Marta Sofia Pinto Martins (0C1B-E2EE-E106)

Curriculum Vitae

Marta Sofia Pinto Martins

Marta Martins is a researcher at the Centre for Psychological Research and Social Intervention (CIS-Iscte) since 2019, and an Invited Assistant Professor at Iscte since 2020. Marta Martins' research focuses on the Psychology and Neurobiology of auditory-motor processes and its link to cognitive and socioemotional behavior. She is particularly interested in clarifying how auditory-motor training in musical settings may support learning in reading and writing, and how the acoustic features of voice influence human communication and interaction. She addresses these topics using a multi-method and interdisciplinary approach and has a particular interest in translating knowledge to Education and Health. Before joining CIS-Iscte, Marta Martins completed a Ph.D. in Psychology at U Porto (2019), in which she had the opportunity to work with leading experts in Neuroimaging and Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, Christian Gaser (U Jena) and Nadine Gabb (Harvard U; under a Fulbright research grant), respectively. She has a degree in Biology (2007) and a MSc in Education Administration and Management (2012). She has the 8th degree in treble recorder and for 8 years she taught music in primary schools. She has published her work in journals such as Brain Structure & Function, Scientific Reports, NeuroImage, and Emotion Review, in collaboration with >10 different researchers in national and international universities. She was invited as a speaker in diverse national and international scientific and general public events and TV programs (e.g., JURE 2022; Sociedade Civil [RTP2]), as well as to publish in a magazine with scientific dissemination to general audiences, i.e., Superinteressante. Her work has been awarded 7 times, including with the 2023 Young Research Award from the Portuguese Association for Experimental Psychology, APPE. Marta Martins secured a 6-year research position in the 2023 FCT scientific employment call and her research as principal investigator is currently funded by FCT and Bial Foundation.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Marta Sofia Pinto Martins

Citation names

Martins, Marta

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 0C1B-E2EE-E106
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-4872-0539
Google Scholar ID: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=wndWT9oAAAAJ&hl=pt-PT
Scopus Author Id: 57205200356

Email addresses

Marta.Sofia.Martins@iscte-iul.pt (Professional)

Addresses

Center for Psychological Research and Social Intervention - Avenida das Forças Armadas, 1649-026, Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

https://ciencia.iscte-iul.pt/authors/marta-martins/cv (Professional)

Knowledge fields

Social Sciences - Psychology
Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Neurosciences
Social Sciences - Educational Sciences
Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biology

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2019/09/13 Concluded	Psychology (Doutoramento) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal "Acknowledging plasticity in reading and music: behavioral and neuroimaging studies with children" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Approved (by unanimity)
2012 Concluded	Education Administration and Management (Mestrado) Universidade Portucalense Infante Dom Henrique, Portugal "Contributos para a construção de um referencial de avaliação dos apoios educativos: Estudo exploratório no 1.º ciclo do ensino básico" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	17
2008 Concluded	8th Grade – Treble Recorder (Outros) Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music, United Kingdom
2007 Concluded	Biology (Licenciatura) Major in Scientific Branch Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal	15

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2024/10/01 - Current	Researcher (Research)	ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
	ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Centro de Investigação e Intervenção Social, Portugal
2022/09/01 - 2024/09/30	Researcher (Research)	ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
	ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Centro de Investigação e Intervenção Social, Portugal
2019/12/01 - 2022/08/31	Postdoc (Research)	ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
	ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Centro de Investigação e Intervenção Social, Portugal
2015/03/01 - 2019/02/28	Researcher (Research)	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
	Universidade do Porto Centro de Psicologia, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

	Category Host institution	Employer
2020/09/01 - Current	Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher)	ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
	ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2007/09 - 2015/02	Music teacher in primary education	Câmara Municipal de Matosinhos, Portugal
	Agrupamento de Escolas Irmãos Passos (anteriormente Custóias e Guifões), Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2024/08/29 - Current	Evaluating Musical Rhythm Predisposition and Training in Shaping Children's Reading and Writing Skills 139/2024 Principal investigator Associação Iscte Conhecimento e Inovação - Centro de Valorização e Transferência de Tecnologias (ISCTE-KI), Portugal ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Centro de Investigação e Intervenção Social, Portugal	Fundação Bial Ongoing
2015/03/01 - 2019/02/28	The impact of music training on reading and mathematical abilities of normal and reading disabled children: a behavioral and neuroimaging longitudinal study SFRH/BD/99622/2014 PhD Student Fellow Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2017/09/20 - 2018/01/20	To elucidate the neurocognitive link between music, language and math and unveil the role of executive function, namely working memory, in potential transfer effects Gaab Lab, Harvard University, United States	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Fulbright Portugal Concluded
2015 - 2018	The Impact of music training on reading and mathematical abilities of normal and reading disabled children: a behavioral and neuroimaging longitudinal study 304/2014 Researcher Universidade do Porto Centro de Psicologia, Portugal	Fundação Bial Concluded

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2024/10/01 - Current	How do musical rhythm skills relate to children’s ability to read and write? 2023.06853.CEECIND Principal investigator ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Centro de Investigação e Intervenção Social, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2022/09/01 - 2024/09/30	Music and auditory-motor processing in children: Neurobiological and environmental modulations DOI: 10.54499/UIDB/03125/2020 Researcher ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Centro de Investigação e Intervenção Social, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2019/12/01 - 2022/08/31	MUSE - Music for the development of social skills: The impact of music training on socio-emotional processing 028274-AAC/02/SAICT/2017 Post-doc ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2017/09 - 2018/01	BabyBOLD Study Collaborator Gaab Lab, Boston Children's Hospital (Harvard Medical School), United States	National Institutes of Health Concluded
2017 - 2018	Behavioral characteristics and neural correlates of reading impairment in FASD R01-AA023503 Collaborator Gaab Lab, Boston Children's Hospital (Harvard Medical School), United States	National Institutes of Health Concluded
2014 - 2014	Age-related changes in the musical perception UID/PSI/00050/2013 Collaborator Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2004 - 2004	Amoeba gill disease and scuticociliatosis of aquaculture sea bass Scientific Initiation Fellow	Fundação Ilídio Pinho Universidade do Porto Concluded

Other

	Designation	Funders
2023 - Current	Vocal perception and modulation (through training) in transfeminine individuals - Vocal_InTrans Principal investigator ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Centro de Investigação e Intervenção Social, Portugal Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João, Portugal	Ongoing
2022/10/01 - Current	Perception and expression of gender through voice Invited Scientist Fellow Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto EPE, Portugal	Not funded
2011 - 2014	The role of artistic projects in the academic achievement of 2nd cycle students Collaborator Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Música e Artes do Espetáculo, Portugal	Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Book chapter	Martins, Marta. "As bases neurobiológicas da leitura [The neurobiological basis of reading]". In Ensino da leitura e da escrita baseado em evidências, edited by Rui A. Alves, Isabel Leite, 47-64. Portugal: Fundação Belmiro de Azevedo (republished in European Portuguese), 2022. Published Martins, Marta. "As bases neurobiológicas da leitura [The neurobiological basis of reading]". In Manual do Curso ABC - Alfabetização Baseada na Ciência, edited by Isabel Leite, 57-79. Brazil: MEC & CAPES (Brazilian Portuguese), 2021. Published Martins, M.; Neves, L.; Rodrigues, P.; Vasconcelos, O.; Castro, S. L.. "A comparative study of rhythm perception in preterm and term children". In X Studies in Children Motor Development, 53-63. Melgaço, Portugal, 2017. Published
Conference abstract	Neves, Leonor; Martins, Marta; Correia, Ana Isabel; Daniel Martins; Bogdan Draganski; São Luís Castro; Lima, César F.. "Does music training provide non-musical benefits? Evidence from auditory, linguistic, and socio-emotional processing". Paper presented in 23° CONFERENCE OF THE EUROPEAN SOCIETY FOR COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY, Porto, 2023. Published Neves, Leonor; Martins, Marta; Correia, Ana Isabel; São Luís Castro; Lima, César F.. "Music Training Produces Near but not Far Transfer of Learning in School-age Children". Paper presented in The 20th Biennial EARLI Conference for Research on Learning and Instruction, Thesaloniki, 2023. Published Martins, Marta; Ana M . Reis; Christian Gaser; São Luís Castro. "Rhythm perception fosters motor skills through music training: a neurobehavioral study with children". Paper presented in The 20th Biennial EARLI Conference for Research on Learning and Instruction, Thesaloniki, 2023. Leonor Neves; Martins, Marta; Correia, Ana Isabel; São Luís Castro; Lima, César F.. "Near- and far-transfer effects of music training: a longitudinal study with children". Paper presented in XVII PhD Meeting, Lisbon, 2022. Published São Luís Castro; Christian Gaser; Martins, Marta; Daniela da Costa Coimbra. "A longitudinal study on the impact of music training on children’s neurocognitive plasticity". Paper presented in Bial Foundation Symposium, Porto, 2022. Published Martins, M.. "Music training effects on emotion recognition abilities: A review of the literature". Paper presented in International Conference CIPEM 2021, Porto, 2021. Published Neves, L., Martins, M., Correia, A. I., Castro, S. L., & Lima, C.. "Does music training improve socio-emotional abilities? A longitudinal study with children". Paper presented in International Conference CIPEM 2021, Porto, 2021. Published Neves, L., Martins, M., Correia, A. I., Castro, S. L., & Lima, C.. "Associations between vocal emotion recognition and socio-emotional adjustment in children". Paper presented in XVI PhD Meeting, Lisbon, 2021. Published Castro, S. L, Martins, M., Neves, L., Rodrigues, P. & Vasconcelos, O.. "Music vs. sports training: Impact on children’s fine motor abilities". Paper presented in 47th Annual Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, New York, 2019. Published Martins, M., Coimbra, D., & Castro, S. L.. "A prática instrumental Orff como potenciadora de competências musicais e não-musicais em crianças em idade escolar: Resultados de um estudo longitudinal no 1.º Ciclo do Ensino Básico. [Orff-based music practice as a tool for improving musical and non-musical skills in school-age children: Results of a longitudinal study in primary education.]". Paper presented in Seminário CIPEM – 20 Anos de Investigação e Prática, Porto, 2018. Published Correia, A. I., Branco, P., Martins, M., Reis, A. M., Martins, N., Castro, S. L., & Lima. C. F.. "Resting-state connectivity between inferior frontal and premotor cortices predicts auditory emotion recognition in children". Paper presented in iJUP 18, Porto, 2018. Published Martins, M., Neves, L., Rodrigues, P., Vasconcelos, O., & Castro, S. L.. "A comparative study of rhythm perception in preterm and term children". Paper presented in 12.o Seminário de Desenvolvimento Motor da Criança, Melgaço, 2017. Published Rodrigues, P., Martins, M., Castro, S.L., & Vasconcelos, O.. "Manual dexterity asymmetry after music and basketball training programs". Paper presented in III International Consortium of Motor Development Research Annual Conference, Melgaço, 2017. Published Martins, M., Neves, L., Cordeiro, C. Reis, A. M., Martins, N., Gaser, C., & Castro, S. L.. "Anatomical brain correlates of reading ability in 8- to 9-year-old Portuguese children". Paper presented in III International Congress CADin, Lisbon, 2016. Published Neves, L., Martins, M., Cordeiro, C., Vasconcelos, O., & Castro, S. L.. "Benefícios da prática desportiva vs. musical na coordenação visuomotora em crianças de idade escolar. [Benefits of sports vs. music practice on visuomotor coordination in school-aged children.]". Paper presented in 3o Encontro da Ordem de Psicólogos Portugueses, Porto, 2016. Published Martins, M., & Machado, E. A.. "Os apoios educativos como ferramenta de democratização do sucesso escolar: Contributos para a construção de um referencial avaliativo. [Educational support as a tool for democratizing academic success: Contributions to the construction of an evaluation framework.]". Paper presented in XII Congresso Internacional GalegoPortuguês de Psicopedagogia, Braga, 2013. Published Moura, M., Martins, M., & Coimbra, D.. "Contributo das atividades de complemento curricular para o desempenho académico e envolvimento dos alunos na escola no 2.º Ciclo do Ensino Básico. [Contribution of supplementary curricular activities to the academic achievement and involvement of students in school in the 2nd cycle of basic education.]". Paper presented in I International Congress Students' Engagement in School: Perspectives of Psychology and Education, Lisbon, 2013. Published Moura, M., Martins, M., & Coimbra, D.. "Contributo das atividades de complemento curricular para o desempenho académico a língua portuguesa de alunos do 2.º Ciclo do Ensino Básico. [Contribution of curricular complementary activities to the academic performance in Portuguese language of students in the 2nd cycle of basic education.]". Paper presented in 1st International Congress of Psychology, Vila Nova de Gaia, 2013. Published Martins, M., & Machado, E. A.. "Contributos para a avaliação da articulação entre os agentes educativos intervenientes no apoio educativo: estudo exploratório no 1.º Ciclo do Ensino Básico. [Contributions to the evaluation of the articulation between the educational agents involved in educational support: an exploratory study in the 1st cycle of basic education.]". Paper presented in 1st International Congress of Psychology, Vila Nova de Gaia, 2013. Published Martins, M., & Machado, E. A.. "Contributos para a construção de um referencial de avaliação dos apoios educativos: Estudo exploratório no 1.º Ciclo do Ensino Básico. [Contributions to the construction of a framework for the evaluation of educational support: an exploratory study in the 1st cycle of basic education.]". Paper presented in Seminário Avaliação Externa das Escolas. Percursos, consensos e divergências, Évora, 2013. Published
Conference paper	Martins, M.; Castro, S. L.. "Rhythm perception in children: The roles of age, sex and prematurity". 2015. Martins, M. & Machado, E. A.. "Contributos para a avaliação da articulação entre os agentes educativos intervenientes no apoio educativo: estudo exploratório no 1.º ciclo do ensino básico. [Contributions to the evaluation of the articulation between the educational agents involved in educational support: an exploratory study in the 1st cycle of basic education.]". Paper presented in 1st International Congress of Psychology, Education, and Culture, Vila Nova de Gaia, 2013. Published Moura, M., Martins, M., & Coimbra, D.. "Contributo das atividades de complemento curricular para o desempenho académico a língua portuguesa de alunos do 2.º Ciclo do Ensino Básico. [Contribution of curricular complementary activities to the academic performance in Portuguese language of students in the 2nd cycle of basic education.]". Paper presented in 1st International Congress of Psychology, Education, and Culture, Vila Nova de Gaia, 2013. Published
Conference poster	Martins, Marta. "Natural Musicality Explains Unique Variance in Children’s Reading Fluency". Paper presented in The Neurosciences and Music VIII, 2024. Martins, M., Coimbra, D., Reis, A. M., Gaser, C., Castro, S.L.. "Orff-based music training induces plasticity in the developing brain ¿— a behavioral and neuroimaging longitudinal study". Paper presented in Neurosciences and Music Conference VII, 2021. Lima, C. F., Correia, A. I., Branco, P., Martins, M., Reis, A. M., Martins, N., & Castro, S. L.. "Sensorimotor contributions to auditory emotion recognition in children: A resting-state fMRI study". Paper presented in 25th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping, 2019. Correia, A. I., Branco, P., Martins, M., Reis, A. M., Martins, N., Castro, S. L., & Lima, C.. "Resting-state functional connectivity predicts children’s ability to recognize vocal emotions". Paper presented in PhD Meeting in Psychology: Psychology and Well-being, 2019. Lima, C. F., Correia, A. I., Branco, P., Martins, M., Reis, A. M., Martins, N., & Castro, S. L.. "Resting-state functional connectivity predicts vocal emotion recognition in children". Paper presented in 24th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping, 2018. Dias, S., Oliveira, A.R., Gouveia, J., Martins, M., Silva, S., & Castro, S. L.. "The impact of musical training on music-unrelated skills of first-graders". Paper presented in 13th Meeting of the Portuguese Association for Experimental Psychology, 2018. Correia, A. I., Branco, P., Martins, M., Reis, A. M., Martins, N., Castro, S. L., & Lima, C.. "Resting-state functional connectivity indexes individual differences in emotional prosody recognition in children". Paper presented in 12th Meeting of the Portuguese Association for Experimental Psychology, 2017. Cordeiro, C., Neves, L., Martins, M., Limpo, T., & Castro, S. L.. "Can musical abilities predict phonological awareness and reading in young children?". Paper presented in 12th Meeting of the Portuguese Association for Experimental Psychology, 2017. Neves, L., Cordeiro, C., Martins, M., Silva, S., & Castro, S. L.. "Rhythm skills in 5- to 6-year-old children: the role of cognitive functions". Paper presented in 12th Meeting of the Portuguese Association for Experimental Psychology, 2017. Martins, M., Neves, L., Cordeiro, C., Branco, P., Castro, S. L.. "From music to reading through working memory?". Paper presented in Encontro Ciência 2016, 2016. Martins, M., & Castro, S. L.. "Acknowledging the elephant in the room: Empirical insights into the relation between arithmetics and reading fluency". Paper