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Vera is currently a researcher at the Center for Research in Neuropsychology and Cognitive Behavioral Intervention, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Coimbra. Between 2022-2023, Vera has worked as a research fellow at the Universidade Portucalense Infante Dom Henrique. Between 2018 and 2022, Vera was a post-doc fellow in developmental neuroscience at the Graduate Program on Developmental Disorders, Mackenzie Presbyterian University (São Paulo, Brazil). During her PhD in Basic Psychology, at the School of Psychology of the University of Minho, she investigated the development of joint attention abilities in late preterm and full term infants and the contribution of maternal behavior. Her current research interests and expertise include: parent-infant relationship, social cognition in infancy, prematurity, infant development, perinatal mental health, and neural processing of social stimuli using a functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) technique. She also served as a section editor in the journal Psychology: Theory and Practice (Brazil; 2018 - 2023), and as a Review Editor in the journal Frontiers in Global Women's Health, section Women's Mental Health (2020 - current). She also supervises masters' and PhD thesis in the topic of infant development, perinatal mental health, parent-child interaction, joint attention, and neural processing using fNIRS.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Vera Mateus

Citation names

  • Mateus, Vera

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
C81A-8853-2F2B

Knowledge fields

  • Social Sciences - Psychology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Education
Degree Classification
2025/02/18 - 2025/11/05
Ongoing
 Especialização Avançada em Neuropsicologia Pediátrica [E-learning] (Pós-Graduação)
Instituto CRIAP, Portugal
2018/08/01 - 2022/02/28
Concluded
 Developmental Disorders Graduate Program (Pós-doutoramento)
Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, Brazil
2018/04/27
Concluded
 Basic Psychology (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Psicologia, Portugal
"Joint attention abilities in infancy: The impact of prematurity, quality of caregiving behaviors and infant physiological regulation" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2011/07/31
Concluded
 Integrated Master's in Psychology (Mestrado integrado)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Psicologia, Portugal
2006/07/30
Concluded
 Psychology (Licenciatura) (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Psicologia, Portugal
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/03 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Investigação em Neuropsicologia e Intervenção Cognitivo-Comportamental, Portugal
2022/06 - 2023/02 Researcher (Research) Universidade Portucalense Infante Dom Henrique Departamento de Psicologia e Educação, Portugal
2018/08/01 - 2022/02 Postdoc (Research) Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, Brazil

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2022/03 - 2022/05 COST Action CA18138 Grant Holder Management Assistant Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Investigação em Neuropsicologia e Intervenção Cognitivo-Comportamental, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2013/11/01 - 2018/04/27 PhD student Universidade do Minho Escola de Psicologia, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2022/06 - 2023/02 Care4mommies: The longitudinal impact of psychological flexibility and compassion on mother-baby bonding
EXPL/PSI-GER/0259/2021
Research Fellow
Universidade Portucalense Infante Dom Henrique Departamento de Psicologia e Educação, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2021/03 - 2022/02/28 Theory and applications to promote an optimal early development
88887.583508/2020-00
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, Brazil
 Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior
Concluded
2018/08/01 - 2021/02/28 Trajetórias de processamento neuronal de ações motoras no primeiro ano de vida e sua relação com o desenvolvimento da cognição social
2018/09398-0
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, Brazil
 Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
Concluded
2013/11/01 - 2018/04/27 Does the quality of mother-infant interaction compensate for the negative effects of prematurity on joint attention?
SFRH/BD/86075/2012
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade do Minho Centro de Investigação em Psicologia, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2023/03/01 - 2026/02/28 Neural correlates of joint attention: A foundational basis to subsequent social competence
2022.10347.PTDC
10.54499/2022.10347.PTDC
Principal investigator
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing

Other

Designation Funders
2024/01 - Current COST Action CA22114 - Maternal Perinatal Stress and Adverse Outcomes in the Offspring: Maximising infants´development (TREASURE)
CA22114
Researcher
Ongoing
2023/09 - Current COST Action CA22111 - A European consortium to determine how complex, real-world environments influence brain development (ENVIRO-DEV)
CA22111
Researcher
Ongoing
2022/03/01 - 2024/12/31 Center for Research in Neuropsychology and Cognitive and Behavioural Intervention
UIDP/00730/2020
10.54499/UIDP/00730/2020
Researcher
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Investigação em Neuropsicologia e Intervenção Cognitivo-Comportamental, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2019/03/15 - 2023/10/14 Research Innovation and Sustainable Pan-European Network in Peripartum Depression Disorder (Riseup-PPD)
CA18138
Researcher
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
 EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Science with and for Society
Concluded
2018/08/01 - 2022/02 Early socio-emotional development: neural correlates and contribution of maternal behavior
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Researcher
Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, Brazil
Ongoing
2018/08/01 - 2018/09/30 Influence of social partner on the neural correlates of affective touch in the first year of life
Royal Society-Newton Mobility Grant
Researcher
Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, Brazil
Concluded
2013/03/01 - 2013/10/31 Prontidão escolar socio-emocional-cognitiva: Uma abordagem longitudinal ao seu curso desenvolvimental durante a idade pré-escolar
PTDC/PSI-EDD/114527/2009
Other
Universidade do Minho Centro de Investigação em Psicologia, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Cruz, Sara; Sousa, Mariana; Mateus, Vera. "Emotion Regulation and Cognitive and Social Functioning in Early Development: The Interface Between Neurophysiological and Behavioural Perspectives". In Emotional Intelligence - Understanding and Influencing Emotions [Working Title]. IntechOpen, 2024.
    Published • 10.5772/intechopen.1004233
  2. Bauer, Annette ; Gregoire, Alain ; Matijasevich, Alicia ; Osório, Ana; de Paula, Cristiane Silvestre ; Segamarchi, Paula Racca ; Mateus, Vera; Knapp, Martin. "Custos dos Problemas de Saúde Mental Materna durante o Período Perinatal: Impacto ao Longo da Vida de Mães e Crianças Brasileiras". In Ciências do Desenvolvimento Humano: Produção de Conhecimento e Impactos de Pesquisas em Psicologia, Saúde e Educação, 459-477. Brazil: Editora CESMAC, 2024.
    Published
  3. Ribeiro, Camila Fragoso ; Branco, Lívia Campos ; Peña, Aline Abreu Lando ; Defelipe, Renata Pereira ; Mateus, Vera; Mesquita, Rickson Coelho ; Sampaio, Adriana; Osório, Ana. "Neurociência da Primeira Infância: Caracterizando e Compreendendo Trajetórias de Desenvolvimento". In Ciências do Desenvolvimento Humano: Produção de Conhecimento e Impactos de Pesquisas em Psicologia, Saúde e Educação, 288-305. 2024.
    Published
  4. Mateus, Vera; Bina, Rena; Bramante, Alessandra; Felice, Ethel; Kalcev, Goce; Mauri, Mauro; Mesquita, Ana; Motrico, Emma. "Psychopathology and COVID-19 Pandemic in the Perinatal Period". In Key Topics in Perinatal Mental Health, 471-485. Springer International Publishing, 2022.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-030-91832-3_32
  5. Mateus, Vera; Júlia Scarano de Mendonça; Helga Oliveira Miguel; Cruz, Sara; Sampaio, Adriana; Rickson C. Mesquita; Ana Alexandra Caldas Osório. "Potencialidades da espectroscopia funcional por infravermelho próximo (fNIRS) para o estudo do cérebro em desenvolvimento na primeira infância". In Tecnologias Aplicadas em Educação e Saúde, 259-274. São Paulo, Brazil: Memnon, 2021.
    Published
  6. Armando dos Santos Afonso Junior; Izabella Trinta Paes; Mateus, Vera; Ana Alexandra Caldas Osório; Walter Machado Pinheiro; Luiz Renato Rodrigues Carreiro. "O uso da espectroscopia funcional por infravermelho próximo (fNIRS) como técnica de neuroimagem em pesquisas sobre o transtorno do déficit de atenção / hiperatividade (TDAH) a partir de uma perspectiva dimensional e de heterogeneidade". In Tecnologias Aplicadas em Educação e Saúde, 275-290. São Paulo, Brazil: Memnon, 2021.
    Published
  7. Mateus, Vera. "Influência da comunicação não-verbal na Linguagem". In Transtornos de aprendizagem - dislexia, cognição e emoção - uma visão luso-brasileira, edited by Associação Brasileira de Dislexia, 109-118. 2019.
    Published
  8. Mateus, Vera; Camila Muylaert; Ana Osório. "Cognição social na infância". In Distúrbios do Desenvolvimento: Estudos Interdisciplinares, edited by Cibelle Albuquerque de la Higuera Amato; Decio Brunoni; Paulo Sérgio Boggio, 449-460. São Paulo, Brazil: Memnon, 2018.
    Published
Conference abstract
  1. Guiomar, Raquel; Vasileiadi, Maria; Sobral, Mónica; Rezaeian, Manya; Pacheco, Francisca; Mateus, Vera; Pozo-Neira, Johanna; et al. "TMS for peripartum depression: a meta-analytical study to explore a functional DLPFC target". Paper presented in 5th International Brain Stimulation Conference, 2023.
