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Nicoletta Cera, Ph.D, started her career as a Student tutor, for the chair of General Psychology (M-PSI-01) and Psychology of Attention, at the Faculty of Psychology at "G. d'Annunzio" University of Chieti Pescara in 2005. She obtained a BA in Psychological Sciences in 2003, quoted 107/100, and MA in Cognitive Psychology in 2006, quoted 110/ 110 cum Laude. After that, she was granted a 3-year Ph.D. scholarship and in 2011 completed the Ph.D. program in Functional Neuroimaging from Cells to Systems (XXIII cycle) at the Faculty of Medicine at "G. d'Annunzio" University, ITAB (Institute for Advanced Biomedical technologies), where she had the opportunity to be involved in the research activities of the fMRI group. She was granted 2 post-doc positions in Italy, and 1 post-doc position at the University of Porto, where she was a Researcher between 2018 and 2021. During these years, she was the principal researcher, co-principal researcher, and researcher of 3 national (Portugal) funded research projects. She has a h index of 15 (Scopus). She is collaborating with the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences at the University of Porto. Moreover, she collaborates with several national and international research groups and laboratories. She serves as Editor (>30 recognized editions) for several Q1 and Q2 international Journals, as well as she is a recognized reviewer for more than 300 recognized reviews.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Nicoletta Cera

Citation names

  • Cera, Nicoletta

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
C613-F656-0B1E
ORCID iD
0000-0002-2702-8789
Google Scholar ID
https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=it&user=-SfSxyEAAAAJ
Researcher Id
JCV-9342-2023
Scopus Author Id
55185276000

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Social Sciences - Psychology
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Neurosciences
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Clinical Medicine - Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2)
Italian (Mother tongue)
Portuguese Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Chinese Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2008 - 2011
Concluded
 Neuroimaging Funzionale dalle cellule ai sistemi : XXIII ciclo (Dottorato di Ricerca)
Major in Neuroimagiologia funcional
Università degli Studi Gabriele d'Annunzio Chieti Pescara Dipartimento di Neuroscienze e Imaging e scienze cliniche, Italy
""Temporal and Spatial Patterns of Male sexual inhibition: an fMRI Study". " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2004/01 - 2006/09/28
Concluded
 Corso di laurea Specialistica in Psicologia (Laurea Specialistica)
Major in Psicologia Cognitiva
Facoltá di Psicologia Universitá degli studi "G.d'Annunzio" di Chieti, Italy
""Uno Studio Tachistoscopico Sulla Lateralizzazione Della Percezione Della Simmetria Visiva"." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 110/110 cum laude
2000/11 - 2003/12
Concluded
 Corso di Laurea Triennale in Scienze psicologiche (Laurea)
Major in Scienze Psicologiche
Facoltá di Psicologia Universitá degli studi "G.d'Annunzio" di Chieti, Italy
""Lo Studio del Bilinguismo mediante tecniche di Registrazione Elettrofiosiologica"" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 107/110
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2018/11 - 2021/11/30 Contracted Researcher (Research) Universidade do Porto Centro de Psicologia, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Centro de Psicologia, Portugal
2015/11 - 2018/11 Postdoc (Research) Universidade do Porto Centro de Psicologia, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Centro de Psicologia, Portugal
2013/05 - 2013/08 Postdoc (Research) Università degli Studi Gabriele d'Annunzio Chieti Pescara Dipartimento di Neuroscienze e Imaging e scienze cliniche, Italy
2011/10 - 2012/01 Postdoc (Research) Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, imaging e scienze cliniche- Facoltá di Medicina e Chirurgia- Universitá G. d`Annunzio , Italy
Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, imaging e scienze cliniche- Facoltá di Medicina e Chirurgia- Universitá G. d`Annunzio , Italy

