Joana Costa do Carmo completed her license degree in Psychology in 2004 by Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Psicologia (Lisboa, Portugal). She is a Doctor of Philosophy in Neuroscience by Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (SISSA, Italy, 2010) and a Master in Cognitive Science by the Universiteit van Amsterdam (The Netherlands, 2006). Joana is currently an Assistant Researcher at Universidade Lusófona (from 2022 - present). Her research framework falls under the Cognitive Science's umbrella, with work developed mostly within the disciplines of cognitive psychology, developmental psychology, and neuropsychology. Her current work is organized in three main lines: 1) Studies in Autism Spectrum Disorder; 2) Memory studies, and 3) the cross between those - Memory studies in Autism. Joana was a visiting researcher at RIKEN - Brain Science Institute (Tokyo, Japan) and has been a visiting researcher and a collaborator at RPTU (former Kaiserslautern Technical University, Germany). She Co-supervised 1 PhD thesis(es) and supervised 7 MSc dissertation(s). In her professional activities, she interacted with 40 collaborator(s) co-authorshiping of scientific papers. She has both national and international solid and long-standing multi-centered and interdisciplinary collaborations.
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Personal identification

Full name
Joana Costa do Carmo

Citation names

  • Carmo, J. C.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
9F1A-C166-5B8E

Knowledge fields

  • Social Sciences - Psychology
  • Social Sciences - Psychology
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Neurosciences
Degree Classification
2017/03/25
Concluded
 Neuropsychological Intervention: Evaluation and Rehabilitation (Pós-Graduação)
INSPSIC Instituto Português de Psicologia, Portugal
 17
2010/12/16
Concluded
 Neuroscience (Doctor of Philosophy)
Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati, Italy
2006/08/31
Concluded
 Cognitive Science (Master)
Universiteit van Amsterdam, Netherlands
 7.2
2004/08/02
Concluded
 Psychology (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Psicologia, Portugal
 15

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2022/11 - Current Auxiliary Researcher (Research) Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal
2019/03/01 - 2022/11 Contracted Researcher (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Psicologia, Portugal
2012/03/01 - 2019/02/28 Postdoc (Research) Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Investigação em Ciência Psicológica, Portugal
2015/12 - 2015/12 Visiting Researcher (Research) Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Germany
Center for Cognitive Science - Kaiserslauter TU, Germany
2014/03 - 2014/03 Visiting Researcher (Research) Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Germany
Center for Cognitive Science - Kaiserslauter TU, Germany
2008/06 - 2008/08 Visiting Researcher (Research) RIKEN, Japan
2005 - 2006 Research Trainee (Research) Universiteit van Amsterdam, Netherlands
Universiteit van Amsterdam Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, Netherlands

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2018/03 - 2018/06 Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências Humanas e Sociais, Portugal

Grant

Designation Funders
2012 - 2019 Semantic memory in Autism Spectrum Disorders
SFRH / BPD / 79485 / 2011
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Investigação em Ciência Psicológica, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2013 - 2015 Parameterizing typicality to study brain systems underlying semantic categories
FCT PTDC/PSI-PCO/118148/2010
Researcher
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Investigação em Ciência Psicológica, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2008 - 2010 Further advances in the dual route model of action Imitation
SFRH/ BD/ 37355/ 2007
PhD Student Fellow
Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati, Italy
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2008/06 - 2008/09 Cross-cultural investigations into imitation of intransitive actions
n.a.
Invited Scientist Fellow
RIKEN - Brain Science Institute, Japan
 RIKEN - Brain Science Institute
Concluded
2006 - 2007 Further advances in the dual route model of action Imitation
n.a.
PhD Student Fellow
Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati, Italy
 Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati

Contract

Designation Funders
2019/03/01 - 2022/11/13 Further advances on the dynamics of memory
DL 57/2016/CP1439/CT0002
10.54499/DL57/2016/CP1439/CT0002
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Psicologia, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Publications

