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Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar
Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar

Dr. Anamitra Basu Associate Professor
School of Humanities, Social Sciences & Management

Research Interests

1. Clinical Psychology
2. Cognitive Neuroscience
3. Cognitive Psychology
4. Hemispheric Lateralisation
5. Personality
6. Neurolinguistics and Bilingual Humor
7. Social Cognition
8. Cross-Cultural Psychology
9. Visual Perception
10. Memory
11. Emotion
12. Forensic and CyberPsychology

Contact Details

  • Room No. 112, SHSS&M
  • +91 674 713 6406
  • anamitrabasu@iitbbs.ac.in

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Education

 Degree Discipline Year School
  Post Doctorate "Lateralisation of emotional expression" (using EMG) 2010 Universite Blaise Pascal, Clermont Ferrand II (Post Doc), France.
  PhD Title of Thesis: Lateral Advantage in the Perception of Visual Stimuli 2007 Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
 

Biosketch

 Dr. Anamitra Basu serves as a member of the faculty at the School of Humanities, Social Sciences & Management, Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar. Her research spans around laterality, functional asymmetry, social cognition, emotional intelligence, scanning bias, cyberpsychology, personality and cross cultural psychology. She has been actively engaged in teaching and research for over two decades, contributing to both Cognitive and Social Psychology and interdisciplinary discussions. Before joining IIT Bhubaneswar, she was an Assistant Professor in IIT Guwahati. She was aVisiting Researcher cum Visiting Professor in University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth. Dr Basu was a Visiting Scientist cum post-doctoral CNRS fellow in University of Blaisé  Pascal, Clermont Ferrand' France.She had been a consultant Psychologist in AMRI, now Manipal Hospitals, and Peerless Hospital, Kolkata. Dr Basu completed her PhD at IIT Kharagpur. Her doctoral thesis, titled " Lateral Advantage in the Perception of Visual Stimuli” critically examines Laterality, which is understood in terms of structural and functional asymmetry.  She has published research articles in reputed International journals and has presented her work at various academic conferences. She was a Gold Medalist for best achievement in Graduation from University of Calcutta. Besides, she enjoys teaching a range of psychology courses at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, incorporating ideas of cognition, social cognition, cross-cultural and cyberpsychology. She also serves as a reviewer for several international journals. Apart from academia, she is a voracious reader, a classical dancer. She finds interest in third form of drama, keen in exploring new places, and a passionate cook. She has a special interest in languages, and has medium fluency in some foreign languages, as German, French, Polish, Latin, and Urdu.

Teaching

HS2L003 Social Psychology
HS4L005 Understanding Human Behaviour
HS3L001 Applied Organizational Psychology
HS4L002 Emotional Intelligence
HS6L011 Learning and Memory
HS7L011- Fundamentals of Neuropsychology
HS7L012- Human Cognitive Processes
Engineering Psychology

Projects

'Understanding Technology Transition: Towards a Unified Framework', (Seed Project), Rs 5 Lakhs. Funded by: IIT Bhubaneswar (Period 2011-2013)

CO PI: 'Subjective Well-Being and Adaptive Strategy of the Agrarian Household of Odisha in the Face of Climate Change', (ICSSR Project), Rs 15 Lakhs. (Period 2024 onwards)

Recent Publications (International Journals)

