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Revisiting “The Malicious Serpent”: Phylogenetically threatening stimulus marke...
Biondi, Luiz; Gomes, Nuno; Maior, Rafael S.; Soares, Sandra C.Twenty years ago, Öhman and Mineka's publication “The Malicious Serpent” emphasized the selective pressure ancestral reptiles would have on early mammals’ visual system, specifically the development of a set of subcortical structures that would provide snake-like images privileged access to the amygdala. This process would occur automatically and allows for quick defensive reactions. Based on criticisms directe...
Active learning spaces design and assessment: a qualitative systematic literatu...
Carlos, Vânia; Reses, Gabriela; Soares, Sandra C.As spaces, physical or virtual, are change agents and can have an impact on learning, the power of built pedagogy is being acknowledged in Higher Education. Emphasis is being placed on the design of Active Learning Spaces (ALS) and its impact on pedagogy, by fostering active learning. However, the field is fragmented, due to a profusion of terms for ALS, lacking systematization. This paper presents a systematic...
Emotional interference and attentional control in schizophrenia-spectrum disord...
Grave, Joana; Madeira, Nuno; Morais, Sofia; Rodrigues, Paulo; Soares, Sandra C.Background and objectives: Schizophrenia-spectrum disorders (SSD) are characterized by impaired emotion processing and attention. SSD patients are more sensitive to the presence of emotional distractors. But despite growing interest on the emotion-attention interplay, emotional interference in SSD is far from fully understood. Moreover, research to date has not established the link between emotional interferenc...
Characterisation of physiological responses to odours in autism spectrum disord...
Pereira, Lara; Grave, Joana; Noll, Janina; Derntl, Birgit; Soares, Sandra C.; Brás, Susana; Sebastião, RaquelAbnormal sensory perception is among the earliest symptoms of autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Despite mixed findings, olfactory perception seems to be altered in ASD. There is also evidence that automatic responses to odours can serve as biomarkers of ASD. However, this potential use of odour-based biomarkers for ASD is still underexplored. In this study, we aimed to investigate whether physiological responses...
Identifying knowledge gaps in understanding the effects of selective serotonin ...
Ferreira, Carla S. S.; Soares, Sandra C.; Kille, Peter; Oliveira, MiguelSelective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are a class of antidepressants increasingly prescribed to treat patients with clinical depression. As a result of the significant negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the population's mental health, its consumption is expected to increase even more. The high consumption of these substances leads to their environmental dissemination, with evidence of their a...
Study on the usage feasibility of continuous-wave radar for emotion recognition
Gouveia, Carolina; Tome, Ana; Barros, Filipa; Soares, Sandra C.; Vieira, José; Pinho, PedroNon-contact vital signs monitoring has a wide range of applications, such as in safe drive and in health care. In mental health care, the use of non-invasive signs holds a great potential, as it would likely enhance the patient's adherence to the use of objective measures to assess their emotional experiences, hence allowing for more individualized and efficient diagnoses and treatment. In order to evaluate the...
Multimodal emotion evaluation: a physiological model for cost-effective emotion...
Pinto, Gisela; Carvalho, João M.; Barros, Filipa; Soares, Sandra C.; Pinho, Armando J.; Brás, SusanaEmotional responses are associated with distinct body alterations and are crucial to foster adaptive responses, well-being, and survival. Emotion identification may improve peoples' emotion regulation strategies and interaction with multiple life contexts. Several studies have investigated emotion classification systems, but most of them are based on the analysis of only one, a few, or isolated physiological si...
Understanding public speakers’ performance: first contributions to support a co...
Barros, Fábio; Conde, Ângelo; Soares, Sandra C.; Neves, António J. R.; Silva, SamuelCommunication is part of our everyday life and our ability to communicate can have a significant role in a variety of contexts in our personal, academic, and professional lives. For long, the characterization of what is a good communicator has been subject to research and debate by several areas, particularly in Education, with a focus on improving the performance of teachers. In this context, the literature su...
Fórum de Ensino e Aprendizagem@UA: livro de posters
Costa, Jorge Adelino; Soares, Sandra C.Sem resumo disponível.
Study on the usage feasibility of continuous-wave radar for emotion recognition
Gouveia, Carolina; Tomé, Ana; Barros, Filipa; Soares, Sandra C.; Vieira, José; Pinho, PedroNon-contact vital signs monitoring has a wide range of applications, such as in safe drive and in healthcare. In mental health care, the use of non-invasive signs holds a great potential, as it would likely enhancethe patient’s adherence to the use of objective measures to assess their emotional experiences, henceallowing for more individualized and efficient diagnoses and treatment. In order to evaluate the po...