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Joana Sayal. PhD fellow in Psychology - Cognitive Neuroscience. Interested in the neurosciences of consciousness, music neuroscience and neuroplasticity. Completed in 2022 the Interuniversity Master in Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology by Universidade de Coimbra, Universidade do Minho and Universidade de Lisboa. Her academic internship was in clinical neuropsychology at the Neurology Department of CHUC, and the master thesis in cognitive neuroscience at Proaction Lab. Currently Joana is a researcher at Proaction Lab (CINEICC) and an Invited Assistant at FPCEUC. She is also a musician, playing the cello at Orquestra Académica da Universidade de Coimbra, Tuna Académica da UC, Cithara, amongst other musical projects.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Joana Margarida de Morais Sayal Abreu Campos

Citation names

  • Sayal, Joana

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
701B-0092-5381
ORCID iD
0000-0002-4949-1547

Email addresses

  • joana.campos@uc.pt (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Social Sciences - Psychology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Elementary (A2) Upper intermediate (B2) Beginner (A1) Upper intermediate (B2) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2024/03 - 2026
Ongoing
Visiting PhD student at the Center for Music in the Brain (Outros)
Aarhus Universitet, Denmark
2022/12 - 2026
Ongoing
PhD Degree in Psychology - Cognitive Neuroscience (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2019/09 - 2022/02/22
Concluded
Interuniversity Master in Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology (Mestrado)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal

Universidade do Minho Escola de Psicologia, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Psicologia, Portugal
"Cross-Modal Plasticity in the Auditory Cortex of the Congenitally Deaf: an fMRI study using population receptive field analysis" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
19
2020/09 - 2021/07
Concluded
Curricular Internship at the Neurology Department supervised by Dra Diana Duro and Professora Manuela Vilar (Outros)
Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra EPE, Portugal
19/20
2020/02 - 2020/02
Concluded
Minor Experimental Rotation at Voice, Affect & Speech Neuroscience Lab supervised by Professor Ana Pinheiro (Outros)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Psicologia, Portugal
18
2019/09 - 2020/02
Concluded
Lab Rotation in Experimental Neuropsychology at Proaction Lab supervised by Professor Jorge Almeida and Doctor Zohar Tal (Outros)
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Investigação do Núcleo de Estudos e Intervenção Cognitivo-Comportamental, Portugal
18
2016/09 - 2019/07
Concluded
Psychological Sciences (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
16
2018/09 - 2019/02
Concluded
Erasmus+ (Outros)
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Faculteit Psychologie en Pedagogische Wetenschappen, Belgium
2013 - 2016
Concluded
High School (Ensino secundário)
Major in Sciences and Technologies
Escola Secundária José Falcão, Portugal
18
2006 - 2016
Concluded
Middle and High school: Music (Ensino secundário)
Major in Instrument: Cello
Conservatório de Música de Coimbra, Portugal
16
Affiliation

