Amanda Seruti is currently pursuing a PhD in Psychology at the Research Center for Psychological Science (CICPSI), Faculty of Psychology, University of Lisbon. She has contributed to research and publications in Social Cognition, working with different research groups such as the CO2 – COgnition in COntext Group at CICPSI and the Social Cognition and Body Odors Team at the William James Center for Research (WJCR), Institute of Applied Psychology (ISPA). Her main research interests include Social Perception, Metaperception, Political Misinformation, Motivated Reasoning, and Polarization. Amanda's PhD project focuses on these topics, aiming to advance theoretical discussions on suceptibility to political fake news and develop practical solutions to combat misinformation, in collaboration with LUSA, the largest Portuguese-language news agency.