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[EN] Sara B. Félix, concluded her Bachelor's degree in Psychology, in 2016, and her Master's degree in Health Psychology and Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, in 2018, both degrees awarded by the University of Aveiro. She is currently a PhD Student at the University of Aveiro, developing studies within the scope of Adaptive Memory, especially with young and elderly populations. She has received 4 awards and/or honors. She works in the areas of Social and Health Sciences, with an emphasis on Psychology and Neuropsychology, with the most frequent terms in scientific production being: Memory; Evolutionary Psychology; Cognitive Psychology; Neurocognitive disorders; Neurodegenerative disorders; Adaptive memory; Dementia; Elderly; Aging; Healthy aging; Pathological aging; Cognitive functions and Cognitive stimulation. Currently, she is also an Invited Professor at the Piaget Institute in Almada. --------------------- [PT] Sara B. Félix, concluiu a Licenciatura em Psicologia, em 2016, e o Mestrado em Psicologia da Saúde e Reabilitação Neuropsicológica, em 2018, ambos os graus conferidos pela Universidade de Aveiro. Atualmente é Bolseira de Doutoramento, na Universidade de Aveiro, desenvolvendo estudos no âmbito da Memória Adaptativa, especialmente junto de população jovem e idosa. Recebeu 4 prémios e/ou homenagens. Atua nas áreas de Ciências Sociais e da Saúde, com ênfase em Psicologia e Neuropsicologia, sendo os termos mais frequentes da produção científica: Memória; Psicologia Evolutiva; Psicologia Cognitiva; Perturbações neurocognitivas; Perturbações neurodegenerativas; Memória adaptativa; Demência; Idosos; Envelhecimento; Envelhecimento saudável; Envelhecimento patológico; Funções cognitivas e Estimulação cognitiva. Atualmente, é também Professora Convidada no Instituto Piaget de Almada.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Sara Filipa Brilhante Paiva Silveira Félix Pinho

Citation names

  • Félix, Sara B.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
EC19-D6EE-7009
ORCID iD
0000-0001-9645-5787

Email addresses

  • sara.felix@ua.pt (Professional)

Addresses

  • William James Center for Research, Department of Education and Psychology - University of Aveiro. Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193, Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Social Sciences - Psychology
  • Social Sciences - Psychology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
Spanish; Castilian Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2)
Education
Degree Classification
2019/11/01 - 2023/10/31
Ongoing
 Psicologia / Psychology (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Educação e Psicologia, Portugal
2016/09/01 - 2018/07/26
Concluded
 Psicologia da Saúde e Reabilitação Neuropsicológica (Mestrado)
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Educação e Psicologia, Portugal
"Adaptative memory: The longevity and encoding independence of the animacy effect and its evidence in people with dementia" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 19 valores
2013/09 - 2016
Concluded
 Psicologia (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Educação e Psicologia, Portugal
"n.a." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 18 valores
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/05/01 - 2019/10/31 Research Trainee (Research) Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Educação e Psicologia, Portugal

Other Careers

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/01/08 - 2019/04/30 Técnico Superior (Técnico Superior) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2018/12/01 - 2019 Voluntária / Formadora Federação Portuguesa de Associações de Pessoas com Diabetes, Portugal
2017/10/13 - 2018/05/31 Psychogeriatry and Neuropsychology Internship Neuropsychological assessment; Cognitive Stimulation (individually and in group); Obervation of Art therapy and Familiar therapy Hospital de Magalhães Lemos EPE, Portugal
2017/02/06 - 2017/07/31 Bolsa de Iniciação Científica - FCT/MCTES (PIDDAC) “The mnemonic consequences of fitness-relevant processing" (IF/00058/2012/CP0172/CT0002) Functions: Literature reviews; Experiments programming; Dat CINTESIS.UA, Portugal
2016/09/01 - 2017/01/31 Erasmus + “Honorable Mention” at Health Psychology (Prof. Rocío Fernández-Ballesteros; Prof. Víctor Rubio) Universidad Autónoma de Madrid Facultad de Psicología, Spain
2014/09/01 - 2016/07/31 Effective member of the Psychology degree committe Spokesperson for Psychology students Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Educação e Psicologia, Portugal
2015/06/01 - 2015/08/01 Extra-curricular internship in Neuropsychology Cognitive training; Memory rehabilitation; Observation of neuropsychological assessment Supervisor: Dr.ª Cátia Mateus (Neuropsychologist) and Vítor Tedim Centro Hospitalar de Entre o Douro e Vouga EPE, Portugal
2015/02/01 - 2015/07/31 Volunteer Centro Hospitalar do Baixo Vouga EPE, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2024/01/01 - Current [covid] The animacy effect: Occurrence in old ages, influence in prospective memory and potential applications
COVID/BD/153450/2024
UIDB/04810/2020
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

William James Center for Research, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2019/11/01 - Current The animacy effect: Occurrence in old ages, influence in prospective memory and potential applications
SFRH/BD/145097/2019
UIDB/04810/2020
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