    10.1016/j.brs.2023.01.660
  2. Cruz, Sara; Osório, Ana; Mateus, Vera. "Unpacking the pandemic's influence on peripartum mental health in Brazil: The role of individual and pandemic-related factors". Paper presented in V Encontro Anual 2023 ¿ Grupo de Língua Portuguesa da Sociedade Marcé, Coimbra, 2023.
    Published
  3. Cruz, Sara; Mateus, Vera; Joana Antunes; Raquel Costa; Sampaio, Adriana; Osório, Ana; Isabel Soares; Ana Mesquita. "The impact of prenatal distress on infant temperament during the COVID-19 pandemic". Paper presented in Forth Scientific Meeting of the Portuguese Language Group of the Marcé Society for Perinatal Mental Health - Challenges in Perinatal Mental Health, Porto, 2021.
    Published
  4. Martins, Carla; Caires, Susana; Egipto, Marisa; Martins, Eva Costa; Osório, Ana; Mateus, Vera. "Strains and gains of combining work and family: Working fathers´and workimg mothe´rs´parenting experiences". Paper presented in Congresso, Leipzig, 2010.
    Published
  5. Osório, Ana; Martins, Carla; Meins, Elizabeth; Castiajo, Paula; Mateus, Vera; Martins, Eva Costa. "Maternal mental state talk and its impact on the early development of social cognition". Paper presented in Congresso, Leipzig, 2010.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. Mateus, Vera; Osório, Ana; Helena Moreira ; Helga O. Miguel; Joana Baptista; Mariana Sousa; Cruz, Sara. "Tools and methods used to assess maternal interpersonal functioning in the context of peripartum depression". Paper presented in COST Action Riseup-PPD Second International Conference Knowledge and implementation gaps in peripartum depression: innovation and future directions, Sofia, 2023.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Freire-Santos, F.; Karacadag, D.; Monteiro, D.; Aleixo, C.; Vieira, Y.; Sobral, Mónica; Mateus, Vera; et al. "Better together or one is enough? The synergistic effect of single session of transcranial direct current stimulation and virtual reality-based mindfulness on sustained attention, attention control, and inhibitory control". Paper presented in 3.º Encontro da Sociedade Portuguesa de Neuropsicologia, 2025.
  2. Carina Aparecida Rice Branco; Mateus, Vera; Osório, Ana. "Perinatal anxiety during the Covid-19 pandemic as a predictor of early child development". Paper presented in 27th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development(ISSBD): ISSBD 2024, 2024.
  3. Mateus, Vera; Ana Carolina Santos; Ana Ganho-Avila; Mónica Sobral; Osório, Ana; Cruz, Sara. "Systematic review of the neural correlates of joint attention in infants aged 8-24 months". Paper presented in 7th bi-annual European Society for Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience (ESCAN) meeting, 2024.
  4. Mateus, Vera; Ana Ganho-Avila; Mónica Sobral; Cruz, Sara; Osório, Ana. "The SocialBabyBrain Study Protocol: Neural Correlates of Joint Attention and its Relation to Social-communicative Abilities". Paper presented in IV International Congress of CINEICC (Center for Research in Neuropsychology and Cognitive Behavioral Intervention), 2023.
  5. Ana Carolina Santos; Mateus, Vera; Ana Ganho-Avila. "Neural correlates of joint attention in infants aged up to 24 months: A systematic review". Paper presented in IV International Congress of CINEICC (Center for Research in Neuropsychology and Cognitive Behavioral Intervention), 2023.
  6. Simone Moraes de Ávila Guadagnin; Mateus, Vera; Osório, Ana. "Association between perinatal mental health during COVID-19 pandemic and Brazilian children subsequent development". Paper presented in IV International Congress of CINEICC (Center for Research in Neuropsychology and Cognitive Behavioral Intervention), 2023.
  7. Palmeira, Lara; Xavier, Ana Maria de Jesus; Silva, Joana; Vagos, Paula; Mateus, Vera. "The longitudinal impact of psychological flexibility and compassion on mother-baby bonding: Care4mmmies study protocol". Paper presented in IV International Congress of the Research Center for Neuropsychology and Cognitive Behavioral Intervention (CINEICC), 2023.
  8. Palmeira, Lara; Xavier, Ana; da Silva, Joana M.; Vagos, Paula; Mateus, Vera; Veloso, Bruna. "The role of mother¿s prenatal compassion and psychological flexibility in postpartum mother-to-infant bonding". Paper presented in ACBS World Conference, 2023.
  9. Sobral, M.; Guiomar, R.; Rezaeian, M.; Pacheco, F.; Vasileiadi, M.; Mateus, Vera; Palau-Costafreda, R.; et al. "Crossmodal ALE comparison between Peripartum Depression and Major Depressive Disorder". Paper presented in The Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM) 2023 Annual Meeting, 2023.
  10. Guiomar, R.; Pacheco, F.; Fonseca, A.; Mateus, Vera; Pereira, Marco; Osório, Ana; Ganho-Ávila, Ana. "Brain plasticity in the peripartum: A multi-method longitudinal study of mothers and fathers". 2020.