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2024 - Current Invited researcher CrossI&D:Lisbon Research Center, da Escola Superior de Saúde da Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa de Lisboa., Portugal
2021/12 - Current External Scientific Collaborator Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2007/10 - 2010/10 Ph.D scholarship Università degli Studi Gabriele d'Annunzio Chieti Pescara Dipartimento di Neuroscienze e Imaging e scienze cliniche, Italy
2005 - 2006 Tutor of the students for the chairs of General Psychology and Psychology of Attention Universitá degli studi "G.d'Annunzio " di Chieti, Italy
Facoltá di Psicologia Universitá degli studi "G.d'Annunzio" di Chieti, Italy
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2022 - 2024/04 On the neuroendocrinology of sexual objectification: The interplay of oxytocin and testosterone on human amygdalar function- SOTO
EXPL/PSI-GER/1148/2021
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2013 - 2023/01 Centro de Psicologia da Universidade do Porto- CPUP
UID/PSI/00050/2013 -UID/PSI/00050/2019
UID/PSI/00050/2019
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Centro de Psicologia, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2021/05/01 - 2023 SexHealth & ProstateCancer, Determinantes Psicobiológicos da Saúde Sexual em Homens com Cancro da Próstata
NORTE-45-2020-75 CPUP
Researcher
Concluded
2018/07/26 - 2022/07/25 NeuroThermoSex - NeuroThermoSex - Os correlatos cerebrais e autonômicos da função da oxitocina no comportamento sexual: estudos fMRI, fMRS e EGG combinados com o imaging térmico
POCI-01-0145-FEDER-030520
Principal investigator
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2020 - 2023 CPUP - Centro de Psicologia da Universidade do Porto
UIDB/00050/2020 - UIDP/00050/2020
Researcher
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. Esposito, Roberto; Cieri, Filippo; Cera, Nicoletta; Barbosa, Fernando. Dynamic Functioning of Resting State Networks in Physiological and Pathological Conditions, volume II. Switzerland: Fronteirs Media SA. 2023.
    Published • Editor
  2. Esposito, Roberto; Cieri, Filippo; Cera, Nicoletta; Mantini, Dante; Griffa, Alessandra. Dynamic Functioning of Resting State Networks in Physiological and Pathological Conditions. Frontiers Media SA. 2021.
    10.3389/978-2-88966-499-3
Conference abstract
  1. Cera, Nicoletta. "Brain dynamics of the inhibition of genital response in erectile dysfunction". Paper presented in International Seminar: Research in Human Sexuality, Porto, 2017.
  2. Cera, Nicoletta; Esposito, R.; Cilli, F.; Pieramico, V.; Cieri, F.; Tartaro, A.. "The Island of the Time". Paper presented in II SIMPSI- University of Porto, Portugal, Porto, 2016.
    Accepted
  3. Cera, Nicoletta; Cieri, F.; Esposito, R.; Di Giannantonio, M.; Tartaro, A.. "The old insula: insular functional connectivity in normal aging, mild cognitive impairment and late life depression". Paper presented in 6th Annual Meeting ISMRM (International society Magnetic Resonance in Medicine), Italian Chapter, Verona, 2015.
    Accepted
  4. Cera, Nicoletta; Delli Pizzi, S.; Di Pierro, E.D.; Galatioto Paradiso, G.; Vicentini, C.; Ferretti, A.; Romani, G.L.; Tartaro, A.. "The atrophy of Nucleus accumbens in psychogenic Erectile Dysfunction patients: a volumetric MRI study". Paper presented in 3rd Annual Meeting ISMRM (International society Magnetic Resonance in Medicine), Italian Chapter, Napoli, 2012.
    Accepted
  5. Di Pierro, E.D.; Cera, Nicoletta; Galatioto Paradiso, G.; Gualá, G.; Toska, G.; Sepede, G.; Gambi, F.; et al. "Modificazione della connettività funzionale in pazienti affetti da disfunzione erettile psicogena: uno studio fMRI". Paper presented in 84° Congresso Nazionale SIU (Società Italiana di Urologia), Roma, 2011.
  6. Cera, Nicoletta; Di Pierro, E.D.; Sepede, G.; Gambi, F.; Perrucci, M.G.; Galatioto Paradiso, G.; Vicentini, C.; et al. "Brain activations evoked by erotic clips in patients with Psychogenic Erectile Dysfunction". Paper presented in 1st Annual Meeting ISMRM(International society Magnetic Resonance in Medicine),Italian Chapter, Milano, 2010.
  7. Di Pierro Ezio; Cera, Nicoletta. "I correlati cerebrali del sexual arousal : uno studio di risonanza magnetica funzionale". Paper presented in 82° Meeting Nazionale della Società Italiana di Urologia (SIU), Rimini, 2009.
Conference paper
  1. Cera, Nicoletta. "Posterior Insula: Relationship Between Visual Attention and Genital Response". Paper presented in 24th international meeting of WAS, Mexico City, 2019.
    Accepted
  2. Cera, Nicoletta; Carvalho, J; Quinta-Gomes, A.; Tavares,I; Oliveira,C; Castelhano,J; Janssen, E.; Castelo-Branco, M; Nobre, P.. "Altered functional connectivity of the anterior insula in psychogenic erectile dysfunction". Paper presented in 24th international meeting of WAS, Mexico City, 2019.
    Published
  3. Cera, Nicoletta. "Brain Dynamics of the Inhibition of Genital Response in Psychogenic Erectile Dysfunction". 2017.
    10.1016/j.jsxm.2017.04.207
  4. Cera, Nicoletta. "Frontoparietal and Salience Networks Alterations in Psychogenic Erectile Dysfunction". 2017.
    10.1016/j.jsxm.2017.04.219
  5. Cera, Nicoletta. "Retrograde intrarenal surgery in the elderly: Is it feasible and safe?". 2017.
    10.1016/s1569-9056(17)30405-0
  6. Di Pierro, E.D.; Galatioto Paradiso, G.; Cera, Nicoletta; Pace, G; Maselli, G; Bergamasco, L.; Del Rosso, A; et al. "(P-12) Brain activations in patients with psychogenic erectile dysfunction: a fMRI study". Paper presented in 6th European Congress of Andrology, Athens, 2010.
    Accepted
Conference poster
  1. Joana Pinto; Cera, Nicoletta; Pignatelli, Duarte. Corresponding author: Pignatelli, Duarte. "More with less: The role of lipids in PCOS finally disclosed through composite indices". Paper presented in Joint Congress of ESPE and ESE 2025, 2025.
  2. Cera, Nicoletta; Monteiro, Jéssica; Oliveira, Catia; Nopre P. Corresponding author: Cera, Nicoletta. "Thermal and brain signatures of sexual arousal in men and women: New fMRI studies Protocol". Paper presented in II International Seminar of the Doctoral Program in Human Sexuality, 2019.
