Marta Martins is a researcher at Centre for Psychological Research and Social Intervention (CIS-Iscte) since 2019. Her research focuses on the psychology and neurobiology of music, reading, and auditory-motor processes. She addresses these topics by combining experimental psychology and cognitive neuroscience methods in individuals of all ages, with particular interest in children and specialised populations (e.g., musicians).

Before joining CIS-Iscte, Marta Martins completed a Ph.D. in Psychology at University of Porto (2019), where she developed her thesis on behaviour and brain plasticity in reading and music. She was an FCT doctoral student and developed her work in collaboration with the Structural Brain Mapping Group at the University of Jena (Germany). During her PhD she did an internship at Gaab Lab, Harvard University (Boston Children's Hospital, USA), under a Fulbright grant.

She has a degree in Biology from the University of Porto (2007) and completed her Master's in Education Administration and Management at Universidade Portucalense (2012). She has the 8th degree in Treble/Descant Recorder and for eight years she taught Music Education in Primary Education.

At Iscte, she teaches Psychophysiology of Emotion, Psychophysiology and Genetics, and Biological Basis of Emotions.