11. Gupta, M. D., Thakurta, R., & Basu, A. (2025). Relationship between Laterality and Theory of Mind among Typical Adults – A Systematic Literature Review. Acta Psychologica, 254, 104862. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.104862
2Gupta, M. D., Basu, A., & Thakurta, R. (2022). Re-examining the relationship between interpersonal reactivity index sub-scales and mental well-being: Implications of the pandemic. Acta Psychologica, 228, 103621.
3Thakurta, R., Urbach, U. & Basu, A. (2020), Understanding Technology Transition: A Cross-Cultural Study on the transition from PCs to Tablet Computers. Int. Journal of Tech. Management. 82(3/4). 276-321.
4Thakurta, R., Urbach, N. & Basu, A. (2018). Understanding Technology Transition at the Individual Level. Pacific Asia Journal of the Association for Information Systems. 10(3). 25-60.
5Kumari, R. B. & Basu, A. (2017). Role of Priming and Multilingualism. International Journal of Management and Applied Science. 3(12). 59-64.
6Kumari, R. B. & Basu, A. (2016). Visual Word Recognition Study on Bilingual Group of Odisha. GSTF Journal of Psychology. 2(2). 19-28.
7Merlhiot, G., Mondillon, L., Vermeulen, N., Basu, A. & Mermillod, M. (2014). Adaptation and validation of the Standardised Assessment of Personality – Abbreviated Scale as a self-administered screening test (SA-SAPAS). Journal of Psychology and Psychotherapy. 4(6). 1-9.
8Kumari, R. B. & Basu, A. (2013). Cognitive Psychology and Bilingualism. International Journal of Applied Psychology. 3(5). 139-147.
9Beffara, B., Ouellet, M. Vermeulen, N., Basu, A., Morisseau T. & Mermillod, M. (2012). Enhanced embodied response following ambiguous emotional processing. Cognitive Processing, International Quarterly of Cognitive Science. 13(3). 103-106.
10Basu, A., Thakurta, R., & Urbach, N. (2012). Why do people switch to new technologies? Developing a conceptual model to explain technology transition. Archived in Supplement to International Journal of Psychology. 47(37). 341-342.
11Basu, A., Mandal, M. & Mermillod, M. (2011). Affective Priming in Visual-Field Superiority. Review of European Studies, Canadian Center of Science and Education. 3(2). 129-139.
12Basu, A. & Mermillod, M. (2011). Emotional Intelligence and Social-Emotional Learning: An Overview. Psychology Research. 1(3). 182-186.
13Basu, A. (2009). Does judgement feedback affect Visual-field Superiority as a function of Stimulus Structure and Content. International Journal of Psychological Studies. 1(2). 49-64.
14Basu, A. & Mandal, M.K. (2004). Visual-field Superiority as a function of Stimulus Type and Content: Further Evidence. International Journal of Neuroscience. 114(7). 833-839.

Conferences (International)

1Gupta, M. D. & Basu, A. (2023, March 31- April 3). Examining Laterality Using Chimeric Pictures of 'Reading Mind in the Eyes' Tasks: A Split-visual Field Technique'. [Conference Presentation]. The 13th Asian Conference on Psychology & the Behavioral Sciences, Tokyo, Japan.
2Kumari, R. B. & Basu. A. (2018, September 10-12). Role of Script in tribal group of Odisha [Conference Presentation]. 7th International Conference on Spatial Cognition, Rome.
3Kumari, R. B. & Basu, A. (2017, October 11-12). Role of Priming and Multilingualism [Conference Presentation]. 80th IASTEM International Conference, Cairo.
4Beffara, B., Ouellet, M., Vermeulen, N., Basu, A. & Mermillod, M. (2016, February 22-23). Ambiguous Emotional Processing and Embodiment [Conference Presentation]. 5th Annual International Conference on Cognitive and Behavioral Psychology(CBP 2016). Singapore.
5Kumari, R. B. & Basu, A. (2016, February 22-23). Language Processing of Bilinguals: A Visual Word Recognition Study. [Conference Presentation]. 5th Annual International Conference on Cognitive and Behavioral Psychology(CBP 2016). Singapore.
6Basu, A., Mermillod, M., Thakurta, R. & Nils Urbach. (2014, February 3-5). Dynamics of Psycho-Social Process in Technology Transition. [Conference Presentation]. 14th International Conference on Education and Social Sciences. Istanbul.
7Beffara, B., Ouellet, M., Vermeulen, N., Basu, A., Morisseau, T., & Mermillod , M. (2012, September). Enhanced response embodied Following ambiguous emotional processing. [Conference Presentation]. 5th International Conference on Spatial Cognition, Italy.
8Basu, A., Urbach, N. & Thakurta, R. (2012, July 22-27). Why Do People Switch to NewTechnologies? – Developing a Conceptual Model to Explain Technology Transition. [Conference Presentation]. International Conference of Psychology, 2012, Cape Town, South Africa,
9Thakurta, R., Urbach, N. & Basu, A. (2012, June 10-13). Why Do People Switch to NewTechnologies? – Proposing a Conceptual Model to Explain Technology Transition. [Conference Presentation]. Ancillary Proceedings of the 20th European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS 2012), Barcelona, Spain.
10Basu, A. (2011, October 6-8). Bilingualism and Multilingualism. [Conference presentation]. Cognition, Conduct & Communication CCC2011 ,Łódź, Poland.
11Basu, A. (2011, March 20-22). Emotional Intelligence and Social-Emotional Learning: An Overview. [Conference Presentation]. The Asian Conference of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences, 2011, Osaka.
12Basu, A. (2010, July 21-23). Priming in Visual-field Superiority. [Conference Presentation]. PsyPAG conference, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.
13Basu, A. (2008, September 12-16). Brief Strategic Family Therapy: An Overview. [Conference Presentation]. International Congress of Brief, Strategic, and Systemic Therapists, 2008 Conference in San Diego, California.
14Basu, A. (2008, August 26-29). Dialogical Self: A Theoretical Paradigm. [Conference Presentation]. The Fifth International Conference on Dialogical Self, Cambridge, U.K.
15Basu, A. (2007, July 12-14). Visual -Field Advantage in the processing of Stimulus Content and Structure: An interactive phenomenon. [Conference Presentation]. International Society for Research on Emotions, (ISRE), Sunshine Coast of Queensland, Australia.