  3. Tavares I; Varasca R; Cera, Nicoletta; Pereira R; Nimbi F; Lisy D; Janssen E; Nobre P. "Examining the feasibility and validity of infrared thermography as applied to human sexual psychophysiology". Paper presented in IASR 2018, 2018.
  4. Tavares, Inês M; Ricardo Vardasca; Cera, Nicoletta; Filippo M. Nimbi; Dominika Lisy; Janssen, Erick; Nobre, Pedro J. "A critical review of the application of infrared thermography to human sexual psychophysiology: Are we ready for prime time?.". Paper presented in Annual Meeting of the International Academy of Sex Research, 2018.
  5. Cera, Nicoletta; Castelhano, Joao; Ana Luísa Quinta-Gomes; Raquel Pereira; Tavares, Inês M; Cátia Oliveira; Castelo-Branco M; et al. "The role of the insular cortex in eye movements and genital response during visual erotic stimulation: A functional connectivity fMRI study". Paper presented in Annual Meeting of International Academy of Sex Research, 2018.
  6. Cera, Nicoletta; Carvalho, J.; Peixoto, M.; Quinta Gomes, Ana Luísa; Pereira, R.; Oliveira, C.; Castelhano, J.; et al. "Poster Comparing brain networks in men with and without psychogenic erectile dysfunction using fMRI: A pilot study". Paper presented in 42nd IASR congress- Malmo , Sweden, 2016.
  7. Cera, Nicoletta; Carvalho, Joana; Peixoto, Maria Manuela; Quinta-Gomes, Ana; Pereira, Raquel; Oliveira, Cátia; Castelhano, João; et al. "Comparing brain networks in men with and without psychogenic erectile dysfunction using fMRI: A pilot study.". Paper presented in 42nd Annual Meeting of the International Academy of Sex Research, 2016.
  8. Berardinelli, F.; De Francesco, P.; Marchioni, M.; Cindolo, L.; Cera, Nicoletta; Proietti, S.; Hennessey, D.; et al. "Poster#1140: Predictive factors for infective complications following flexible ureteroscopy: A prospective multicenter European study". Paper presented in EAU congress, 2016.
  9. Cera, Nicoletta; Esposito, R.; Cilli, F.; Pieramico, V.; Cieri, F.; Tartaro, A.. "P3555: The Insula of Aging: INSULAR FUNCTIONAL IMAGING CONNECTIVITY IN AGING VS MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT". Paper presented in 21st annual meeting of the organization for human brain mapping(HBM)Honolulu, Hawaii,, 2015.
  10. Cieri, F.; Esposito, R.; Cera, Nicoletta; Pieramico, V.; Tartaro, A.; Di Giannantonio, M.. "P28: Modifications of brain networks in Late life depression patients: a resting state fMRI study". Paper presented in 6th Annual Meeting ISMRM (International society Magnetic Resonance in Medicine), Italian Chapter, 2015.
  11. Esposito, R.; Lauriola, M.; Cieri, F.; Cera, Nicoletta; Chiacchiaretta, P.; Ferretti, A.; Tartaro, A.; Delli Pizzi, S.. "P41: Anticorrelation between DMN and DAN in MCI patients: a resting state functional Magnetic Resonance imaging study". Paper presented in 6th Annual Meeting ISMRM (International society Magnetic Resonance in Medicine), Italian Chapter, 2015.
  12. Di Pierro, E.D.; Cera, Nicoletta; Delli Pizzi, S.; Galatioto Paradiso, G.; Vicentini, C.; Ferretti, A.; Romani, G.L.; Tartaro, A.. "L'atrofia del nucleo accumbens nella disfunzione erettile psicologica". Paper presented in 85° Congresso Nazionale SIU (Società Italiana di Urologia), Venezia, 2012.
  13. Cera, Nicoletta; Di Pierro, E.D.; Sepede, G.; Vicentini, C.; Galatioto Paradiso, G.; Tartaro, A.; Del Gratta, C; Romani, G.L.; Ferretti, A.. "Selective brain network modifications during erotic visual stimulation in erectile dysfunction". Paper presented in 17th annual meeting of the organization for human brain mapping(OHBM), 2011.
  14. Cera, Nicoletta; Di Pierro Ezio; Perrucci, M.G.; Sepede, G.; Gambi, F.; Tartaro, Armando; Vicentini, C.; et al. "Modification in functional connectivity of resting state networks in patients affected by psychogenic erectile dysfunction during visual erotic stimulation: an fMRI study". Paper presented in ISMRM, 2011.
  15. Cera, Nicoletta; Di Pierro Ezio; Sepede, G.; Gambi, F.; Perrucci, M.G.; Galatioto Paradiso, G.; Vicentini, C.; et al. "Brain response to erotic clips in patients with Psychogenic Erectile Dysfunction: an fMRI study". Paper presented in 16th annual meeting of the organization for human brain mapping(OHBM), 2010.
Journal article
  1. Cera, Nicoletta; Pinto, Joana; Dong, Minghao; Durning, Steven; Georgiadis, Janniko R. Corresponding author: Cera, Nicoletta. "The brain on expert medical performance: A systematic review and ALE fMRI meta-analysis". Psychoradiology (2025): https://doi.org/10.1093/psyrad/kkaf019.
    Open access • 10.1093/psyrad/kkaf019
  2. Cera, Nicoletta; Pinto, Joana; Faustino, Ricardo. "Functional and Structural Alterations in Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis: A Systematic Review and a Preliminary Activation Likelihood Estimation Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Meta-Analysis". Pediatric Reports 17 3 (2025): 57. https://doi.org/10.3390/pediatric17030057.
    10.3390/pediatric17030057
  3. Pinto, Joana; Cera, Nicoletta; Camerino, Claudia; Beires, Jorge; Pignatelli, Duarte. Corresponding author: Cera, Nicoletta. "Androgens and Hirsutism in a Large Cohort of Portuguese Women". Journal of Clinical Medicine 14 3 (2025): 673. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm14030673.
    Published • 10.3390/jcm14030673
  4. Cera, Nicoletta; Pinto, Joana; Pignatelli, Duarte. Corresponding author: Pignatelli, Duarte. "What do we know about abnormally low prolactin levels in polycystic ovary syndrome? A narrative review". Reviews in Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11154-024-09912-x.
    10.1007/s11154-024-09912-x
  5. Wu, Jia; Wang, Jianheng; Georgiadis, Janniko R; Cera, Nicoletta; Liang, Jimin; Shi, Guangming; Chen, Chao; Dong, Minghao. "Expertise, brain plasticity and resting state". Psychoradiology (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/psyrad/kkae020.
    10.1093/psyrad/kkae020
  6. Pinto, Joana; Comprido, Camila; Moreira, Vanessa; Maccarone, Marica Tina; Cogoni, Carlotta; Faustino, Ricardo; Pignatelli, Duarte; Cera, Nicoletta. "The Complex Role Played by the Default Mode Network during Sexual Stimulation: A Cluster-Based fMRI Meta-Analysis". Behavioral Sciences 14 7 (2024): 570. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/bs14070570.
    10.3390/bs14070570