William James Center for Research, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2019/05/01 - 2019/10/31 Reutilização de Manuais Escolares: Impacto na aprendizagem escolar, no ambiente e no comportamento sustentável
BI/DEP2019
Research Fellow
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian
Concluded
2017/02/01 - 2017/07/31 The mnemonic consequences of fitness-relevant processing
IF/00058/2012/CP0172/CT0002
Scientific Initiation Fellow
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Educação e Psicologia, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2018/10/01 - 2018/12/31 Neuro-oncological complications of cancer: Longitudinal study of cognitive decline
POCI-01-0145-FEDER-032358
Master Student Fellow
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Saúde Pública, Portugal
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. James S. Nairne; Pandeirada, Josefa N. S.; Fernandes, Natália Lisandra; Félix, Sara B.. Corresponding author: James S. Nairne. "Adaptive memory". In Learning and Memory: A Comprehensive Reference. 2024.
    Under revision
  2. "Animacy". 2019.
    10.1007/978-3-319-47829-6_2069-1
Conference abstract
  1. Félix, Sara B.; Marie Poirier; James S. Nairne; Josefa N. S. Pandeirada. Corresponding author: Félix, Sara B.. "(Dis)Entangling the animacy effect in prospective memory [Oral communication]". Paper presented in 23rd ESCoP, Porto, 2023.
    Published
  2. Pialr Ferré; COMESAÑA, MONTSERRAT; Pandeirada, Josefa N. S.; Félix, Sara B.. "Do animacy and emotions go hand-by-hand on word processing? [Oral communication]". Paper presented in 23rd ESCoP, Porto, 2023.
  3. Félix, Sara B.; Poirier, Marie; Pandeirada, Josefa N. S.. "Inter-age and cross-language comparison of animacy word-ratings: Data from Portuguese and British young and older adults [Oral communication]". Paper presented in 17th National APPE Meeting, Lisbon, 2023.
    Published
  4. Félix, Sara B.; Poirier, Marie; Nairne, James S.; Pandeirada, Josefa N. S.. "Further examinations of the animacy effects: Age-specific word-ratings and memory performance in older adults". Paper presented in Research Summit 2023, Aveiro, 2023.
    Published
  5. Dutra, Grazielle; Ramos, Sara A; Félix, Sara B.; Pandeirada, Josefa N. S.. "A double-sided coin: Exploring the animacy effect with ambiguous words. [Oral communication]". Paper presented in Research Summit 2023, Aveiro, 2023.
    Published
  6. Félix, Sara B.; Pandeirada, Josefa N. S.; Poirier, Marie; Nairne, James S.. "Open Science: Developing and sharing word-related research tools. [Oral communication]". Paper presented in Research Summit 2022, Aveiro, 2022.
    Published
  7. Félix, Sara B.; Pandeirada, Josefa N. S.. "The animacy effect in prospective memory: Evidence and contribution to the discussion of the proximate mechanisms [Oral communication]". Paper presented in 13th International APPE-SEPEX Meeting, Faro, 2022.
    Published
  8. Félix, Sara B.; Pandeirada, Josefa N. S.; Poirier, Marie; Nairne, James S.. "The mnemonic effect for animates: Evidence from prospective memory". Paper presented in Research Summit 2021, Aveiro, 2021.
    Published
  9. Félix, Sara B.; Pandeirada, Josefa N. S.; Poirier, Marie; Nairne, James S.. "Animacy Effect: Occurrence in old ages, influence in prospective memory and potential applications". Paper presented in Research Summit 2020, Aveiro, 2020.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Pandeirada, Josefa N. S.; Félix, Sara B.. "How animate is liver?: Differences and commonalities on animacy ratings among Portuguese, American and British participants". Paper presented in 23rd ESCoP, 2023.
  2. Félix, Sara B.; Marie Poirier; Pandeirada, Josefa N. S.. Corresponding author: Félix, Sara B.. "Animates help you remember what to do! Evidence from a nonfocal prospective memory task". Paper presented in Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, 2022.
  3. Félix, Sara B.; Pandeirada, Josefa N. S.. "The attentional mechanisms underlying the animacy effect: Evidence from a focal prospective memory task". Paper presented in 22nd ESCoP, 2022.
  4. Félix, Sara B.; Pandeirada, Josefa N. S.. "Adaptive memory: Animates help to improve prospective memory". Paper presented in 62nd Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, 2021.
  5. Félix, Sara B.; Botsas, Andronikos; Poirier, Marie; Pandeirada, Josefa N. S.. Corresponding author: Félix, Sara B.. "How do older adults see animacy in words? A norming study with a British sample". Paper presented in SARMACv 2021, 2021.
  6. Félix, Sara B.; Pandeirada, Josefa N. S.. Corresponding author: Félix, Sara B.. "Do animates help to implement future intentions? The effect of animacy in prospective memory". Paper presented in 2021 APS Virtual Convention, 2021.
  7. Félix, Sara B.; Pandeirada, Josefa N. S.. "How do elderlies see animacy in words? A norming study with a Portuguese sample". Paper presented in 15th National APPE Meeting, 2021.