Conferences (National)

1Dayanandan, P. & Basu, A. (2013, December 13-15). The impact of Facebook usage on Second Language proficiency (English). [Conference Presentation]. XXIII Annual Convention of National Academy of Psychology. Rourkela.
2Brahmakumari, R & Basu, A. (2012, December 10-12). Cognitive Psychology and Bilingualism [Conference Presentation]. XXII Annual Convention of National Academy of Psychology (NAOP 2012), Christ University Campus, Hosur Road, Bangalore.
3Basu, A. (2009, December 14-16). Transcranial magnetic Stimulation, its impact on expression on face recognition. [Conference Presentation]. 4th. International Symposium on Cognition, Stress and Mental Health, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi.
4Basu, A. (2008, December 19-21). Dialogical Self: A Conflict within Self. [Conference Presentation]. National Conference On Recent Advancements in Cognitive Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi.
5Basu, A. (2007, December 17-19). Emotional Intelligence and Social-Emotional Learning: An Overview. [Conference Presentation]. The XVII Annual Conference of the National Academy of Psychology (NAoP). Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IIT, Kanpur).
6Basu, A. (2007, November 29-30). Visual-field Advantage in the Processing of Stimulus Content and Structure. [Conference Presentation]. National Conference on Applied Cognitive Psychology, Psychology Research Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata.
7Basu, A. (2007, July 26-28). Visual-field Superiority as a function of Stimulus Structure and Content: A comparative study of priming. [Conference Presentation]. International Conference On Psychology In Mental Health: Journey of a Profession: Prospects & Challenges, NIMHANS, Bangalore.
8Basu, A. (2006, December 14-16). Visual Field Superiority as a Function of Stimulus Type and Content with respect to Familiarity. [Conference Presentation] XVI NAOP Conference, I.I.T.Bombay.
9Basy, A. & Jha, A. (2006, January 3-7). Socio-psychological Attitude towards Entrepreneurs of students and their parents of an Engineering Institute Located in Eastern India. [Conference Presentation]. Indian Science Congress,Hyderabad.
10Basu, A. (2005, December 10-12). Visual-field Superiority as a function of Stimulus Type and Content with respect to feedback of Knowledge. [Conference Presentation]. International Conference on Ergonomics: HWWE 2005, IIT Guwahati.
11Munjal, S., Basu, A. & Jha, A. (2005, December 15-17). A Cross-Cultural Study of Stress due to globalization. [Conference Presentation]. International Conference on Globalization and economic asymmetries, IIM Kozhikode.
12Jha, A. & Basu, A. (2005, November). Psycho-Philosophical Study of Death and Bereavement: A Case Study on the Myths, Rituals and Beliefs of the Lepchas of Sikkim. [Conference Presentation]. National Conference on Aging and Dying: Relevance of Indic Perspective to end of life care, IIT Kharagpur.
13Basu, A. (2005, March 4-6). Traditional Knowledge and IPR. [Conference Presentation]. 15th. National Academy of Psychology (NAOP) conference, Faizabad.
14Basu, A. (2004, February 26-28). Stress Management: A Review of findings. [Conference Presentation]. 14th. National Academy of Psychology (NAOP) Conference.
15Basu, A. (2003, December 3-7). Right hemispheric superiority for processing emotional information: A Review of findings. [Conference Presentation]. 27th Indian Social Science Congress Conference, Kharagpur.
 

