Argiro Vatakis

Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences is a public university that conducts research and offers courses and degrees in a wide range of disciplines in the fields of social and political theory. Panteion University was founded in 1930 and is the 5th oldest institution of higher education in Greece. Today, Panteion has 9 academic departments, one of which is the Department of Psychology. The Department of Psychology was founded in 1989 and has contributed to the establishment of Psychology as a science in Greece over the last 36 years. The Department is the first choice of approximately 95% of students admitted to it, with students scoring the highest marks among candidates competing for admission to higher education institutions in Greece. The Department of Psychology hosts the Multisensory and Temporal Processing Laboratory (MultiTimeLab), a laboratory that focuses on the study of multisensory and temporal processing and, more specifically, on: (a) cognitive processes and their gamification; (b) multisensory integration of simple and complex stimuli based on the informational relevance of sensory streams; (c) time and timing perception with a focus on the mechanisms of timing perception and time estimation in uni- and multisensory events; (d) temporal modulations for better decision making and well-being. The MultiTimeLab team brings expertise in coordination, networking, and basic research and development to European, international, and national projects.