presented in 3rd International Conference of the European Society for Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 2016. Martins, M., & Castro, S. L.. "Music aptitude and reading acquisition: New empirical insights to an inferred relation". Paper presented in 11st National Meeting of the Portuguese Association of Experimental Psychology, 2016. Martins, M., Gaser, C., Castro, S.L.. "The impact of music training on reading and mathematical abilities of normal and reading disabled children: A behavioral and neuroimaging longitudinal study". Paper presented in Cognitive Neuroscience - Helsinki Summer School, 2015. Santos, M.J., Cavaleiro, F., Campos, P., Sousa, A., Teixeira, F., Martins, M., & Saraiva, A.. "Pesquisa da doença branquial causada por amibas, ciliatose sistémica provocada por scuticociliata e outras parasitoses em robalo de aquacultura. [Research of gill disease caused by amoebae, systemic ciliatosis caused by scuticociliata and other parasitoses in aquaculture sea bass]". Paper presented in IX Encontro Nacional de Estudantes de Biologia, 2005.
Journal article	Neves, Leonor; Martins, Marta; Correia, Ana Isabel; Castro, São Luís; Schellenberg, E. Glenn; Lima, César F.. "Does music training improve emotion recognition and cognitive abilities? Longitudinal and correlational evidence from children". Cognition 259 (2025): 106102. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2025.106102. 10.1016/j.cognition.2025.106102 Martins, Marta; Salgado, Beatriz; Silva, Susana. "Music performance anxiety: priority targets in prevention and intervention". Anxiety, Stress, & Coping (2024): 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1080/10615806.2024.2428950. 10.1080/10615806.2024.2428950 Martins, Marta; Reis, Ana Mafalda; Gaser, Christian; Castro, São Luís. "Individual differences in rhythm perception modulate music-related motor learning: a neurobehavioral training study with children". Scientific Reports 13 1 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-48132-2. 10.1038/s41598-023-48132-2 Sousa, J.; Martins, M.; Torres, N.; Castro, S. L.; Silva, S. (* joint first authors; ** joint last authors). "Rhythm but not melody processing helps reading via phonological awareness and phonological memory". Scientific Reports 12 1 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-15596-7. 10.1038/s41598-022-15596-7 Neves, L.; Martins, M.; Correia, A. I.; Castro, S. L.; Lima, C. F. (joint first authors). "Associations between vocal emotion recognition and socio-emotional adjustment in children". Royal Society Open Science* 8 11 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.211412. 10.1098/rsos.211412 Martins, M.; Reis, A. M.; Castro, S. L.; Gaser, C. (* joint last authors). "Gray matter correlates of reading fluency deficits: SES matters, IQ does not". Brain Structure and Function (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00429-021-02353-1. 10.1007/s00429-021-02353-1 Martins, M.; Pinheiro, A.P.; Lima, C.F.. "Does Music Training Improve Emotion Recognition Abilities? A Critical Review". Emotion Review 13 3 (2021): 199-210. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85108552996&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1177/17540739211022035 Correia, A. I.; Branco, P.; Martins, M.; Reis, A. M.; Martins, N.; Castro, S. L.; Lima, C. F. (* joint first authors; ** joint last authors). "Resting-state connectivity reveals a role for sensorimotor systems in vocal emotional processing in children". NeuroImage (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2019.116052. 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2019.116052 Martins, M.; Silva, S.; Castro, S. L. (* joint first author). "Perceiving Rhythmic Repetition and Change Across Development: Effects of Concurrent Pitch". Empirical Studies of the Arts (2019): 027623741882289-027623741882289. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0276237418822895. 10.1177/0276237418822895 Martins, M.; Neves, L.; Rodrigues, P.; Vasconcelos, O.; Castro, S.L.. "Orff-based music training enhances children's manual dexterity and bimanual coordination". Frontiers in Psychology 9 DEC (2018): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85059021065&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02616 Zanon, F.; Marinho, H.; Coimbra, D.; Martins, M.. "Ansiedade na performance musical: estudo de caso com a Orquestra Filarmonia das Beiras [Anxiety in musical performance: a case study with Orquestra Filarmonia das Beiras]". Opus (2016): https://ciencia.iscte-iul.pt/publications/ansiedade-na-performance-musical-estudo-de-caso-com-a-orquestra-filarmonia-das-beiras/65207?lang=en. 10.20504/opus2016b2213 Moura, M.; Martins, M.; Coimbra. D.. "Contributo das atividades de complemento curricular (clube de música) no desempenho académico de estudantes do ensino básico [Contribution of complementary curricular activities (music club) in the academic achievement of elementary school students]". Educação, Sociedade e Culturas (2014): https://ciencia.iscte-iul.pt/publications/contributo-das-atividades-de-complemento-curricular-clube-de-musica-no-desempenho-academico-de/65209?lang=en. Santos, M. J.; Cavaleiro, F.; Campos, P.; Sousa, A.; Teixeira, F.; Martins, M.. "Impact of amoeba and scuticociliatidia infections on the aquaculture European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax L.) in Portugal". Veterinary Parasitology 171 1-2 (2010): 15-21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vetpar.2010.03.013. 10.1016/j.vetpar.2010.03.013
Magazine article	Martins, M.. "O Cérebro que lê: A narrativa de uma batalha desigual", Superinteressante, 2024, https://www.sapo.pt/jornais/revistas/4337/2024-09-01.
Thesis / Dissertation	Marta Sofia Pinto Martins. "Acknowledging plasticity in reading and music: behavioral and neuroimaging studies with children". PhD, 2019. https://hdl.handle.net/10216/122225. Martins, Marta Sofia Pinto. "Contributos para a construção de um referencial de avaliação dos apoios educativos: estudo exploratório no 1.º Ciclo do Ensino Básico [Contributions to the construction of a framework for the evaluation of educational support: an exploratory study in primary education]". Master, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/11328/162.
Translation	Martins, M., Moura, M., Fernandes, I., Carmo, B., Silva, T.. Self-Efficacy Scale for Voice Modification in Trans Women (Translation to European Portuguese) [Escala de Autoeficácia para Modificação de Voz em Mulheres Trans (Tradução para Português Europeu)]. Melbourne, Victoria, Australia: La Trobe University. 2024. Published