Academic Honors & Awards

  • 1st.class 3rd.in Msc., 1st. class 1st.in B.sc
  • Obtained Gold Medal from Calcutta University for best achievements in B.Sc (Part I).
  • Best Paper Award for Dialogical Self: A Conflict within Self, National Conference On Recent Advancements in Cognitive Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, December 19 - 21st, 2008.
  • Awarded CNRS Fellowship for Post Doctoral Studies in 2009-2010 by the Ministry of Education, France
 

Research Scholar

Dr. Rupashree Brahmkumari (Degree awarded in 2018) Thesis Title: Lateral Advantage of Word Recognition in Odia and Santali Bilinguals and Multilinguals.
Dr. Mohua Das Gupta (Degree awarded in 2024) Thesis Title: Psychometric Properties of 'Reading Mind in the Eyes' Test and Laterality: Experimental Investigation in the Indian Context.
Ms. Aleena Agnus Tom (Continuing)
Ms. Akankshya Kashyap (Continuing)
Mr. Hardik Singhal (Continuing)
Ms. Pulakita Chowdhury (Continuing)
 

Professional Experience

1. June 2012 - July 2012 University of Massachusetts Dartmouth (UMASSD) - Visiting Researcher cum Visiting Professor  2. July 2010 till date I.I.T. Bhubaneswar - Associate Professor 3. Jan 2010 - July 2010 University of Blaisé Pascal, Clermont Ferrand' France - Visiting Scientist cum post-doctoral  FMSH Fellow 4. July. 2006 - Dec 2009  I.I.T. Guwahati - Senior Lecturer 5. Sep 2004 - June 2006 Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology - Lecturer 6. Feb. 1999 - June 2001 Peerless Hospitals and B.K. Roy Research Center - Consultant Clinical Psychologist 7. Feb. 1997 - Jan 1999 Advanced Medicare & Research Institute(AMRI) - Consultant Clinical Psychologist 8. Dec 1996 - Dec 1998 Monovikas Kendra - Consultant Clinical Psychologist

Invited Talks

 1.  A Basu. " Cognitive Psycholinguistics and Second Language Acquisition in Indian Perspective", Society for Natural Language Technology Research (SNLTR), Department of Information Technology, Government of  West Bengal, 16-17April, 2015.
2.  A Basu: " Multilingualism:Threat Perception in Socially Marginalized Individuals of India", Society for Natural Language Technology Research (SNLTR), Department of Information Technology, Government of  West Bengal, 4-5 March, 2015.
3.  A Basu: Scanning Bias in writing systems", Aliah University,15 April, 2014.
4.  A Basu:  "Reflexive and Reflective processing of Threat perception in  High and Low anxiety Individuals in High and Low context cultures"  Aliah University, from  18 , March  -21 st March, 2014.
5.  A Basu: Role of language in team building, Polyjama LLC, Ohio, USA, June 26,  2012.
6.  A Basu: Biopsychology , University of Massachusetts , Dartmouth(UMASSD), July  2012.
7.  A Basu:  Humanizing work and work environment: A Review, Coordinators: Department of Physiology, University of Calcutta and Indian Society of Ergonomics, held in December, 17-19, 2009.
8.  A Basu:  Guidance, counseling and testing, Coordinators: North East Regional Institute of Education, Shillong, Commonwealth of Learning, Canada, to be held in September, 2009.
9.  A Basu and Archana Barua: Constraints and Challenges to Social Science Research in North East India A Review, Coordinators: North Eastern Regional Centre (NERC) and ICSSR,  Shillong, March 27-28, 2009.
10.  A Basu: Role of Assamese script in Psycholinguistics, Invited by Prof. Jyotsna Vaid, Texas A&M, Department of Psychology, September 23rd, 2008.
11.  A Basu: Lateral Advantage in the Perception of Visual Stimuli. Invited by Prof. Jyotsna Vaid, Department of Liberal Arts, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, U.S.A,  September, 22nd, 2008.

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