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
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/joana-sayal-campos/ (Professional)
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 | |
|---|---|---|
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2024/03 - 2026
Ongoing
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Visiting PhD student at the Center for Music in the Brain (Outros)
Aarhus Universitet, Denmark
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2022/12 - 2026
Ongoing
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PhD Degree in Psychology - Cognitive Neuroscience (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
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2019/09 - 2022/02/22
Concluded
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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)
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19 |
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2020/09 - 2021/07
Concluded
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Curricular Internship at the Neurology Department supervised by Dra Diana Duro and Professora Manuela Vilar (Outros)
Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra EPE, Portugal
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19/20 |
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2020/02 - 2020/02
Concluded
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Minor Experimental Rotation at Voice, Affect & Speech Neuroscience Lab supervised by Professor Ana Pinheiro (Outros)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Psicologia, Portugal
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18 |
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2019/09 - 2020/02
Concluded
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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
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18 |
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2016/09 - 2019/07
Concluded
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Psychological Sciences (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
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16 |
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2018/09 - 2019/02
Concluded
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Erasmus+ (Outros)
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Faculteit Psychologie en Pedagogische Wetenschappen, Belgium
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2013 - 2016
Concluded
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High School (Ensino secundário)
Major in Sciences and Technologies
Escola Secundária José Falcão, Portugal
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18 |
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2006 - 2016
Concluded
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Middle and High school: Music (Ensino secundário)
Major in Instrument: Cello
Conservatório de Música de Coimbra, Portugal
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16 |
Affiliation
Teaching in Higher Education
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025/09/01 - 2026/02/28 | Invited Assistant (University Teacher) | Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Engenharia Informática, Portugal |
| 2023/09/01 - 2025/08/31 | 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
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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| 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
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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Outputs
Publications
| Journal article |
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| Preprint |
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Activities
Oral presentation
| Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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| 2025/09/26 | Poster presentation titled "Auditory neural synchronization and consciousness: EEG and behavioural studies with binaural beats" | SAW - Seeing and Acting Workshop: Functional and Neural Perspectives
Proaction Lab, Era Chair Action CogBooster (Coimbra, Portugal)
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| 2025/07/23 | Online poster presentation: Auditory neural synchronization and consciousness | 18th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition
17th International Conference of the Brazilian Association of Cognition and Musical Arts (São Paulo, Brazil)
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| 2025/07/09 | Poster: Consciousness and auditory neural synchronization: EEG and behavioural studies with binaural beats | 28th annual meeting of the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness (ASSC)
(Crete, Greece)
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| 2025/06/18 | Poster presentation: Auditory neural synchronization and consciousness: EEG and behavioural studies with binaural beats | 20th Rhythm Perception and Production Workshop (RPPW)
Centre of Excellence in Music, Mind, Body and Brain (CoE MMBB) (Jyväskylä, Finland)
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| 2025/06/12 | Poster: Auditory neural synchronization and consciousness: EEG and behavioural studies with binaural beats | 18th International Conference of Students of Systematic Musicology (SysMus25)
RITMO Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Rhythm, Time and Motion (Oslo, Norway)
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| 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)
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| 2024/11/22 | Oral presentation at Soapbox Science Coimbra, a science communication event for the general public | Soapbox Science Coimbra
(Coimbra, Portugal)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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Event participation
| Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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|---|---|---|
| 2022/09/09 - Current | Playback the music of the brain: From sound to emotion (Symposium)
Symposium
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Playback the music of the brain: From sound to emotion
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Imagem Biomédica e Investigação Translacional, Portugal
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| 2022/07 - Current | Psychological First Aid (online workshop) | Primeiros Socorros Psicológicos
MDC Psicologia & Formação, Portugal
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| 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
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| 2022/02 - 2022/07 | Formação Pedagógica Inicial de Formadores | Certificado de Competências Pedagógicas
Instituto do Emprego e Formação Profissional, Portugal
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| 2022/06 - 2022/06 | Basic Life Support with Automatic External Defibrillation | Basic Life Support with Automatic External Defibrillation
Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa, Portugal
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| 2022/04 - 2022/04 | Child Neuropsychology - Online Workshop | Neuropsicologia Infantil - Workshop Online
ReConstruir - Psicologia e Desenvolvimento Pessoal, Portugal
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| 2022/03 - 2022/03 | Psychological First Aid (online course) | Psychological First Aid
Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, United States
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| 2021/10 - 2022/03 | New Interdisciplinary Horizons in Psychological Research Series
October 8th, November 10h, March 25th
Conference
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New Interdisciplinary Horizons in Psychological Research
Proaction Lab, Portugal
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| 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
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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 until 2023 |
| 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
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Orquestra Académica da Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal |
Distinctions
Award
| 2017 | 3% Best Students Award Universidade de Coimbra
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
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