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I obtained my PhD in Psychology/Cognitive Neuroscience from Imperial College London, Division of Brain Sciences. In it, I used current methods in cognitive neuroscience (i.e., functional MRI and tDCS) alongside a combination of neuropsychophysical techniques to study the neurocognitive mechanisms that underlie the effects of working memory on selective attention in stroke patients and healthy individuals. As a research assistant at Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre (CUBRIC), I used a combination of brain imaging techniques (i.e., Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), quantitative MRI, volumetric imaging) and experimental-cognitive techniques to study (i) changes in brain structure (notably in myelination) and cognition in Huntington¿s disease and (ii) effects of a motor training intervention on structural plasticity and cognitive rehabilitation in Huntington¿s disease. Subsequently, as an invited researcher at the Proaction Laboratory from the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences of the University of Coimbra, I worked on a project testing the effects of neurostimulation paired with memory training on plasticity of temporal association tracts in healthy aging Finally, I conducted postdoctoral research at the Coimbra Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Translational Research (CIBIT) of the University of Coimbra. The postdoctoral project consisted of neuroimaging (i.e., DTI, volumetric imaging) and cognitive/object recognition studies in healthy aging and Alzheimer ´s disease. Currently, as an Assistant Professor at Lusophone University of Humanities and Technologies (ULHT), I contribute to teaching on a BSc program in Psychology and a Master¿s program in Applied Neuropsychology. Further, I conduct research in cognitive psychology as part of the Human Digital-Environment Lab (HEI-LAB) and supervise second year Master thesis.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
José Miguel Pinto Cardoso de Bourbon Teles

Citation names

  • José Bourbon-Teles

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
3116-994F-F414
Google Scholar ID
José Bourbon-Teles

Email addresses

  • jose.teles@ulusofona.pt (Professional)

Telephones

Mobile phone
  • 914870382 (Personal)

Addresses

  • Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Escola de Psicologia e Ciências da Vida, 1749-024, Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Social Sciences - Psychology
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Neurosciences

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Spanish; Castilian Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2)
Education
Degree Classification
2010 - 2014
Concluded
Psychology and Neuroscience (Doctor)
Major in Cognitive Neuroscience
Imperial College London, United Kingdom
"Neural substrates supporting the influence of working memory contents on visual attention" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2008 - 2009
Concluded
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (Master Universitario)
University of Sussex, United Kingdom
2002 - 2008
Concluded
Psychology (Licenciatura)
Major in Clinical Psychology
Universidade Fernando Pessoa, Portugal
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution
Employer
2018 - 2021 Postdoc (Research) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Coimbra Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Translational Research, Portugal
2017 - 2018 Invited Auxiliary Researcher (Research) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Proaction Laboratory, Portugal
2014 - 2016 Auxiliary Researcher (Research) Cardiff University, United Kingdom
Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre, United Kingdom