  7. Cera, Nicoletta; Pinto, Joana; Pignatelli, Duarte. Corresponding author: Cera, Nicoletta. "The Role of Oxytocin in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: A Systematic Review". Current Issues in Molecular Biology 46 6 (2024): 5223-5241. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cimb46060313.
    10.3390/cimb46060313
  8. Pinto, J.; Cera, N.; Pignatelli, D.. "Psychological symptoms and brain activity alterations in women with PCOS and their relation to the reduced quality of life: a narrative review". Journal of Endocrinological Investigation (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40618-024-02329-y.
    10.1007/s40618-024-02329-y
  9. Cieri, Filippo; Cera, Nicoletta; Ritter, Aaron; Cordes, Dietmar; Caldwell, Jessica Zoe Kirkland. "Olfaction and Anxiety Are Differently Associated in Men and Women in Cognitive Physiological and Pathological Aging". Journal of Clinical Medicine 12 6 (2023): 2338. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm12062338.
    10.3390/jcm12062338
  10. Esposito, Roberto; Cera, Nicoletta; Barbosa, Fernando; Cieri, Filippo. "Editorial: Dynamic functioning of resting state networks in physiological and pathological conditions, volume II". Frontiers in Neuroscience 16 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2022.1134113.
    10.3389/fnins.2022.1134113
  11. Cera, Nicoletta; Monteiro, Jessica; Esposito, Roberto; Di Francesco, Giulia; Cordes, Dietmar; Caldwell, Jessica Z. K.; Cieri, Filippo. "Neural correlates of psychodynamic and non-psychodynamic therapies in different clinical populations through fMRI: A meta-analysis and systematic review". Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 16 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2022.1029256.
    10.3389/fnhum.2022.1029256
  12. Monteiro, Jéssica; Castelhano, João; Pignatelli, Duarte; Tartaro, Armando; Cera, Nicoletta. "Do Psychogenic Erectile Dysfunction and Premature Ejaculation Share a Neural Circuit? Evidence from a fMRI Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis". Applied Sciences 12 21 (2022): 11249. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app122111249.
    10.3390/app122111249
  13. Carvalho, Mariana; Cera, Nicoletta; Silva, Susana. Corresponding author: Silva, Susana. "The "Ifs" and "Hows" of the Role of Music on the Implementation of Emotional Regulation Strategies". Behavioral Sciences 12 6 (2022): 199. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/bs12060199.
    10.3390/bs12060199
  14. Wang, N.; Pugliese, G.; Carrito, M.; Moura, C.; Vasconcelos, P.; Cera, N.; Li, M.; et al. "Breath chemical markers of sexual arousal in humans". Scientific Reports 12 1 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-10325-6.
    10.1038/s41598-022-10325-6
  15. Li, Mengze; Bekö, Gabriel; Zannoni, Nora; Pugliese, Giovanni; Carrito, Mariana; Cera, Nicoletta; Moura, Catarina; et al. "Human metabolic emissions of carbon dioxide and methane and their implications for carbon emissions". Science of The Total Environment (2022): 155241. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155241.
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155241
  16. van't Hof, Sophie Rosa; Cera, Nicoletta. Corresponding author: van't Hof, Sophie Rosa. "Specific factors and methodological decisions influencing brain responses to sexual stimuli in women". Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2021.09.013.
    10.1016/j.neubiorev.2021.09.013
  17. Cera, Nicoletta; Vargas-Cáceres, Sebastián; Oliveira, Cátia; Monteiro, Jéssica; Branco, David; Pignatelli, Duarte; Rebelo, Sandra. Corresponding author: Cera, Nicoletta. "How Relevant is the Systemic Oxytocin Concentration for Human Sexual Behavior? A Systematic Review". Sexual Medicine 9 4 (2021): 100370. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.esxm.2021.100370.
    10.1016/j.esxm.2021.100370
  18. Vargas-Cáceres, Sebastián; Cera, Nicoletta; Nobre, Pedro; Ramos-Quiroga, J. Antoni. Corresponding author: Vargas-Cáceres, Sebastián. "The Impact of Psychosis on Sexual Functioning: A Systematic Review". The Journal of Sexual Medicine 18 3 (2021): 457-466. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsxm.2020.12.007.
    10.1016/j.jsxm.2020.12.007
  19. Cieri, Filippo; Cera, Nicoletta; Griffa Alessandra; Mantini Dante; Esposito, Roberto. Corresponding author: Cieri, Filippo. "Editorial: Dynamic Functioning of Resting State Networks in Physiological and Pathological Conditions". Frontiers in Neuroscience 14 (2020): 1314.
    Open access • Published
  20. Cera, Nicoletta; Castelhano, João; Oliveira, Cátia; Carvalho, Joana; Quinta Gomes, Ana Luísa; Peixoto, Maria Manuela; Pereira, Raquel; et al. Corresponding author: Cera, Nicoletta. "The role of anterior and posterior insula in male genital response and in visual attention: an exploratory multimodal fMRI study". Scientific Reports 10 1 (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-74681-x.
    10.1038/s41598-020-74681-x
  21. Ruffini, R; Cera, Nicoletta. Corresponding author: Ruffini, R. "Mental fatigue and emotional states following high altitude hypoxia exposure". Journal of Psychopathology (2020): https://doi.org/10.36148/2284-0249-331.
    10.36148/2284-0249-331
  22. Cera, Nicoletta; Esposito, Roberto; Cieri, Filippo; Tartaro, Armando. Corresponding author: Tartaro, Armando. "Altered Cingulate Cortex Functional Connectivity in Normal Aging and Mild Cognitive Impairment". Frontiers in Neuroscience 13 (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2019.00857.
    10.3389/fnins.2019.00857
  23. Tavares, Inês M.; Vardasca, Ricardo; Cera, Nicoletta; Pereira, Raquel; Nimbi, Filippo M.; Lisy, Dominika; Janssen, Erick; Nobre, Pedro J.. Corresponding author: Tavares, Inês M.. "A review of infrared thermography as applied to human sexual psychophysiology". International Journal of Psychophysiology 133 (2018): 28-40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2018.09.001.
    10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2018.09.001
  24. Cera, Nicoletta. Corresponding author: Cera, Nicoletta. "Editorial Comment: "Glucose Modulates Human Ventral Tegmental Activity in Response to Sexual Stimuli"". The Journal of Sexual Medicine 15 3 (2018): 422. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsxm.2018.01.012.
    10.1016/j.jsxm.2018.01.012
