Notícias

Estudos sobre alegadas memórias de vidas passadas

Sabia que a maioria dos estudos sobre alegadas memórias de vidas passadas foram realizados sobretudo em países da Ásia?

Empatia em casais

Compreender o funcionamento adaptado dos casais é algo crucial dadas as consequências nefastas da violência conjugal.

Vai escolher o de sempre ou arriscar?

Escolhemos sempre o mesmo caminho de regresso a casa, mas um dia decidimos arriscar um percurso alternativo. O que nos leva a tomar esta decisão?

Sonhar enquanto se dorme e “sonhar acordado”: diferenças e semelhanças

Sabia que os sonhos “diurnos” refletem acontecimentos dos dois dias anteriores, enquanto os sonhos “noturnos” se assemelham a um enredo de ficção?

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”.

Brain Sciences - Prémio Jovem Investigador 2020

Olivia Gosseries, investigadora principal do projeto 261/18 - Phenomenological experience and neurophysiological correlates of shamanic trance in healthy individuals, financiado pela Fundação BIAL, foi uma das vencedoras do Prémio Jovem Investigador 2020 da revista Brain Sciences.

Ana João Rodrigues recebe bolsa ERC

Ana João Rodrigues, investigadora do ICVS da Escola de Medicina da Universidade do Minho e investigadora principal do projeto 30/16 - Exploring the neural basis of motivation, financiado pela Fundação BIAL, recebeu a prestigiada bolsa de investigação da European Research Council no valor de dois milhões de euros para compreender melhor como é que o nosso cérebro codifica o prazer e a aversão.

Recuperação da linguagem após um AVC perinatal

Antoni Rodriguez-Fornells, investigador principal do projeto “244/14 - Induced brain plasticity after perinatal stroke: structural and functional connectivity”, financiado pela Fundação BIAL, publicou o artigo Signatures of brain plasticity supporting language recovery after perinatal arterial ischemic stroke na revista Brain & Language.

As especificidades das experiências de quase-morte

No âmbito projeto de investigação apoiado pela Fundação BIAL “Characterization of “Near-Death Experiences” through the comparison of experiencers and non-experiencers’ particularities: inter-individual differences in cognitive characteristics and susceptibility to false memories” a equipa de investigação da Universidade de Liège liderada por Steven Laureys publicou o artigo The Near-Death Experience Content (NDE-C) scale: Development and psychometric validation na revista Consciousness and Cognition.

Estudo sobre experiências espirituais publicado em “Frontiers in Psychology”

Joseph Glicksohn e Tal Dotan Ben-Soussan, membros da equipa de investigação do projeto 228/14 - Pushing consciousness and selfhood towards their boundaries - An EEG neurophenomenological study, publicaram na revista Frontiers in Psychology um artigo intitulado Immersion, Absorption, and Spiritual Experience: Some Preliminary Findings.

Prémio Maria de Sousa: 25 mil euros para investigadores das ciências da saúde

Porto, 30 novembro 2020 - A terminar o mês em que se assinala o Dia Nacional da Cultura Científica, a Ordem dos Médicos e a Fundação BIAL anunciam o Prémio Maria de Sousa, uma homenagem à médica e grande imunologista, que morreu vítima de Covid-19 em abril passado.

Expressões de medo em cães em análise na revista “Scientific Reports”

Foi publicado o artigo Fear expressions of dogs during New Year fireworks: a video analysis na revista Scientific Reports, 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 e coordenado por Anna Kis.

Artigo publicado na revista “Cerebral Cortex”

No âmbito projeto de investigação apoiado pela Fundação BIAL 347/18 - Driving synaptic plasticity in motor-to-visual neural pathways to enhance action prediction, a equipa de investigação liderada por Alessio Avenanti publicou o artigo Transcranial magnetic stimulation over the human medial posterior parietal cortex disrupts depth encoding during reach planning na revista Cerebral Cortex.

Projeto apoiado pela Fundação BIAL publicado na revista “Nature Communications”

Zoltan Dienes e Peter Lush, investigadores do projeto “163/18 - Effects of a short-term mindfulness intervention on hypnotisability and mental health”, financiado pela Fundação BIAL, publicaram o artigo Trait phenomenological control predicts experience of mirror synaesthesia and the rubber hand illusion na prestigiada revista Nature Communications.

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