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2024/04/27	(Keynote Speaker) How to do research and be a better doctor	4th Oporto Biomedical Summit School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2024/04/27	(Keynote Speaker) Behaviour and brain plasticity in children, in the domains of reading and music	4th Oporto Biomedical Summit School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2023/04/23	(Keynote Speaker) How to do research and be a better doctor	3rd Oporto Biomedical Summit School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Porto (Porto, Portugal) (Porto, Portugal)
2022/12/15	(Invited Speaker) Serão as competências rítmicas uma ferramenta útil na aprendizagem da leitura e da escrita? [Are rhythmic skills a useful tool in learning to read and write?]	Seminário iDEias Centre for Psychology at University of Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2022/12/06	(Invited Speaker) Music, learning, and brain	Brain Day Brain Research Institute; Câmara Municipal de Matosinhos (Matosinhos, Portugal)
2022/12/05	(Invited Speaker) A two-voice tale on the plasticity that results from children's experience	CIS-Talk CIS-Iscte (Lisbon, Portugal)
2022/07/22	(Keynote Speaker) Neuroeducation	JURE 2022 European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI) (Porto, Portugal)
2022/04/03	(Keynote Speaker) The role of music in neurorehabilitation	2nd Oporto Biomedical Summit School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2021/05/27	(Invited Speaker) Há sempre música dentro de nós. A música e a neuroeducação. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSmgbztm8mk&t=55s	A Escola XXI em 61 minutos Câmara Municipal da Maia (Maia, Portugal)
2020	As bases neurobiológicas da leitura [vídeo]. YouTube. https://shorturl.at/qsw16	Curso Alfabetização Baseada na Ciência MEC; CAPES; University of Porto
2019	(Keynote Speaker) Neuroeducation: Contributions and challenges for an inclusive School	I Congresso Escolha Educar Escolha Múltipla (Porto, Portugal)
2019	(Invited Speaker) Neuroeducation: Contributions and challenges	Agrupamento de Escolas Irmãos Passos (Matosinhos, Portugal)
2018/03	(Invited Speaker) Cognitive neuroscience: The brain basis of behavior	Neuroscience research meeting - Moving on from structural and functional MRI studies to clinical applications and scientific research Unilabs (Porto, Portugal)
2016	(Invited Speaker) How music training shapes behavior and brain?	Reading, Music, and Brain Colégio Nossa Senhora da Bonança (Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal)