  11. Martins, Carla; Mateus, Vera; Osório, Ana; Martins, Eva C.; Soares, Isabel. "Joint Attention Skills in 10-Month-olds: Contributions from Mothers and Fathers". Paper presented in Society for Research in Child Development 2013 Biennial Meeting, 2013.
  12. Ana Osorio, A; Martins, Carla; Meins, Elizabeth; Mateus, Vera; Barreto, A. L.; Martins, Eva Costa; Soares, Isabel. "Joint attention in infancy and mental state talk in shared pretense as predictors of children´s social symbolic play at age 3". Paper presented in Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting, 2011.
  13. Osório, Ana; Martins, Carla; Meins, Elizabeth; Mateus, Vera; Martins, Eva Costa; Soares, Isabel. "Ter irmãos mais velhos - uma vantagem para a atenção partilhada dos bebés aos 10 meses". Paper presented in I Congresso Internacional de Psicologia do Desenvolvimento, 2011.
  14. Osório, Ana; Martins, Carla; Meins, Elizabeth; Castiajo, Paula; Mateus, Vera; Martins, Eva Costa; Soares, Isabel. "Maternal mental state talk and infant joint attention". Paper presented in World Congress of the World Association for Infant Mental Health-2010, 2010.
  15. Martins, Carla; Martins, Eva Costa; Mateus, Vera; Osório, Ana; Fonseca, Marisa. "Expreriências parentais e conciliar trabalho e família: Apresentação das caracteristicas metrológicas e dois instrumentos". Paper presented in XI Conferência Internacional Avaliação Psicológica: Formas e contextos, 2008.
Journal article
  1. Feher, Amber; Pereira, Alfredo; Santos, Rita; Mateus, Vera; Baptista, Joana. "Self-regulation in Moderate-to-Late Preterm Children: A Scoping Review". Infant Mental Health Journal: Infancy and Early Childhood (2025):
    Accepted
  2. Mesquita, Ana; Costa, Raquel; Dikmen-Yildiz, Pelin; Faria, Susana; Silvestrini, Gabriela; Mateus, Vera; Vousoura, Eleni; et al. "Changes to women's childbirth plans during the COVID-19 pandemic and posttraumatic stress symptoms: a cross-national study". Archives of Women's Mental Health (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00737-023-01403-3.
    Published • 10.1007/s00737-023-01403-3
  3. Vagos, Paula; Mateus, Vera; Silva, Joana; Araújo, Vânia; Xavier, Ana; Palmeira, Lara. "Mother-infant bonding in the first nine months postpartum: the role of mother's attachment style and psychological flexibility". Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology (2023): 1-15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02646838.2023.2242379.
    Published • 10.1080/02646838.2023.2242379
  4. Ganho-Ávila, Ana; Guiomar, Raquel; Sobral, Mónica; Pacheco, Francisca; Caparros-Gonzalez, Rafael A.; Diaz-Louzao, Carla; Motrico, Emma; et al. "The impact of COVID-19 on breastfeeding rates: An international cross-sectional study". Midwifery 120 (2023): 103631. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2023.103631.
    Published • 10.1016/j.midw.2023.103631
  5. Motrico, Emma; Bina, Rena; Kassianos, Angelos; Le, Huynh-Nhu; Mateus, Vera; Oztekin, Deniz; Rodriguez, María Fe; Moreno-Peral, Patricia; Conejo-Cerón, Sonia. "Effectiveness of interventions to prevent perinatal depression: An umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analysis". General Hospital Psychiatry (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2023.03.007.
    In press • 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2023.03.007
  6. Mesquita, Ana; Costa, Raquel; Bina, Rena; Cadarso-Suárez, Carmen; Gude, Francisco; Díaz-Louzao, Carla; Dikmen-Yildiz, Pelin; et al. "A cross-country study on the impact of governmental responses to the COVID-19 pandemic on perinatal mental health". Scientific Reports 13 1 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-29300-w.
    Published • 10.1038/s41598-023-29300-w
  7. Mateus, Vera; Cruz, Sara; Costa, Raquel; Mesquita, Ana; Christoforou, Andri; Wilson, Claire A.; Vousoura, Eleni; et al. "Rates of depressive and anxiety symptoms in the perinatal period during the COVID-19 pandemic: Comparisons between countries and with pre-pandemic data". Journal of Affective Disorders 316 (2022): 245-253. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2022.08.017.
    Open access • Published • 10.1016/j.jad.2022.08.017
  8. Frizzo, Giana Bitencourt; Arteche, Adriane Xavier; Yates, Denise Balem; Sousa, Diogo Araújo de; Mendonça Filho, Euclides de; Bazon, Marina Rezende; Silva, Mônia Aparecida da; et al. "Challenges in Developmental Psychology Research During the COVID-19 Pandemic". Psico-USF 27 3 (2022): 567-580. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1413-82712034270313.
    Published • 10.1590/1413-82712034270313
  9. Wilson, Claire A; Irene Gómez-Gómez; Judith Parsons; Raquel Costa; Ana Mesquita; Eleni Vousoura; Yolanda Contreras-García; et al. Corresponding author: Wilson, Claire A. "The mental health of women with gestational diabetes during the COVID-19 pandemic: an international cross-sectional survey". Journal of Women’s Health (2022):
    Accepted