  25. Cieri, F.; Esposito, R.; Cera, N.; Pieramico, V.; Tartaro, A.; Di Giannantonio, M.. "Late-life depression: Modifications of brain resting state activity". Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology 30 3 (2017): 140-150. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85021389109&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1177/0891988717700509
  26. Esposito, R.; Cieri, F.; Chiacchiaretta, P.; Cera, N.; Lauriola, M.; Di Giannantonio, M.; Tartaro, A.; Ferretti, A.. "Modifications in resting state functional anticorrelation between default mode network and dorsal attention network: comparison among young adults, healthy elders and mild cognitive impairment patients". Brain Imaging and Behavior (2017): 1-15. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85011842216&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s11682-017-9686-y
  27. Berardinelli, F.; De Francesco, P.; Marchioni, M.; Cera, N.; Proietti, S.; Hennessey, D.; Dalpiaz, O.; et al. "RIRS in the elderly: Is it feasible and safe?". International Journal of Surgery 42 (2017): 147-151. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85019029343&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.ijsu.2017.04.062
  28. Saggino, A.; Carlucci, L.; Sergi, M.R.; D’Ambrosio, I.; Fairfield, B.; Cera, N.; Balsamo, M.. "A Validation Study of the Psychometric Properties of the Other As Shamer Scale-2". SAGE Open 7 2 (2017): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85021703568&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1177/2158244017704241
  29. Ruffini, R; Cera, N. "Does the Moderate Altitude Environment Impair the Words of our Memory?". British Journal of Medicine and Medical Research 15 1 (2016): 1-5. http://dx.doi.org/10.9734/bjmmr/2016/25558.
    10.9734/bjmmr/2016/25558
  30. Berardinelli, F.; De Francesco, P.; Marchioni, M.; Cera, N.; Proietti, S.; Hennessey, D.; Dalpiaz, O.; et al. "Infective complications after retrograde intrarenal surgery: a new standardized classification system". International Urology and Nephrology 48 11 (2016): 1757-1762. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84979270700&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s11255-016-1373-1
  31. Cera, Nicoletta; Di Pierro, E.D.; Tartaro, A.; Perrucci, M.G.. "Psychophysiological responses to visual erotic stimulation in patients with psychogenic Erectile Dysfunction". Research and Advances in Psychiatry 2 2 (2015): 67-74. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/294860642_Psychophysiological_responses_to_visual_erotic_stimulation_in_patients_with_psychogenic_Erectile_Dysfunction.
  32. Cera, N.; Di Pierro, E.D.; Ferretti, A.; Tartaro, A.; Romani, G.L.; Perrucci, M.G.. Corresponding author: Cera, N.. "Brain networks during free viewing of complex erotic movie: New insights on psychogenic erectile dysfunction". PLoS ONE 9 8 (2014): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84921998981&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0105336
  33. Cera, N.; Bifolchetti, S.; Martinotti, G.; Gambi, F.; Sepede, G.; Onofrj, M.; Di Giannantonio, M.; Thomas, A.. Corresponding author: Cera, N.. "Amantadine and cognitive flexibility: Decision making in Parkinson's patients with severe pathological gambling and other impulse control disorders". Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment 10 (2014): 1093-1101. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84902588395&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.2147/NDT.S54423
  34. Cera, N.; Tartaro, A.; Sensi, S.L.. "Modafinil alters intrinsic functional connectivity of the right posterior insula: A pharmacological resting state fMRI study". PLoS ONE 9 9 (2014): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84907218693&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0107145
  35. Esposito, R.; Mosca, A.; Pieramico, V.; Cieri, F.; Cera, N.; Sensi, S.L.. "Characterization of resting state activity in MCI individuals". PeerJ 2013 1 (2013): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84885120588&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.7717/peerj.135
  36. Cera, N.; Delli Pizzi, S.; Di Pierro, E.D.; Gambi, F.; Tartaro, A.; Vicentini, C.; Paradiso Galatioto, G.; Romani, G.L.; Ferretti, A.. Corresponding author: Cera, N.. "Macrostructural alterations of subcortical grey matter in psychogenic erectile dysfunction". PLoS ONE 7 6 (2012): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84862497764&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0039118
  37. Cera, N.; di Pierro, E.D.; Sepede, G.; Gambi, F.; Perrucci, M.G.; Merla, A.; Tartaro, A.; et al. Corresponding author: Cera, N.. "The Role of Left Superior Parietal Lobe in Male Sexual Behavior: Dynamics of Distinct Components Revealed by fMRI". Journal of Sexual Medicine 9 6 (2012): 1602-1612. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84861826144&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/j.1743-6109.2012.02719.x
Magazine article
  1. Cera, Nicoletta. "OPINIÃO O sistema nervoso: o principal órgão da sexualidade", Público , 2019, https://www.publico.pt/2019/10/13/impar/opiniao/sistema-nervoso-principal-orgao-sexualidade-1889424.
Preprint
  1. Cera, Nicoletta; Joana Pinto; Pignatelli, Duarte. "The Role of Oxytocin in Polycyctic Ovary Syndrome A Systematic Review". 2024.
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Cera, Nicoletta. "Correlatos Cerebrais do Comportamento Sexual Compulsivo: Uma Revisão Sistemática e Meta-análise fMRI. David Antonio Pereira Branco". Master, Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, 2021. https://hdl.handle.net/10216/137699.
  2. Cera, Nicoletta. "Fatores psicológicos, ocitocina e comportamento sexual: uma revisão sistemática; Joana Monteiro". Master, Universidade Lusófona do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia Educação e Desporto, 2021. https://recil.ensinolusofona.pt/bitstream/10437/12228/1/Disserta%c3%a7%c3%a3o-Joana-Monteiro-21802731.pdf.
  3. Cera, Nicoletta. "Meta-análise sobre os Correlatos Cerebrais na Disfunção Erétil Psicogénica e Ejaculação Precoce. Jessica Monteiro". Master, Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, 2020. https://hdl.handle.net/10216/130966.