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution
Employer
2023/09/01 - Current Invited Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution
Employer
2022/09/01 - 2022/09/30 Researcher at Proaction Lab, CO&MA Consciousness & Mental Awareness Research Team Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Investigação do Núcleo de Estudos e Intervenção Cognitivo-Comportamental, Portugal
2017 - 2022 Research Collaborator at Proaction Lab Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Investigação do Núcleo de Estudos e Intervenção Cognitivo-Comportamental, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2023/03/01 - Current Sounds for Silence: Auditory Neural Entrainment of Consciousness
UI/BD/154438/2022
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Investigação do Núcleo de Estudos e Intervenção Cognitivo-Comportamental, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2022/09/01 - 2022/09/30 Verão com Ciência 2022 - CINEICC
UID 730
Scientific Initiation Fellow
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Investigação do Núcleo de Estudos e Intervenção Cognitivo-Comportamental, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Journal article
  1. Gonçalves, Óscar F.; Sayal, Joana; Lisboa, Fábio; Palhares, Pedro. "The experimental study of consciousness: Is psychology travelling back to the future?". International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology 24 3 (2024): 100475. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijchp.2024.100475.
    Open access • Published • 10.1016/j.ijchp.2024.100475
Preprint
  1. Zohar Tal; Joana Sayal; Fang Fang; Yanchao Bi; Jorge Almeida; Alessio Fracasso. "The neural organization of visual information in the auditory cortex of the congenitally deaf". 2023. https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.04.17.537188.
    10.1101/2023.04.17.537188
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "Cross-Modal Plasticity in the Auditory Cortex of the Congenitally Deaf: an fMRI study using population receptive field analysis". Master, Universidade de Coimbra, 2022. http://hdl.handle.net/10316/100296.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2025/04/12 Oral presentation: 'The neural organization of visual information in the auditory cortex of the congenitally deaf' at APPE congress in Porto, Portugal 19.º Encontro da Associação Portuguesa de Psicologia Experimental
Associação Portuguesa de Psicologia Experimental (Porto, Portugal)
2024/11/22 Oral presentation at Soapbox Science Coimbra, a science communication event for the general public Soapbox Science Coimbra
(Coimbra, Portugal)
2024/06/14 Poster presentation at The Neurosciences and Music - VIII, held in Helsinki by the Fondazione Mariani and the Neuromusic Community. Title "Auditory neural synchronization and consciousness: EEG study with binaural beats" The Neurosciences and Music VIII - Wiring, re-wiring, and well-being
The Mariani Foundation for Paediatric Neurology and the Centre of Excellence in Music, Mind, Body and Brain (MMBB) (Helsinki, Finland)
2024/02/15 "Auditory Neural Entrainment of Consciousness", at the panel "Cognição e psicologia da música", symposium organized by CEIS20 A música como interdisciplina: perspectivas e intersecções na UC
CEIS20 - Centro de Estudos Interdisciplinares da Universidade de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2023/09/23 Poster presentation in SAW2023: "The neural organization of visual information in the auditory cortex of the congenitally deaf". Conference sponsored by the Era Chair Action CogBooster. SAW - Seeing and Acting Workshop: Functional and Neural Perspectives
Faculdade de Psicologia e Ciências da Educação da Universidade de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2023/04/01 "The neural organization of visual information in the auditory cortex of the congenitally deaf", in the symposium "Mapping multiple dimensions in the human neocortex" IV CINEICC International Congress: Innovations in fundamental and applied psychological science
Center for Research in Neuropsychology and Cognitive and Behavioral Intervention (CINEICC) (Coimbra, Portugal)

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event
Event name
Institution / Organization
2022/09/09 - Current Playback the music of the brain: From sound to emotion (Symposium)
Symposium
Playback the music of the brain: From sound to emotion
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Imagem Biomédica e Investigação Translacional, Portugal
2022/07 - Current Psychological First Aid (online workshop) Primeiros Socorros Psicológicos
MDC Psicologia & Formação, Portugal
2022/07 - 2022/07 Cognitive Stimulation in Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias - Brief Online Course Estimulação Cognitiva na Doença de Alzheimer e Outras Demências
Centro CEREBRO, Portugal
2022/02 - 2022/07 Formação Pedagógica Inicial de Formadores Certificado de Competências Pedagógicas
Instituto do Emprego e Formação Profissional, Portugal
2022/06 - 2022/06 Basic Life Support with Automatic External Defibrillation Basic Life Support with Automatic External Defibrillation
Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa, Portugal
2022/04 - 2022/04 Child Neuropsychology - Online Workshop Neuropsicologia Infantil - Workshop Online
ReConstruir - Psicologia e Desenvolvimento Pessoal, Portugal
2022/03 - 2022/03 Psychological First Aid (online course) Psychological First Aid
Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, United States
2021/10 - 2022/03 New Interdisciplinary Horizons in Psychological Research Series October 8th, November 10h, March 25th
Conference
New Interdisciplinary Horizons in Psychological Research
Proaction Lab, Portugal
2021/05 - 2021/05 Fundamental Neuroscience for Neuroimaging (Coursera online course) Fundamental Neuroscience for Neuroimaging
Johns Hopkins Medicine Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, United States

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2017 - Current Cithara Musician
2016/09 - Current Tuna Académica da Universidade de Coimbra Active member
2016/09 - Current Orquestra Académica da Universidade de Coimbra Active member, coordinator of the organizing comittee
2016 - 2018 Núcleo de Estudantes de Psicologia, Ciências da Educação e Serviço Social (NEPCESS) Collaborator in the Cultural Department

Committee member

Activity description
Role
Institution / Organization
2016 - 2022 Coordinator of the Organizing Committee of Orquestra Académica da Universidade de Coimbra. Team leader organizing concerts, rehearsals, tours, protocol events.
Coordinator
Orquestra Académica da Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2017 3% Best Students Award Universidade de Coimbra
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal