Present: PhD programs & project

I am currently a student of the PhD program in Psychology from Iscte-IUL and of the PhD program in Science of Psychology and Education from Université Libre de Bruxelles (joint agreement). 
My project's (supervision: Rita Jerónimo, Cis-IUL, Iscte-IUL and Régine Kolinsky, Center for Research in Cognition & Neurosciences (CRCN), Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) main aim is to investigate the learning of science contents through different text types (narrative and expository) and the involvement of different factors and processes in this learning.

Education, research & teaching

I graduated in Psychology at Iscte-IUL and then completed the Master in Cognitive Science at the University of Lisbon, with a project about cognitive control processes in sentence processing using behavioural and electrophysiological measures.

Project: Monitoring in sentence processing: behavioral and electrophysiological evidence
Supervision: Ana Luísa Raposo (Faculdade de Psicologia da Universidade de Lisboa) and Rita Jerónimo (Cis-IUL, Iscte-IUL)
Area: cognitive science

After the Master, I completed an Erasmus+ research internship at the Center for Research in Cognition & Neurosciences from the Université Libre de Bruxelles (supervision: Régine Kolinsky).

Project: The costs and benefits of face expertise in light of Behavioural and EEG measures
Coordination: Régine Kolinsky (CRCN, ULB) and Adéläide de Heering (CRCN, ULB)
Area: cognitive neuroscience

Other research projects I have been involved with:

2016-2022

Project: Social cognition in patients with Schizophrenia and Autism spectrum disorders: shared deficits
Team: João Fernandes (FCM-UNL*, CHLO**), Bernardo Barahona-Corrêa (FCM-UNL, CHLO, CADIn*), Rita Jerónimo (Cis-IUL, Iscte-IUL) and Ricardo Lopes (CADIn, Cis-IUL, Iscte-IUL)
Area: sociocognitive neuroscience

2013 - present

Project: The cheese was green with… envy: an EEG study on how minimal descriptions impact information processing
Team: Rita Jerónimo (Cis-IUL, Iscte-IUL), Sofia Frade (Cis-IUL, Iscte-IUL); Sonja Kotz (Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, Maastricht University)
Area: cognitive neuroscience

I have also been involved in teaching activities at Iscte-IUL, mainly at the undergraduate level.

2016 - present

Perception, Attention and Memory
- theoretical-practical lessons on research methodology for the study of cognitive processes and on techniques and experimental tasks for the study of attention.
- collaboration in the development of a pedagogical methodology based on gamification principles.

Neuropsychology
- theoretical-practical lessons on the neural basis of attention and executive functions.

2017 - present

Reasoning and Language
- theoretical-practical lessons on the cognitive processes underlying text comprehension.

Psychophysiology and Genetics
- laboratory class on the fundamentals of electroencephalography, applicability in basic and applied research and hands-on demonstration of the technique.

Other professional experiences

Besides academic, research and formal teaching activities, I have also done more practical work in the non-formal learning domain.

2014-2017
- Explainer at the Pavilion of Knowledge: I explained the scientific contents of the exhibits, did hands-on demonstrations, developed science-learning activities and gave training on topics from psychology and cognitive science.

2016-2018
- Cognitive tutor at Hikari: I applied scientific knowledge about cognition and the brain in the development and implementation of learning strategies with students from various ages and school levels.

* Faculdade de Ciências Médicas - Universidade Nova de Lisboa 
** Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Ocidental
*** Centro de Apoio ao Desenvolvimento Infantil