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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Sofia Fonseca

Citation names

  • Fonseca, Sofia

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
3813-C374-B0F7
ORCID iD
0000-0002-5751-4454

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Exact Sciences - Mathematics - Statistics and Probability

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Italian Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Spanish; Castilian Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2012
Concluded
Doutoramento em Motricidade Humana especialidade em Treino Desportivo (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
"Modelling intra- and inter-team spatial interaction patterns in invasive team sports" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Bom
1999 - 2004
Concluded
Doutoramento em Estatística (Doutoramento)
University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom
"Modelling porcine muscle fibre patterns" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Approved
1995 - 1999
Concluded
Licenciatura em Matemática Aplicada (Licenciatura)
Major in Probabilidades e Estatística
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
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Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution
Employer
2020/10 - Current Researcher (Research) Centro de Investigação em Desporto, Educação Física, Exercício e Saúde (CIDEFES), Portugal
2018 - Current Researcher (Research) Centro de Investigação em Desporto Saúde e Desenvolvimento Humano, Portugal
2017 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Centro de Estudos Interdisciplinares em Educação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
2010 - 2013 Researcher (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Centro Interdisciplinar de Performance Humana, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution
Employer
2006/03 - Current Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade Lusófona, Portugal
2005/06 - 2006/02 Assistant Professor (University Teacher) University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom
2000 - 2004 Lecturer (University Teacher) University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Positions / Appointments

Category
Host institution
Employer
2013 - 2016 Conselho científico/técnico-científico ou orgão correspondente Faculdade de Educação Física e Desporto, ULHT, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution
Employer
2005/06 - 2006/02 Teaching Fellow of Medical Statistics (full-time) The Institute of Applied Health Sciences, United Kingdom
2004/09 - 2005/05 Teaching Fellow of Medical Statistics (part-time) The Institute of Applied Health Sciences, United Kingdom
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2021 - 2024 APTA: Avaliação, Prescrição, Tratamento e Acompanhamento dos níveis de aptidão física
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Researcher
Universidade Lusófona
Ongoing