Other

Dataset
  1. Cera, Nicoletta; Armando Tartaro; SL Sensi. OpenNeuro. [Dataset ds000133].
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2022/06/09 ALTERAZIONI FMRI DELLA CONNETTIVITÀ FUNZIONALE DELLA CORTECCIA CINGOLATA NELL´INVECCHIAMENTO CEREBRALE NORMALE E NEL DECLINO COGNITIVO AINR - Associazione Italiana di Neuroradiologia- 31° CONGRESSO NAZIONALE
(Rome, Italy)
2022/04/04 Neuroimagiologia das disfunções sexuais masculinas (Portuguese) Saúde Sexual
He For She Nucleo da FDUP (Porto, Portugal)
2019/05/31 Neuroimagem multimodal - abordagem psicofisiológica no estudo do comportamento sexual masculino: fMRI, movimentos oculares e resposta genital III Meeting Nacional de Oculometria Cognitiva e Afetiva
Universidade Lusofona de Lisboa (Lisbon, Portugal)
2018/07/17 The role of the insular cortex in eye movements and genital response during visual erotic stimulation: A functional connectivity fMRI study International academy of sex research conference
University of Madrid (Madrid, Spain)
2018/06/12 Don't look away: An fMRI and eye movements study on the male human sexual behaviour Neuroimaging of emotion: Sexuality, language and feelings
Centro de psicologia da Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2018/06/03 Alterações de redes cerebrais funcionais em pacientes com disfunção eréctil psicogénica: um estudo de ressonância magnética functional XVI Congresso Nacional Sociedade Portuguesa de Andrologia, Medicina Sexual e Reproduçao (SPA)
(Porto, Portugal)
2017/05 Frontoparietal and Salience Networks Alterations in Psychogenic Erectile Dysfunction 23rd WAS Meeting
(Prague, Czech Republic)
2017/05 Dynamics of the Inhibition of Genital Response in Psychogenic Erectile Dysfunction 23rd WAS Meeting
(Prague, Czech Republic)
2017/03/29 O uso da neuroimagem nos estudos experimentais em psicologia clínica
Faculty of Psychology UTAD University (Vila Real, Portugal)
2017/01/01 Neurociências e Resposta Sexual
Unidade Curricular Métodos de Investigação em Sexologia, Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias. (Lisbon, Portugal)
2016/03 The Island of the Time II SIMPSI- Simposio programa doutoral em psicologia
Faculdade de Psicologia e Ciências da Educação da Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2015/04 The old insula: insular functional connectivity in normal aging, mild cognitive impairment and late life depression. 6th Annual Meeting ISMRM (International society Magnetic Resonance in Medicine), Italian Chapter
(Verona, Italy)
2014/07/19 Sex is Brain: Role of Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging 1° MEMORIAL AUSTONI-PEROVIC
Clinica di Urologia, Facoltá di Medicina, Universitá di Chieti (Chieti, Italy)
2013/10/25 Alterations of intrinsic functional connectivity of posterior Insula by Modafinil 4th Annual Meeting ISMRM (International society Magnetic Resonance in Medicine), Italian Chapter
University of Perugia (Perugia, Italy)
2013/10/24 Evaluation of Rs-FC in of the insula in MCI patients 4th Annual Meeting ISMRM (International society Magnetic Resonance in Medicine), Italian Chapter
University of Perugia (Perugia, Italy)
2012/04/10 The atrophy of Nucleus accumbens in psychogenic Erectile Dysfunction patients: a volumetric MRI study 3rd Annual Meeting ISMRM (International society Magnetic Resonance in Medicine), Italian Chapter
(Napoli, Italy)
2011/10 Modificazione della connettività funzionale in pazienti affetti da disfunzione erettile psicogena: uno studio fMRI 84° Congresso Nazionale SIU (Società Italiana di Urologia)
(Roma, Italy)
2011/05/07 Modification in functional connectivity of resting state networks in patients affected by psychogenic erectile dysfunction during visual erotic stimulation: an fMRI study 19th meeting and exhibition ISMRM
(Montreal, Canada)
2010/10 Correlati cerebrali e autonomici in pazienti affetti da disfunzione erettile di origine psicologica: uno studio fMRI 83° Congresso Nazionale SIU (Società Italiana di Urologia)
(Milano, Italy)
2010/04/19 Tutorial Workshop : Functional Neuroanatomy of the CNS Functional Neuroanatomy of the CNS
Chair of Psychobiology at University of Chieti (Chieti, Italy)
2010 Brain activations evoked by erotic clips in patients with Psychogenic Erectile Dysfunction 1st Annual Meeting ISMRM(International society Magnetic Resonance in Medicine),Italian Chapter
(Milano, Italy)
2009/09 I Correlati cerebrali del sexual arousal : uno studio di risonanza magnetica funzionale 82° Meeting Nazionale della Società Italiana di Urologia (SIU)
(Rimini, Italy)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2023 - Current “Caracterização da Síndrome dos Ovários Policísticos na população portuguesa: Qualidade de Vida e Alterações Cognitivas, Psicológicas, Neuropsicológicas e Psicofisiológicas” FCT-2024.01355.BD
Supervisor
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2021/09 - 2022/01 EEG and Sexual Behavior
Supervisor
 Programa Doutoral em Sexualidade humana (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2020 - 2022 The role of functional connectivity of Default mode network in female sexual response during erotica
Supervisor
 Mestrado integrado em Psicologia (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2020 - 2022 Neuroscience, EEG, and genital arousal as assessed with functional infrared
Supervisor
 Mestrado integrado em Psicologia (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2020 - 2022 Pupillary Dilation and EEG Response to Erotica: A multimodal EEG and EYE tracker study
Supervisor
 Mestrado Integrado em Psicologia (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2019/11 - 2021/11/18 Correlatos Cerebrais do Comportamento Sexual Compulsivo: Uma Revisão Sistemática e Meta-análise fMRI.
Supervisor
 Mestrado integrado em Psicologia (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2019 - 2021/05/06 Fatores psicológicos, ocitocina e comportamento sexual: uma revisão sistemática
Co-supervisor
Universidade Lusófona do Porto, Portugal
2019/10/01 - 2020/01/31 -Research Stage Supervision during October 2019- January 2020 ;
Supervisor
2018 - 2020 Meta-análise sobre os Correlatos Cerebrais na Disfunção Erétil Psicogénica e Ejaculação Precoce.
Supervisor
 Mestrado Integrado em Psicologia
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2019/09/21 - 2019/10/21 Literature Thesis : "Sexual Arousal in the Female Brain: A Review of Neuroimaging Studies"
Supervisor
Universiteit van Amsterdam, Netherlands

