Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Rita Rocha da Silva
Citation names
- Silva, Rita R.
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 601E-39CF-F57D
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0003-3370-295X
Websites
- https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rita_Silva23 (Scholar)
- https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=gTGczEgAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao (Scholar)
- https://ciencia.iscte-iul.pt/authors/ritarsilva (Professional)
Knowledge fields
- Social Sciences - Psychology
Languages
Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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English | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) |
French | Intermediate (B1) | Intermediate (B1) | Intermediate (B1) | Intermediate (B1) | Elementary (A2) |
Spanish; Castilian | Intermediate (B1) | Intermediate (B1) | Elementary (A2) | Intermediate (B1) | Elementary (A2) |
German | Intermediate (B1) | Elementary (A2) | Elementary (A2) | Intermediate (B1) | Elementary (A2) |
Education
Degree | Classification | |
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2014
Concluded
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PhD in Social Psychology (Doutoramento)
Major in Social Psychology
Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
"The truth is never pure and rarely simple": Understanding the role of repetition and processing fluency on the illusion of
truth effect." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Highest grade - Summa Cum Laude |
2007
Concluded
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Licentiate in Psychology (Licenciatura)
Major in Social Psychology
Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
"Repeating information affects processing mode: A matter of familiarity, fluency or capacity? [Repetir a Informação Afecta
Modo de Processar. Uma Questão de Familiaridade, Fluência ou Capacidade?]" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation
Science
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2020 - 2022 | Auxiliary Researcher (Research) | ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Centro de Investigação e Intervenção Social, Portugal |
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal | ||
2015 - 2020 | Researcher (Research) | Universität zu Köln, Germany |
2013 - 2014 | Invited Auxiliary Researcher (Research) | TESE - Associacao para o Desenvolvimento NGO, Portugal |
2012 - 2013 | Research Assistant (Research) | Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal |
2009 - 2009 | Visiting Researcher (Research) | Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal |
University of California Santa Barbara Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, United States | ||
2007 - 2007 | Research Trainee (Research) | Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal |
Teaching in Higher Education
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2009 - Current | Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) | Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal |
2014 - 2015 | Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) | Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Psicologia, Portugal |
Others
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2022 - Current | UX Researcher | Springer Nature Portugal Lda, Portugal |
Projects
Grant
Designation | Funders | |
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2020 - 2022 | Correcting misinformation: The role of source (un)trustworthiness on the effects of repetition and contradiction in judgments
of information's truth-value. (€ 147.815,00)
Principal investigator
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
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European Commission
Ongoing
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2021/04 - 2021/09 | Correcting myths about nutrition (€ 700)
Principal investigator
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Centro de Investigação e Intervenção Social, Portugal
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ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Centro de Investigação e Intervenção Social
Concluded
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2019 - 2020 | On the limits of judgmental correction: Differences of fluency effects in bias awareness and naïve theories about bias direction.
(€ 333.144,00)
Principal investigator
Universität zu Köln, Germany
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DFG - German Research Foundation
Ongoing
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2018 - 2019 | Trust/Distrust and the Acceptance of Contradictions (€ 4.655,00)
Principal investigator
Universität zu Köln, Germany
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Excellence Center for Social and Economic Behavior - University of Cologne
Concluded
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2017 - 2018 | Smoking causes blindness (€ 2.906,00)
Principal investigator
Universität zu Köln, Germany
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Excellence Center for Social and Economic Behavior - University of Cologne
Concluded
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2016 - 2017 | The enemy of my enemy is my friend (€ 2.831,00)
Principal investigator
Universität zu Köln, Germany
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Excellence Center for Social and Economic Behavior - University of Cologne
Concluded
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2012 - 2015 | Context modulation of the illusion of truth effect: Exploring the misattribution and interpretation hypotheses. (€ 90.000,00)
Researcher
Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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Contract
Designation | Funders | |
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2007/12/01 - 2011/11/30 | FAMILIARIDADE E FLUÊNCIA-DE-PROCESSAMENTO: DUAS FACES DA MESMA MOEDA DISSOCIANDO EFEITOS E IMPACTO NO PROCESSAMENTO DA INFORMAÇÃO
(€ 63,830)
SFRH/BD/39153/2007
PhD Student Fellow
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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Outputs
Publications
Book chapter |
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Journal article |
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Report |
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Thesis / Dissertation |
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Activities
Oral presentation
Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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2021 | Is the meaning of fluency learned or inherently positive? A Pseudocontingencies test | 63rd Meeting of TEAP (63rd Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen, TeaP).