Conference paper
  1. Herbst, J; Petershans, J; Rub, M; Lipps, C; Beck, A-K; Carmo, J. C.; Lachmann, T. "Inception based deep learning: Biometric identification using electroencephalography (EEG)". Paper presented in International symposium on networks, computers and communications, 2023, 2023.
Encyclopedia entry
  1. Carmo, Joana; Filipe, Carlos N.. Corresponding author: Carmo, Joana. "Proactive Interference in ASD". In Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders, edited by Volkmar, Fred R.. Springer New York, 2021.
    Published
  2. Carmo, Joana; Filipe, Carlos N.. Corresponding author: Carmo, Joana. "Autism in Portugal". In Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders, edited by Volkmar, Fred R.. Springer New York, 2021.
    Published
Journal article
  1. Carmo, Joana C.; Langus, Alan; Filipe, Carlos N.. "Editorial: Bridging the initiation of a response hypothesis in autism: from language to motor action". Frontiers in Psychology 14 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1281336.
    10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1281336
  2. Carmo, Joana C.; Filipe, Carlos N.. "Sub-second timing irregularities in a simple motor task in autism spectrum disorder: Preliminary effects of intermittent light stimulation". Journal of Neuropsychology (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jnp.12335.
    10.1111/jnp.12335
  3. Carmo, Joana C.; Filipe, Carlos N.. "Disentangling response initiation difficulties from response inhibition in autism spectrum disorder: A sentence-completion task". Frontiers in Psychology 13 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.964200.
    10.3389/fpsyg.2022.964200
  4. Souza, Cristiane; Garrido, Margarida V.; Horchak, Oleksandr V.; Carmo, Joana C.. Corresponding author: Souza, Cristiane. "Conceptual knowledge modulates memory recognition of common items: The selective role of item-typicality". Memory & Cognition (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.3758/s13421-021-01213-x.
    Published • 10.3758/s13421-021-01213-x
  5. Beck, A-K.; Czernochwki, D; Lachmann, Thomas; Barahona-Correa, Bernardo; Carmo, J. C.. Corresponding author: Beck, A-K.. "Is the dolphin a fish? ERP evidence for the impact of typicality during early visual processing in ultra-rapid semantic categorization in autism spectrum disorder". Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders (2022):
    Open access • Published
  6. Souza, C.; Carmo, J. C.; Garrido, M. V.. "Norms for pictures of proper names: Contrasting famous people and well-known places in younger and older adults.". Behavior Research Methods (2022):
    Under revision
  7. Souza, C.; Garrdo, M. V.; Horchak, O. V.; Barrahona-Correa, B.; Carmo, J. C.. Corresponding author: Souza, C.. "The distinctive pattern of declarative memories in Autism Spectrum Disorder: Further evidence of episodic system.". Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders (2022):
    Published
  8. Souza, Cristiane; Garrido, Margarida V.; Carmo, Joana C.. Corresponding author: Souza, Cristiane. "A Systematic Review of Normative Studies Using Images of Common Objects". Frontiers in Psychology 11 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.573314.
    Open access • Published • 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.573314
  9. Mendonça, Alexandre; Cardoso, Sandra; Maroco, João; Guerreiro, Manuela; Carmo, Joana C.. Corresponding author: Carmo, Joana C.. "The update of semantic memories in amnestic mild cognitive impairment". Journal of Neuropsychology (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jnp.12217.
    Published • 10.1111/jnp.12217
  10. Souza, Cristiane; Garrido, Margarida V.; Saraiva, Magda; Carmo, Joana C.. Corresponding author: Souza, Cristiane. "RealPic: Picture norms of real-world common items". Behavior Research Methods 53 4 (2021): 1746-1761. http://dx.doi.org/10.3758/s13428-020-01523-z.
    Published • 10.3758/s13428-020-01523-z
  11. Carmo, Joana C.; Martins, Fábio; Pinho, Sandra; Barahona-Correa, Bernardo; Ventura, Paulo; Filipe, Carlos N.. Corresponding author: Carmo, Joana C.. "We see the orange not the lemon: typicality effects in ultra-rapid categorization in adults with and without autism spectrum disorder". Journal of Neuropsychology (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jnp.12176.
    Published • 10.1111/jnp.12176
  12. Ventura, Paulo; Carmo, Joana C.; Souza, Cristiane; Martins, Fábio; Leite, Isabel; Pinho, Sandra; Barahona-Correa, Bernardo; Filipe, Carlos N.. Corresponding author: Ventura, Paulo. "Holistic processing of faces is intact in adults with autism spectrum disorder". Visual Cognition 26 1 (2018): 13-24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13506285.2017.1370051.
    Published • 10.1080/13506285.2017.1370051
  13. Carmo, J. C.; Gonçalves, F.; Souza, C.; Pinho, S.; Filipe, C. N.; Rumiati, R. I.. Corresponding author: Carmo, J. C.. "Over-imitation in autism spectrum disorder: causally opaque and transparent actions". Journal of Cultural Cognitive Science 1 2 (2017): 77-87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s41809-017-0010-6.
    Published • 10.1007/s41809-017-0010-6
  14. Carmo, Joana C.; Souza, Cristiane; Gonçalves, Filipe; Pinho, Sandra; Filipe, Carlos N.; Lachmann, Thomas. Corresponding author: Carmo, Joana C.. "Effects of categorical representation on visuospatial working memory in autism spectrum disorder". Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology 39 2 (2017): 131-141. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13803395.2016.1207754.
    Published • 10.1080/13803395.2016.1207754
  15. Carmo, Joana C.; Duarte, Elsa; Souza, Cristiane; Pinho, Sandra; Filipe, Carlos N.. Corresponding author: Carmo, Joana C.. "Brief Report: Testing the Impairment of Initiation Processes Hypothesis in Autism Spectrum Disorder". Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders 47 4 (2017): 1256-1260. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10803-017-3031-6.
    Published • 10.1007/s10803-017-3031-6
  16. Carmo, Joana; Duarte, Elsa; Pinho, Sandra; Filipe, C. N.; Marques, J. F.. Corresponding author: Carmo, Joana. "The content boundaries of natural categories in high-functioning young adults with autism spectrum disorder". Psique (2017): https://repositorio.ual.pt/bitstream/11144/3817/1/The-content-boundaries-of-natural-categories-in-high-functioning-young-adults-with-autism-spectrum-disorders.pdf.
    Published
  17. Souza, Cristiane; Coco, Moreno I.; Pinho, Sandra; Filipe, Carlos N.; Carmo, Joana C.. Corresponding author: Carmo, Joana C.. "Contextual effects on visual short-term memory in high-functioning autism spectrum disorders". Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders 32 (2016): 64-69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2016.09.003.
    Published • 10.1016/j.rasd.2016.09.003
  18. Carmo, Joana C.; Duarte, Elsa; Pinho, Sandra; Filipe, Carlos N.; Marques, J. Frederico. Corresponding author: Carmo, Joana C.. "Preserved Proactive Interference in Autism Spectrum Disorder". Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders 46 1 (2016): 53-63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10803-015-2540-4.
    Published • 10.1007/s10803-015-2540-4
  19. Carmo, Joana C.; Duarte, Elsa; Pinho, Sandra; Marques, J. Frederico; Filipe, Carlos N.. Corresponding author: Carmo, Joana C.. "Verbal fluency as a function of time in autism spectrum disorder: An impairment of initiation processes?". Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology 37 7 (2015): 710-721. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13803395.2015.1062082.
    Published • 10.1080/13803395.2015.1062082
  20. Carmo, Joana C.; Rumiati, Raffaella I.; Siugzdaite, Roma; Brambilla, Paolo. Corresponding author: Carmo, Joana C.. "Preserved Imitation of Known Gestures in Children with High-Functioning Autism". ISRN Neurology 2013 (2013): 1-8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/751516.
    Open access • Published • 10.1155/2013/751516
  21. Carmo, Joana C.; Rumiati, Raffaella I.; Vallesi, Antonino. Corresponding author: Carmo, Joana C.. "Understanding and Imitating Unfamiliar Actions: Distinct Underlying Mechanisms". PLoS ONE 7 10 (2012): e46939. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0046939.
    Open access • Published • 10.1371/journal.pone.0046939
  22. Rumiati, Raffaella I.; Carmo, Joana C.; Corradi-Dell'Acqua, Corrado. Corresponding author: Rumiati, Raffaella I.. "Neuropsychological perspectives on the mechanisms of imitation". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 364 1528 (2009): 2337-2347. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2009.0063.
    Published • 10.1098/rstb.2009.0063
  23. Carmo, Joana C.; Rumiati, Raffaella I.. Corresponding author: Rumiati, Raffaella I.. "Imitation of transitive and intransitive actions in healthy individuals". Brain and Cognition 69 3 (2009): 460-464. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bandc.2008.09.007.
    Published • 10.1016/j.bandc.2008.09.007
Preprint
  1. Carmo, Joana C.; Magyari, Lilla; Filipe, Carlos N.. "Conversational turn-taking in autism spectrum disorder". 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/42e6j.
    10.31234/osf.io/42e6j

