I am a specialist in Health and Clinical Psychology with an advanced speciality in Justice Psychology by Ordem dos Psicólogos, holding a PhD in Psychology, awarded by the University of Uppsala, Sweden (defended on 31-03-2017). During my PhD, I conducted research in Sweden and Portugal with a full job position awarded by the University of Uppsala. At first, I collaborated with the Project Appraisal in Music and Emotion (AMUSE). Later on, I was enrolled in the Project: Paradigms for Selective Activation of Mechanisms Underlying Emotional Reactions to Music (MECWORK). This project aimed to develop a new set of experimental paradigms that could selectively activate specific mechanisms in order to arouse emotions in listeners. These paradigms were used to test a novel theoretical framework (BRECVEMA) regarding the unique features of each mechanism. In 2018 I was awarded the Ryoichi Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship Fund (Sylff) Postdoc. This Programme supports students pursuing graduate studies in the humanities and social sciences. The host institution was Uppsala University, Sweden. During the two-year period I was a guest researcher at M-iti (Madeira Interactive Technologies Institute), Portugal. In 2019, I was awarded a Postdoc fellowship by ARDITI (a non-profit agency that has as founding shareholders the Regional Government and University of Madeira). This Postdoc is hosted at M-iti Madeira, with the collaboration of Uppsala University. Main research field: Emotion, Music and Dementia Rehabilitation. I have also been a Guest lecturer in the Courses Cognitive Psychology and Sex, Gender and Ethnicity in Psychology, during five consecutive semesters (2014-2017) and also lecturer in the Courses Psychology of music A1 (15 hp) and Psychology of music A2 (15 hp) during other 6 semesters (2017-2020).