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution
Employer
2021 - Current Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade Lusófona, Portugal
Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Psicologia e Ciências da Vida, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2018 - 2021 From computational modelling and clinical research to the development of neuroimaging big data platforms for discovery of novel biomarkers
BIGDATIMAGE CENTRO-01-0145-FEDER-000016
Post-doc Fellow
Coimbra Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Translational Research, Portugal
Ongoing
2017 - 2018 Episodic memory enhancement in aging: the role of cognitive training combined with (bilateral) tDCS in the medial-temporal cortex and cerebellum on episodic memory performance in the elderly
Bial 495/14
Invited Scientist Fellow
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2014 - 2016 Effects of a novel intervention on white matter microstructure and cognition in Huntington’s disease
Master Student Fellow
Cardiff University, United Kingdom
Concluded
2010 - 2014 Neurocognitive mechanisms supporting the influence of memory on visual attention in healthy and disease
Bial 72/10
PhD Student Fellow
Imperial College London - Charing Cross Campus, United Kingdom
Fundação Bial
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference poster
  1. José Bourbon-Teles. "A specific contribution of frontoparietal microstructure to age-related impairments in visual object category processing as compared to verbal category processing". Paper presented in 25th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM), 2019.
  2. José Bourbon-Teles. "Thalamic control of human attention driven by memory and learning". Paper presented in Bial Foundation 10th Symposium "Behind and Beyond the Brain", 2014.
  3. José Bourbon-Teles. "Thalamic lesions impair guidance of visual selection". Paper presented in Young Scientist Day (YSD), Hammersmith Campus, Imperial College London (UK), 2012.
  4. José Bourbon-Teles. "Thalamic lesions impair memory guidance of visual selection". Paper presented in British Neuropsychological Society (BNS) Meeting, University College London, 2011.
Journal article
  1. Oliveira, Jorge; Gamito, Pedro; Pereira, Rita; Salvador, Ágata; Bourbon-Teles, José; Dias, Fábio; Galhordas, João; Fantasia, António. "Virtual and real ATM use performance in patients with acquired brain injury and healthy controls". Virtual Reality 27 3 (2023): 2431-2440. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10055-023-00819-7.
    Published • 10.1007/s10055-023-00819-7
  2. Bourbon-Teles, José; Jorge, Lília; Canário, Nádia; Martins, Ricardo; Santana, Isabel; Castelo-Branco, Miguel. "Associations between cortical ß-amyloid burden, fornix microstructure and cognitive processing of faces, places, bodies and other visual objects in early Alzheimer's disease". Hippocampus (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hipo.23493.
    10.1002/hipo.23493
  3. Bourbon-Teles, José; Jorge, Lília; Canário, Nádia; Castelo-Branco, Miguel. "Structural impairments in hippocampal and occipitotemporal networks specifically contribute to decline in place and face category processing but not to other visual object categories in healthy aging". Brain and Behavior 11 8 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/brb3.2127.
    10.1002/brb3.2127
  4. Bourbon-Teles, José; Canário, Nádia; Jorge, Lília; Castelo-Branco, Miguel. "Frontoparietal microstructural damage mediates age-dependent working memory decline in face and body information processing: Evidence for dichotomic hemispheric bias mechanisms". Neuropsychologia 151 (2021): 107726. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2020.107726.
    10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2020.107726
  5. Casella, Chiara; Bourbon-Teles, Jose; Bells, Sonya; Coulthard, Elizabeth; Parker, Greg D.; Rosser, Anne; Jones, Derek K.; Metzler-Baddeley, Claudia. "Drumming Motor Sequence Training Induces Apparent Myelin Remodelling in Huntington’s Disease: A Longitudinal Diffusion MRI and Quantitative Magnetization Transfer Study". Journal of Huntington's Disease 9 3 (2020): 303-320. http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/jhd-200424.
    10.3233/jhd-200424
  6. José Bourbon-Teles. "Drumming motor sequence training induces myelin remodelling in Huntington’s disease: a longitudinal diffusion MRI and quantitative magnetization transfer study". Preprints (2020): https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2019.12.24.887406v1.
    Under revision
  7. Bourbon-Teles, José; Soto, David. "Assessing the Role of the Left Dorsal Frontal Cortex in Working Memory Guidance: Attentional or Mnemonic? A Neurostimulation Study". Neuroscience 411 (2019): 140-149. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2019.04.049.
    10.1016/j.neuroscience.2019.04.049
  8. Bourbon-Teles, José; Bells, Sonya; Jones, Derek K.; Coulthard, Elizabeth; Rosser, Anne; Metzler-Baddeley, Claudia. "Myelin Breakdown in Human Huntington’s Disease: Multi-Modal Evidence from Diffusion MRI and Quantitative Magnetization Transfer". Neuroscience 403 (2019): 79-92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2017.05.042.
    10.1016/j.neuroscience.2017.05.042
  9. de Bourbon-Teles, José; Bentley, Paul; Koshino, Saori; Shah, Kushal; Dutta, Agneish; Malhotra, Paresh; Egner, Tobias; Husain, Masud; Soto, David. "Thalamic Control of Human Attention Driven by Memory and Learning". Current Biology 24 9 (2014): 993-999. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2014.03.024.
    10.1016/j.cub.2014.03.024
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2014 Characterizing the functional contribution of the thalamus in working memory and attention interactions: evidence from focal brain lesions Bial Foundation 10th Symposium "Behind and Beyond the Brain"
(Portugal)
2013 Role of ventrolateral thalamus in memory guidance of visual exploration: evidence from focal-brain lesions British Neuropsychological Society (BNS) Meeting, University College London
(United Kingdom)
Distinctions

Other distinction

2011 Bolsa Fundação Bial 72/10 (43.000 euros)
Fundação Bial, Portugal