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2024 - Current	Musicality and magnitude estimation Supervisor	Master in Social and Organizational Psychology (Master) ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
2024 - Current	The Role of Musicality in the Relationship between Musical Reception and Self-Regulation Supervisor	Master in Emotion Sciences (Master) ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
2024 - Current	Vocal experience in transgender and cisgender people Supervisor	Master in Social and Organizational Psychology (Master) ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
2021 - Current	Music and reading: Associations between music training, music aptitude, personality and reading Supervisor	Master in Social and Organizational Psychology (Master) ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
2023/01/01 - 2024	Raising a musical child: Predictors of children's musicality Co-supervisor of Maria Carolina Roque Fernandes	FPCE-UP, Portugal
2023 - 2024	Addressing voice gender and voice feminization training Co-supervisor of Ivo Fernandes	Integrated Master in Medicine (Master) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2019 - 2019	What does music training teach us about cognition and brain plasticity? Current perspectives and challenges (in the series 'No laboratório à conversa com') (2019 - 2019) Round table (Member of the Organising Committee)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2017 - 2017	12nd Meeting of the Portuguese Association for Experimental Psychology (2017 - 2017) Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2016 - 2016	23rd Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading (2016 - 2016) Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)	Society for Scientific Study of Reading, United States Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2016 - 2016	Conference by Dr. Bogdan Draganski (University of Lausanne), In vivo studies of brain plasticity (2016 - 2016) Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2016 - 2016	II Symposium of the Doctoral Program in Psychology (2016 - 2016) Symposium (Member of the Organising Committee)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2015 - 2015	I Symposium of the Doctoral Program in Psychology (2015 - 2015) Symposium (Member of the Organising Committee)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2016 - 2016	SPM course 2016 Workshop	SPM course 2016 Universität Zürich, Switzerland
2015 - 2015	Cognitive neuroscience course, Helsinki Summer School Other	Helsinki Summer School Helsingin yliopisto, Finland

