Research Projects

Project developed by PhD student Maria Inês dos Santos Clara (Principal Investigator), under the supervision of Ana C. Allen Gomes (Supervisor) and M. C. Canavarro (Co-supervisor). Conducted at the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences of the University of Coimbra (FPCEUC), CINEICC, and the ChronoCog Laboratory.

Funded by the Dr. Rocha Alves Oncology Research Grant 2023/24, awarded by the Regional Center of the Liga Portuguesa Contra o Cancro.
[2023–2025]

Project developed by PhD student Filipa Almeida Gomes, under the supervision of Ana Allen Gomes.

Funded by the 2023 IASD/DSF and DEI Dream Research Grant Awards from the International Association for the Study of Dreams and the DreamScience Foundation.

Conducted at FPCEUC, CINEICC, and the ChronoCog Laboratory.
[2024–2026]

Project co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF/FEDER) under the Regional Operational Programme for the Centre (CENTRO-01-0145-FEDER-032581) and by the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT), I.P./MCTES.

Principal Investigator (PI): Ana Allen Gomes
Co-PI: José Augusto Leitão
PhD Researcher: Luís da Silva Pires
Master’s grant holders during the project: Catarina Bettencourt and Filipa Almeida
ChronoCog and/or CINEICC team members: Manuela Vilar; Daniel Ruivo Marques
Other team members: Carlos Fernandes da Silva (University of Aveiro); Maria Helena Pinto de Azevedo (Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra); Hugo Cruz, PhD (Municipality of Matosinhos).

Funding cycle: 2018–2022, with ongoing research activities in 2024/25, including the associated doctoral project of Catarina Bettencourt (PhD fellowship).

A large-scale project involving multiple laboratories and research centers in Portugal and other European countries, primarily aimed at aggregating, standardizing, and digitally providing language science resources.

Ref.: LISBOA-01-0145-FEDER-022117
Total funding allocated to the laboratory (LMLFE): €26,400.00
PI: José Augusto Leitão
Laboratory/Observatory researchers involved: José Leitão, Soraia Lopes, Maria Inês Clara.

More information:https://portulanclarin.net/

Funded by the Fundação BIAL under the BIAL Fellowship Programme 2014/15.

Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. José Augusto Leitão
Institution: Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Coimbra
[2016–2018]

Project 2022.06140.PTDC – Timemotions - Systematic study of the diurnal variations of momentary emotional states in adolescents considering sleep and morningness-eveningness interindividual differences.

Funded under the 2022 Call for R&D Projects in All Scientific Domains.

Principal Investigator (PI): Ana Cardoso Allen Gomes
Co-PI: Luís Miguel da Silva Pires

Application to the BIAL Fellowship Programme 2022

Project title: Neuroendocrinological involvement in Chronotype × Time-of-Day effects on cognition: does the cortisol awakening response link diurnal preferences and neurocognitive (a)synchrony effects?

Principal Investigator (PI): José Augusto Gonçalves Leitão

Submitted to the Fundação BIAL under the BIAL Fellowship Programme 2022.

Daniela Filipa de Almeida Gomes

PhD project: Nightmares in the Portuguese adult population: Frequency and feasibility study of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy.
FCT Grant ref. 2022.13382.BD.
Supervisor: Ana Allen Gomes.

Clinical Study Registry:
Almeida, F., & Allen Gomes, A. A. (2024). Through nightmare eyes: Nightmare disorder and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy in Portuguese adults. ISRCTN registry – The UK's Clinical Study Registry, ISRCTN67696988. https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN67696988

Fábio Monteiro

PhD project: A time to learn: The effect of the daily rhythms of working memory components on academic achievement.
Supervisor: José Augusto Leitão.
FCT Grant no. 2021.04646.BD.

Catarina Carreiro Bettencourt

PhD project: The influence of time-of-day and morningness-eveningness in the cognitive performance of children and adolescents: Clarifying synchrony and asynchrony effects.
FCT Grant ref. 2020.05326.BD.https://doi.org/10.54499/2020.05326.BD
Supervisors: José Leitão, Ana Allen Gomes, and Maria Manuela Vilar.

Maria Inês dos Santos Clara

PhD project: Internet-delivered cognitive-behavioral therapy program for insomniac cancer survivors.
FCT Grant ref. 2020.05728.BD. https://doi.org/10.54499/2020.05728.BD
Supervisor: Ana Allen Gomes.
Co-supervisor: Maria Cristina Canavarro.

Clinical Trial Registry:
Clara, M. I., Clara, J., Canavarro, M. C., & Allen Gomes, A. Internet-delivered Cognitive-Behavioral Intervention for Insomniac Cancer Survivors. ClinicalTrials.gov ID NCT04898855. https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT0489885

Mariana Eusébio Miller Oliveira Mendes

PhD project: Mindfulness and Compassionate Acceptance Program for Chronic Insomnia in comparison with CBT-I.
FCT Grant ref. SFRH/BD/147556/2019.
Supervisors: Ana Allen Gomes and Paula Castilho Freitas.

Clinical Trial Registry:
Miller-Mendes, M. (2021). Mindfulness and Compassionate Acceptance for Chronic Insomnia in Comparison With CBT (ACTCOM-I). ClinicalTrials.gov, https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05555108

Imke Buekenhout

PhD project: Aging and verbal working memory: The role of age-related changes in semantic memory and peak/off-peak times of day.
FCT Grant ref. SFRH/BD/147556/2019.
Supervisor: José Augusto Leitão.
Co-supervisor: Ana Allen Gomes.

Vanda Maria Oliveira Clemente

PhD project: Psychological profile of patients with primary versus comorbid insomnia.
Supervisor: Ana Allen Gomes.