2025.
Title: Sensitivity to Temporal Synchrony and Selective Attention in Audiovisual Speech in Infants at Elevated Likelihood for Autism in the First Year: A Longitudinal Study
Keynote talk given at the Autism Conference “Individual Differences in Autism Spectrum Disorder in Early Childhood: New Research Perspectives and Clinical Implications”, Lecco, Italy, October 12, 2024.
Title: Changes in Selective Attention to the Articulating Mouth Across Infancy: Sex Differences and Associations with Language Outcomes
Invited talk (online) given to Gliga’s Lab, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK, March 20, 2024.
Title: Semantic Integration Across Development Measured by N400
Invited talk given to the Forum for Clinical Linguistics and Language Acquisition, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, March 30, 2023.
Title: Audiovisual Speech Processing in Infants at Elevated Likelihood for Autism: Changes in Sensitivity to Temporal Synchrony and Selective Attention in the First Year of Life
Invited talk (online) given to the Medea Autism BabyLab, Scientific Institute IRCCS E. Medea, Italy, February 2, 2023.
Title: Attention to the Articulating Mouth Across Infancy: Sex Differences and Associations with Language Outcomes
Invited talk given to Neuroinformatics & Medical Students, University of Warsaw, December 15, 2022.
Title: My Experience in Cognitive Science and Language (CCiL)
Invited talk given at the CCiL Annual Workshop “Future Prospects for CCiL MA Students”, University of Barcelona, May 26, 2017.
Conferences
Lozano, I., Duszyk-Bogorodzka, A., Laudanska, Z., Ribu, I. S., Dynak, A., Tomalski, P., Köder, F., Gram Garmann, N., & Haman, E. (2024). Toddlers’ mouth-looking to talking faces is stable across languages and no longer predicts vocabulary. Poster presented at the 16th International Congress for the Study of Child Language (IASCL), Prague, Czech Republic, July 15–19, 2024.
Lozano, I., Capelli, E., Viktorsson, Ch., Duszyk-Bogorodzka, A., Malinowska-Korczak, A., Falck-Ytter, T., Gliga, T., Jones, E., Riva, V., & Tomalski, P. (2024). Early sex differences in attention to the mouth as a female protective candidate mechanism in autism spectrum disorder. Poster presented at the International Congress on Infant Studies (ICIS), Glasgow, Scotland, July 8–11, 2024.
* Last shared senior co-authorship
Tomalski, P., Laudanska, Z., Lozano, I., & Szmytke, M. (2024). The role of face orientation in infancy: Investigating attentional shifts during speech perception. Poster presented at the International Congress on Infant Studies (ICIS), Glasgow, Scotland, July 8–11, 2024.
Lozano, I., Duszyk-Bogorodzka, A., Ribu, I. S., Dynak, A., Tomalski, P., Köder, F., Gram Garmann, N., & Haman, E. (2024). The role of mouth-looking in word learning in toddlerhood: An EEG and eye-tracking study. Oral communication (symposium) presented at the International Congress on Infant Studies (ICIS), Glasgow, Scotland, July 8–11, 2024.
Lozano, I. (2024). Visual traces on audiovisual speech in the first two years of life: Towards a converging developmental picture. Symposium organizer at the International Congress on Infant Studies (ICIS), Glasgow, Scotland, July 8–11, 2024.
Szmytke, M., Laudańska, Z., Lozano, I., Dulek, N., Babis, K., Dopierała, A., & Tomalski, P. (2024). Visual attention to faces while watching visemes and gurning in 5- and 10-month-old infants. Oral communication (symposium) presented at the International Congress on Infant Studies (ICIS), Glasgow, Scotland, July 8–11, 2024.
Lozano, I.*, Duszyk-Bogorodzka*, A., Ribu, I. S.*, Falkiewicz, N., Fryzowska, E., Ogonowska, W., Cañamaque, E., Krupa-Gaweł, K., Laumann, L., Rummelhoff, C., Szmytke, M., Laudańska, Z., Köder, F., Tomalski, P., Gram Garmann, N., & Haman, E. (2024). Developmental mechanisms of word acquisition in the second year of life at the behavioral and neural levels. Oral communication presented at the PolkaNorski Closing Conference (online), March 14, 2024.
* equal contribution
Fryzowska, E.†, Duszyk-Bogorodzka, A., Lozano, I., Ogonowska, W., Falkiewicz, N., Dynak, A., Tomalski, P., Ribu, I. S., Köder, F., Gram Garmann, N., & Haman, E. (2023). Functional connectivity patterns in semantic incongruence processing: An EEG study. Poster presented at the NeuroCog 2023, Brussels, Belgium, November 23–24, 2023.
† Student-supervised research.