Jury of academic degree

	Topic Role	Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization
2024/11/14	Benefícios do contexto musical no cuidado e na vinculação: Um estudo exploratório (Thesis) Main arguer	Gabriela Martins (Master) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2024/11/13	O Papel Moderador da Extroversão no Efeito da Letra da Música de Fundo na Atenção (Thesis) Main arguer	Maria Carolina Aranha de Magalhães Andrade e Castro (Master) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2023/11/13	Trindade relativa: Compreender a relação entre sofisticação musical, memória e regulação emocional (Thesis) Main arguer	Bruna Liliana Ribeiro de Sousa (Master) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2022/11/17	Ansiedade de performance musical: correlatos, atitudes e implicações para a intervenção [Music performance anxiety: correlates, attitudes, and implications for intervention]. (Thesis) Main arguer	Beatriz Mauler Borges Salgado (Master) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2019/12/14	Impulsividade: activação neurovegetativa da emoção e sua relação com o aparelho gastrointestinal (Thesis) Main arguer	Vera Patrícia Monteiro Ferreira (Master) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2019/12/13	Relação entre as emoções e as zonas abdominais (pontos G) (Thesis) Main arguer	Carla Antónia Fonseca Silva Batista (Master) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal

Ad Hoc journal article review

	Journal title (ISSN)	Publisher
2024/10 - Current	Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
2023/04/01 - Current	Culture and Education	Taylor & Francis Group
2023/03 - Current	Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience (SCAN)	Oxford University Press
2021/09 - Current	Psychologica

Committee member

	Activity description Role	Institution / Organization
2014 - 2015	Elected member (student representative), Monitoring Committee of the Doctoral Program in Psychology, University of Porto, Portugal Member	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal

Consulting

	Activity description	Institution / Organization
2020/02/11 - 2020/02/24	Fulbright Grant Reviewer (Visiting Student Researcher)	Fulbright Portugal, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2022 - Current	Psychophysiology of emotion	Science on Emotions (Mestrado)	ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
2021 - Current	Psychophysiology and genetics	Psychology (Licenciatura)	ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
2021 - Current	Courses: Fundamentals of music component processing; Neuroscience of music applied to music performance and composition	Music Neuroscience (Pós-Graduação)	Universidade Católica Portuguesa Instituto de Ciências da Saúde, Portugal
2020/09 - Current	Biological bases of emotions	Science on Emotions (Mestrado)	ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
2021 - 2022	Science-based literacy instruction course (180h, two editions)	Professional development course for teachers	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior, Brazil Universidade Aberta de Portugal, Portugal Ministério da Educação, Brazil Instituto Politécnico do Porto Centro de Investigação e Intervenção na Leitura, Portugal
2020 - 2021	Elements of human anatomy and physiology course	(Mestrado)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2020 - 2021	Rehabilitation nursing course; Post-graduate specialization program in rehabilitation nursing	(Pós-Graduação)	Escola Superior de Enfermagem Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa - Alto Tâmega, Portugal
2018 - 2019	Music and the brain (Psychology of Music Course)	(Licenciatura)	Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Música e Artes do Espetáculo, Portugal
2015 - 2019	Courses: Introduction to medicine I; Nervous system anatomy and physiology courses; History of medicine	Medicine (Mestrado integrado)	Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2018 - 2018	From science to education: Practices to promote the teaching of reading and writing (30h, one edition).	Accredited professional development course for teachers (CCPFC/ACC89717/17)	Centro de Formação Abel Salazar, Portugal

Interview (tv / radio show)

	Program	Topic
2024/12/18 - 2024/12/18	Caixa de Pandora (Canal S+)	"As mulheres são mais emotivas?"
2022/05/11 - 2022/05/11	Sociedade Civil [Civil Society] - RTP2	Cérebro e Música - T18 EP93 [Brain and Music]

Mentoring / Tutoring

	Topic	Student name
2025/03/01 - Current	The (Multi)Dimension Acoustics of Voice (Clinical Research Internship CAC ICBAS-SANTO ANTÓNIO)	Ivo Fernandes
2024/07/10 - Current	Voice gender perception	Miguel Castelo (ICBAS, UPorto)
2023/05/18 - Current	Natural musicality and children's reading skills	Lara Cunha (ICBAS, UPorto)
2015 - 2024	Music and Emotional Prosody Recognition (behavioral and neuroimaging studies with children and adults)	Ana Isabel Correia (FPCE, UPorto; and Iscte-IUL)
2015 - 2023	Music Training Effects in Cognition (Reading and Math, and Socioemotional Processing)	Leonor Neves (FPCE, UPorto; and Iscte-IUL)
2019 - 2022	Vocal emotional processing	Ivo Fernandes (ICBAS, UPorto)
2019 - 2022	Vocal emotional processing	Núria Moreira (ICBAS, UPorto)
2019 - 2022	Vocal emotional processing	Emílio Cunha (ICBAS, UPorto)
2015 - 2018	Age-related changes in rhythm perception	Ricardo Pereira (FPCE, UPorto)
2015 - 2018	Music Training Effects in Cognition (Reading and Math)	Carolina Cordeiro (FPCE, UPorto)

Scientific expedition

	Activity description	Institution / Organization
2017/09/20 - 2018/01/20	Visiting researcher under a Fulbright grant; Supervisor: Dr. Nadine Gaab (https://www.gaablab.com/nadine-gaab)	Gaab Lab, Harvard University, United States
2017/03/01 - 2017/06/30	Visiting PhD student; Supervisor: Dr. Christian Gaser (https://neuro-jena.github.io/people.html)	Structural Brain Mapping Group, University of Jena, Germany
2016/01/01 - 2016/03/31	Visiting PhD student; Supervisor: Dr. Christian Gaser (https://neuro-jena.github.io/people.html)	Structural Brain Mapping Group, University of Jena, Germany

Distinctions

Award

2023	The Portuguese Association of Experimental Psychology (APPE) 2023 Award - 'Prémio APPE 2023' Portuguese Association of Experimental Psychology (APPE), Portugal
2023	Travel Award EARLI 2023 - Award granted by the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI)
2023	Iscte Research Award 2023
2022	Iscte Research Award 2022 ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
2021	Iscte Research Award 2021 ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
2019	Best Poster Award, XV PhD Meeting in Psychology ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
2005	Poster award (3rd place), IX National Meeting of Biology Students Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Other distinction

2017	Fulbright research grant Fulbright Portugal, Portugal