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Teresa Sousa is a postdoctoral researcher in cognitive neuroscience and neuroengineering fields, with a background in biomedical engineering (University of Minho, 2010), in which she also got her Ph.D. from the University of Coimbra in 2017, in collaboration with the University of Maastricht. Currently, she is investigating at the Institute of Nuclear Sciences Applied to Health of the University of Coimbra how to harness functional neuroplasticity to achieve therapeutic gains in neurorehabilitation using non-pharmacological neuromodulation approaches. In line with this, she is leading a research project to test volitional neuromodulation based on brain-computer interfaces as an adjuvant therapeutic approach for resistant neuropsychiatric conditions. Additionally, Teresa is interested in combining advanced brain mapping and neuromodulation techniques to characterize the heterogeneity of therapeutic response.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Teresa Maria da Silva Sousa

Citation names

  • Sousa, T.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
921A-4C43-3CE6
ORCID iD
0000-0003-2652-3152
Google Scholar ID
HRgM6cgAAAAJ

Email addresses

  • tsousa@uc.pt (Professional)

Addresses

  • ICNAS - Instituto de Ciências Nucleares Aplicadas à Saúde, Pólo das Ciências da Saúde, Universidade de Coimbra, 3000-548, Azinhaga de Santa Comba, Coimbra, Portugal (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Medical Engineering
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences
  • Exact Sciences - Physical Sciences
Education
Degree Classification
2017/03/03
Concluded
 PhD in Biomedical Engineering (Doutoramento)
Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Coimbra, Portugal
"From parametric decoding of simple mental states to neurofeedback: insights into the neuroscience of cognitive control" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2010/11/25
Concluded
 Integrated Master in Biomedical Engineering (Mestrado integrado)
Major in Medical Electronics
School of Engineering, University of Minho, Portugal
"The impact of rhythms analysis technique on electrographic seizure detection" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019 - Current Contracted Researcher (Research) Institute of Nuclear Sciences Applied to Health (ICNAS), University of Coimbra, Portugal
Coimbra Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Translational Research (CIBIT), Portugal
2017/06 - 2018/12 Postdoc (Research) Institute of Nuclear Sciences Applied to Health (ICNAS), University of Coimbra, Portugal
2016/03 - 2017/05 Researcher (Research) Institute of Nuclear Sciences Applied to Health (ICNAS), University of Coimbra, Portugal
2012/01 - 2015/12 Researcher (Research) IBILI and ISR (University of Coimbra), Portugal
IBILI - Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Portugal
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2014/10 - 2015/08 Visiting Researcher (Research) Maastricht Brain Imaging Center - University of Maastricht, Netherlands
2010/12 - 2011/12 Researcher (Research) Institute of Systems and Robotics (ISR-UC), University of Coimbra, Portugal
2009/09 - 2010/08 Research Trainee (Research) Neurophysiology Service, S. João Hospital , Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/09 - 2022/03 Invited Adjunct Teacher (Polytechnic Teacher) Mathematics and Physics Department, Coimbra Institute of Engineering, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2022 - Current Testing functional neuroplasticity in pathologic impulsivity: a combined virtual-reality and brain-computer interface approach
2021.01469.CEECIND
Post-doc
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2012/01 - 2015/12 From parametric decoding of simple mental states to neurofeedback: insights into the neuroscience of cognitive control
SFRH/BD/80735/2011
PhD Student Fellow
University of Coimbra, Portugal
 Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2023 - 2024 [Neuromod-OCD]: Volitional neuromodulation as a potential therapeutic approach for OCD
2022.04701.PTDC
Principal investigator
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2019/11 - 2022/05 The neural circuitry underlying error monitoring during social cognition
306/2018
Principal investigator
Institute of Nuclear Sciences Applied to Health (ICNAS), University of Coimbra, Portugal

CIBIT-UC: Coimbra Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Translational Research, University of Coimbra, Portugal
BIAL Foundation
Ongoing
2019/01 - 2022/01 Effective brain connectivity of decision and error monitoring circuits in health and disease: from neurocognition to brain-computer interfaces
PTDC/PSI-GER/30852/2017
Post-doc
Institute of Nuclear Sciences Applied to Health (ICNAS), University of Coimbra, Portugal

