Curriculum

Education

PhD in Psychology (Development and Psychopathology) - co-tutelle between the University of Minho, Portugal, and the University of Lille, France (20/10/2023–current)
Post-graduate course “Systematic Literature Review and Meta-Analysis” (Faculty of Psychology of the University of Lisbon; 27/11/2023–29/01/2024)
Advanced Specialisation in Psychological Assessment From Childhood to Adulthood (Instituto CRIAP; 09/09/2020–08/03/2021)
Advanced Specialisation in Neuropsychological Intervention (Instituto CRIAP; 13/08/2019–09/12/2019)
MSc in Clinical and Health Psychology (University of Porto; 09/2017–07/2019)
Bachelor’s in Psychology (University of Beira Interior; 09/2014–07/2017)

Professional experience

30/01/2023–31/12/2023: Research Assistant at the Psychology Research Centre (CIPsi) of the University of Minho
01/02/2021–03/05/2022: Psychologist at Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Peso da Régua~
01/03/2021–30/04/2021: Research Assistant at the University of Minho
02/12/2019–31/08/2020: Psychologist at the Associação Social, Desportiva, Cultural e Recreativa de Silgueiros (Professional Internship)
01/10/2018–31/05/2019: Intern at the Laboratory of Neuropsychophysiology of the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences of the University of Porto (Curricular internship)

Digital skills

Microsoft Office • IBM SPSS Statistics • Jamovi • PLS-Smart • Survey platforms (Qualtrics; Gorilla)

Publications

Martins, S., Araújo, C. A., Fonseca, M., Baptista, J., & Martins, C. (2023). Developmental predictors of mathematics achievement at the end of Year 1. Análise Psicológica, 41(2), 177–190. http://doi.org/10.14417/ap.2037

Torres, S., Araújo, C. A., Fitzgerald, A., Dooley, B., Leondari, A., Costa, C. M., Olenik-Shemesh, D., Sygkollitou, E., Burusic, J., Boone, L., Suvak-Martinovic, M., Välimäki, M., Anttila, M., Heiman, T., & Babarovic, T. (2022). An international study of correlates of women’s positive body image. European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education, 12, 1521–1534.
https://doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe12100107

Pasion, R., Prata, C., Fernandes, M., Almeida, R., Garcez, H., Araújo, C., & Barbosa, F. (2019). N2 modulation across the antisocial spectrum: A meta-analysis. Reviews in the Neurosciences, 30(7), 781–794. https://doi.org/10.1515/revneuro-2018-0116

Presentations at scientific events

Poster presentation at the 4th Doctoral Symposium “Psicologia U.Norte” (SimPsi), with the title “Adolescent Measure Of Empathy And Sympathy: Validation results in Portuguese adolescents” (FPCEUP; 14/02/2025)
Poster presentation at the XII Simpósio Nacional de Investigação em Psicologia, titled "Empathy in adolescence: What are its sociocognitive and emotional antecedents and correlates?" (FPCEUP; 28/05/2025)

Organisation and participation in events

Presentation of the Laboratory of Neuropsychophysiology of the FPCEUP on the FPCEUP Open Day: Presentation of the main activities of the laboratory, its goals, and target populations to high school students (FPCEUP; 27/03/2019)
Co-trainer at a workshop regarding the neuropsychological test Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA): Administration, scoring, and interpretation (2h; FPCEUP / Associação Nacional de Estudantes de Psicologia; 09/04/2019)
Coauthor of three short articles on a research project website (fluid and crystallised intelligence and ageing; cognitive and brain reserve; the negative impact of social isolation in brain and cognitive functioning) (2019)

Other relevant experiences

Course “Developing and Validating Assessment Scales With Jamovi” (18h; 13-15/01/2025; CIPsi, School of Psychology of the University of Minho/GADES Solutions)
Course “Meta-analysis with R: A Practical Approach” (18h; 25/06-01/07/2024; CIPsi, School of Psychology of the University of Minho/GADES Solutions)
Seminar “Introduction to Meta-Analysis” (24/01/2024; Child Studies Centre, University of Minho)
Initial training in EEG data acquisition (Laboratory of Neuropsychophysiology of the FPCEUP; 27/11/2018)