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Sónia M. P, Santos attends the in Doctoral Program in Psychology by Universidade de Aveiro since 2020. Published 2 articles in journals. Has received 2 awards. Participated as PhD Student Fellow in 1 project and Research Fellow in 2 projects. Sónia Santos’s research interests are in experimental psychology, cognitive psychology, and evolutionary psychology.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Sónia Marisa Póvoa Santos

Citation names

  • Sónia M. P. Santos

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
CB14-F193-1C45
ORCID iD
0000-0003-0701-7393

Email addresses

  • santos.s@ua.pt (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Social Sciences - Psychology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
2020/11/01 - 2025/10/01
Ongoing
Doctoral Program in Psychology (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2014
Concluded
Master's Degree in Forensic Psychology (Mestrado integrado)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
"Mentira e Ansiedade Social: Comparação de Diferentes Métodos de Entrevista na Deteção da Mentira" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2013
Concluded
Degree in Psychology (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
"não se aplica " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Affiliation

Others

Category
Host institution
Employer
2020 - Current PhD candidate Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
William James Center for Research, Portugal
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2018/03/01 - 2018/06/30 Collaboration in the supervision of the research activities of two undergraduate students in Psychology within the scope of their participation in the Scientific Initiation Program in Psychology Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2017/06/01 - 2017/07/01 Voluntary collaboration in research activities (data collection with ECG) within the scope of the work "Effect of self-loathing on memory for emotional faces". Coordination - Isabel Santos, PhD Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2013/09 - 2014/06 Curricular Internship in Psychology Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Educação e Psicologia, Portugal
Escola Profissional de Aveiro, Portugal
2014 - 2014 Volunteer Centro de Saúde Universitário - Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2011 - 2013 Volunteer Serviços de Comunicação, Imagem e Relações Públicas da Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2009 - 2009 Volunteer Comissão de Responsabilidade social da Associação Académica da Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2020 - Current Exploring the mnemonic effect for sources of contamination and how to use it to promote infection prevention Behaviors
2020.09585.BD
PhD Student Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2022 - 2023 Coming out of the box: Moving from traditional to virtual procedures to explore prospective memory and contamination
EXPL/PSI-GER/1008/2021
Research Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2018/03/01 - 2018/06/30 The mnemonic consequences of fitness-relevant processing
IF/00058/2012/CP01712/CP0172/CT00022/CT0002
Research Fellow
Centro de Investigação em Tecnologias e Serviços de Saúde, Portugal

Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Educação e Psicologia, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Outputs