Ulm University (Ulm, Germany)
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2020 | Misinformation correction: Can source trustworthiness counteract the effects of repetition and contradiction on information's truth-value? | 2020 SPSP Convention
(New Orleans, United States)
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2019 | Invited talk: Fluency effects in online consumer contexts. | Invited Talk
Department of Psychology, University of Mannheim (Mannheim, Germany)
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2019 | Invited talk: Fluency effects are subject to a match between the source of fluency and the judgment dimension. | Invited Talk
Department of Psychology, University of Lisbon (Lisboa, Portugal)
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2019 | Invited talk: Aesthetic vs. Content: Matching effects between sources of fluency and stimuli judgment dimensions. | Invited Talk
Department of Psychology of the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Oslo (Oslo, Norway)
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2019 | Invited talk: Exploring the effects of processing fluency in online consumer contexts. | Invited Talk
ISPA - Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida (Lisboa, Portugal)
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2019 | Invited talk: Beauty is in the eye but truth is in the mind: The contributions of conceptual and perceptual fluency to judgments of truth and aesthetic appeal. | Invited Talk. 6th Cologne Social Cognition Meeting
Social Cognition Center Cologne (Cologne, Germany)
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2019 | The influence of online dating app on the perceived trustworthiness of online daters. | Psychology of Media and Technology Preconference of the 2019 SPSP Convention
(Portland, United States)
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2019 | Os efeitos da fluência de processamento são sensíveis à correspondência entre a fonte de fluência e a dimensão do estímulo a ser julgada. | X Simpósio Nacional de Investigação em Psicologia
(Funchal, Portugal)
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2018 | Invited talk: Fluency effects on trust and trustworthiness in digital contexts. | Invited Talk
Department of Marketing of the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, University of Frankfurt (Frankfurt, Germany)
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2018 | The use of conceptual versus perceptual fluency is specific to the judgment dimension. | 20th Transfer of Knowledge Conference of the European Social Cognition Network
(Cologne, Germany)
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2018 | Invited talk: Fluency effects on trust and trustworthiness in commercial and non-commercial digital contexts. | 5th Cologne Social Cognition Meeting. Cologne, Germany
Social Cognition Center Cologne (Cologne, Germany)
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2017 | Username articulation direction and online seller trustworthiness. | 18th General Meeting of the European Association of Social Psychology
(Granada, Spain)
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2017 | The effects of username complexity on perceptions of online seller trustworthiness. | 29th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science
(Boston, United States)
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2016 | Invited talk: Disentangling the contributions of conceptual and perceptual fluency to the truth effect. | Invited Talk
Department of Psychology of the University of Mannheim (Mannheim, Germany)
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2016 | Username pronounceability and length affect perceptions of seller trustworthiness in online marketplaces. | 18th Transfer of Knowledge Conference of the European Social Cognition Network 2
(Lisbon, Portugal)
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2015 | Reversal of the truth effect needs external feedback and ambiguity during learning. | 27th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science
(New York, United States)
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2014 | The informative value of type of repetition: Perceptual and conceptual fluency influences in judgments of truth. | 16th Transfer of Knowledge Conference of the European Social Cognition Network 2
(Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium)
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2014 | Hearing a statement now and believing the opposite later. | 17th General Meeting of the EASP
(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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2013 | The illusion of truth and the differential experience of fluency due to repetition and fluency due to color contrast. | 3rd Meeting of the Heidelberg-Lisbon Lab Exchange Project
(Heidelberg, Germany)
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2013 | The illusion of truth and the reversal of different fluency experiences. | 25th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science
(Washington, United States)
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Supervision
Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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2021/09 - Current | Impacto das características da fonte de informação os julgamentos de verdade: o papel da confiabilidade da fonte.
Supervisor
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Psicologia Social e Organizacional (Master)
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
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2021 - 2022 | Impacto das características da fonte de informação os julgamentos de verdade: o papel da especialização da fonte
Supervisor
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Psicologia Social e das Organizações (Master)
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
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2018/02/01 - 2018/07/30 | Fluency effects on eBay transactions: A field experiment.
Supervisor
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Universität zu Köln, Germany
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2018/02/01 - 2018/07/30 | The influence of word complexity, pronounceability, and capital/lowercase on URL trustworthiness and use.
Supervisor
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Universität zu Köln, Germany
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2018/02/01 - 2018/07/30 | Trustworthiness in the digital world: An empirical study of QR Code fluency.
