Magda Saraiva

Magda Saraiva
Integrated Member
Cognition Team

Magda Saraiva holds a Ph.D. in Basic Psychology (University of Minho, 2016). She is currently an Assistant Researcher (FCT-Tenure) at the WJCR (Ispa – Instituto Universitário). Her main research interests focus on basic cognitive processes, including memory processes (collaborative memory, false memories, adaptive memory), misinformation and truth judgments, as well as information processing in a second language. Magda is currently the PI of the FCT-funded project CONTRAVERSE [2024.13423.PEX]. To date, she has published 28 articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals, 10 book chapters, edited 3 books, and received 4 scientific awards. She is currently supervising 1 Ph.D. candidate and has supervised 20 MSc dissertations, along with over 15 academic and research internships.

Main 5 publications

Saraiva, M., Pandeirada, J.N.S., & Garrido, M.V. (2026). Adaptive memory in contamination contexts: Exploring the role of emotionality. Evolution and Human Behavior, 47, 106821. doi: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2025.106821
Saraiva, M. & Garrido, M. V. (2024). Misinformation in social interaction: Examining the role of discussion. Memory, 32, 156-165. doi: 10.1080/09658211.2023.2300671
Saraiva, M., Albuquerque, P. B., & Garrido, M. V. (2023). Collaborative inhibition effect: the role of memory task and retrieval method. Psychological Research, 87, 2548-2558. doi: 10.1007/s00426-023-01821-z
Saraiva, M., Garrido, M.V., & Albuquerque, P.B. (2021). Emergence and transmission of misinformation in the context of social interactions. Memory and Cognition, 49, 1-13. doi: 10.3758/s13421-020-01081-x
Saraiva, M., Garrido, M.V., & Pandeirada, J.N.S. (2021). Surviving in a second language: survival processing effect in memory of bilinguals. Cognition and Emotion, 35(2), 417-424. doi: 10.1080/02699931.2020.1840336

Contacts

E-mail: msaraiva@ispa.pt
CiênciaVitae: https://www.cienciavitae.pt/portal/en/2517-C5A5-A10F
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9947-4024
Scopus: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=36883980300
Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Magda-Saraiva-3