  10. Paula Racca Segamarchi; Mateus, Vera; Ana Alexandra Caldas Osório. Corresponding author: Ana Alexandra Caldas Osório. "Saúde mental de puérperas durante a pandemia de COVID-19 no Brasil". Revista Psicologia: Teoria e Prática (2022):
    Open access • Accepted
  11. Mateus, Vera; Osório, Ana; Miguel, Helga O; Cruz, Sara; Sampaio, Adriana. "Maternal sensitivity and infant neural response to touch: an fNIRS study". Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience 16 12 (2021): 1256-1263. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/scan/nsab069.
    Open access • Published • 10.1093/scan/nsab069
  12. Motrico, Emma; Bina, Rena; Domínguez-Salas, Sara; Mateus, Vera; Contreras-García, Yolanda; Carrasco-Portiño, Mercedes; Ajaz, Erilda; et al. "Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on perinatal mental health (Riseup-PPD-COVID-19): protocol for an international prospective cohort study". BMC Public Health 21 1 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-10330-w.
    Open access • Published • 10.1186/s12889-021-10330-w
  13. Motrico, Emma; Mateus, Vera; Bina, Rena; Felice, Ethel; Bramante, Alessandra; Kalcev, Goce; Mauri, Mauro; Martins, Sara; Mesquita, Ana. "Good Practices in Perinatal Mental Health during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Report from Task-Force RISEUP-PPD COVID-19". Clínica y Salud 31 3 (2020): 155-160. http://dx.doi.org/10.5093/clysa2020a26.
    Open access • Published • 10.5093/clysa2020a26
  14. Mateus, Vera; Vieira, Elisangela dos Anjos Paula; Martins, Carla; Pachi, Paulo Roberto; Osório, Ana. "Joint attention abilities in Brazilian preterm and full-term infants". Infant Behavior and Development 60 (2020): 101451. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.infbeh.2020.101451.
    Published • 10.1016/j.infbeh.2020.101451
  15. ISCAIFE, AMANDA BERETTA; VIEIRA, DANIELLY ALVES; PAULA, CRISTIANE SILVESTRE; OSÓRIO, ANA ALEXANDRA CALDAS; MATEUS, VERA LÚCIA ESTEVES. "Associação entre sintomas de depressão pós-parto e qualidade da relação de apego mãe-bebê". Cadernos de Pós-Graduação em Distúrbios do Desenvolvimento 20 1 (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.5935/cadernosdisturbios.v20n1p158-175.
    Open access • Published • 10.5935/cadernosdisturbios.v20n1p158-175
  16. Mateus, Vera; Osório, Ana; Martins, Carla. "Effects of prematurity on infants' joint attention abilities: A meta-analytic study". Infant and Child Development 28 5 (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/icd.2145.
    Published • 10.1002/icd.2145
  17. Baptista, Joana; Moutinho, Vanessa; Mateus, Vera; Guimarães, Hercília; Clemente, Fátima; Almeida, Sara; Andrade, Maria Agostinha; et al. "Being a mother of preterm multiples in the context of socioeconomic disadvantage: perceived stress and psychological symptoms". Jornal de Pediatria 94 5 (2018): 491-497. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jped.2017.08.010.
    Published • 10.1016/j.jped.2017.08.010
  18. Mateus, Vera; Cruz, Sara; Ferreira-Santos, Fernando; Osório, Ana; Sampaio, Adriana; Martins, Carla. "Contributions of infant vagal regulation at 1 month to subsequent joint attention abilities". Developmental Psychobiology 60 1 (2017): 111-117. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/dev.21582.
    Published • 10.1002/dev.21582
  19. Baptista, Joana; Osório, Ana; Martins, Eva Costa; Castiajo, Paula; Barreto, Ana Luísa; Mateus, Vera; Soares, Isabel; Martins, Carla. "Maternal and Paternal Mental-state Talk and Executive Function in Preschool Children". Social Development 26 1 (2016): 129-145. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/sode.12183.
    Published • 10.1111/sode.12183
  20. Figueiredo, Ana Mafalda; Mateus, Vera; Osório, Ana; Martins, Carla. "A contribuição da sensibilidade materna e paterna para o desenvolvimento cognitivo de crianças em idade pré-escolar". Análise Psicológica 32 2 (2014): 231-242. http://dx.doi.org/10.14417/ap.842.
    Published • 10.14417/ap.842
  21. Martins, Carla; Mateus, Vera; Osório, Ana; Martins, Eva Costa; Soares, Isabel. "Joint attention with the mother and the father at 10 months of age". European Journal of Developmental Psychology 11 3 (2013): 319-330. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17405629.2013.821945.
    Published • 10.1080/17405629.2013.821945
  22. Mateus, Vera; Martins, Carla; Osório, Ana; Martins, Eva Costa; Soares, Isabel. "Joint attention at 10 months of age in infant–mother dyads: Contrasting free toy-play with semi-structured toy-play". Infant Behavior and Development 36 1 (2013): 176-179. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.infbeh.2012.09.001.
    Published • 10.1016/j.infbeh.2012.09.001
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Mateus, Vera. "Joint attention abilities in infancy: The impact of prematurity, quality of caregiving behaviors and infant physiological regulation". PhD, Universidade do Minho Escola de Psicologia, 2018.