CIBIT-UC: Coimbra Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Translational Research, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology
Ongoing
2017/11 - 2019/10 The role of motion adaptation in bottom-up mechanisms of perceptual decision-making
207/16
Researcher
Institute of Nuclear Sciences Applied to Health (ICNAS), University of Coimbra, Portugal
 BIAL Foundation
Concluded
2017/06 - 2018/12 BIGDATIMAGE - From computational modelling and clinical research to the development of neuroimaging big data platforms for discovery of novel biomarker
CENTRO-01-0145-FEDER-000016
Post-doc Fellow
Institute of Nuclear Sciences Applied to Health (ICNAS), University of Coimbra, Portugal
Ongoing
2016/03 - 2017/05 Multimodal mapping of visual motion perceptual decision: Dissecting the role of different motion integration areas in visual surface reconstruction
373/14
Research Fellow
Institute of Nuclear Sciences Applied to Health (ICNAS), University of Coimbra, Portugal
 BIAL Foundation
Concluded
2013 - 2016 BRAINTRAIN: Methods of real-time fMRI neurofeedback for clinical use
P7-HEALTH-2013-INNOVATION-1–602186
External Collaborator
IBILI - Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Portugal
 European Commission Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development
Concluded
2010 - 2011 SLEEPTIGHT: Desenvolvimento de tecnologias para um diagnóstico ambulatório de patologias do sono
11530
Research Fellow
Institute of Systems and Robotics (ISR-UC), University of Coimbra, Portugal