Publications

Conference paper
  1. Diana Silva; Fernandes, Natália Lisandra; Santos, Sónia Marisa Póvoa; Marques, Bernardo; Beatriz Sousa Santos; Pandeirada, Josefa N. S.; Silva, Samuel. "Supporting Research in Memory and Contamination using a Virtual Reality Approach for Experimental Psychology". Paper presented in 4th International Conference on Graphics and Interaction, 2022.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Sónia M. P. Santos; Natália Lisandra Fernandes; Josefa N. S. Pandeirada. "“Is (s)he sick?!”: A database of (non-)contamination actions in multiple sensory modalities". 2024.
    10.13140/RG.2.2.30258.00963/1
  2. Sónia M. P. Santos; Natália Lisandra Fernandes; Josefa das Neves Simões Pandeirada. "The contamination effect beyond visual cues: Exploring the Role of Different Sensory Inputs". Paper presented in Psychonomic Society's 65th Annual Meeting, 2024.
    10.13140/RG.2.2.19261.17126
  3. Sónia M. P. Santos; Natália Lisandra Fernandes; Josefa das Neves Simões Pandeirada. "Enhanced Recognition (with a Remember Experience) for Potential Sources of Contamination". Paper presented in 63rd Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, 2022.
    10.13140/RG.2.2.25972.05763
  4. Sónia M. P. Santos; Fernandes, Natália Lisandra; Pandeirada, Josefa N. S.. "Extending the contamination effect to recognition memory". Paper presented in International APPE-SEPEX Meeting, 2022.
    10.13140/RG.2.2.32682.94408
  5. Sónia M P Santos; Natália Lisandra Fernandes; Josefa N S Pandeirada. ""Have I seen that before?" Enhanced Recognition (with a Remember Experience) for Potential Sources of Contamination". 2022.
    10.13140/RG.2.2.25972.05763
  6. Sónia M. P. Santos; Fernandes, N. L.; Pandeirada, J. N. S. "Diseased or non-Diseased: Different framings of the same stimuli induce different emotional states and gazing patterns". Paper presented in 2021 APS Virtual Convention, 2021.
    10.13140/RG.2.2.10453.13289
  7. Santos, Sónia; Diana João; Rafael Ferreira; Pedro Bem-haja; Vagos, Paula Emanuel Rocha Martins; Carlos Silva; Paula Castilho; Isabel M. Santos. "Efeito da auto aversão na memória para faces emocionais". Paper presented in 13º Encontro Nacional da Associação Portuguesa de Psicologia Experimental, 2018.
  8. Santos, Sónia; Beatriz Oliveira; Prof. Doutora Paula Emanuel Rocha Martins Vagos; Isabel M. Santos; Carlos da Silva. "Mentira e Ansiedade Social: Comparação de diferentes métodos de entrevista na deteção da mentira". Paper presented in 10º Encontro Nacional da Associação Portuguesa de Psicologia Experimental, 2015.
Journal article
  1. Sónia M. P. Santos; Natália Lisandra Fernandes; Josefa N. S. Pandeirada. "The contamination effect on recognition memory: adding evidence of an adaptive mnemonic tuning". Memory (2025): http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2024.2442347.
    10.1080/09658211.2024.2442347
  2. Sónia M.P. Santos; Natália Lisandra Fernandes; Josefa N.S. Pandeirada. "Same but different: The influence of context framing on subjective disgust, eye movements and pupillary responses". Consciousness and Cognition (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2022.103462.
    10.1016/j.concog.2022.103462
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Santos, Sónia. "Mentira e Ansiedade Social: Comparação de diferentes métodos de Entrevista na Deteção da Mentira.". Master, Universidade de Aveiro, 2014. https://ria.ua.pt/handle/10773/14173.
Activities

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role
Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2023 - Current Exploring the contamination effect in free recall with Virtual Reality
Co-supervisor
Psychology (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2023 - 2024 Exploring the contamination effect in free recall with 2D videos
Co-supervisor
Psychology (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event
Event name
Institution / Organization
2024 - 2024 Planning scientific outreach activities on human memory for high school students.
Other
XPERiMENTA-UA
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2023 - 2023 Planning scientific outreach activities on human memory for high school students.
Other
XPERiMENTA-UA
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2022 - 2022 Planning scientific outreach activities on human memory for high school students.
Other
XPERiMENTA-UA
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2014 - 2014 Training course in Diagnostic Interviews - Professor Ana Paula Matos, PhD
Workshop
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2014 - 2014 Training course in an Adolescent Depression Prevention Program - Professor Ana Paula Matos, PhD
Workshop
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2013 - 2013 Initial Course on Psychological First Aid and Crisis Intervention
Workshop
PsicoSoma, Portugal
2013 - 2013 SPSS Workshop - Initial Level - Professor Doctor Isabel Santos, PhD and Professor Paula Vagos, PhD
Workshop
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Educação e Psicologia, Portugal

Committee member

Activity description
Role
Institution / Organization
2023 - 2023 Organizing committee on the 23rd Conference of the European Society for Cognitive Psychology
Member
European Society for Cognitive Psychology, Belgium
Distinctions

Award

2022 J. Frank Yates Student Conference Award
Psychonomic Society Inc, United States
2021 £10,000 Research Grant Competition
Prolific, United Kingdom