Other

Other output
  1. The longitudinal impact of psychological flexibility and compassion on mother-baby bonding: Care4mmmies study protocol [comunicação oral]. Becoming a mother is a life-changing event that is often experienced in a positive way, but may also encompass great vulnerability and uncertainty, with the potential to hinder the mother’s well-being and foster disorganization, particularly for women with attachment difficulties dealing with a difficult infant. Risk factors to the quality of mother-infant emotional bonding are well documented, wh. 2023. Palmeira, Lara; Xavier, Ana; Silva, Joana Ribeiro da; Vagos, Paula; Mateus, Vera; Palmeira, Lara; Xavier, Ana Maria de Jesus; Silva, Joana. Palmeira, L., Xavier, A., Silva, J., Vagos, P., & Mateus, V. (2023). The longitudinal impact of psychological flexibility and compassion on mother-baby bonding: Care4mmmies study protocol. [Comunicação oral] IV Congresso Internacional do CINEICC: Inovações na Psicologia Básica e Aplicada, Coimbra, 29 março-1 abril 2023. Repositório Institucional UPT. http://hdl.handle.net/11328/5003.
  2. The role of mother’s prenatal compassion and psychological flexibility in postpartum mother-to-infant bonding [comunicação oral]. The transition to motherhood encloses several challenges that can hinder women’s psychological well-being and impact mother-baby bonding. Therefore, it is important to investigate which maternal characteristics promote their bond to the infant, especially those that can be modified through targeted interventions. This work aims to examine whether mother’s prenatal compassion and psychological flex. 2023. Palmeira, Lara; Xavier, Ana; Silva, Joana Ribeiro da; Vagos, Paula; Mateus, Vera; Veloso, Bruna. Palmeira, L., Xavier, A., Silva, J., Vagos, P., Mateus, V., & Veloso, B. (2023). The role of mother’s prenatal compassion and psychological flexibility in postpartum mother-to-infant bonding. [Comunicação oral] ACBS World Conference 2023, Nicosia, Cyprus, 24-28 july 2023. Repositório Institucional UPT. Repositório Institucional UPT. http://hdl.handle.net/11328/5009.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/06 Neural correlates of emerging joint attention abilities in 10 month-old infants 27th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development(ISSBD): ISSBD 2024
ISPA - Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas, Sociais e da Vida (Lisboa, Portugal)
2024/05 Tutorial "Use of functional near-infrared spectroscopy among infant samples" 7th bi-annual European Society for Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience (ESCAN) meeting
Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences of Ghent University (Ghent , Belgium)
2023/12/12 Unpacking the pandemic’s influence on peripartum mental health in Brazil: The role of individual and pandemic-related factors V Encontro Anual do Grupo de Língua Portuguesa da Sociedade Marcé
Escola Superior de Enfermagem de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2023/03 Risk factors for perinatal mental health problems during the COVID-19 pandemic: the Brazilian case IV International Congress of CINEICC (Center for Research in Neuropsychology and Cognitive Behavioral Intervention)
(Coimbra, Portugal)
2022/09 Rates of depressive and anxiety symptoms in the perinatal period during the COVID-19 pandemic: Comparisons between countries International Marcé Society Conference 2022
International Marcé Society (Online, United Kingdom)
2022/06/03 Brain activity and psychophysiological functioning of infants and children exposed to maternal PPD COST Action Research Innovation and Sustainable Pan-European Network in Peripartum Depression Disorder - Riseup-PPD - CA18138
2021/01 Joint attention in late preterm infants at 12- and 15-months of chronological age 5th International Conference on Childhood and Adolescence
2021 Saúde mental perinatal durante a pandemia de COVID-19: fatores de risco e proteção 51ª Reunião Anual da Sociedade Brasileira de Psicologia
(Brazil)
2021 Sintomatologia de grávidas e puérperas durante a pandemia I CONGRESSO DE PSICOLOGIA/PSICOSSOMÁTICA: V SIMPÓSIO DE PSICOSSOMÁTICA
Universidade Ibirapuera (Brazil)
2020/09/10 Brain Imaging Methods in PPD-related Clinical Research and Applications Part III. Functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) in research with infants and children: Theoretical and methodological considerations. COST Action Research Innovation and Sustainable Pan-European Network in Peripartum Depression Disorder - Riseup-PPD - CA18138
2020/09 Neural processing of observed and executed motor actions in 6-month-old infants: An fNIRS study Brainbox Initiative Conference 2020
2019 Influência da comunicação não-verbal no desenvolvimento da linguagem I Congresso Luso Brasileiro em Transtornos de Aprendizagem Dislexia – Cognição e Emoção
(São Paulo, Brazil)
2019 “Bebê vê, bebê faz”: Áreas cerebrais ativadas na observação e execução de ações motoras em bebês de 6 meses – um estudo de fNIRS XII Congresso Brasileiro de Psicologia do Desenvolvimento
(Florianópolis, Brazil)
2019 Atenção compartilhada em bebês prematuros Brasileiros: Trajetória de desenvolvimento entre os 12 e os 18 meses de idade XII Congresso Brasileiro de Psicologia do Desenvolvimento
(Florianópolis, Brazil)
2018 Visão dos professores de Educação Infantil sobre habilidades preditoras da escolarização: Comparações entre Brasil e Portugal 9ª Reunião Anual do Instituto Brasileiro de Neuropsicologia e Comportamento
(São Paulo, Brazil)
2017 Contribution of maternal mental state talk to joint attention abilities in late preterm infants International Attachment Conference
(Londres, United Kingdom)
2017 Joint attention abilities in late preterm infants: Comparisons with full term infants at 15-months. World Congress on Brain, Behavior and Emotions
(Porto Alegre, Brazil)
2015 Contribution of vagal regulation of 1-month-old infants to joint attention abilities at 12-months of age 17th European Conference on Developmental Psychology
(Braga, Portugal)
2013 Relação entre teoria da mente e a percepção parental do relacionamento da criança com os pares VIII Simpósio Nacional de Investigação em Psicologia
(Aveiro, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2024/09 - Current Maternal sensitivity and neural processing of joint attention
Supervisor
 Mestrado em Ciência Psicológica (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2024/09 - Current Maternal touch and neural processing of joint attention
Supervisor
 Mestrado em Intervenções Cognitivo-Comportamentais em Psicologia Clínica e da Saúde (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2024/09 - Current Correlatos neurofisiológicos da compaixão
Co-supervisor
 Mestrado em Intervenções Cognitivo-Comportamentais em Psicologia Clínica e da Saúde (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2024/09 - Current Estudo de validação da Edited Tromsø Infant Faces Database (E-TIF) para a População Portuguesa
Co-supervisor
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2023/09 - 2024/10 Processamento neural de estímulos de atenção partilhada: estudo fNIRS com bebés de 10 meses de idade
Supervisor
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2022 - 2024/02/05 IMPACTOS DA DEPRESSÃO PÓS-PARTO NO DESENVOLVIMENTO PSICOMOTOR DE BEBÊS BRASILEIROS DURANTE A PANDEMIA COVID-19
Co-supervisor
Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, Brazil
2023 - 2024 The impact of stand-alone and combined virtual reality focused mindfulness induction and transcranial direct current stimulation on attention allocation to emotional stimuli in healthy subjects
Co-supervisor
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2022/09 - 2023/07 The neural correlates of joint attention in infants aged up to 24 months: A systematic review
Supervisor
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2020 - 2023/02 Saúde mental e experiências perinatais de mulheres Brasileiras no puerpuério durante a pandemia de COVID-19 [Mental health and perinatal experiences of postpartum women in Brazil during the COVID-19 pandemic]
Co-supervisor
Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, Brazil
2022 - 2023 Ansiedade em mulheres grávidas durante a pandemia de COVID-19 no Brasil
Co-supervisor
Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, Brazil
2020 - 2021 Relação entre sensibilidade materna e qualidade do toque materno na interação mãe-bebê [Association between maternal sensitivity and quality of maternal touch in the mother-infant interaction]
Co-supervisor
Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, Brazil
2020 - 2021 Perceived experience of childbirth: associations with woman's emotional well-being and care assistance provided during childbirth [Experiência percebida do parto: associações com o bem-estar emocional da mulher e com os cuidados prestados no parto]
Co-supervisor
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
2019 - 2021 Relação entre a qualidade do toque materno e o processamento neural do toque afetivo em bebês de 6 meses de idade: um estudo com fNIRS [Association between the quality of maternal touch and neural processing of affective touch in 6-month-old infants: an fNIRS study]
Co-supervisor
Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, Brazil
2019 - 2020 Toque de mãe: efeito da identidade associada ao toque na resposta neural ao toque afetivo em bebês de 6 meses [Mother's touch: the effect of identity associated to touch on cortical response to affective touch in 6-month-old infants]
Co-supervisor
Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, Brazil
2018 - 2020 Processamento neural do toque afetivo em bebês de 6 meses: relação com variáveis do bebê e da mãe [Neural processing of affective touch in 6-month-old infants: association with infant and mother variables]
Co-supervisor
Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, Brazil