Falkiewicz, N.†, Lozano, I., Duszyk-Bogorodzka, A., Fryzowska, E., Ogonowska, W., Dynak, A., Tomalski, P., Ribu, I. S., Köder, F., Gram Garmann, N., & Haman, E. (2023). Development of the neural correlates underlying semantic processing in toddlerhood: Changes in the N400 and theta power. Poster presented at the NeuroCog 2023, Brussels, Belgium, November 23–24, 2023.
† Student-supervised research.
Ogonowska, W.†, Duszyk-Bogorodzka, A., Lozano, I., Fryzowska, E., Falkiewicz, N., Dynak, A., Tomalski, P., Ribu, I. S., Köder, F., Gram Garmann, N., & Haman, E. (2023). Inter-individual differences in brain activity patterns during semantic incongruence processing: An EEG study. Poster presented at the NeuroCog 2023, Brussels, Belgium, November 23–24, 2023.
† Student-supervised research.
Lozano, I.,* Duszyk-Bogorodzka, A.,* Ribu, I. S.*, Dynak, A., Tomalski, P., Köder, F., Gram Garmann, N., & Haman, E. (2023). Exploring mechanisms of early language development through cross-lab studies: Challenges and opportunities. Poster presented at the Architectures and Mechanisms for Language Processing (AMLaP), San Sebastián, Spain, August 31 – September 2, 2023.
* equal contribution
Lozano, I., López Pérez, D., Laudańska, Z., Malinowska-Korczak, A., Szmytke, M., Radkowska, A., & Tomalski, P. (2023). Selective attention to articulating mouth across infancy: Sex differences and longitudinal associations with language outcomes. Oral communication presented at the Lancaster Conference on Infant and Early Child Development (LCICD 2023), Lancaster University, UK, August 23–25, 2023.
Lozano, I., Ribu, I. S., Szmytke, M., Duszyk-Bogorodzka, A., Dynak, A., Tomalski, P., Köder, F., Gram Garmann, N., & Haman, E. (2023). Associations between attention to the articulating mouth and vocabulary skills in toddlerhood: Does language familiarity still matter? Poster presented at the Lancaster Conference on Infant and Early Child Development (LCICD 2023), Lancaster University, UK, August 23–25, 2023.
Lozano, I., Duszyk-Bogorodzka, A., Ribu, I. S., Dynak, A., Tomalski, P., Köder, F., Gram Garmann, N., & Haman, E. (2022). Does attention to the mouth support word learning during the second year of life? A multimethod approach. Poster presented at the SAPIENS Early Social Development Conference, Ghent, Belgium, September 15–16, 2022. Best Poster Prize.
Lozano, I., Belinchón, M., & Campos, R. (2022). Audiovisual speech processing in infants at risk for autism: Changes in sensitivity to temporal synchrony and selective attention in the first year of life. Oral communication (symposium) presented at the International Congress on Infant Studies (ICIS), Ottawa, Canada, July 7–10, 2022.
Lozano, I., Duszyk-Bogorodzka, A., Ribu, I. S., Köder, F., Dynak, A., Tomalski, P., & Haman, E. (2022). The development of semantic integration in bilingual toddlers measured by N400. Poster presented at the International Congress on Infant Studies (ICIS), Ottawa, Canada, July 7–10, 2022.
Lozano, I., Campos, R., & Belinchón, M. (2018). Sensitivity to temporal synchrony in infants at high risk for ASD: A longitudinal study. Poster presented at the Early Typical and Atypical Development (ETADE), Brainview, London, UK, September 20, 2018.
Lozano, I., Belinchón, M., Campos, R., Núñez, M., & Pons, F. (2018). Early audiovisual processing in infants at high and low risk for ASD. Poster presented at the First Joint Congress of SEPEX–SEPNECA–AIP, UNED University, Madrid, Spain, July 3–6, 2018.
Lozano, I., Belinchón, M., & Campos, R. (2015). Multimodal perception as a possible early risk marker in infants with and without genetic risk for autism. Poster presented at the EFPSA Summer School, Madrid, Spain, July 12–19, 2015.
Lozano, I., Campos, R., & Belinchón, M. (2015). Multimodal perception in infants at high and low risk for ASD: A meta-analysis. Oral communication presented at the XXXIII AESLA International Conference, Madrid, Spain, April 16–18, 2015.
Lozano, I., Campos, R., & Belinchón, M. (2015). Multimodal perception in infants at high and low risk for autism: A potential early marker? Poster presented at the Workshop LABLIC: Language Development and Multimodality, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain, March 10, 2015.
Lozano, I., & Bosch, L. (2013). Exploring the effects of linguistic experience on disambiguation. Poster presented at the Workshop on Infant Language Development (WILD), BCBL, Donostia–San Sebastián, Spain, June 20–22, 2013.
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