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2019/09 - 2019/09 II International seminar Doctoral Program in Human sexuality (2019/09 - 2019/09)
Seminar (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2018/12 - 2018/12 "Advanced Neuroimaging: from Aging to Dementia"-Prof Armando Tartaro, ITAB, Faculdade de Medicina; Universidade G. d'Annunzio Chieti (2018/12 - 2018/12)
Seminar (Co-organisor)
 Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2018/10 - 2018/10 "What we can learn about human behavior from the air: Atmospheric chemistry studies from a football match and a movie theatre ?" - Prof Jonathan Williams, Max Plank Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany (2018/10/15 - 2018/10/15)
Seminar (Co-organisor)
 Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2018/09 - 2018/09 1st International seminar of Doctoral Program in human sexuality (2018/09/21)
Seminar (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2018 - 2018 Neuroimaging of emotion: Sexuality, language and feelings (2018/06/12 - 2018/06/12)
Seminar (Other)
 Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2011/04/09 - Current Participation: Synucleinopathies a common category for PD, LBD, MSA- International Meeting
Meeting
 Synucleinopathies a common category for PD, LBD, MSA- International Meeting
Università degli Studi Gabriele d'Annunzio Chieti Pescara Dipartimento di Medicina e Scienze dell'Invecchiamento, Italy
2021/10 - 2021/10 Attendee: 3rd International seminar Doctoral Program in Human sexuality
Seminar
 3rd International seminar Doctoral Program in Human sexuality
2021/06 - 2021/06 Summer school in Neuroscience : From neural stem cells to artificial intelligence (Organised by Université Paris-Saclay in the framework of the European University Alliance for Global Health (EUGLOH)
Workshop
 Summer school in Neuroscience : From neural stem cells to artificial intelligence
Université Paris-Saclay, France
2018/06/12 - 2018/06/12 New challenges and future directions in neuroimaging research of sexuality and emotions- Moderator
Round table
 Open seminar "Neuroimaging of Emotion: Sexuality, Language and Feelings"
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2018/05/24 - 2018/05/25 Ritmos em Sexualidade: Da Biologia à Sociologia- Invited Moderator
Round table
 VII ENCONTRO NACIONAL DE INTERNOS DE PSIQUIATRIA
2017/05/28 - 2017/05/31 23rd Congress of the world association for sexual health
Congress
 23rd Congress of the world association for sexual health
2016/05/13 - 2016/05/14 III congresso ibérico de psico -oncologia
Congress
 III congresso ibérico de psico -oncologia
2012/03/27 - 2012/03/27 Staff member for the event "Giornata della Ricerca" organized by the Institute of Advanced biomedical Technologies (ITAB) of the University of Chieti, Italy. This important event aimed to approach stdents to the research environment.
Symposium
 Giornata della Ricerca
Università degli Studi Gabriele d'Annunzio Chieti Pescara Dipartimento di Neuroscienze e Imaging e scienze cliniche, Italy
2010/06/06 - 2010/06/06 Attendee: Educational Course - Advanced fMRI- OHBM meeting 2010 Barcelona, Spain
Workshop
 16th annual meeting of the organization for human brain mapping(OHBM)
2010/01 - 2010/01 1st . ISMRM italian Chapter (Milan-Italy)
Congress
2009/05/07 - 2009/05/08 participation in the meeting organized by "Azienda Ospedaliera S. Maria" of Terni, Italy; A national meeting about the use of MRI in Psychiatric research.
Meeting
 Mente, Cervello, Comportamento: La risonanza magnetica funzionale in medicina
2009/04/04 - 2009/04/04 Participation in the workshop about perinatal biomagnetism.
Workshop
 1st International Workshop : Perinatal Biomagnetism 2009: haw can it help sick fetus/infant?
Università degli Studi Gabriele d'Annunzio Chieti Pescara Dipartimento di Neuroscienze e Imaging e scienze cliniche, Italy

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2023/11 “Effects of Oxytocin and Testosterone administration on Resting State EEG Functional Connectivity”
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Miguel Alexandre Chícharo das Neves (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Departamento de Física, Portugal
2022/11/16 The Effects of Different Types of Music Practice on Wellbeing and Humor
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Catarina Silva Marques (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2022/11/15 Os correlatos electroencefalográficos (EEG) da variação de temperatura genital feminina durante a resposta sexual perante um estímulo erótico
Supervisor
 Vanessa Isabel Viana Moreira (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2022/11/15 AROUSED AND MIND-WONDERING: EEG CONNECTIVITY PATTERN OF THE DEFAULT MODE NETWORK DURING FREE VIEWING OF SEXUALLY EXPLICIT VIDEO
Supervisor
 Camila Patricia de Soares Comprido (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2022/11/14 Pupillary Dilation and EEG Response to Erotica
Supervisor
 Joana Filipa Dias Pinto (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2021/11/18 Treino computorizado de memória de trabalho em crianças e adolescentes com Perturbação de Hiperatividade e Défice de Atenção
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Elsa da Silva (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2021/11/18 Correlatos Cerebrais do Comportamento Sexual Compulsivo: Uma Revisão Sistemática e Meta-análise fMRI.
Supervisor
 David António Pereira Branco (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2021/07/23 The "Ifs" and "Hows" of the Role of Music on the Implementation of Emotional Regulation Strategies
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Mariana João Jesus Ferreira Carvalho (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2020/12 Meta-análise sobre os Correlatos Cerebrais na Disfunção Erétil Psicogénica e Ejaculação Precoce.
Supervisor
 Jéssica Claúdia Amaro Monteiro (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal

Ad Hoc journal article review

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2025 - Current Cosmetics (2079-9284) MDPI
2024 - Current FRONTIERS IN ENDOCRINOLOGY Frontiers Media SA
2024 - Current CURRENT ISSUES IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY MDPI
2024 - Current PSYCH MDPI
2024 - Current Psychiatry International MDPI
2023 - Current Brain Sciences- Basel
2023 - Current BIOENGINEERING-BASEL MDPI
2023 - Current BIOMEDICINES MDPI
2023 - Current Children MDPI
2023 - Current BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES MDPI
2023 - Current INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES MDPI
2023 - Current INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH MDPI
2023 - Current APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL MDPI
2023 - Current JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE MDPI
2023 - Current MEDICINA-LITHUANIA MDPI
2023 - Current MICROORGANISMS MDPI
2023 - Current BIOLOGY-BASEL MDPI
2023 - Current FRONTIERS IN AGING NEUROSCIENCE Frontiers Media SA
2023 - Current IMAGING SCIENCE JOURNAL TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
2023 - Current FERMENTATION-BASEL MDPI
2023 - Current HEALTHCARE MDPI
2019 - Current JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING WILEY
2017 - Current Andrology (2047-2927) Wiley (Blackwell Publishing)
2017 - Current INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
2016 - Current Journal of Sexual Medicine (1743-6109) Elsevier
2022 - 2022 Behavioral Sciences
2021/10 - 2021/10 Cerebral Cortex
2021 - 2021 Clinical Neuroradiology (1869-1439) Springer
2021 - 2021 Psicologia: Reflexão E Critica (1678-7153) Springer Open
2021 - 2021 Frontiers in Psychiatry (16640640) Frontiers Media S.A.
2019 - 2019 BMJ Open (2044-6055) BMJ
2016 - 2016 Brain and Behavior (2162-3279) Wiley-Blackwell
2015 - 2015 Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment ( 1176-6328) Dove Medical Press
2014 - 2014 Human Brain Mapping (1065-9471) John Wiley & Sons

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2020 - Current International Society for Sexual Medicine- ISSM Member
2016 - 2019 International Academy of Sex Research Associate Member
2011 - 2012 ISMRM- Italian Chapter- Associazione Italiana di Risonanza Magnetica in Medicina Member
2010 - 2010 Organization for Human Brain Mapping Member

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2018 - 2020 Member of the scientific committee of the Doctoral Program in Human Sexuality at Faculty of Psychology and education Sciences at University of Porto
Member
 Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2011 - 2015 Exam committee member (Cultore della materia ) for the Chair of PsicometriaI (Psychometry -I ) at Faculty of Psychology at University "G.d'Annunzio" of Chieti, Italia
Member
 Facoltá di Psicologia Universitá degli studi "G.d'Annunzio" di Chieti, Italy

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2017/02 - 2017/04 World Association for Sexual Health (WAS) Meeting Prague Czeck Republic

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2020/04 - Current Psicologia da Memoria Mestrado integrado em psicologia (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2019 - 2020 Métodos de Investigação I Programa doutoral em Sexualidade Humana (Doutoramento) Universidade Lusófona do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia Educação e Desporto, Portugal
2019 - 2020 Modelos Psicológicos da Resposta Sexual Programa doutoral em Sexualidade Humana (Doutoramento) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2018 - 2019 Modelos Psicológicos da Resposta Sexual Programa doutoral em Sexualidade Humana (Doutoramento) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

Activity description Newspaper / Forum
2025/05/08 Interview with Dr. Nicoletta Cera—Winner of the Biomedicines 2025 Outstanding Reviewer Award https://www.mdpi.com/about/announcements/11577 Biomedicines MDPI
2018/05/01 Estudo sobre resposta sexual masculina e seus correlatos neuronais À conversa com Nicoletta Cera, psicóloga experimental e investigadora de pós-doutoramento no SexLab (FPCEUP) Sociedade portuguesa de sexologia clinica

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2024 - Current SPECIAL COLLECTION: Sex differences in neurodevelopment; SCIENTIFIC REPORTS Springer Nature
2022/02/23 - Current Guest associate editor for Frontiers in Neuroscience- Brain Imaging methods- Dynamic Functioning of Resting State Networks in Physiological and Pathological Conditions - Volume II Frontiers Media S.A.
2022 - Current Scientific Reports
2018 - Current Reviewer Editor - Frontiers in Psychology (1664-1078) Frontiers Media S.A.
2021 - 2021 Frontiers in Neurology (16642295) Frontiers Media S.A.
2018 - 2021 Frontiers in Neuroscience Guest editor for "Dynamic Functioning of Resting State Networks in Physiological and Pathological Conditions" Frontiers Media SA
2020 - 2020/10 Frontiers in Psychiatry Frontiers Media S.A.
2018/10 - 2020/09 Frontiers in Neuroscience (1662-453X) Frontiers Media SA
2020 - 2020/02 Frontiers in Neurology Frontiers Media S.A.
2018 - 2020 Guest associate Editor- Frontiers in Neuroscience; Frontiers in Neuroimaging Frontiers Media S.A.
2019 - 2019/08 Frontiers in Neuroscience Frontiers Media S.A.
2019 - 2019/08 Frontiers in Neurology Frontiers Media S.A.
2019 - 2019/07 Frontiers in Neuroscience Frontiers Media S.A.
2019 - 2019/06 Frontiers in Neurology Frontiers Media S.A.
2019 - 2019/06 Frontiers in Neurology Frontiers Media S.A.
2019/01 - 2019 Frontiers in Neuroscience Frontiers Media S.A.
2018/04 - 2018/07 Frontiers in Psychology (1664-1078) Frontiers Media SA
Distinctions

Award

2025 Outstanding Reviewer for Biomedicines (MDPI) 2024
2025 Outstanding Reviewer for Brain Sciences (MDPI) 2024
MDPI AG, Switzerland
2025 Springer Nature Editorial Contribution Award - Scientific Reports
Springer Nature Group, Germany
2025 Springer Nature Author Service Award Scientific Reports
Springer Nature Group, Germany
2018 Best Oral Communication-XVI Congresso Nacional Sociedade Portuguesa de Andrologia, Medicina Sexual e Reproduçao (SPA)
2017 "BEST TEN ABSTRACT " 2017- 23rd World Association for Sexual Health (WAS) Meeting"Prague- Czech Republic Talk: Brain Dynamics of the Inhibition of Genital Response in Psychogenic Erectile Dysfunction": First and corresponding Author
World Association for Sexual Health, United States

Other distinction

2025 Cover story: Pediatr. Rep., Volume 17, Issue 3 (June 2025)
MDPI AG, Switzerland
2021 HSK1 Mandarin Chinese
2008 Qualification to practice in Psychology
Facoltá di Psicologia Universitá degli studi "G.d'Annunzio" di Chieti, Italy