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2023/03/22 - 2023/03/24 Training School on Infant’s Neurodevelopment Assessment, organized within the project Research Innovation and Sustainable Pan-European Network in Peripartum Depression Disorder (Riseup-PPD), CA18138 (2023/03/22 - 2023/03/24)
Other (Member of the Scientific Committee)

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2023/07/19 - 2023/07/19 fNIRS Virtual Workshop on Functional Connectivity organized by the Fetal, Infant, Toddler Neuroimaging Group (FIT'NG)
Workshop
 fNIRS Virtual Workshop on Functional Connectivity
2023/07/18 - 2023/07/18 fNIRS Virtual Workshop on Physiological Noise organized by the Fetal, Infant, Toddler Neuroimaging Group (FIT'NG)
Workshop
 fNIRS Virtual Workshop on Physiological Noise
2023/07/14 - 2023/07/14 fNIRS Virtual Workshop on Inverted Responses organized by the Fetal, Infant, Toddler Neuroimaging Group (FIT'NG)
Workshop
 fNIRS Virtual Workshop on Inverted Responses
2023/03/22 - 2023/03/24 Trainer of the session "Potentialities of functional near-infrared spectroscopy in neurodevelopment assessment", event organized within the project Research Innovation and Sustainable Pan-European Network in Peripartum Depression Disorder (Riseup-PPD), CA18138
Other
 Training School on Infant's Neurodevelopment Assessment
2023/01 - 2023/02 Curso de Formação - Estatística aplicada com a utilização do R (35h)
Other
 Curso de Formação - Estatística aplicada com a utilização do R
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2022/07/13 - 2022/07/15 Participation in the Training School Data Management and Data Analysis
Other
Uniwersytet Gdanski, Poland
2022/06/01 - 2022/06/03 Participation in the Main Meeting of the COST Action Research Innovation and Sustainable Pan-European Network in Peripartum Depression Disorder - Riseup-PPD - CA18138 (Riseup-PPD Main Meeting 6th Semester)
Meeting
2022/04/27 - 2022/04/29 Participation in the Training School in Peripartum Mental Health Disorders Prevention for Health Professionals
Other
Beder University, Albania
2021 - 2021 Participation in a short duration course entitled "Neuroscience in Early Childhood"
Other
Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, Brazil
2021 - 2021 Participation in a Summer School entitled "Hands-on fNIRS data analysis for fundamental, applied & clinical research"
Other
Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Germany
2021 - 2021 Participation in the Main Meeting of the COST Action Research Innovation and Sustainable Pan-European Network in Peripartum Depression Disorder - Riseup-PPD - CA18138 (Main Meeting 5th Semester)
Meeting
 COST Action Research Innovation and Sustainable Pan-European Network in Peripartum Depression Disorder - Riseup-PPD - CA18138
2020/11/30 - 2020/12/12 Participation in a short duration course entitled "Functional neuroimaging for dummies".
Workshop
 Functional neuroimaging for dummies
2020 - 2020 Participation in the Main Meeting of the COST Action Research Innovation and Sustainable Pan-European Network in Peripartum Depression Disorder - Riseup-PPD - CA18138 (Riseup-PPD Main Meeting 2nd Semester)
Meeting
 COST Action Research Innovation and Sustainable Pan-European Network in Peripartum Depression Disorder - Riseup-PPD - CA18138
2020 - 2020 Participation in the Main Meeting of the COST Action Research Innovation and Sustainable Pan-European Network in Peripartum Depression Disorder - Riseup-PPD - CA18138 (Riseup-PPD Third Main Meeting)
Meeting
 COST Action Research Innovation and Sustainable Pan-European Network in Peripartum Depression Disorder - Riseup-PPD - CA18138
2019/03/20 - 2019/03/29 “full travel grant" - São Paulo School of Advanced Science on Modern Topics in Biophotonics
Workshop
 São Paulo School of Advanced Science on Modern Topics in Biophotonics
2016/09/01 - 2016/09/04 Summer Workshop – Early experience and sensitive periods in development
Workshop
 Early experience and sensitive periods in development
Ettore Majorana Foundation and Centre for Scientific Culture, Italy