Intellicare - ISA,, Portugal
Quadro de Referência Estratégico Nacional (QREN)
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference paper
  1. Paulo, João Ruivo; Sousa, T.; Perdiz, João; Leal, Nicoli; Menezes, Paulo; Zhu, Tingting; Pires, Gabriel; Castelo-Branco, Miguel. Corresponding author: Paulo, João Ruivo. "A Framework For Motor Function Characterization in Autism Spectrum Disorder". 2023.
    10.1109/enbeng58165.2023.10175324
  2. Dias, Camila; Costa, Diana M.; Sousa, Teresa; Castelhano, Joao; Figueiredo, Veronica; Pereira, Andreia C.; Castelo-Branco, Miguel. "Classification of erroneous actions using EEG frequency features: implications for BCI performance*". 2021.
    10.1109/embc46164.2021.9630509
  3. Júlia Soares; Teresa Sousa; Otília C. d’Almeida; Sónia Batista; Lívia Sousa; Miguel Castelo-Branco; João Valente Duarte. "Investigating Whole-Brain MRI Markers in Multiple Sclerosis – Emerging Dimensions in Morphometric Space". Paper presented in XV Mediterranean Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing – MEDICON 2019, Coimbra, 2019.
    10.1007/978-3-030-31635-8_202
  4. Khalighi, S.; Sousa, T.; Nunes, U.. "Adaptive automatic sleep stage classification under covariate shift". Paper presented in International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), San Diego, 2012.
    Published • 10.1109/EMBC.2012.6346412
  5. Sousa, T.; Oliveira, D.; Khalighi, S.; Pires, G.; Nunes, U.. "Neurophysiologic and statistical analysis of failures in automatic sleep stage classification". Paper presented in International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies, Vilamoura, 2012.
    Published • 10.5220/0003792304230428
  6. Sousa, T.; Mendes, P.; Ribeiro, J.. "The impact of rhythms analysis technique on electrographic seizure detection (EEG)". Paper presented in IEEE 2nd Portuguese Meeting in Bioengineering (ENBENG), Coimbra, 2012.
    Published • 10.1109/ENBENG.2012.6331399
  7. Khalighi, S.; Sousa, T.; Oliveira, D.; Pires, G.; Nunes, U.. "Efficient feature selection for sleep staging based on maximal overlap discrete wavelet transform and SVM". Paper presented in 33rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), Boston, 2011.
    Published • 10.1109/IEMBS.2011.6090897
Journal article
  1. Araújo, Ana; Duarte, Isabel Catarina; Sousa, T.; Oliveira, Joana; Pereira, Ana Telma; Macedo, António; Castelo-Branco, Miguel. "Neural inhibition as implemented by an actor-critic model involves the human dorsal striatum and ventral tegmental area". Scientific Reports 14 1 (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-56161-8.
    10.1038/s41598-024-56161-8
  2. Sousa, T.; Sayal, Alexandre; Duarte, João V.; Costa, Gabriel N.; Castelo-Branco, Miguel. Corresponding author: Castelo-Branco, Miguel. "A human cortical adaptive mutual inhibition circuit underlying competition for perceptual decision and repetition suppression reversal". NeuroImage 285 (2024): 120488. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2023.120488.
    Open access • Published • 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2023.120488
  3. Pereira, João; Direito, Bruno; Lührs, Michael; Castelo-Branco, Miguel; Sousa, T.. "Multimodal assessment of the spatial correspondence between fNIRS and fMRI hemodynamic responses in motor tasks". Scientific Reports 13 1 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-29123-9.
    10.1038/s41598-023-29123-9
  4. Travassos, Carolina; Sayal, Alexandre; Direito, Bruno; Pereira, João; Sousa, T.; Castelo-Branco, Miguel. "Assessing MR-compatibility of somatosensory stimulation devices: A systematic review on testing methodologies". Frontiers in Neuroscience 17 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2023.1071749.
    10.3389/fnins.2023.1071749
  5. Pires, Gabriel; Cruz, Aniana; Jesus, Diogo; Yasemin, Mine; Nunes, Urbano J; Sousa, T.; Castelo-Branco, Miguel. "A new error-monitoring brain–computer interface based on reinforcement learning for people with autism spectrum disorders". Journal of Neural Engineering 19 6 (2022): 066032. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1741-2552/aca798.
    10.1088/1741-2552/aca798
  6. Verdade, Andreia; Sousa, T.; Castelhano, João; Castelo-Branco, Miguel. "Positive hysteresis in emotion recognition: Face processing visual regions are involved in perceptual persistence, which mediates interactions between anterior insula and medial prefrontal cortex". Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience 22 6 (2022): 1275-1289. http://dx.doi.org/10.3758/s13415-022-01024-w.
    Open access • Published • 10.3758/s13415-022-01024-w
  7. Estiveira, João; Dias, Camila; Costa, Diana; Castelhano, João; Castelo-Branco, Miguel; Sousa, Teresa. Corresponding author: Sousa, Teresa. "An Action-Independent Role for Midfrontal Theta Activity Prior to Error Commission". Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 16 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2022.805080.
    Open access • Published • 10.3389/fnhum.2022.805080
  8. Dias, Camila; Costa, Diana; Sousa, Teresa; Castelhano, João; Figueiredo, Verónica; Pereira, Andreia C.; Castelo-Branco, Miguel. "A neuronal theta band signature of error monitoring during integration of facial expression cues". PeerJ 10 (2022): e12627. http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12627.
