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Affiliation
Education
- Invited Assistant Professor @ Higher School of Health, Polytechnic Institute of Porto, Porto, Portugal | Occupational Therapy Department
- Researcher @ Center for Rehabilitation Research | Psychosocial Rehabilitation Laboratory | School of Health of the Polytechnic of Porto and the Faculty of Psychology and Education Science of the University of Porto
- Coordinator @ Child development centre, Porto, Portugal | Neurodevelopmental disorders
- Occupational therapist practitioner @ Child development centre, Porto, Portugal | Neurodevelopmental disorders
Education
- BSc @ Higher School of Health, Polytechnic Institute of Porto, Porto, Portugal | Occupational Therapy
- Postgraduate @ Higher School of Health of Alcoitão, Lisbon, Portugal | Sensory integration for occupational therapists
- PhD, Essay on a new etiological theory of the Human Microbiome and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Sobresaliente Cum laude (Summa Cum Laude) by Unanimity @ University of Vigo, Vigo, Spain | Behaviour and educational sciences
Keywords
Current investigation
- Action Perception; ADHD; Attention; Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder; Emotional Regulation; Human Microbiome; Motor Coordination; Motor Planning; Multisensory; Neurodevelopmental disorders; Occupational Therapy; Perception; Praxis; Sensory Integration; Sensory Modulation; Virtual Reality.
Current investigation
- History of the neuroscience of ADHD
- Sensory perception foundations for communication
- Neurophysiological mechanisms of visuo-vestibular integration
- Multimodal sensory integration at a virtual reality setting
Main activity
- Paper: Systematic Overview of neuroanatomical differences in ADHD: Definite evidence @ Developmental Neuropsychology | DOI: 10.1080/87565641.2017.1414821 🔗
- Media: Understanding attention-deficit requires analysing the whole nervous system - study @ TSF News 🔗
- Media: CINTESIS/IPP study sheds light on Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder @ CINTESIS – Center for Health Technology and Services Research 🔗
- Honorable Mention @ 1st National Congress on ADHD | Portuguese Society of Attention Deficit 🔗
- Honorable Mention @ 9th National Congress of Occupational Therapy | Portuguese Association of Occupational Therapists 🔗
- Awarded for best poster @ 7th World Congress on ADHD | ADHD World Federation 🔗