Supervisor
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Universität zu Köln, Germany
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2016/02/01 - 2016/07/30 | How Tinder use can harm your reputation as a trustworthy person.
Co-supervisor
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Universiteit Maastricht, Netherlands
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2016/02/01 - 2016/07/30 | General attitudes and spontaneous trustworthiness impressions towards users of online dating platforms: The moderating role
of gender.
Co-supervisor
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Universiteit Maastricht, Netherlands
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2015/11/02 - 2016/03/30 | Have we met before? The subconscious influence of online-encounter in social network sites on later trustworthiness.
Co-supervisor
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Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Germany
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Event organisation
Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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2019 - 2019 | 6th Cologne Social Cognition Meeting, Truth, Trust, and Communication. Cologne, Germany. (2019/07/01 - 2019/07/02)
Meeting (Member of the Scientific Committee)
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Universität zu Köln, Germany |
2018 - 2018 | 5th Cologne Social Cognition Meeting, Trust: an Interdisciplinary Perspective. Cologne, Germany. (2018/07/09 - 2018/07/10)
Meeting (Member of the Scientific Committee)
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Universität zu Köln, Germany |
2012 - 2012 | 14th Transfer of Knowledge Conference of ESCON2. Estoril, Portugal. (2012/09/04 - 2012/09/08)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Psicologia, Portugal |
2009 - 2009 | 2nd Meeting of the Heidelberg-Lisbon Lab Exchange Project. Lisbon, Portugal. (2009/07/02 - 2009/07/05)
Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal |
2009 - 2009 | 4th National Meeting of the Portuguese Association for Experimental Psychology (APPE). Lisbon, Portugal. (2009/04/17 - 2009/04/18)
Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal |
Event participation
Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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2021/07/01 - 2021/07/13 | Data analysis with R
Workshop
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Data analysis with R
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
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2020 - 2020 | Mixed-Models Analysis: From Theory to Practice
Workshop
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ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
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2018 - 2018 | "A practical primer on transparent research workflows"
Workshop
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Universität zu Köln, Germany
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2017 - 2017 | "Learning to analyse experiments in which samples of participants respond to samples of stimuli: Designs, analytic models,
and statistical power."
Workshop
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Universität zu Köln, Germany
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2016 - 2017 | Mentoring for International Female Scholars
Other
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Universität zu Köln, Germany
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2016 - 2016 | "Inference and evidence."
Workshop
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Universität zu Köln, Germany
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2010 - 2010 | "Event related potentials in social cognition."
Workshop
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Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Psicologia, Portugal
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Jury of academic degree
Topic Role |
Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization |
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2021 | Um novo twist no paradigma da desinformação: Replicação do efeito da desinformação e a sua correção
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Shania Tavares dos Santos (Master)
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
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2021 | Combatting misinformation: Does analytical thinking help or hurt?
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Dinh Hung Vu (Master)
Universitetet i Oslo, Norway
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2021 | Rumo a um Modelo Geral da Crença e Partilha de (Des)Informação
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Angela Cardoso Gamado Espinheira Rijo (Master)
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
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2020/12/04 | Distância e tamanho: Uma amizade duradoura e fluente? (Master degree)
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Nuno Ferreira Franco Laranjo (Master)
Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
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2019/12/12 | O papel da familiaridade no efeito de verdade em indivíduos deprimidos. (Master degree)
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Margarida Nogueira (Master)
Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
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2019/12/05 | Socially situated consumer cognition: From oral kinematics to grounded marketing. (PhD degree)
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Sandra Godinho (PhD)
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
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2017/03/20 | Efeitos da familiaridade em julgamentos de duração. (PhD degree)
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Alexandre Fernandes (PhD)
Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
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2014/10/20 | Paradigma de primação de faces: Um estudo de inferência espontânea de traços. (Master degree)
(Thesis) Arguer
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Carla Loureiro (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Psicologia, Portugal
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2014 | Atitudes face a droga de toxicodependentes : Medidas implícitas e explícitas e regulação emocional. (Master degree)
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Sara Chora (Master)
Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
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2011 | A beleza é a melhor carta de recomendação: Associação da beleza com julgamentos de credibilidade a um nível implícito e explícito.
