Maria J. Ribeiro

Investigador(a)

MR

Researcher

https://scholar.google.pt/citations?user=TeZtbEEAAAAJ&hl=en

Faculty of Medicine - University of Coimbra

mjribeiro@fmed.uc.pt

PhD in Neuroscience by the Graduate Division of Biology, University of Sussex, UK BSc degree in Physics by the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto, Portugal

Biografia

Current project(s) | work topics

Project(s)

  • The role of the arousal system in age-related cognitive decline: testing the noradrenergic theory of cognitive reserve in humans

Topics

  • Ageing
  • Brainstem neuromodulatory systems
  • Attention and cognitive control
  • Sensorimotor processing
  • Autonomic nervous system

Previous position(s) | work place

  • FCT Postdoctoral Fellow at iCBR – FMUC
  • Research Associate at IBILI – FMUC
  • Research Fellow at School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, UK

Scientific interests | skills

  • Human neuroimaging
  • EEG
  • Autonomic responses (pupil size, heart rate, skin conductance)

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