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2024 The family in the infant's first year: Coparenting, marital satisfaction, infant's sleep and cosleeping
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Filipa Fragoso Coelho dos Santos (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2024 CONTEXTOS NARRATIVOS NAS INTERAÇÕES PAIS-CRIANÇA: LEITURA COMPARTILHADA, ESTRESSE PARENTAL E DESENVOLVIMENTO INFANTIL
(Thesis) Arguer
 Chrystian da Rosa Kroeff (PhD)
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
2024 O Funcionamento Executivo em Crianças Prematuras: A Influência da Qualidade do Toque Afetivo Materno
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Juliana Santos da Silva Faria (Master)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Psicologia, Portugal
2024 Capacidades do Jogo Simbólico Social de Crianças Prematuras: Influência do Toque Afetivo Materno
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Vanessa Sofia Pereira Arantes (Master)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Psicologia, Portugal
2024 Toque Afetivo materno em bebés prematuros moderados-a-tardios: Exploração de qualidades psicométricas da Maternal Touch Scale
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Márcia Alexandra da Cruz Pereira (Master)
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
2024 Sintomatologia depressiva e ansiosa após o parto e envolvimento emcional mãe-bebé: O papel moderador do suporte social
(Thesis) Main arguer
 BARBARA MEDEIROS FIGUEIREDO ALEXANDRE (Master)
Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Psicologia e Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2024 Sintomatologia de perturbação de stress pós-traumático relacionado com o nascimento do bebé e dificuldades de envolvimento emocional mãe-bebé
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Érica Andreia Marques Machado (Master)
Universidade Lusófona do Porto, Portugal
2024 Tipo de parto e dificuldades no envolvimento emocional da mãe com o bebé: O papel do parto traumático
(Thesis) Main arguer
 SORAIA FILIPA FERREIRA GIL (Master)
Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Psicologia e Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2023 ESTUDO EXPLORATÓRIO DAS DIFERENTES RESPOSTAS DO CÓRTEX PRÉ- FRONTAL A EXERCÍCIOS DE MINDFULNESS E DE AUTOCOMPAIXÃO: COMPARAÇÃO ENTRE JOVENS DA COMUNIDADE E JOVENS AGRESSORES DO SEXO MASCULINO
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Ana Beatriz Serra Pinho (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2022 THE ROLE OF DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY SYMPTOMS ON COGNITIVE FUNCTIONING IN MOTHERHOOD A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Ana Margarida Rosa Ferreira (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2024 - Current Portuguese Society of Psychology (Associação Portuguesa de Psicologia) Conselho Fiscal (membro suplente)

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2020 - Current Review Editor in the journal Frontiers in Global Women's Health, section Women's Mental Health.
Member
2018 - 2023/06 section editor in REVISTA DE PSICOLOGIA: TEORIA E PRÁTICA (ONLINE).
Member

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2025/02/13 - Current Neuropsicoterapia Neuropsicologia Clínica: Avaliação e Reabilitação (Mestrado integrado) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2022/09 - Current Dissertação Mestrado em Intervenções Cognitivo-Comportamentais em Psicologia Clínica e da Saúde (Mestrado) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2024/09/20 - 2024/10/25 Neurociência Social e Afetiva Intervenções Cognitivo-Comportamentais em Psicologia Clínica e da Saúde (Mestrado) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2024/02/07 - 2024/05/22 Neuropsicoterapia Neuropsicologia Clínica: Avaliação e Reabilitação (Mestrado) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2023/09/18 - 2023/10/23 Neurociência Social e Afetiva Intervenções Cognitivo-Comportamentais em Psicologia Clínica e da Saúde (Mestrado) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2023 Best Poster Award
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Investigação em Neuropsicologia e Intervenção Cognitivo-Comportamental, Portugal

Other distinction

2020 Runner-up Poster Presentation Award - "Brain plasticity in the peripartum: A multi-method longitudinal study of mothers and fathers", Brainbox Initiative Conference 2020
2019 Menção Honrosa na modalidade de pôster –mestrado