Contract

Designation Funders
2020 - 2023 Observatório do Desporto e da Atividade Física da Área metropolitana de Lisboa
xxx
Researcher
Área Metropoplitana de Lisboa
Concluded
2020 - 2022 Projeto Academia e Futebol
Nº Processo: 71000.031098/2020-47
Researcher
Centro Interdisciplinar de Pesquisas em Esporte e Exercício Físico, Brazil
Ministério da Cidadania
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Fonseca, Sofia; Araújo, Duarte; Diniz, Ana. "The Measurement of space and time in evolving sport phenomena". In Complex Systems in Sport, 125-144. Routledge, 2013.
    Published
  2. Alves Lopes, António; Fonseca, Sofia; Baca, Arnold; Leser, Roland; Paulo, Ana. "Using spatial metrics to characterize behaviour in small-sided games". In Performance Analysis of Sport IX, 258-266. 2013.
Conference poster
  1. Fonseca, Sofia; Vilar, Luís; Milho, João. "Using Superimposed Voronoi Diagrams to study distinguish between individual and defensive methods in team sports: application in Futsal". Paper presented in 11th European Workshop of Ecological Psychology (EWEP11), 2010.
  2. Fonseca, Sofia; Milho, João; Passos, Pedro; Araújo, Duarte; Davids, Keith. "Agent based modelling of interpersonal interactions of 1v1 dyads in rugby union". Paper presented in 13th Annual Congress of the European College of Sport Science (ECSS2008), 2008.
  3. Fonseca, Sofia; Horgan, Graham; Maltin, Charlotte. "Muscle fibre patterns in pig muscle". Paper presented in Research Students’ Conference in Probability and Statistics (RSC2001), 2001.
Journal article
  1. Reverdito, Riller Silva; Fonseca, Sofia; Lopes, Antonio; Aires, Karyna; Santos Alves, Luciano; Alves de Lima, Leilane; Tavares, Mayara de Almeida; Gonçalves, Carlos. "Sources of Sport Satisfaction and Perceived Self-Efficacy Among Youth in a Competitive Environment". Perceptual and Motor Skills 130 3 (2023): 1221-1238. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00315125231167460.
    10.1177/00315125231167460
  2. Tavares, Mayara Almeida; Fonseca, Sofia; Lopes, António; Galatti, Larissa Rafaela; Reverdito, Riller Silva. "Relação treinador-atleta e a experiência positiva de jovens no esporte extracurricular". Cuadernos de Psicología del Deporte 21 1 (2021): 146-161. http://dx.doi.org/10.6018/cpd.428691.
    10.6018/cpd.428691
  3. Morato, Márcio Pereira; Menezes, Rafael Pombo; Fonseca, Sofia; Furtado, Otávio Luis Piva da Cunha. "Faster balls increase the probability of scoring a goal in female and male elite goalball". Revista Brasileira de Ciências do Esporte 40 4 (2018): 427-434. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rbce.2018.03.027.
    10.1016/j.rbce.2018.03.027
  4. Paulo, Ana; Zaal, Frank T.J.M.; Seifert, Ludovic; Fonseca, Sofia; Araújo, Duarte. "Predicting volleyball serve-reception at group level". Journal of Sports Sciences 36 22 (2018): 2621-2630. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2018.1473098.
    10.1080/02640414.2018.1473098
  5. Paulo, Ana; Zaal, Frank T. J. M.; Fonseca, Sofia; Araújo, Duarte. "Predicting Volleyball Serve-Reception". Frontiers in Psychology 7 (2016): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01694.
    10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01694
  6. Fonseca, Sofia; Milho, João; Travassos, Bruno; Araújo, Duarte. "Spatial dynamics of team sports exposed by Voronoi diagrams". Human Movement Science 31 6 (2012): 1652-1659. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.humov.2012.04.006.
    10.1016/j.humov.2012.04.006
  7. Correia, Vanda; Davids, Keith; Fernandes, Orlando; Araújo, Duarte; Fonseca, Sofia. "Territorial gain dynamics regulates success in attacking sub-phases of team sports". Journal of Psychology in Sports and Exercise 12 (2012): 662-669. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S146902921100077X.
    Published
  8. Fonseca, Sofia; Milho, João; Passos, Pedro; Araújo, Duarte; Davids, Keith. "Approximate entropy normalized measures for analyzing inter-agent coordination in social neurobiological systems". Journal of Motor Behavior 44 (2012): 179-183.
    Published
  9. Passos, Pedro; Milho, João; Borges, João; Fonseca, Sofia; Araújo, Duarte; Davids, Keith. "Interpersonal distance regulates functional grouping tendencies of agents in team sports". Journal of Motor Behavior 43 2 (2010): 155-163. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222895.2011.552078.
    Published
  10. Passos, Pedro; Araújo, Duarte; Davids, Keith; Serpa, Sidónio; Gouveia, Luís; Milho, João; Fonseca, Sofia. "Interpersonal pattern dynamics and adaptive behaviour in multi-agent neurobiological systems: a model and data". Journal of Motor Behavior 41 5 (2009): 445-459.
    Published
  11. Sripada, Sreebala; Fonseca, Sofia; Lee, Amanda; Harrild, Kirsten; Giannaris, Dimitris; Mathers, Eileen; Bhattacharya, Siladitya. "Trends in Semen Parameters in the Northeast of Scotland". Journal of Andrology 28 2 (2007): 313-319.
    Published • 10.2164/jandrol.106.000729
  12. Philip, Sam; Fleming, Alan; Goatman, Keith; Fonseca, Sofia; Mcnamee, Paul; Scotland, Graham; Prescott, Gordon; Sharp, Peter; Olson, John. "The efficacy of automated "disease/no disease" grading for diabetic retinopathy in a systematic screening programme". British Journal of Ophthalmology 91 (2007): 1512-1517.
    Published • 10.1136/bjo.2007.119453
  13. Thomas, Michael; Sheran, Jane; Smith, Natalie; Fonseca, Sofia; Lee, Amanda. "AKL1, a botanical mixture for the treatment of asthma: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, cross-over study". BMC Pulmonary Medicine 7 4 (2007): 0-0.
    Published • 10.1186/1471-2466-7-4
  14. Taylor, Kate; Counsell, Carl; Harris, Claire; Gordon, Joanna; Lee, Amanda; Fonseca, Sofia. "In a factorial randomised study of the effect of envelope and ink colour, coloured ink was found to increase the response rate to a postal questionnaire". Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 59 12 (2006): 1326-1330.
    Published
  15. Fonseca, Sofia; Wilson, Ian; Horgan, Graham; Maltin, Charlotte. "Slow fiber cluster pattern in pig longissimus thoracis muscle: Implications for myogenesis". Journal of Animal Science 81 (2003): 973-983.
    Published
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2009 Dynamics of interpersonal coordination in team sports 15th International Conference on Perception-Action (ICPA15)
(Minneapolis, United States)
2009 Methods for measuring and comparing time series’ variability using Approximate Entropy European Workshop on Movement Science (EWOMS)
FMH - Faculdade de Motricidade Humana (Lisboa, Portugal)
2008 Agent based modeling of interpersonal interactions in rugby union: an extension of a 1v1 model 2nd International Congress of Complex Systems in Sports
IDRAM (Funchal, Portugal)
2008 Perceiving height and overhead reachability of children: influences of individual and task constraints 2nd International Congress of Complex Systems in Sports (ICCSS)
IDRAM - Instituto do Desporto da Região Autónoma da Madeira (Funchal, Madeira, Portugal)
2001 Modelling porcine muscle fibre patterns 23rd European Meeting of Statisticians (EMS2001)
(Funchal, Madeira, Portugal)
2001 Modelling muscle fibre patterns Royal Statistical Society Theme Conference (RSS2001)
(Glasgow, United Kingdom)
Distinctions

Title

2006 Honorary Member of Staff
The Institute of Applied Health Sciences, United Kingdom