  8. Félix, Sara B.; Correia, Luciana; Monteiro, Soraia; Pinheiro, Sara; Melhorado, Mariana; Pandeirada, Josefa N. S.. Corresponding author: Félix, Sara B.. "Free association norms for differently-valenced emotion, concrete and abstract Portuguese words". Paper presented in 15th National APPE Meeting, 2021.
  9. Félix, Sara B.; Óscar Ribeiro; Humbertina Maia. "Personalized cognitive stimulation: A case report on diagnosis acceptance and therapeutic engagement". Paper presented in Uma Visão Holística sobre as Demências, 2018.
  10. Félix, Sara B.; Josefa N. S. Pandeirada. "Is the mnemonic animacy effect preserved in people with dementia?". Paper presented in VIII Fórum Boas Práticas em Psiquiatria e Saúde Mental, 2018.
Encyclopedia entry
  1. Félix, Sara B.; Pandeirada, Josefa N. S.; Nairne, James S.. "Animacy". In Encyclopedia of Animal Cognition and Behavior, 2019.
    In press
Journal article
  1. Félix, Sara B.; Pandeirada, Josefa N. S.. Corresponding author: Félix, Sara B.. "The animacy effect in recognition: Influence of intentionality of learning and retrieval quality". (2024):
    Under revision
  2. Félix, Sara B.; Poirier, Marie; Nairne, James S.; Pandeirada, Josefa N. S.. "The breadth of animacy in memory: New evidence from prospective memory". Psychonomic Bulletin & Review (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.3758/s13423-023-02406-y.
    Published • 10.3758/s13423-023-02406-y
  3. Félix, Sara B.; Poirier, Marie; Pandeirada, Josefa N. S.. Corresponding author: Félix, Sara B.. "Is “earth” an animate thing? Cross-language and inter-age analyses of animacy word ratings in European Portuguese and British English young and older adults". PLOS ONE 18 8 (2023): e0289755. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0289755.
    Published • 10.1371/journal.pone.0289755
  4. Félix, Sara B.; Pandeirada, Josefa N. S.. "Norming studies of European Portuguese words: A literature review". Análise Psicológica 39 1 (2021): 107-131. http://dx.doi.org/10.14417/ap.1823.
    Published • 10.14417/ap.1823
  5. Félix, Sara B.; Pandeirada, Josefa N. S.; Nairne, James S.. "Animacy norms for 224 European Portuguese concrete words". Análise Psicológica 38 2 (2020): 257-269. http://dx.doi.org/10.14417/ap.1690.
    Published • 10.14417/ap.1690
  6. Félix, Sara B.; Josefa N. S. Pandeirada; James S. Nairne. "Adaptive memory: Longevity and learning intentionality of the animacy effect". Research@UA 10 (2020): 72-72. https://www.ua.pt/file/61865.
  7. "Personalized Cognitive Stimulation through Personhood: A Case Report on Dementia Diagnosis Acceptance and Therapeutic Engagement". Clinical Gerontologist (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07317115.2019.1648349.
    10.1080/07317115.2019.1648349
  8. Félix, Sara B.; Pandeirada, Josefa N. S.; Nairne, James S.. "Adaptive memory: longevity and learning intentionality of the animacy effect". Journal of Cognitive Psychology 31 3 (2019): 251-260. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20445911.2019.1586716.
    Published • 10.1080/20445911.2019.1586716
  9. Félix, Sara B.. "Long term cognitive monitoring in a community setting: A real-world implementation study". RISTI - Revista Iberica de Sistemas e Tecnologias de Informacao (2019):
    Published
  10. Félix, Sara B.; Pandeirada, Josefa N. S.; Nairne, James S.. "Animacy norms for 224 European Portuguese concrete words". Análise Psicológica (2019):
    In press
  11. Félix, Sara B.; Óscar Ribeiro; Humbertina Maia. "Personalized cognitive stimulation through personhood: A case report on dementia diagnosis acceptance and therapeutic engagement". (2019):
    Submitted
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Félix, Sara B.. "Adaptative memory: The longevity and encoding independence of the animacy effect and its evidence in people with dementia". Master, Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Educação e Psicologia, 2018. https://ria.ua.pt/handle/10773/26191.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2016/05 Falemos de… Felicidade” – A felicidade explicada pela Neurociência e a Psicologia, e a sua importância na saúde II Jornadas de Saúde da Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa
(Portugal)

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2023/10/12 - Current - Neurociências Psicologia (Licenciatura) Instituto Piaget de Almada, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2022 J. Frank Yates Student Conference Award
Psychonomic Society Inc, United States

Other distinction

2022 Travel grant - ESCoP
European Society for Cognitive Psychology, Belgium
2017 Matricula de honor - Psicología de la Salud
2017 Matricula de honor - Neuropsicología Clínica
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid Facultad de Psicología, Spain
2013 Prémio Católica | Ciência e Saúde 2013 - 1º Lugar
Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Portugal
2012 Prémio Católica | Ciência e Saúde 2012 - 4º lugar com menção honrosa
Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Portugal