Notícias

O seu cão tem competências sociais?

Estudo revela que a visualização do rosto do dono funciona como reforço social positivo para os cães. Conheça resultados intrigantes sobre o “melhor amigo do homem”.

Faltam seis semanas para o fecho das candidaturas ao Prémio BIAL de Medicina Clínica

PRÉMIO DE 100 MIL EUROS RECEBE CANDIDATURAS ATÉ 31 DE AGOSTO. As candidaturas ao Prémio BIAL de Medicina Clínica 2018, um dos maiores e mais conceituados prémios na área da saúde, terminam já a 31 de agosto.

Investigadores apoiados pela Fundação BIAL conduzem projeto para identificar como expressões faciais são entendidas pelo cérebro

Com o apoio da Fundação BIAL, um grupo investigadores do Porto e de Londres (University College London) está a conduzir um projeto para identificar a forma como as expressões faciais são entendidas pelo cérebro, cujos resultados podem permitir o desenvolvimento de instrumentos de avaliação psicológica que possam auxiliar no diagnóstico de perturbações, como o autismo, que afetam a perceção emocional e o comportamento.

Candidaturas ao Prémio BIAL de Medicina Clínica 2018 terminam a 31 de agosto

PRÉMIO DE 100 MIL EUROS. As candidaturas ao Prémio BIAL de Medicina Clínica 2018, um dos maiores e mais conceituados prémios na área da saúde, terminam a 31 agosto.

Neurocientista Rui Costa resume discussão no 12º Simpósio da Fundação BIAL “Aquém e Além do Cérebro”

“O Robocop já existe, mas precisamos de garantir que fica do lado dos bons”. O 12º Simpósio da Fundação BIAL “Aquém e Além do Cérebro” reuniu durante 4 dias na Casa do Médico, no Porto, 300 participantes para debater o tema “Potenciar a Mente”.

Fundação BIAL abre novo concurso para Apoios na área das neurociências

Financiamento atribuído varia entre os 5 e os 50 mil euros por projeto. O presidente da Fundação BIAL, Luís Portela, anunciou a abertura de um novo programa de Apoios Financeiros a Projetos de Investigação Científica na área das neurociências.

Investigadores apoiados pela Fundação BIAL publicaram na revista “Neuropsychologia”

No âmbito do projeto de investigação 298/16 - Empowering feedback connections in temporo-occipital network to boost visual perception of emotions, financiado pela Fundação BIAL, a equipa de investigação liderada por Sara Borgomaneri publicou o artigo Visual, sensorimotor and cognitive routes to understanding others' enjoyment: an individual differences rTMS approach to empathic accuracy na revista Neuropsychologia.

A revista “Neurobiology of Aging“ publica resultados de projeto apoiado pela Fundação BIAL

A equipa de Investigação liderada por João Marques-Teixeira publicou, no âmbito do projeto de investigação The Aging Social Brain – Neural and behavioral age-related changes in social cognition and decision-making, apoiado pela Fundação Bial, o artigo Age differences in neural correlates of feedback processing after economic decisions under risk na revista Neurobiology of Aging.

Projeto apoiado pela Fundação BIAL é publicado na revista “Frontiers in Psychology”

No âmbito do projeto de investigação 169/16 - The potential effect of behavioral stimulation on social competence in dogs (via endogenous oxytocin release), financiado pela Fundação BIAL, a equipa de investigação publicou o artigo Gaze-following and reaction to an aversive social interaction have corresponding associations with variation in the OXTR gene in dogs but not in human infants na revista Frontiers in Psychology.

Projeto apoiado pela Fundação BIAL é publicado na revista “Psychological Research”

Foi publicado o artigo The effect of height and shoulder-to-hip ratio on interpersonal space in virtual environment na revista Psychological Research,.no âmbito do projeto de investigação 143/14 - From audio-visual perception to action: the processing of spatio-temporal components, financiado pela Fundação BIAL.

The quest of physiological markers for the experience of pain

Researcher: Elia Valentini - Department of Psychology & Centre for Brain Science, University of Essex Summary: The aim of this project is to improve measurement of the human experience of pain by investigating a combination of psychophysical and physiological responses during mild noxious stimulation. More specifically, we want to investigate how sensitive and specific to pain the brain oscillatory responses are. We use EEG as the main technique, but we are keen to collaborate with neuroscientists using fMRI, autonomic measures and brain stimulation as well as with computational neuroscientists. A clinical collaborator would also be very much welcome.

EEG investigation of hypnosis and decision-making

Researcher: Rinaldo Livio Perri - University Niccolò Cusano Rome, Italy Summary: I work in the field of hypnosis and cognitive neuroscience. In particular, I adopt the event-related potentials (ERPs) to investigate the effect of the hypnotic suggestions on sensory processing and cognitive performance. I am an expert in decision-making and proactive brain processes before the stimulus administration (e.g., the perceptual, prefrontal and premotor readiness during the expectancy stage). I could help colleagues to properly analyze the ERP signal in the pre-stimulus stage of processing. Also, I would be happy to share my EEG data for re-analyzing them in the frequency domain (e.g., wavelet or coherence analysis in the hypnosis research). Feel free to contact me for any question! More information on my papers: https://scholar.google.it/citations?user=-8e_V64AAAAJ&hl=it Possible collaborations: neuroscientist with experience in the EEG frequency analysis Email: perri.rinaldo@gmail.com

Transparent Psi Project - looking for collaborators

Summary: We are running a fully transparent, expert consensus-base multilab replication of Bem’s (2011) experiment 1. The project features state of the art methods to maximize transparency and study integrity. The study involves a computerized experiment taking about 20 minutes per session. Group testing is possible in a computer lab, no specialized equipment needed. Labs are expected to recruit at least 100 participants. Participants will be exposed to images with explicit erotic/sexual content in the experiment. No financial compensation is required for the participants. Data collection is expected to take place in the 2020 fall semester. Every material is provided for ethics/IRB submissions and data collection in English (translation of materials might be necessary by the collaborators). The study is pre-registered and the manuscript is accepted in principle for publication in the journal Royal Society Open Science. All collaborators who meet the minimum sample size criterion will get authorship on this paper reporting the results of the replication study. More information in the preprint: https://psyarxiv.com/uwk7y/ Indicate interest in the collaboration via the following form: https://tinyurl.com/tpp-labs With any question contact the lead investigator: Dr. Zoltan Kekecs, kekecs.zoltan@gmail.com

Cognitive control and learning

Researcher: Ignacio Obeso, Ph.D. / CINAC - HM Puerta del Sur Summary: The aim of our projects is to understand the behavioral and neural mechanisms used to learn how humans establish adaptive behaviour in changing contexts. More specifically, we want to decipher how stopping abilities are initially learned and later executed under automatic control. We use task-related fMRI, brain stimulation and clinical models to test our predictions in laboratory settings as well as online home-based paradigms. Possible collaborations: computational scientist Email contact: i.obesomartin@gmail.com https://iobesomartin.wixsite.com/cognitivecontrol