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Prof. Dr. Bruce D. Bartholow (University of Iowa, USA) will give a lecture entitled “Reward dysregulation and risk for alcohol use disorder: A neurophysiological approach.” About the Speaker:Dr. Bruce D. Bartholow earned his PhD in Psychology from the University of Missouri (USA) in 2000. He is currently a Professor at the University of Iowa, having […]
Prof. Dr. António Manuel Duarte (University of Lisbon, Portugal) will give a lecture entitled “Psicologia da Apreciação da Arte”. About the Speaker:Dr. António Manuel Duarte is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences of the University of Lisbon, where his teaching and research focus on the fields of Psychology of Art […]
Congratulations to Professor António J. Santos on being nominated as a Fellow of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development.
Prof. Dr. Sara Cruz (University of Aveiro, Portugal) will give a lecture entitled “Neurodevelopment: Research Contributions on Typical and Atypical Development”. About the Speaker:Dr. Sara Cruz is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Education and Psychology, University of Aveiro. Her research lies in (neuro)developmental psychology, examining the interplay between brain function, cognition, and behaviour […]
Prof. Dr. Alex Kacelnik (University of Oxford, UK) will give a lecture entitled “How Parenting, deception, exploitation, reciprocity and vengeance: life in a bird community”. About the Speaker:Dr. Alex Kacelnik is an Emeritus professor of Behavioral Ecology at the University of Oxford (UK). He studied biology in Buenos Aires and completed a doctorate at Oxford […]
O WJCR e o ISPA informam a comunidade académica que o Professor Klaus Fiedler, da Universidade de Heidelberg, faleceu a 14 de maio de 2026. Este acontecimento representa uma grande perda para o campo da cognição social em geral, e em particular na Europa, uma vez que se tratava de um investigador com um papel […]
In the Jornal de Notícias article, P.h.D. student Afonso Borja Santos explores how childhood adversity and masculinity norms may influence youth delinquency and the role of socialisation in shaping behaviour. Read the article with Afonso Borja Santos, HERE.
Prof. Dr. David Gonçalves (Ispa – Instituto Universitário, Portugal) will give a lecture entitled “Fish Muay Thai: the Biology of Winning in Siamese Fighting Fish”. About the Speaker:Dr. David Gonçalves is an Associate Professor at ISPA – Instituto Universitário. His research focuses on the physiological mechanisms and evolutionary implications of animal behavior, with particular emphasis […]
The William James Center for Research (WJCR) is pleased to announce that Joana Dias will defend her Ph.D. thesis on the 24th April 2026, at 14h00 – Sala de Atos Académicos, Universidade de Aveiro. The thesis is entitled “Avaliação dos efeitos de videojogos de ação na cognição: Como os videojogos moldam aspetos emocionais e sociais”, […]
Prof. Dr. Aleksandar Štulhofer (University of Zagreb, Croatia) will give a lecture entitled “How to conceptualize and operationalize positive sexual aging?”. About the Speaker:Dr. Aleksandar Štulhofer is a Full Professor of Sociology at the University of Zagreb. His research focuses on human sexuality, sexual health, intimate relationships, and the social determinants of sexual behavior. He […]
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