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2020 - 2023 Proper Names and Common Nouns Dissociation: Exploring Differences in Linguistic Processing and Memory Retrieval.
Supervisor
2016 - 2023 The modulation of typicality and schema congruency in memory retrieval in Alzheimer's Disease and Autism Spectrum Disorder: Examining the role of the hippocampus.
Co-supervisor
 Doctoral program in Psychology, FCT grant nr PD/BD/ 128249/2016 (PhD)
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
2014 - 2016 Sobreimitação nas Perturbações do Espectro do Autismo: Acções Influenciadas Pela Disponibilidade de Informação Causal
Supervisor
 Ciência Cognitiva (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Investigação em Ciência Psicológica, Portugal
2014 - 2015 Efeito do Contexto semântico na memória de trabalho visual em indivíduos com perturbações do espectro do autismo: Não há cegueira contextual
Supervisor
 Ciência Cognitiva (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Investigação em Ciência Psicológica, Portugal
2013 - 2014 A fluência verbal na perturbação do espectro do autismo: Processos executivos, Análise temporal e Tipicidade
Supervisor
 Ciência Cognitiva (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Psicologia, Portugal
2013 - 2014 Memória semântica em crianças com paralisia cerebral
Co-supervisor
 Ciência Cognitiva (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Psicologia, Portugal
2008 - 2010 Imitazione e modello neuronale a due vie
Supervisor
 Neuroscienze (Master)
Università degli Studi di Trieste, Italy

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2022 - 2023 Frontiers in Psychology - Research Topic for,