BIAL Foundation

For 30 years awarding and supporting those who seek to advance in science
and knowledge in Portugal and around the world.
View more

Grants for Scientific Research

In Psychophysiology and Parapsychology
View more

Latest News

Read the Highlights and our Science Stories
View more



About us

View more



Awards

View more



Grants

View more



Symposia

View more

News

Top Stories

Choosing the usual or taking a chance?

We always choose the same route back home, but one day, alerted about traffic restrictions, we decide to risk an alternative route. What drives us to make this decision?

Know more

Dream and daydream: differences and similarities

Did you know that daydreams reflect events from the previous two days and “night” dreams resemble a fictional plot?

Know more

Does your dog have social skills?

A study suggests that viewing the owner’s face works as a positive social reinforcement for dogs. Learn more about this and other surprising results about “man’s best friend”.

Know more

News

Research project supported by the BIAL Foundation features in the journal Critical Care Medicine

The article Monitoring the relationship between changes in cerebral oxygenation and electroencephalography patterns during cardiopulmonary resuscitation: A feasibility study has been published in the journal Critical Care Medicine in the scope of the research project 142/08 - Multi-centre study into the relationship of memories, consciousness and near death experiences during Cardiac Arrest, supported by the BIAL Foundation.

Know more

Researchers supported by the BIAL Foundation published in the journal “Neuropsychologia”

In the scope of the research project 298/16 - Empowering feedback connections in temporo-occipital network to boost visual perception of emotions supported by the BIAL Foundation, the research team led by Sara Borgomaneri published the paper Visual, sensorimotor and cognitive routes to understanding others' enjoyment: an individual differences rTMS approach to empathic accuracy in the journal Neuropsychologia.

Know more

"Neurobiology of Aging" publishes findings of a research project supported by the BIAL Foundation

The research team led by João Marques-Teixeira has published, in the scope of the research project The Aging Social Brain – Neural and behavioral age-related changes in social cognition and decision-making supported by the Bial Foundation, the paper Age differences in neural correlates of feedback processing after economic decisions under risk in the journal Neurobiology of Aging.

Know more