    Open access • Published • 10.7717/peerj.12627
  9. Sousa, Teresa; Duarte, João V.; Costa, Gabriel N.; Kemper, Valentin G.; Martins, Ricardo; Goebel, Rainer; Castelo-Branco, Miguel. "The dual nature of the BOLD signal: Responses in visual area hMT+ reflect both input properties and perceptual decision". Human Brain Mapping (2021): 1-10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hbm.25339.
    Open access • Published • 10.1002/hbm.25339
  10. Direito, Bruno; Ramos, Manuel; Pereira, João; Sayal, Alexandre; Sousa, Teresa; Castelo-Branco, Miguel. "Directly Exploring the Neural Correlates of Feedback-Related Reward Saliency and Valence During Real-Time fMRI-Based Neurofeedback". Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 14 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2020.578119.
    Open access • Published • 10.3389/fnhum.2020.578119
  11. Sayal, Alexandre*; Sousa, Teresa*; Duarte, João V.; Costa, Gabriel N.; Martins, Ricardo; Castelo-Branco, Miguel. "Identification of competing neural mechanisms underlying positive and negative perceptual hysteresis in the human visual system". NeuroImage 221 (2020): 117153. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.117153.
    Open access • Published • 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.117153
  12. Verdade, Andreia; Castelhano, João; Sousa, Teresa; Castelo-Branco, Miguel. "How positive emotional content overrules perceptual history effects: Hysteresis in emotion recognition". Journal of Vision 20 8 (2020): 19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1167/jov.20.8.19.
    Open access • Published • 10.1167/jov.20.8.19
  13. Direito, Bruno; Lima, João; Simões, Marco; Sayal, Alexandre; Sousa, Teresa; Lührs, Michael; Ferreira, Carlos; Castelo-Branco, Miguel. "Targeting dynamic facial processing mechanisms in superior temporal sulcus using a novel fMRI neurofeedback target". Neuroscience 406 (2019): 97-108. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2019.02.024.
    Open access • Published • https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2019.02.024
  14. Sousa, Teresa; Duarte, João V.; Costa, Gabriel N.; Kemper, Valentin G.; Martins, Ricardo; Goebel, Rainer; Castelo-Branco, Miguel. "Tracking perceptual decision mechanisms through changes in interhemispheric functional connectivity in human visual cortex". Scientific Reports 9 1242 (2019): https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-37822-x.
    Open access • Published • 10.1038/s41598-018-37822-x
  15. Sousa, Teresa*; Sayal, Alexandre*; Duarte, João V.; Costa, Gabriel N.; Martins, Ricardo; Castelo-Branco, Miguel. "Evidence for distinct levels of neural adaptation to both coherent and incoherently moving visual surfaces in visual area hMT+". NeuroImage 179 (2018): 540-547. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2018.06.075.
    Published • 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2018.06.075
  16. Sousa, Teresa; Amaral, Carlos; Andrade, João; Pires, Gabriel; Nunes, Urbano; Castelo-Branco, Miguel. "Pure visual imagery as a potential approach to achieve three classes of control for implementation of BCI in non-motor disorders". Journal of Neural Engineering 14 046026 (2017):
    Published • https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-2552/aa70ac
  17. Sousa, T.; Direito, B.; Lima, J.; Ferreira, C.; Nunes, U.; Castelo-Branco, M.. "Control of Brain Activity in hMT+/V5 at Three Response Levels Using fMRI-Based Neurofeedback/BCI". PloS one 11 5 (2016):
    Open access • Published • 10.1371/journal.pone.0155961
  18. Khalighi, S.; Sousa, T.; Santos, J.M.; Nunes, U.. "ISRUC-Sleep: A comprehensive public dataset for sleep researchers". Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine 124 (2015): 180-192.
    Published • 10.1016/j.cmpb.2015.10.013
  19. Banca, P.*; Sousa, T.*; Duarte, C.I.; Castelo-Branco, M.. "Visual motion imagery neurofeedback based on the hMT+/V5 complex: evidence for a feedback-specific neural circuit involving neocortical and cerebellar regions.". Journal of Neural Engineering 12 066003 (2015):
    Published • 10.1088/1741-2560/12/6/066003
  20. Sousa, T.; Cruz, A.; Khalighi, S.; Pires, G.; Nunes, U.. Corresponding author: Sousa, T.. "A two-step automatic sleep stage classification method with dubious range detection". Computers in Biology and Medicine 59 (2015): 42-53.
    Published • 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2015.01.017
  21. Khalighi, S.; Sousa, T.; Pires, G.; Nunes, U.. "Automatic sleep staging: A computer assisted approach for optimal combination of features and polysomnographic channels". Expert Systems with Applications 40 17 (2013): 7046-7059.
    Published • 10.1016/j.eswa.2013.06.023
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Sousa, T.. "From parametric decoding of simple mental states to neurofeedback: insights into the neuroscience of cognitive control". PhD, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Coimbra, 2016.
  2. Sousa, T.. "The impact of rhythms analysis technique on electrographic seizure detection (EEG)". Master, School of Engineering, University of Minho, 2010.