(Master degree)
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Joana Mello (Master)
Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
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2011 | Made in: Que impacto na avaliação de qualidade? (Master degree)
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Mariana Silva (Master)
Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
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Ad Hoc journal article review
Journal title (ISSN) | Publisher | |
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2019 - Current | Journal of Experimental Social Psychology (1096-0465) | Elsevier |
2019 - Current | Consicousness and Cognition (1053-8100) | Elsevier |
2019 - Current | Journal of Cognitive Psychology (2044-592X) | Informa UK (Taylor & Francis) |
2018 - Current | Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Perception & Performance (1939-1277) | American Psychological Association |
2017 - Current | Journal of Behavioral Decision Making (1099-0771) | Wiley (John Wiley & Sons) |
2016 - Current | The Journal of Creative Behavior (2162-6057) | Wiley (John Wiley & Sons) |
2016 - Current | Psychological Science (1467-9280) | SAGE Publications |
Association member
Society Organization name | Role | |
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2021 - Current | APPE - Associação Portuguesa de Psicologia Experimental (Portuguese Association for Experimental Psychology) | Full Member |
2021 - Current | APP - Associação Portuguesa de Psicologia (Portuguese Psychology Association) | Full Member |
2019 - Current | Society for Personality and Social Psychology | |
2014 - Current | European Association of Social Psychology | |
2013 - Current | Association for Psychological Science |
Conference scientific committee
Conference name | Conference host | |
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2022/02 - 2022/03 | XI National Symposium of Research in Psychology (XI Simpósio Nacional de Investigação em Psicologia) | Portuguese Psychology Association (APP) / University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (UTAD) |
Consulting
Activity description | Institution / Organization | |
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2014/10/01 - 2014/12/31 | Research consultancy and support: Development of the methodology and data analysis for the “Evaluation Report of the Specialization Course in Logistics for Development Projects” (University of Aveiro and Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation) | TESE - Associacao para o Desenvolvimento NGO, Portugal |
2014/04/01 - 2014/12/31 | Research consultancy and support: Development of the methodology and data analysis for the research project “Sinergias ED – Study on the perceptions and relevance of development education in Portugal” | Fundação Gonçalo da Silveira, Portugal |
Course / Discipline taught
Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
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2016 - Current | Feelings, Judgments and Decisions | (Bachelor) | Universität zu Köln, Germany |
2013 - Current | Basic Concepts in Psychology (online course) | (Postgraduate Certificate) | Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal |
2021/09 - 2022/02 | Interpersonal Relationships | Psicologia (Licenciatura) | ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal |
2021/02 - 2021/06 | Introduction to Social Psychology | Psicologia (Licenciatura) | Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal |
2009 - 2019 | Social Cognition; Persuasion and Attitude Change; Memory and Cognition; Research Methods in Social Psychology; Cognitive Psychology I; Cognitive Psychology II | (Mestrado integrado) | Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal |
2014 - 2015 | Attitudes & Persuasion; Fundamental Topics in Social Psychology | (Mestrado integrado) | Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Psicologia, Portugal |
2012 - 2012 | Basic Concepts in Psychology; Social Influence | (Postgraduate Certificate) | Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal |
Journal scientific committee
Journal title (ISSN) | Publisher | |
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2021 - 2022 | Revista PSICOLOGIA (2183-2471) | Associação Portuguesa de Psicologia |
Mentoring / Tutoring
Topic | Student name | |
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2020/03/01 - 2020/03/30 | Erasmus Program: Supervisor of student research stay | Beatriz Gusmão |
2019 - 2019 | Development of Research Skills Program: Responsible for teaching the module “Research Designs” | Undergraduate students |
2011 - 2012 | Development of Research Skills Program: Responsible for mentoring and supervising students during the development of a research project | Undergraduate students |
Other jury / evaluation
Activity description | Institution / Organization | |
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2021 - Current | XVI PhD Meeting - Reviewer of abstracts submitted for presentation | |
2021 - Current | APPE 2021 Conference - Reviewer of abstracts submitted for presentation | Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal |
2020 - Current | DFG - German Research Foundation: Reviewer of research project proposal | DFG - German Research Foundation, Germany |
2019/12/01 - 2020/01/31 | University of Vienna, "REWIRE: Reinforcing Women in Research": Reviewer of postdoctoral project proposals | Universität Wien, Austria |
2019/10/01 - 2019/10/31 | "Lisbon PhD in Social Psychology" (LISP; FCT): Reviewer of doctoral project proposals | ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Psicologia, Portugal |
Distinctions
Award
2015 | PhD Honor Award
Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
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Other distinction
2020 | Top Cited Article 2018-2019 Psychology & Marketing
John Wiley and Sons Inc, United States
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2019 | Marie Sklodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship
European Commission, Belgium
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2007 | PhD Individual Fellowship
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
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